Guide  to  the  Manuscript  Materials  for  the  History 
of  the  United  States  to  1783,  in  the  British 
Museum,  in  Minor  London  Archives,  and  in 
the  Libraries  of  Oxford  and  Cambridge 


BY 


CHARLES  M.  ANDREWS 

Professor  in  the  Johns  Hopkins  University 


AND 


FRANCES  G.  DAVENPORT 

Of  the  Carnegie  Institution  of  Washington 


WASHINGTON,  D.  C 

Published  by  the  Carnegie  Institution  of  Washington 
1908 


COLLEGE  OF  AGRICULTURE 
DAVIS,  CALIFORNIA 


Guide  to  the  Manuscript  Materials  for  the  History 
of  the  United  States  to  1783,  in  the  British 
Museum,  in  Minor  London  Archives,  and  in 
the  Libraries  of  Oxford  and  Cambridge 


BY 


CHARLES  M.  ANDREWS 

Professor  in  the  Johns  Hopkins  University 


AND 


FRANCES  G.  DAVENPORT 

Of  the  Carnegie  Institution  of  Washington 


WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 

Published  by  the  Carnegie  Institution  of  Washington 
1908 


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LliuARY 

COLLEGE  OF  AGRICULTU133 
DAVIS 


CARNEGIE  INSTITUTION  OF  WASHINGTON 

PUBLICATION  No.  90 


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BALTIMORE,  MD.,  TJ.  S.  A. 


PREFACES 

The  present  volume  is  part  of  a  series,  in  which  the  Carnegie  Institution  of 
Washington  proposes  to  present  inventories  guiding  the  student  of  American 
history  to  such  manuscript  materials  as  are  to  be  found  in  the  archives  and 
libraries  of  foreign  countries.  The  previous  issues  in  the  same  series  have 
been  Mr.  L.  M.  Perez's  Guide  to  the  Materials  for  American  History  in 
Cuban  Archives,  and  Professor  W.  R.  Shepherd's  Guide  to  the  Materials  for 
the  History  of  the  United  States  in  Spanish  Archives  (Simancas,  the  Archivo 
Historico  Nacional,  and  Seville),  The  next  archives  to  be  dealt  with  in  simi 
lar  volumes  are  those  of  Paris,  Mexico  and  Rome. 

The  project  of  a  comprehensive  and  detailed  Guide  to  the  Manuscript 
Materials  for  American  History  in  London  Repositories  antedates  the  Carne 
gie  Institution  of  Washington.  In  the  belief  that  such  a  manual  would  be  a 
boon  to  many  workers  in  the  history  of  the  United  States  the  writer  of  these 
lines  began  in  1899  to  plan  for  it  and  to  attempt  to  bring  it  into  existence. 
The  American  Antiquarian  Society  was  approached,  with  a  view  to  persuade 
it  to  use  for  the  preparation  of  such  a  book  the  income  of  one  of  its  funds. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  council  of  that  society  in  October,  1900,  an  appropriation 
was  made,  and  the  society's  committee  of  publication  was  authorized  to  pro 
ceed.  The  plan  then  in  mind  contemplated  three  forms  of  entry  under  each 
subdivision  of  each  archive — e.  g.,  of  the  Public  Record  Office.  First,  the 
body  of  original  papers  composing  that  section  should  be  described,  with  spe 
cial  reference  to  the  question,  what  it  contained  for  American  history.  Sec 
ondly,  there  should  be  a  list  of  transcripts,  made  from  documents  in  that 
section,  which  were  to  be  found  in  American  archives  and  libraries.  Thirdly, 
there  should  be  a  list  of  references  to  documents  from  that  section  which  had 
anywhere  been  put  into  print.  This  last  portion  was  first  provided  for  by 
the  society,  and  the  data  for  the  desired  list  were  searched  for  and  noted  by 
Miss  Gertrude  S.  Kimball  of  Providence. 

It  had  at  first  been  planned  that  the  portion  of  the  volume  which  would 
have  to  be  made  in  London,  corresponding  to  the  first  of  the  three  sorts  of 
material  noted  above,  might  be  prepared  by  a  competent  official  of  the  Public 
Record  Office.  This  proving  impracticable,  endeavors  were  made,  and  suc 
cessfully,  to  enlist  for  the  project  the  services  of  Professor  Charles  M.  An 
drews,  then  of  Bryn  Mawr  College,  who  had  already  spent  much  time  in 
London  archives,  and  was  preparing  to  spend  the  ensuing  year  in  further  in 
vestigations  in  England  on  his  own  behalf. 

A  few  months  after  this,  however,  the  Advisory  Committee  on  History 
appointed  by  the  Trustees  of  the  Carnegie  Institution  urged,  as  one  of  the 


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iv  Prefaces. 

chief  recommendations  of  its  preliminary  report,  that  systematic  searches  of 
European  archives  for  materials  for  American  history  should  hold  a  prom 
inent  position  among  the  activities  of  the  Institution  in  the  field  of  history. 
The  suggestion  was  adopted,  and  in  December,  1903,  the  decision  was  finally 
reached  that  the  work  in  England  should  be  at  once  begun,  under  the  aus 
pices  of  the  Carnegie  Institution  instead  of  the  American  Antiquarian 
Society,  which  had  found  difficulties  to  stand  in  the  way  of  what  it  had  first 
resolved  on.  That  society  generously  presented  to  the  Carnegie  Institution 
the  mass  of  data  which  had  been  accumulated  at  its  expense,  relating  to 
documents  from  the  British  archives  already  printed. 

Immediately  Professor  Andrews,  who  had  already  since  August  been  at 
work  in  the  Bodleian  Library,  was  informed  by  Professor  McLaughlin,  then 
director  of  the  historical  work  of  the  Carnegie  Institution,  of  the  decision  of 
the  trustees,  and  was  engaged  to  continue  the  work  in  the  interest  of  the 
Carnegie  Institution.  His  instructions,  at  his  request,  confined  him  to  mate 
rials  for  the  period  preceding  1783,  the  period  subsequent  to  the  British 
recognition  of  American  independence  having  a  distinct  character,  and  in 
London  to  the  two  chief  public  repositories — the  Public  Record  Office  and 
the  British  Museum — and  the  Privy  Council  Office.  The  inclusion  of  the 
Oxford  and  Cambridge  libraries  was  also  resolved  upon. 

Nearly  all  the  period  from  November,  1903,  to  September,  1904,  was  spent 
in  careful  searching  of  the  repositories  named,  volume  by  volume,  and  in 
many  cases  page  by  page.  Never  before,  it  is  certain,  had  any  search  of  them 
so  thorough  and  systematic  been  carried  out  in  the  interest  of  any  one  large 
field  of  history.  A  preliminary  report  of  the  results  was  read  at  the  meeting 
of  the  American  Historical  Association  at  Chicago  in  December,  1904,  and 
printed  in  the  American  Historical  Review  for  January,  1905  (vol.  X.,  pp. 
325-349).  The  summer  months  of  1905,  and  eventually  of  1907  also,  were 
spent  in  the  continuance  of  the  same  task,  and  the  material  on  the  Public 
Record  Office  and  British  Museum  was  practically  completed. 

But  it  was  concluded  that  the  work  would  better  answer  the  purposes  for 
which  it  was  composed  if  it  were  extended  to  include,  still  within  the  same 
chronological  limitations,  the  minor  public  archives  of  London  as  well  as  the 
great  collections  of  the  Public  Record  Office  and  the  British  Museum.  As 
it  was  impossible  for  Professor  Andrews  to  go  to  England  in  the  summer  of 
1906,  Miss  Frances  G.  Davenport  of  the  Department  of  Historical  Research 
in  the  Carnegie  Institution  was  requested  to  go  thither,  and  to  complete  the 
work  by  cataloguing  the  American  materials  in  minor  London  archives,  with 
instructions  intended  to  make  her  work  harmonious  in  character  with  that 
of  Professor  Andrews.  It  subsequently  appeared  that,  through  inadvertence, 
these  instructions  diverged  at  one  point  in  such  a  manner  as  to  cause  a  dif 
ference  in  the  product,  deserving  to  be  noted  at  this  point.  Whereas  Pro- 


Prefaces.  v 

fessor  Andrews  had,  for  excellent  reasons,  systematically  included  papers 
relating  to  Canada  and  the  British  West  Indies,  treating  them  with  the  same 
degree  of  fulness  as  papers  relating  to  any  of  the  thirteen  continental  colo 
nies,  Miss  Davenport's  instructions  were  such  that,  in  her  portion  of  the 
work,  documents  relating  to  Canada  exclusively  have  not  as  a  rule  been  in 
cluded,  while  documents  relating  to  the  British  West  Indies,  though  included, 
especially  if  of  general  interest  to  the  history  of  the  empire,  have  been  treated 
on  a  lesser  scale. 

The  line  of  demarcation  between  the  work  of  Professor  Andrews  and  that 
of  Miss  Davenport  in  the  present  volume  is  easily  drawn,  the  former  having 
dealt  with  the  manuscripts  in  the  British  Museum,  Privy  Council  Office  and 
War  Office  Library,  and  at  Oxford  and  Cambridge,  and  the  latter  with  the 
minor  archives  (though  both,  it  chanced,  examined  the  records  of  the  Corpo 
ration  of  the  City  of  London) .  With  these  minor  archives  Miss  Davenport 
was  occupied  from  July,  1906,  to  February,  1907,  Professor  Andrews  mean 
while  spending  such  time  as  he  could  command  in  the  preparation  of  his 
material  for  the  press. 

The  plan  contemplated  two  volumes,  of  which  the  first  should  be  entirely 
devoted  to  Professor  Andrews's  notes  on  the  American  materials  in  the  Pub 
lic  Record  Office.  But  when  the  volume  was  already  in  the  printer's  hands 
and  proof-sheets  of  the  earlier  pages  had  been  received,  in  the  summer  of 
1907,  all  work  upon  it  was  stopped  by  the  arrival  of  news  from  Professor 
Andrews,  then  in  London,  to  the  effect  that  the  authorities  of  the  Public 
Record  Office  had  begun  to  make  a  new  classification  of  some  of  the  collec 
tions  bulking  largest  in  such  a  volume,  especially  the  Colonial  Office  Papers. 
The  changes  of  arrangement  were  to  be  so  thoroughgoing  as  to  make  a  re 
casting  of  much  of  the  volume  necessary,  and  the  process  would  last  so  long 
as  to  postpone  for  more  than  a  year,  perhaps  for  two  years,  the  possibility 
of  progress  in  the  remaking  of  the  book.  It  appeared  that  there  was  no 
course  but  to  go  forward  with  the  other  volume  as  an  independent  publica 
tion,  and  to  place  it  at  the  service  of  scholars  without  waiting  for  the  com 
pletion  of  the  volume  on  the  Public  Record  Office,  which  would  naturally 
have  preceded. 

The  order  of  arrangement  in  the  present  volume  is  based  upon  the  fol 
lowing  classification:  the  British  Museum,  a  quasi-governmental  establish 
ment;  archives  of  the  national  government;  archives  of  the  local  govern 
ment;  archives  of  religious  bodies  or  of  libraries  primarily  theological,  con 
taining  material  for  the  history,  in  the  colonies,  of  the  Church  of  England, 
the  Roman  Catholic  Church,  the  Presbyterian  and  Congregational  churches, 
and  the  Friends;  the  archives  of  the  leading  British  scientific  society  of  the 
period ;  and  of  a  great  trading  company ;  finally,  the  libraries  of  Oxford  and 
Cambridge. 


vi  Prefaces. 

Although  it  is  believed  that  the  most  important  bodies  of  material  relating 
to  the  history  of  the  plantations  and  preserved  in  the  minor  London  archives 
are  noticed  in  the  following  pages,  yet  it  is  certain  that  some  additional 
material  is  to  be  found  in  archives  not  therein  described.  Thus,  in  the 
archives  of  the  church  of  the  Moravian  Brethren,  32  Fetter  Lane,  which  it 
was  not  practicable  to  inspect,  are  some  diaries  and  letters  bearing  on  the 
early  history  of  that  sect  in  this  country.  So  far  as  ascertained,  however, 
these  papers  are  neither  numerous  nor  of  much  general  interest.  The 
churchwardens'  accounts  of  city  parishes  contain  entries  of  payments  for 
various  charitable  uses  connected  with  the  colonies,  such  as  the  sending  of 
poor  children  to  Virginia,  etc.  Several  references  to  such  items  are  given 
by  Mr.  W.  A.  Bewes  in  his  work  on  Church  Briefs,  or  Royal  Warrants  for 
Collections  for  Charitable  Objects  (1896).  The  records  of  Bridewell  also 
contain  some  matter  pertaining  to  the  transportation  of  vagrants  to  this 
country,  as  has  been  pointed  out  by  Miss  E.  M.  Leonard,  Early  History  of 
English  Poor  Relief* 

It  is  possible  that  the  records  of  the  Royal  Mint,  which,  in  a  fragmentary 
way,  go  back  to  1580,  may  contain  some  references  to  America,  but  the  in 
formation  received  relative  to  these  records  indicated  that  the  expenditure  of 
time  required  for  a  search  for  the  scattered  items  that  might  possibly  be 
found,  would  not  be  justified. 

The  Secretary  of  the  Baptist  Union  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  Baptist 
Church  House,  Southampton  Row,  W.  C,  has  informed  us  that  their  library 
contains  nothing  that  comes  within  the  scope  of  this  volume,  and  similar  in 
formation  has  been  obtained  from  the  London  Missionary  Society,  16  New 
Bridge  St.,  E.  C,  and  from  the  Royal  Geographical  Society.  The  wills  at 
Somerset  House  have  not  been  included  because  already  so  well  dealt  with 
by  Mr.  Henry  F.  Waters. 

Limitations  of  time,  necessary  dependence  on  indexes  probably  imperfect, 
or,  in  a  very  few  instances,  restrictions  imposed,  prevented  as  complete  a 
search  in  certain  of  the  minor  archives  as,  under  different  circumstances, 
might  have  been  expedient.  It  is  not  improbable  that  the  future  investigator 
may  find  material  not  here  referred  to  in  the  archives  of  the  House  of  Lords, 
the  diocese  of  Westminster,  the  Royal  Society  and  the  Hudson's  Bay  Com 
pany,  if  not  in  other  of  the  repositories. 

The  degree  of  completeness  attained,  however,  is  in  great  measure  due  to 
the  assistance  so  courteously  rendered  by  the  officials  of  the  various  reposi 
tories  examined.  As  a  rule,  much  liberality  was  shown  in  permitting  the  in 
spection  of  documents,  and  in  several  instances,  especially  in  the  case  of  some 
of  the  smaller  archives  where  special  accommodations  for  searchers  are  not 


*Pp.  229-230,  note. 


Prefaces.  vii 

provided,  valuable  aid  was  extended  by  the  officials  in  charge  at  the  cost  of 
no  small  inconvenience  to  themselves. 

For  permission  to  examine  the  contents  of  libraries  and  archives,  grateful 
acknowledgments  are  due  to  the  Trustees  of  the  British  Museum,  to  the 
Clerk  of  the  Privy  Council,  to  Sir  Henry  Graham,  K.  C.  B.,  Clerk  of  Parlia 
ments,  to  the  Postmaster-General,  to  the  Court  of  Common  Council  and  the 
Library  Committee  of  the  Guildhall  of  London,  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Peace, 
Guildhall,  Westminster,  to  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  to  the  Bishop  of 
London,  to  the  Secretaries  of  the  Society  for  Promoting  Christian  Knowl 
edge,  of  the  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts,  and 
of  Dr.  Bray's  Associates,  to  the  Archbishop  of  Westminster,  to  the  Librarian 
of  Dr.  Williams's  Library,  to  the  Secretaries  of  the  Royal  Society,  to  the 
Right  Honorable  Lord  Strathcona,  K.  C.  M.  G.,  Governor  of  the  Hudson's 
Bay  Company,  and  to  the  Librarians  of  the  Bodleian  Library,  of  the  several 
college  libraries  at  Oxford  and  of  the  Pepysian  Library  at  Cambridge. 

It  may  be  useful  to  remark  that,  when  there  is  no  indication  to  the  con 
trary,  year-dates  are  given  in  new  style.  The  fact  that  a  document  is  a  copy 
is  often,  but  not  invariably,  noted. 

No  prediction  is  ventured  as  to  the  time  when  Professor  Andrews's  volume 
relating  to  the  Public  Record  Office  will  be  published,  nor  as  to  any  dispo 
sition  in  print  of  the  great  store  of  data  which  the  Department  of  Historical 
Research  has  accumulated  respecting  transcripts  from  the  British  archives 
now  preserved  in  America  and  respecting  printed  documents  from  the  same 
repositories.  It  may,  however,  be  well  to  mention  that  the  slips  containing 
these  data,  gathered  in  pursuance  of  the  original  plan  described  at  the  open 
ing  of  this  preface,  are  in  the  possession  of  the  Department  and  are  at  the 
service  of  historical  scholars. 

J.  FRANKLIN  JAMESON. 


In  the  preparation  of  this  volume  one  object  has  been  kept  constantly  in 
view,  namely,  to  furnish  a  guide  which  should  be  as  helpful  as  possible  to 
students  unfamiliar  with  the  contents  of  British  repositories  of  historical 
manuscript  and  with  the  procedure  to  be  followed  in  gaining  access  to  them. 
A  complete  history  of  documents  in  all  the  archives  was  manifestly  impossi 
ble,  considering  the  limitations  of  time  and  space,  yet  in  the  collections  herein 
described,  an  effort  has  been  made  either  to  enter  each  document  individually, 
or  to  furnish  such  description  or  statement  as  would  guide  the  investigator  in 
pursuing  his  researches  further.  No  attempt  has  been  made  either  by  Miss 
Davenport  or  by  myself  to  exercise  editorial  judgment;  our  object  being 
simply  to  note  each  document  or  to  describe  each  collection  that  concerned 


viii  Prefaces. 

American  history,  without  attempting  to  indicate  its  value  for  historical 
purposes. 

Certain  features  of  the  work  as  finally  executed  may  be  briefly  mentioned. 
In  scope  it  includes  not  only  the  original  thirteen  colonies  but,  except  in  so 
far  as  is  indicated  in  Mr.  Jameson's  remarks  above,  the  Canadian  and  West 
Indian  colonies  also.  Though  the  date  1783  marks  its  limit  in  time,  it  has 
been  deemed  worth  while  to  include  occasionally  documents  of  later  date 
when  they  appeared  among  the  collections  examined.  No  attempt  has  been 
made  to  reproduce  exactly  the  original  titles  or  endorsements,  even  when 
placed  here  within  quotation  marks,  as  to  have  done  so  would  have  cost  much 
valuable  time  and  have  furthered  in  no  way  the  object  of  the  undertaking. 
References  to  works  wherein  documents  are  printed  have  been  given  when 
known,  but  such  references  do  not  pretend  to  be  complete.  The  same  may  be 
said  of  references  to  transcripts.  The  largest  collection  of  transcribed  docu 
ments  from  the  British  Museum  and  Bodleian  libraries  is  in  the  Library  of 
Congress,  and  a  complete  list  of  all  there  to  be  found  is  printed  at  the  end 
of  this  volume.  Annotations  have  been  furnished  when  manifestly  needed 
or  in  cases  where  the  interest  of  the  document  seemed  to  demand  some 
quotation  or  comment,  but  any  elaborate  system  of  annotations  was  clearly 
inadvisable. 

It  is  a  pleasure  to  recall  and  to  acknowledge  the  courtesies  extended  by 
those  in  charge  of  the  various  repositories.  In  common  with  all  who  work  in 
the  British  Museum  and  Bodleian  libraries  I  enjoyed  the  opportunities 
offered  to  those  who  come  of  serious  purpose.  To  Mr.  F.  Kenyon  of  the  for 
mer  library  and  Mr.  Falconer  Madan  of  the  latter  I  am  specially  indebted 
for  their  kindness  in  reading  the  statements  here  printed  introductory  to 
those  collections.  To  Mr.  Almeric  W.  FitzRoy,  Clerk  of  the  Privy  Council,  1 
am  exceedingly  grateful,  not  only  for  the  liberality  with  which  he  placed 
the  valuable  collections  of  that  office  at  my  disposal,  but  also  for  the  interest 
that  he  has  taken  in  the  furtherance  of  the  cause  of  colonial  history.  To  Mr. 
Harrison  of  the  same  office  I  am  also  indebted  for  many  helpful  suggestions, 
and  to  Mr.  Moon  for  much  personal  aid  in  the  actual  work  of  investigation. 
Dr.  R.  R.  Sharpe,  Records  Clerk  of  the  City  of  London,  and  the  learned  edi 
tor  of  many  volumes  relating  to  its  history,  facilitated  in  every  way  my 
search  among  the  records  of  the  Town  Clerk's  Office.  Among  the  librarians 
of  the  Oxford  colleges  Mr.  Pottinger  of  Worcester  and  Mr.  Holden  of  All 
Souls  placed  me  under  many  obligations  for  assistance  rendered;  while  in 
Cambridge,  through  the  kindness  of  Dr.  J.  R.  Tanner  and  of  Mr.  A.  S.  Ram 
sey,  Fellow  of  Magdalene,  I  was  able  to  examine  the  contents  of  the  Biblio- 
theca  Pepysiana.  To  Dr.  Tanner  in  particular  I  am  grateful  for  many 
courtesies. 

The  difficulty  of  preparing  the  manuscript  for  the  press,  at  so  great  a  dis 
tance  from  the  repositories  themselves,  has  been  greatly  lessened  by  the  effi- 


Prefaces.  ix 

cient  assistance  of  Miss  Edith  Moodie,  formerly  secretary  of  the  late  Benja 
min  Franklin  Stevens  and  now  superintendent  of  the  historical  department 
of  the  firm  of  B.  F.  Stevens  and  Brown.  Her  knowledge  of  the  material  in 
England  for  American  history  is  almost  unrivalled,  and  the  ability  with 
which  she  has  met  the  various  difficulties  that  have  arisen  is  deserving  of 
hearty  appreciation. 

I  am  painfully  aware  that  in  a  work  containing  so  many  details  of  volumes, 
folios,  pages,  dates,  names  and  descriptions  errors  are  inevitable,  but  I  can 
say  very  earnestly  that  every  care  has  been  taken  to  render  the  work  accurate 
and  reliable.  While  a  re-examination  of  all  the  collections  has  not  been  pos 
sible,  the  majority  of  the  references  to  the  documents  in  the  British  Museum 
and  Bodleian  libraries  have  been  carefully  verified.  It  is  needless  to  say  that 
corrections  of  any  kind  will  be  heartily  welcomed. 

CHARLES  M.  ANDREWS. 


Grateful  acknowledgment  of  aid  in  determining  the  character  of  the  con 
tents  of  the  several  archives  examined  by  me  is  due  to  the  following  gentle 
men  :  Mr.  Cuthbert  Headlam,  one  of  the  editors  of  The  Manuscripts  of  the 
House  of  Lords ;  H.  Buxton  Forman,  C.  B.,  Second  Secretary  of  the  Post- 
Office;  Mr.  J.  G.  Hendy,  Curator  of  the  Record  Room  of  the  Post-Office; 
Mr.  A.  Owen,  of  Trinity  House ;  Dr.  R.  R.  Sharpe,  Records  Clerk  to  the  Cor 
poration  of  the  City  of  London;  Mr.  E.  M.  Borrajo,  Librarian  and  Curator 
of  the  Guildhall  Library  and  Museum ;  Mr.  W.  J.  Hardy,  editor  of  Middlesex1 
County  Records;  Calendar  of  the  Sessions  Books,  1689  to  1709 ;  S.  W.  Ker- 
shaw,  M.  A.,  Librarian  of  Lambeth  Library;  Rev.  Sadler  Phillips;  Rev.  Ed 
mund  McClure,  one  of  the  Secretaries  of  the  Society  for  Promoting  Chris 
tian  Knowledge ;  Mr.  C.  F.  Pascoe,  Secretary  of  the  Society  for  the  Propa 
gation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts ;  Monsignor  Bernard  Ward,  of  St.  Ed 
mund's  College,  Old  Hall,  Ware;  Rev.  Thomas  Hughes,  S.J.;  Rev.  T.  J. 
Crippen,  Librarian  of  the  Congregational  Library;  Mr.  Norman  Penney, 
Librarian  of  the  Friends'  Reference  Library;  Mr.  Robert  Harrison,  Assist 
ant  Secretary  of  the  Royal  Society;  Mr.  William  Ware,  Secretary  of  the 
Hudson's  Bay  Company ;  and  Mr.  H.  P.  Biggar ;  and  to  Miss  Agnes  C.  Laut 
and  Miss  Adelaide  L.  Fries.  I  am  also  indebted  to  Miss  Louise  F.  Brown 
for  listing  the  papers  at  Fulham  Palace ;  and,  for  much  valuable  advice  and 
aid,  generously  given,  to  Mr.  Hubert  Hall,  of  the  Public  Record  Office. 

FRANCES  G.  DAVENPORT. 


ABBREVIATIONS 

Add.  MSS.      =  Additional  Manuscripts  (British  Museum). 

A.  W.  I.  =  America   and   West   Indies    (Public   Record    Office,  Colonial  Office 

Papers). 

Bodl.  Lib.  =  Bodleian  Library. 

Cal.  Col.  =  Calendars  of  State  Papers,  Colonial. 

D.  K.  Rep.  =  Reports  of  the  Deputy  Keeper  of  the  Public  Records. 

H.  =Dr.  F.  L.  Hawks's  transcripts. 

N.  Y.  Docs.  =  Documents  relative  to  the  Colonial  History  of  the  State  of  New  York. 

P.  or  Perry's 

Hist.    Colls.  =  Bishop  Perry's  Historical  Collections  relating  to  the  American  Colo 
nial  Church. 

Rec.  Va.  Co.    =  Records  of  the  Virginia  Company  (as  published  by  the  Library  of 
Congress) . 

R.  H.  S.  =  Royal  Historical  Society. 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS 

PREFACES   iii 

THE  BRITISH  MUSEUM i 

Introduction  I 

Collections  of  Manuscripts 7 

Cottonian    7 

Royal    8 

Lansdowne    8 

Stowe  17 

Harleian    20 

Hargrave 24 

King's     25 

Egerton 28 

Sloane    50 

Additional  Charters    71 

Briefs  or  Church  Briefs 71 

Additional   Manuscripts  72 

Newcastle  Papers,  pp.  123-143 

PRIVY  COUNCIL  OFFICE 170 

Privy  Council  Register 170 

Unbound    Papers   177 

Miscellanea     185 

WAR  OFFICE  LIBRARY 188 

HOUSE  OF  LORDS  189 

Introduction 189 

List  of  Documents  192 

GENERAL  POST-OFFICE 273 

TRINITY  HOUSE 277 

GUILDHALL    280 

Corporation  Records  280 

Guildhall  Library 283 

WESTMINSTER  GUILDHALL  OR  SESSIONS  HOUSE 284 

THE  CENTRAL  CRIMINAL  COURT  OR  "  OLD  BAILEY  " 285 

LAMBETH  PALACE  LIBRARY 286 

FULHAM  PALACE 302 

COMPANY  FOR  THE  PROPAGATION  OF  THE  GOSPEL  IN  NEW  ENGLAND 330 

SOCIETY  FOR  PROMOTING  CHRISTIAN  KNOWLEDGE 331 

SOCIETY  FOR  THE  PROPAGATION  OF  THE  GOSPEL  IN  FOREIGN  PARTS 332 

xiii 


xiv  Contents. 

MANUSCRIPTS  OF  DR.  BRAY'S  ASSOCIATES 334 

SION  COLLEGE  LIBRARY 336 

ARCHIVES  OF  THE  ROMAN  CATHOLIC  DIOCESE  OF  WESTMINSTER 339 

ENGLISH  PROVINCE  ARCHIVES  S.  J 342 

DR.  WILLIAMS'S  LIBRARY 343 

CONGREGATIONAL  LIBRARY 347 

FRIENDS'  REFERENCE  LIBRARY  350 

THE  ROYAL  SOCIETY 355 

Printed    Material  356 

Archives    363 

Library    368 

HUDSON'S  BAY  COMPANY 369 

OXFORD  :  THE  BODLEIAN  LIBRARY 372 

Introduction  372 

Collections  of  Manuscripts  374 

Tanner     374 

Ashmolean    376 

Rawlinson,  A 380 

B 396 

C , 399 

D 407 

Letters    410 

Clarendon   410 

Copper  Plates  421 

OXFORD  COLLEGE  LIBRARIES , 422 

CAMBRIDGE  :   MAGDALENE  COLLEGE 424 

Bibliotheca  Pepysiana  424 

The  Ferrar  Papers 429 

TRANSCRIPTS  IN  THE  LIBRARY  OF  CONGRESS 431 

INDEX  447 


THE  BRITISH  MUSEUM. 

THE  British  Museum  on  Great  Russell  Street  is  open  every  day  in  the 
week  except  Sunday,  and  except  Good  Friday,  Christmas  day,  and  any  fast 
or  thanksgiving  day  appointed  by  authority ;  except  also  the  first  four  week 
days  of  March  and  September.  The  Reading  Room  or  Round  Room  is 
open  from  nine  in  the  morning  until  eight  in  the  evening  from  September 
to  April,  inclusive,  and  till  seven  during  the  other  months.  The  Manuscript 
Room  or  Students'  Room  is  open  from  ten  in  the  morning  till  five  in  the 
afternoon. 

Manuscript  volumes  must  normally  be  used  in  the  Students'  Room,  but 
by  special  permission  ordinary  manuscripts  may  be  transferred  to  the  Read 
ing  Room  after  the  Students'  Room  is  closed.  Printed  books  may  be 
brought  from  the  Reading  Room  to  the  Students'  Room,  if  sufficient  reason 
can  be  shown  therefor.  Manuscripts  cannot  be  obtained  after  four  o'clock 
nor  printed  books  after  half-past  three  in  January,  February,  November 
and  December,  half-past  four  in  March  and  October,  half-past  five  in  April 
and  September,  and  half-past  six  in  May,  June,  July  and  August.  Books 
may,  however,  be  called  for  at  any  time  during  the  earlier  hours  of  the  day 
and  will  be  held  at  the  central  desk  in  the  Reading  Room  until  wanted,  if 
the  student  will  write  "At  Bar  "  upon  the  call-ticket  (reproduced  below)  in 
place  of  the  "  Number  of  the  Reader's  Seat  ".  Or  the  student  may  apply  in 
advance  by  letter  addressed  to  the  Superintendent  of  the  Reading  Room. 
Should  the  student  in  the  Reading  Room  wish  to  keep  out  a  volume  from 
day  to  day,  he  must  proceed  as  follows :  placing  in  the  volume  a  slip  bearing 
his  name  and  the  words  "  kept  out ",  he  must  return  the  book  in  the  usual 
manner,  receiving  back  his  call-ticket.  This  ticket  he  must  retain  until  the 
next  day  or  after  a  reasonable  time,  when  he  will  receive  the  book  on  placing 
his  ticket  in  the  "  kept  out "  basket.  In  the  Students'  Room  it  is  sufficient 
if  the  student  place  in  the  volume  a  slip  similarly  marked  and  notify  the 
attendant  in  charge  that  he  wishes  the  book  reserved. 

Persons  desiring  to  be  admitted  to  the  Reading  Room  and  Students' 
Room  must  apply  in  writing,  at  least  two  days  before  admission  is  required, 
to  the  Director  of  the  British  Museum,  W.  C,  specifying  his  profession  or 
business,  his  place  of  abode,  and  the  particular  purpose  for  which  he  seeks 
admission.  He  must  accompany  his  application  with  a  written  recommen 
dation  from  a  householder,  who  is  a  person  of  recognized  position  and  is 


2  The  British  Museum. 

able  to  state  from  personal  knowledge  of  the  applicant  that  he  will  make 
proper  use  of  the  Reading  Room.  The  recommendation  of  hotel-keepers 
or  of  boarding-house  or  lodging-house  keepers  in  favor  of  their  lodgers 
will  not  be  accepted.  The  ticket  of  admission,  for  three  months  or  six 
months  as  the  case  may  be,  is  not  transferable  and  must  be  produced  if 
required.  On  the  expiration  of  the  period  of  issue  or  when  no  longer  needed 
the  ticket  must  be  returned  to  the  Director,  who  will  renew  the  same  if 
requested  or  will  keep  the  same  on  file  subject  to  renewal  should  the  student 
return  at  some  later  date.  Renewal  is,  of  course,  dependent  on  a  proper 
regard  for  the  rules  governing  the  use  of  books  and  manuscripts  and  on  a 
statement  by  the  student  that  his  object  is  still  such  as  to  warrant  a  con 
tinuance  of  the  privilege. 

To  reach  the  Reading  Room  the  student  passes  straight  ahead  from  the 
entrance  of  the  Museum ;  to  reach  the  Students'  Room  he  turns  to  the  right, 
passes  through  the  Grenville  library,  into  the  saloon  of  manuscripts,  at  the 
right  of  which  is  an  open  door  with  a  slip-bar  across  it  bearing  the  words 
"  For  Students  only  ".  Beyond  this  door  at  the  end  of  a  corridor  to  the  left 
is  the  Students'  Room. 

Once  admitted  the  student  will  find  the  procedure  very  simple,  involving 
merely  the  choice  of  a  seat,  the  finding  the  press-mark  of  the  printed  book 
(from  the  Catalogue  in  the  Reading  Room)  or  the  number  of  the  manu 
script  volume  (from  the  catalogues  of  manuscripts  in  the  Reading  Room  or 
the  Students'  Room),  the  filling-out  of  the  ticket  furnished,  and  the  placing 
it  in  the  receptacle  provided.  It  is  important  to  know  that  large  numbers 
of  printed  books  (including  all  the  Calendars  of  State  Papers,  other  govern 
ment  publications,  publications  of  private  societies,  reference  books  such  as 
the  Dictionary  of  National  Biography,  etc.)  are  directly  accessible  to  the 
student  on  the  shelves  of  the  Reading  Room.  A  catalogue  of  these  books 
entitled  List  of  the  Books  of  Reference  in  the  Reading  Room  of  the  British 
Museum  (including  a  subject-index)  stands  in  the  Reading  Room,  and 
copies  can  be  obtained  at  the  desk  at  the  entrance  to  the  Museum  for  six 
shillings. 

The  tickets  provided  for  the  Reading  Room  and  Students'  Room  are 
as  follows : 


Introduction. 


For  the  Reading  Room: 


(Date)  (Signature). 

(Number  of  the  Reader's  Seat) . 

Permission  to  use  the  Reading  Room  will  l>e  withdrawn  from  any  person  who  shall 
write  or  make  marks  on  any  part  of  a  Printed  Book,  Manuscript,  or  Hap  belonging  to 
the  Museum. 

Readers  are  not,  under  any  circumstances,  to  take  a  Book,  Manuscript,  or  Map  out 
of  the  Reading  Room. 

Before  leaving  the  Room,  Readers  are  particularly  requested  to  return  Books,  for  which 
they  have  given  Tickets,  to  an  attendant  at  the  centre  counter,  and  to  reclaim  the  Tickets. 
READERS  ARE  RESPONSIBLE  FOR  THE  BOOKS  SO  LONG  AS  THE  TICKETS  REMAIN 
TTNCANCELLED. 


Press-Mark. 


Name  of  Author,  or  other  Heading 
of  Work,  as  in  Catalogue. 


Title  of  Work- 


Date  of 
Publication. 


PLEASE  TO  RESTORE  EACH  VOLUME  OF  THE  CATALOGUE  TO  ITS  PLACE,   AS 

SOON  AS  DONE  WITH. 


Reverse : 


READERS  ARE  PARTICULARLY  REQUIRED 

1.  Not  to  ask  for  more  than  one  work  on  the  same  ticket. 

2.  To  transcribe  from  the  Catalogues  all  the  particulars  necessary  for  the  identi 

fication  of  the  Work  wanted. 

3.  To  write  in  a  plain,  clear  hand,  in  order  to  avoid  delay  and  mistakes. 

4.  To  indicate  in  the  proper  place  on  each  ticket  the  number  of  the  seat  occupied. 

5.  To  bear  in  mind  that  no  Books  will  be  left  at  the  seat  indicated  on  the  ticket 

unless  the  Reader  who  asks  for  them  is  there  to  receive  them. 

6.  When  any  cause  for  complaint  arises,  to  apply  at  once  to  the  Superintendent. 

7.  To  replace  on  the  shelves  of  the  Reading  Room,  as  soon  as  done  with,  such 

Books  of  Reference  as  they  may  have  had  occasion  to  remove  for  the 
purpose  of  consultation. 


4  The  British  Museum. 

For  the  Students'  Room: 


Permission  to  use  the  Beading  Room  and  Students'  Room  in  the  Department  of  MSS. 
will  be  withdrawn  from  any  person  who  shall  write  or  make  marks  on  any  part  of  a 
Printed  Book,  Manuscript,  or  Map  belonging  to  the  Museum. 

Readers  are  not,  under  any  circumstances,  to  take  a  Book,  Manuscript,  or  Map  out 
of  the  Reading  Room  or  Students'  Room. 

Before  leaving  either  Room,  Readers  are  particularly  requested  to  return  MSS.  to  an 
attendant  at  the  receiving  counter,  and  to  reclaim  the  Tickets,  READERS  BEING 
RESPONSIBLE  FOR  THE  MSS.  SO  LONG  AS  THE  TICKETS  REMAIN  TTNCANCELLED. 

Collection  and  Number  of  MS.   wanted. 


(Date)  (Signature). 

Please  to  restore  each  Volume  of  the  Catalogue  to  its  place,  as  soon  as  done  with. 


Reverse : 


READERS  ARE  PARTICULARLY  REQUESTED 

1.  Not  to  ask  for  more  than  one  MS.  on  the  same  ticket. 

2.  To  quote  accurately  the  name  of  the  Collection  and  the  Number  of  the  MS. 

wanted. 

3.  To  write  in  a  plain,  clear  hand,  in  order  to  avoid  delay  and  mistakes. 

4.  To  bear  in  mind  that  no  MS.  will  be  left  at  a  seat  unless  the  Reader  who  asks 

for  it  is  there  to  receive  it. 

5.  When  any  cause  for  complaint  arises,  to  apply  at  once  to  the  Superintendent. 


Introduction.  5 

The  rules  laid  down  for  the  guidance  of  those  who  use  the  manuscripts 
are  as  follows : 

1.  Readers  are  particularly  requested  not  to  write  for  more  than  one 
Volume,  Charter,  or  Roll  on  the  same  ticket,  unless  the  numbers  required 
form  a  series. 

2.  They  are  also  requested  to  use  the  Manuscripts  with  care  and  especially 
to  avoid  placing  the  hand  on  the  written  page  or  miniature  before  them; 
and  in  no  case  to  place  a  Manuscript  or  Book  on  an  open  Manuscript. 

3.  As  a  general  rule  Manuscripts,  while  in  use,  are  to  be  placed  upon 
book-rests  or  in  glazed  cases. 

4.  There  is  no  restriction  on  copying  Manuscripts. 

5.  Manuscripts  of  more  than  ordinary  value  can  be  used  only  in  the 
Department  of  Manuscripts. 

6.  Permission  to  draw  from  the  Illuminated  Manuscripts  can  be  granted 
only  on  the  production  of  a  special  Letter  of  Recommendation  for  that 
purpose,  addressed  to  the  Keeper  of  the  Manuscripts. 

7.  Tracing  is  not  allowed,  unless  by  permission  of  the  Keeper  of  the 
Department;  nor  in  any  case  from  paintings  in  body-colors. 

8.  As  a  general  rule  only  one  Illuminated  Manuscript  will  be  supplied  at 
a  time ;  if  others  are  required  for  purposes  of  comparison,  the  permission  of 
the  Keeper  must  first  be  obtained. 

Attention  may  be  directed  especially  to  rules  2  and  3.  No  limit  is 
assigned  to  the  number  of  volumes  that  may  be  taken  out  provided  it  be 
a  reasonable  one.  If  many  volumes  are  called  out  a  portion  of  them  will  be 
retained  at  the  delivery  desk  until  wanted,  as  space  at  the  seats  is  limited. 
The  officials  in  both  the  Reading  Room  and  the  Manuscript  Students' 
Room  are  ready  to  help  visitors  to  find  their  way  about  the  catalogues. 

The  following  are  the  regulations  and  list  of  fees  to  be  observed  in  apply 
ing  for  leave  to  photograph: 

1.  The  object  to  be  photographed  is  to  be  distinctly  specified  in  the 
application. 

2.  Books,  MSS.,  Prints,  and  Drawings  are  to  be  indicated  by  the  press 
mark  or  reference-number,  as  well  as  by  the  title. 

3.  The  number  of  every  page  to  be  photographed  from  a  book  or  MS. 
must  be  quoted. 

4.  Leave  cannot  be  granted  to  photograph  objects  indiscriminately. 

5.  A  distinct  application  should  be  submitted  for  each  Department,  if 
the  objects  are  in  more  than  one  Department. 

6.  As  there  is  no  official  photographer  attached  to  the  British  Museum, 
the  applicant  should  name  the  photographer  whom  he  proposes  to  employ. 
[If  the  applicant  does  not  know  of  a  suitable  photographer,  the  officers  of 
the  Department  concerned  can  generally  give  the  name  of  some  photogra 
pher  who  is  accustomed  to  do  work  there.] 

7.  The  work  shall  be  done  under  the  superintendence  and  control  of  the 
Keeper  of  the  Department  in  which  the  object  to  be  photographed   is 
preserved. 

8.  If  required,  two  copies  of  any  photograph  taken  in  the  Museum  shall 
be  deposited  with  the  Director. 


6  The  British  Museum. 

9.  The  photographer  shall  not  introduce  any  combustible  chemicals  into 
the  Museum  for  the  purposes  of  his  work,  without  special  permission. 

10.  No  photographer  shall  introduce  into  the  Museum  a  larger  quantity 
of  chemicals  than  shall  be  necessary  for  the  work  of  the  day;  and  at  the 
close  of  each  day  all  photographing  materials  shall  be  removed  from  the 
Museum  premises,  or  placed  in  charge  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Works  at  the 
Museum,  who  will  deposit  them  in  a  place  of  safety  outside  the  Museum 
buildings. 

11.  The  photographer  should,  whenever  possible,  make  use  of  dry  plates. 

Applications  are  to  be  addressed  to  the  Director,  British  Museum,  Lon 
don,  W.  C.,  and  the  Trustees  reserve  absolutely  the  right  of  refusing  any 
applications.  The  scale  of  fees  is  as  follows,  such  fees  to  be  paid  at  the 
Photographic  Studio  in  the  Museum,  to  the  Attendant  in  charge: 

For  one  Negative:  Two  Shillings.  (If  the  exposure  should  exceed  an 
hour,  the  fee  is  to  be  a  time-fee.) 

For  more  than  one  Negative  the  fee  is  a  time-fee,  viz:  Two  Shillings 
for  the  first  hour  or  part  thereof;  and  One  Shilling  for  each  succeeding 
hour  or  part  thereof  in  the  day. 

The  time  spent  in  preliminary  adjustment  of  apparatus  and  in  clearing 
away  is  to  be  charged. 

Of  the  printed  catalogues  of  manuscripts  two  copies  will  be  found  in  the 
Students'  Room,  one  of  which,  placed  on  the  shelves  farthest  from  the 
entrance,  may  be  used  at  the  reader's  seat,  the  other,  on  the  shelves  near 
the  entrance,  must  not  be  taken  away.  The  catalogues  in  manuscript,  of 
which  but  single  copies  exist,  are  on  the  shelves  opposite  the  entrance  and 
must  be  used  there.  Besides  the  collection-catalogues,  which  are  here 
entered  with  the  particular  collections,  the  following  catalogues,  not  else 
where  listed,  may  be  mentioned. 

Classified  Catalogue  of  Manuscripts,  108  volumes.  This  great  work,  plan 
ned  as  early  as  1863  and  prepared  during  the  years  1868-1875,  is  a  general 
subject  catalogue  of  all  the  collections  combined.  It  consists  in  part  of 
cuttings  from  the  printed  catalogues  and  in  part  of  manuscript  additions 
and  corrections.  Its  large  folio  volumes,  fifty-seven  bound  in  red  and  the 
remainder  in  brown,  green,  or  blue,  are  labelled  as  follows : 

1-3,  History;  4,  Public  Records;  5-6,  Church  History;  7  (two  volumes) 
State  Papers  Collected,  Great  Britain  and  Foreign ;  8-9,  Single  State  Papers, 
Great  Britain,  995-1873;  10,  Id.,  Foreign,  Passports,  Treaties;  n,  Political 
Tracts ;  12-13,  Public  Revenue,  etc. ;  14,  Trade ;  15-18,  Single  State  Letters, 
Great  Britain,  1176-1558;  19-20,  Id.,  Domestic  Series,  1558-1875;  21-25, 
Id.,  Foreign  Series,  1558-1873;  26,  Scotland,  1506-1603;  27-28,  Foreign 
Series,  to  1873;  29,  Letter  Writing,  Collected  Private  Letters,  Albums; 
30-38,  Single  Private  Letters,  British  Series,  arranged  alphabetically;  39-42, 
Id.,  Foreign  Series ;  43,  Civil  and  Canon  Law ;  44,  Laws  of  England :  Stat 
utes,  Commentaries ;  45,  Id.,  History  and  Practice  of  Courts,  Opinions,  etc. ; 
46,  Id.,  Treatises,  Commonplaces,  Writs;  47,  Parliament:  Treatises,  Jour 
nals,  etc.;  48,  Id.,  Miscellaneous  Proceedings,  Speeches,  Trials;  49,  Naval 
and  Maritime;  50,  Military;  51,  Biography:  Collected  Lives,  Single  Lives, 
Diaries,  Parish  Registers,  Wills ;  52-56,  Id.,  Notes  and  Genealogies,  arranged 
alphabetically;  57,  Id.,  Foreign;  58,  Geography,  Topography;  59-62,  Id., 


C Ottoman  Manuscripts.  1 

Great  Britain,  arranged  by  counties ;  63-68,  Heraldry ;  69-73,  Theology ;  74, 
Bible  and  Service  Books ;  75,  Bibles,  Commentaries,  etc. ;  76-77,  Service 
Books;  78,  Lives  of  Saints;  79-80,  Religious  Orders  and  Monasteries;  81, 
Philosophy;  82,  Bibliography,  Literary  History,  Antiquities,  Manners  and 
Customs,  Societies ;  83,  Latin  Classics ;  84,  Greek  Classics ;  85,  Greek  General 
Literature;  86-90,  Poetry;  91,  Fiction  and  Drama;  92,  Illuminated  Man 
uscripts;  93,  Drawings;  94,  Music;  95,  Mathematics,  Chronology;  96,  As 
tronomy,  Astrology;  97,  Natural  Science,  Magic;  98,  Chemistry,  Alchemy; 
99-101,  Medicine;  102-103,  Owners;  104,  Donors;  105-106,  Index  of  Seals; 
107-108,  Chronological  List  of  Manuscripts. 

This  catalogue  is  on  the  shelves  in  the  Students'  Room. 
Catalogue  of  Manuscripts  in  the  Spanish  Language  in  the  British  Museum. 
By  Pascual  de  Gayangos.    4  vols.     In  volumes  II.  and  IV.  under 
the   heading  "  Spanish   Settlements   in  America "   will  be   found 
many  Spanish  documents  relating  to  North  and  South  America, 
geography,  and  travel. 
Catalogue  of  Maps,  Prints,  Drawings,  etc.,  in  the  King's  Library.    2  vols. 

(1829.) 
Catalogue  of  Printed  Maps,  Plans,  and  Charts  in  the  British  Museum.     2 

vols.  (1885.) 

Catalogue  of  the  Manuscript  Maps,  Charts,  and  Plans,  and  the  Topograph 
ical  Drawings  in  the  British  Museum.     3  vols.   (1844-1861.) 
Catalogue  of  Pamphlets  in  the  King's  Library.  9  vols.,  folio.  In  the  Reading 

Room. 

Catalogue  of  Pamphlets,  etc.,  published  during  the  Civil  War  and  the  Com 
monwealth,  called  the  "  Thomason  Collection ".  12  vols.,  folio. 
In  the  Reading  Room. 

Catalogue  of  Seals.    By  Walter  de  Gray  Birch.     (1887.) 
Catalogue  of  Newspapers  in  the  British  Museum.    4  vols.    In  the  Reading 

Room. 
Subject  Index  of  the  Modern  Works  added  to  the  Library  of  the  British 

Museum  in  the  Years  1881-1900.    3  vols.  (1902.) 
Ditto,  1901-1905.     I  vol.  (1906.) 


COLLECTIONS  OF  MANUSCRIPTS. 

The  following  pages  contain,  for  each  of  the  manuscript  collections  of 
the  British  Museum,  notes,  in  the  form  of  lists,  of  such  of  the  manuscripts 
contained  in  them  as  relate  to  American  history. 

COTTONIAN  MANUSCRIPTS. 

Catalogue  of  the  Manuscripts  in  the  Cottonian  Library  deposited  in  the 
British  Museum.  (London,  1802),  fol. 

Augustus  i,  vol.  II.,  no.  46.  Chart  of  the  James  River  in  Virginia,  possibly 
that  referred  to  in  letter  of  Tindall  to  Prince  Henry.  Harleian 
7007,  f.  139. 

(See  Brown,  Genesis,  I.  151,  where  the  chart  is  reproduced.) 


8  The  British  Museum. 

Otho  E.  x,  f.  121.  A  note  of  such  [arms  in  the  Tower  as  the]  Virginia 
Company  ar[e  humble  suitors  for,  to]  be  presently  delivered  to 
[them,  their  ships  being]  redie  to  departe.  1622. 

(Chiefly  armor  and  firearms  "which  are  at  Sir  Richard  Morrison's  house  in 
the  Minories  layd  by  as  altogether  unserviceable",  etc.  Cf.  Cal.  Col. 
1574-1660,  p.  32;  Acts  of  the  Privy  Council  (Colonial),  I.  54.) 

Otho  E.  viii,  f.  145.  Account  of  a  country  between  35  and  45  degrees  lat. 
fit  for  a  settlement. 

ROYAL  MANUSCRIPTS. 

Catalogue  of  Manuscripts  in  the  Library  of  George  III.    MS.    1841. 

(Manuscripts  collected  by  James  I.  for  his  son,  Prince  Henry,  who  died  in 
1612.) 

18.  A.  xi.  John  Rolfe's  "  A  True  Relation  of  the  State  of  Virginia  ".  At 
the  end  is,  "  The  number  of  Neate  Cattle,  Horses  and  Goates  which 
were  alive  in  Virginia  at  Sr  Thomas  Dale  his  departure  thence  ". 
(Printed,  Virginia  Historical  Register,  I.  109-110.) 

LANSDOWNE  MANUSCRIPTS. 

Catalogue  of  the  Lansdowne  Manuscripts  in  the  British  Museum.  (London, 
1819),  fol. 

93.  f.  185.  Reply  from  [Capt.  Cullick  and  others]  to  "  paper  of  the  i8th 
inst."  regarding  the  question  of  a  council  to  settle  the  breach  in  the 
church  at  Hartford. 

f.  187.  Communication  from  John  Wilson,  Richard  Mather,   Samuel 
Whiting,  John  Sherman,  John  Norton,  to  the  brethren  at  Hartford, 
regarding  "  the  lamentable  division  ".  6  die  4,  1656. 
f.  189.  "  Mr.  Stone's  speech  when  he  laid  down  his  place." 

(Draft  unsigned,  undated.) 

ff.  191-215.     Papers  relating  to  the  controversy  in  the  church  in  Hart 
ford,  1656-1659. 
(Conn.  Hist.  Soc.  Colls.,  II.  51-125.) 

100.  Art.  14.  A  discourse  on  the  discovery  of  the  hithermost  parts  of 
America  written  by  Capt.  Carlehill  to  the  citizens  of  London. 

142.  ff.  300,  302,  304,  305,  306.  Have  to  do  with  the  question  of  employing 
English  ships  and  mariners  and  the  lading  of  goods  on  English 
in  preference  to  foreign  ships. 

156.  f.  58.  "  A  plaine  declaration,  how  greatlie  the  f  armours  of  the  Tobacco 
impost  have  been  endamaged  by  that  farme,  and  what  proffitt  and 
benefitt  their  labour  and  travail  have  brought  to  his  Majestic." 
Probably  1606. 
(To  be  printed  in  Rec.  Va.  Co.,  III.) 

162.  f.  159.  Project  for  patent  for  the  sole  import  of  tobacco  for  seven 
years.     April,  1620. 
(To  be  printed  in  Rec.  Va.  Co.,  III.) 

194.  ff.  12,  13.  Copies  of  communications  from  Estates  General  of  Holland 
regarding  peace,  and  Charles  II.'s  reply  thereto.    Oxford,  Decem 
ber  16,  1665. 
(In  French.) 


Lansdowne  Manuscripts.  9 

ff.  14-25.  Copies  of  orders  in  Council  and  instructions  to  the  Com 
missioners  of  Prizes  for  the  port  of  London,  with  rules  and  direc 
tions  for  the  High  Court  of  Admiralty  in  adjudication  of  prizes. 

209.  f.  loo  ff.  A  Relation  of  New  England. 

661.  ff.  51-150.  Papers  from  the  Register  General  of  Tobacco  of  importance 
for  study  of  the  tobacco  trade.  Also  several  representations  sent 
to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Customs.  1752-1760. 

673.  Establishment  of  their  Majesties'  Guards,  Garrisons  and  Land  forces. 
April  i,  1694. 

(Contains  mention  and  charges  of  troops  in  Barbadoes,  Leeward  Islands, 
Jamaica,  New  York.  Duplicate  of  document  in  P.  R.  O.) 

ff.  36-40.  Account  of  the  gross  and  net  produce  of  the  several  duties 
of  Customs  in  England.  1741-1746. 

691.  "  The  Meanes  of  a  most  Ample  Encrease  of  the  Wealth  and  Strength 
of  England.     In  a  few  years.     Humbly  Represented  to  Her  Ma 
jestic,  In  the  Fifth  Year  of  her  Reign  "  [by  Dr.  Nehemiah  Grew, 
1707?]. 
(P.  76,  remarks  on  the  plantations.) 

707.  "  A  Geographic,  historical  Narrative  or  summary  of  the  present  con 
troversy  between  Daniel  Nimham,  a  native  Indian,  king  or  sachem 
of  the  Wappinger  Tribe  of  Indians  so  called,  in  behalf  of  himself 
and  the  whole  tribe  aforesaid  on  the  one  part;  and  Messrs.  Roger 
Morris,  Beverley  Robinson,  and  Philipse,  all  of  the  city  and  prov 
ince  of  New  York,  heirs  and  legal  representatives  of  Col.  Fred 
erick  Philipse,  late  of  New  York,  deceased ",  with  plat  of  the 
territory.  (A  true  copy). 

(Cf.  despatch  from  Sec.  Shelburne  to  Gov.  Moore,  evidently  in  response  to 
this  narrative,  October  u,  1766,  in  P.  R.  O.,  Colonial  Office,  Class  5,  222— 
A.  W.I.  389,  pp.  7-9,  old  reference.) 

733.  "  James  West's  Book  ",  containing  a  report  from  the  commissioners 
appointed  to  examine  into  the  state  of  the  revenue  and  the  debts 
due  to  the  army.  Also  a  letter  from  Maj.-Gen.  Macartney,  who  in 
December,  1708,  was  proposed  as  commander  of  "an  expedition 
to  Canada,  on  a  scheme  recommended  to  her  Majesty  by  the  Com 
missioners  of  Trade  and  projected  by  one  Mr.  Vetch  ". 

809.  ff.  1-32.  "  Historical  Account  of  the  Revolt  of  the  Chactaw  Indians  in 
the  late  war  from  the  French  to  the  British  alliance  and  their 
return  since  to  that  of  the  French.  In  which  are  contained  the 
public  and  private  measures  pursued  on  that  occasion  in  the  prov 
ince  of  South  Carolina  and  wherein  the  respective  services  of  the 
several  persons  claiming  the  merit  of  effecting  that  revolt  are 
placed  in  their  proper  light  and  the  true  causes  shewn  of  each 
event."  Dated  London,  January  20,  1753,  and  addressed  to  James 
West  by  Edmd.  Atkins. 
(Upholding  claims  of  Charles  McNane.) 

821-823.  The  documents  in  these  volumes  have  been  rearranged  chrono 
logically,  as  follows:  821,  April  24,  i654-March  24,  1656/7;  822, 
March  24,  i656/7-December  28,  1657;  823,  December  28,  1657- 
1659  and  undated.  The  Classified  Catalogue  is  of  no  value  for 
the  volumes  and  letters  relating  to  the  colonies  can  be  discovered 
only  by  a  page  by  page  examination. 


10  The  British  Museum. 

825.  ff.  8-13.  Letter  from  one  John  Morley  giving  account  of  Sir  Josiah 
Child. 

846.  f.  187.  "  Observations  in  relation  to  the  powers  lodged  in  the  Lord 
High  Treasurer,  as  it  concerns  the  office  and  officers  in  America, 
submitted  by  Henry  McCulloh  of  North  and  South  Carolina,  Com 
missioner  of  Quit  rents,  regarding  the  support  that  he  should 
receive  from  the  Lords  of  the  Treasury  in  his  work  as  commis 
sioner  of  quit  rents." 
(Warrant  issued  May  16,  1739.  Communication  is  undated.) 

f.  245.  "  The  Interest  of  Great  Britain  with  regard  to  the  Importation 
of  Bar  Iron  from  America,  impartially  considered."  n.  d. 

f.  249.  Statement  submitted  by  Mr.  John  Collins  to  the  Council  of 
Trade  and  Plantations  regarding  liberal  attitude  of  the  French 
king  toward  merchants  and  shipping;  and  containing  translation 
of  edict  of  the  French  king.  1671. 

849.  f.  27.  List  of  papers  inclosed  in  letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to 
Sec.  Vernon,  February  17,  1698/9;  followed  by  copies  of  all  the 
papers  in  full.  Fifteen  papers. 

1.  Considerations  offered  by  the  Board  of  Trade  on  Bellomont's  pro 

posals  regarding  security  of  the  plantations  in  the  northern  part 
of  America  and  to  supply  the  kingdom  with  naval  stores.  October 
4,  1700. 

2.  Extract  of  letter  from  Mr.  Stoughton,  lieutenant-governor  of  Mas 

sachusetts  Bay,  relating  to  encroachments  of  the  French  upon 
English  territories  by  land  and  the  right  of  fishery  by  sea.  October 
24,  1698. 

3.  Copy  of  letter  from  Mons.  De  Villebon,  French  governor  of  Nova 

Scotia,  to  Mr.  Stoughton,  relating  to  pretensions  of  the  French 
and  the  rights  of  fishing.  September  5,  1698. 

4.  Testimony  of  John  Swasey,  master  of  sloop  Dolphin  and  William 

Jeggels,  master  of  sloop  Sparrow.     Salem,  October  18,  1698. 

5.  Memorial   concerning   English  title   to   Penobscot  and   other  lands 

adjacent  in  America. 

6.  Petition  of  John  Nelson,  nephew  and  executor  of  Sir  Thomas  Temple, 

late  governor  of  Nova  Scotia,  to  Lords  Justices. 

7.  Memorial  of  John  Nelson  to  the  Board  of  Trade. 

8.  Extract  of  memorial  from  Mr.  Nelson,  July  2,  1697. 

9.  Mr.  Nelson's  memorial  relating  to  fishery  on  coast  of  Nova  Scotia. 

November  2,  1697. 

10.  Mr.  Nelson's  letter  from  Paris  relating  to  designs  of  the  French  in 

America.    December  2/12,  1697. 

11.  Mr.  Nelson's  letter  from  Boston,  relating  to  French  pretentions  to 

sole  right  of  fishing  upon  coast  of  "  Accadie  ".    November  4,  1698. 

(On  Nelson's  claims  see  P.  R.  O.,  Colonial  Office,  Class  5,  115,  753— A.  W.  I. 
294,  564;  and  for  a  brief  sketch  of  Nelson,  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  211.) 

12.  Extract  of  letter  from  Edward  Randolph  relating  to  encroachments 

of  the  French  upon  English  plantations.    New  York,  May  16,  1698. 

13.  Memorial   drawn  by  the   Board  of  Trade,   July,    1697,   relating  to 

frontiers  of  New  York  and  his  Majesty's  right  to  sovereignty 
over  the  Five  Nations  of  Indians  bordering  thereupon. 


Lansdowne  Manuscripts.  11 

14.  Depositions  of  William  Teller  about  the  right  of  the  crown  of  Eng 

land  to  sovereignty  over  the  Five  Nations.     New  York,  July  6, 
1698. 

15.  Memorial  presented  to  the  Earl  of  Bellomont  by  Col.  Bayard  relating 

to  the  same.    July  6,  1698. 

f.  78(82).  Extract   of  letter  from   Earl   of   Bellomont  to   Board   of 
Trade.    October  17,  1700. 
(N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  712.) 

f .  80  (84).  Copy  of  address  to  Bellomont  from  some  of  the  principal 
inhabitants  of  the  city  and  county  of  Albany. 

f.  84.  Letter  from  Board  of  Trade  to  Sec.  Vernon  regarding  defence 
of  New  York.  December  19,  1700. 

f.  86.  Letter  from  the  same  to  the  same,  enclosing  additional  extracts. 
October  25,  1700. 

f.  88.  Extract  of  letters  from  Bellomont,  July  31,  1700;  with  proposi 
tions  made  by  the  sachems  of  the  Five  Nations,  June  30,  1700; 
and  information  given  by  the  Indians,  July  3,  1700. 

f .  256.  "  An  account  of  all  the  patents,  etc.,  that  have  passed  the  office 
of  privy  scale  from  April  i,  1709,  to  March  31,  1710,  and  the 
fees  that  arise  to  his  grace  the  Lord  Privy  Scale  out  of  the  same, 
together  with  the  Privy  Scales." 
(A  few  colonial  items.) 

885.  ff.  iii-H4b.  Report  on  demands  from  New  England,  for  expeditions 
against  Cape  Breton,  made  to  Lords  Commissioners  of  his  Ma 
jesty's  Treasury,  December  29,  1747,  signed  J.  West,  P.  Leheup. 
f.  150.  "An  Account  of  all  moneys  which  have  been  issued  and  paid 
out  of  the  Receipt  of  his  Maj.  Exchequer  ",  etc.  March  25,  1721, 
to  March  25,  1725. 

(Includes  entries  of  money  paid  to  56  emigrant  ministers  to  the  plantations, 
and  of  presents  to  the  Indians.) 

1012.  An  Account  of  the  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in 
Foreign  Parts  established  by  the  Royal  charter  of  King  William 
III.  (London,  1706)  ;  also  A  Collection  of  Papers  printed  by  order 
of  the  Society  (London,  1706). 

(Interleaved  and  elaborately  annotated  by  Bishop  Kennett.  On  f.  192  is  a 
"  Catalogue  of  Books  and  Papers  relating  to  the  past  and  present  state  of 
the  British  Plantations  in  America".) 

1032.  f.  i.  Commonplace-book  of  Bishop  Kennett  in  which  are  copied  many 
extracts  from  books  and  papers  that  came  into  the  hands  of  the 
society.  On  f.  109  is  a  copy  of  Baron  Graffenried's  letter  to  Gov 
ernor  Hyde  of  North  Carolina,  October  23,  1711,  relating  his 
adventures  among  the  Tuscuroras. 

f.  128.  Treatise  on  the  Virginia  Company,  saying  that  it  "  encouraged 
the  publication  of  several  treatises  very  useful  to  the  Propagation 
of  Learning  and  Religion  in  those  Parts  "  and  mentioning  John 
Brinsley's  Consolation  for  our  Grammer  Schools  (1622).  It  in 
quires  into  the  reasons  why  the  company  was  dissolved  and  con 
cludes  that  it  was  owing  to  the  jealousy  of  the  Spaniards  and  the 
influence  of  Gondomar  upon  the  English  court,  and  it  quotes  from 
the  work  accredited  to  Thomas  Scott,  rector  of  St.  Saviours,  Nor- 


12  The  British  Museum. 

wich,  entitled  Vox  Populi  or  News  from  Spain,  a  pamphlet  against 
the  Spanish  marriage. 

(For  Vox  Populi  see  Somers  Tracts,  II.  508;  Bod.  Libr.  Ashmolean  1153, 
ff.  i7-2pb;  Brit.  Mus.  Harleian  6827,  Stowe  281,  Sloane  1435,  ff.  194-203.) 

f.  147.  Bishop  Kennett's  account  of  America. 

(On  the  left  side  of  the  page  are  quotations  and  references.) 

1049.  "An  Alphabetical  Index  of  the  Names  of  Authors  of  Commercial 

Books  and  Pamphlets.  November  29,  1764."  ff.  i-5b. 
"  This  Index  was  made  in  the  year  1762  and  is  now  completed  to  the 
present  time,  as  to  the  entry  of  all  Commerical  Books  and  Pamph 
lets  which  I  have  as  yet  indexed  anywhere;  there  not  being  any 
such  book  or  pamphlet  entered  in  my  former  alphabetical  and 
chronological  Indexes  (that  ought  properly  to  be  so  entered)  but 
what  is  now  transfered  into  this  index,  together  with  such  dupli 
cates  as  differ  in  years  printed  or  No.  of  pages  from  the  other 
editions  of  tracts  to  which  they  are  duplicates;  but  neither  Ab 
stracts  of  British  Laws,  nor  Single  Acts  of  Parliam*,  nor  Treatises 
of  Commerce,  etc.  are  transfered  from  former  Indexes  to  this,  it 
appearing  to  me  improper  to  have  them  indexed  otherwise  than 
under  those  Three  general  Heads,  as  they  have  hitherto  been 
indexed  .  .  .  .  J.  Massie."  ff.  6b-s8. 

(In  the  original  list  pamphlets  relating  to  the  Continental  colonies  are  indi 
cated  by  the  name  of  the  individual  colony;  pamphlets  relating  to  the 
West  Indies  are  indicated  by  the  terms,  "  Colonies  Sugar,  In  General " ; 
"  Colonies  Sugar " ;  and  "  Trade  with  Spain ".  The  following  selected 
entries  include  only  such  pamphlets  as  relate  to  the  thirteen  original  colo 
nies  or  their  interests.) 

NO.  TITLE. 

3.  Laws  relating  to  British  Colonies,  selected  by  the  Board  of  Trade 

for  the  governors  of  said  colonies. 

4.  Laws  relating  to  British  Trade  (ibid.}. 

21.  Brief  account  of  Pennsylvania,  by  William  Penn. 
123.  Further  Account  of  Pennsylvania. 
139.  Charter  of  Maryland. 

144.  Considerations  on  State  of  Affairs  in  the  Northern  Colonies,  Arch. 
Kennedy,  Esq. 

146.  Laws  made  in  the  City  of  New  York. 

147.  The  Fundamental  Constitutions  of  Carolina. 
242.  Select  Tracts  relating  to  the  Colonies. 

270.  Discourse  on  North  American  Paper  Currencies. 
324.  Tailfer,  Narrative  of  Colony  of  Georgia. 

351.  Accompt  of  Monies  and  Effects  received  and  expended  by  the  Trus 
tees  for  Georgia. 

436.  Relation  of  Occurrences  in  Virginia  from  First  Planting  (1608). 
442.  Hakluyt,  Virginia  Richly  Valued. 

446.  Declaration  of  Purpose  of  Plantation  in  Virginia  (1610). 

447.  Declaration  of  Estate  of  Colony  of  Virginia  (1610). 
482.  Declaration  of  the  State  of  Virginia  (1620). 

489.  Relation  of  Discovery  and  Plantation  of  New  England  (1622). 
492.  Waterhouse,  Declaration  of  the   State  of  the  Colony  of  Virginia 
(1622). 


Lansdowne  Manuscripts.  13 

529.  New  England's  Plantation  or  Description  (1630). 

531.  The  Planter's  Plea  (New  England,  1630). 

541.  Smith,  General  History  (1632). 

548.  Wood,  New  England's  Prospect  (1634). 

557.  Morton,  New  English  Canaan  (1637). 

614.  New  England's  First  Fruits  (1643). 

659.  Williams,  Virgo  Triumphans,  or  Virginia  in  General  (1650). 

660.  Williams,  Virginia's  Discovery  of  Silkworms  (1650). 

713.  Strong,  Babylon's  Fall  in  Maryland  (1655). 

714.  Langford,  A  Just  and  Gere  Refutation  (1655). 

733.  L.  G.     Public  Good,  etc.    Remonstrance  on  Sad  State  of  Virginia 

(i657). 
742.  Everard,  Dr.,  Panacea,  etc.,  Virtues  of  Tobacco  taken  in  a  Pipe 


749.  Gerbier,  Summary,  etc.,  manifestly  hot  better  than  cold  parts  in 
America  (1660). 

819.  Description  of  Province  of  Carolina  (1666). 

847.  Morton,  N.    New  England's  Memorial,  Relation  of  Events  (1669). 

859.  Denton,  Description  of  New  York  (1670). 

893.  King  James,  Counterblast  to  Tobacco  (1672). 

958.  Mather,  History  of  Indian  Wars  in  New  England  (1676). 

983.  Hubbard,  Present  State  of  New  England  (1677). 
1065.  Frame  of  Government  for  Pensilvania  (1682). 
1067.  W.  L.,  Plantation  Work,  Work  of  this  Generation  (1682). 
1069.  Wilson's  Account  of  Province  of  South  Carolina  (1682). 
1071.  T.  A.,  gent,  Carolina,  or  a  Description  of  that  Country  (1682). 
1075.  Account  of  East  Jersey  and  Proposals  for  Settling  (1682). 
1087.  Letter  giving  an  Account  of  Pensilvania  (1683). 
1099.  Planter's  Speech  to  his  Neighbours  in  Pensilvania  (1684). 
1145.  Declaration  of  Protestants  in  Maryland  for  arming  (1689). 

1148.  Relation  of  State  of  New  England  from  First  Planting  (1689). 

1149.  Byfield,  N.,  Account  of  late  Revolution  in  New  England  (1689). 

1171.  New  England's  Faction  Discovered,  by  C.  D.  (1690). 

1172.  Short  Account  of  the  Present  State  of  New  England  (1690). 
1514.  A  Trip  to  New  England  with  a  Character  of  the  Country  and 

People  (1699). 

1561.  Letter  concerning  Clandestine  Trade  (1700). 
1628.  Essay  on  Government  of  British  Colonies  in  N.  America  (1701). 
1655.  Plantation  Justice,  shewing  the  Constitution,  etc.  (1702). 
1694.  Case   of   Scotsmen   residing   in    England   and   in   the   Plantations 

(I703)- 

1696.  Case  of  Wm.  Atwood,  Esq.,  Chief  Justice  of  New  York  (1703). 
(N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll,  1880.) 

1702.  An  Account  of  the  Trial  of  Nicholas  Bayard,  Esq.,  for  Endeavor 

ing  to  Subvert  Government  in  New  York  (1703). 

1703.  News  from  Pensilvania,  or  Narrative  of  Remarkable  Passages  in 

Government  of  Quakers  (1703). 
1808.  Modest  Inquiry,  etc.,  about  Memorial  of  Deplorable  State  of  New 

England  (1707). 
1890.  Letter,  etc.,  Description  of  South  Carolina  (1710). 


14:  The  British  Museum. 

1939.  Virtues  and  Excellency  of  American  Tobacco  (1712). 

2101.  Passages  in  Philip's  War  (with  Indians  in  N.  E.)  by  T.  C.  (1716). 

2127.  Discourse  for  Establishing  a  Colony  south  of  Carolina  by  Sir  R. 

Montgomery  (1717). 

2157.  Letter  from  South  Carolina  giving  an  Account  of  it  (1718). 
2187.  Charter  of  City  of  New  York,  granted  by  Lieut.  Govr.  Dongan, 

April  27,  1686  (1719). 
2213.  Acts  of  Assembly  passed  in  the  province  of  New  York,  1691-1718 

(I7I9)-. 
2279.  Dissertation  on  the  Use  and  Abuse  of  Tobacco  (1720). 

2308.  Letter  concerning  the  Naval  Stores  Bill   (1720). 

2407.  Letter  concerning  the  Naval  Stores  Bill  (1721). 

2413.  Dummer's  Defence  of  New  England  Charters  (1721). 

2459.  Daniel  Coxe,  Description  of  Carolana  or  Carolina  (1722). 

2485.  Acts  of  Assembly  passed  in  Maryland,  1692-1715  (1723). 

2520.  Apology  or  Vindication  of  F.  Nicholson,  Esq.,  Govr.  of  Carolina 

(1724)- 

2621.  Advantage  of  Great  Britain  considered  in  Tobacco  Trade,  by  John 
Nicoll  (1727). 

2634.  Hartwell,  Blair  and  Chilton,  Present  State  of  Virginia  and  the 

College  (1727). 

2635.  Papers  about  an  Affidavit  made  by  Revd.  James  Blair,  Presd.  of 
William  and  Mary  College  (1727). 

2680.  Acts  of  Assembly  passed  in  Virginia  from  1662  (1728). 
2724.  Proceedings  of  Assembly  in  Massachusetts  Bay  (1729). 
2726.  Robert  Burton,  English  Empire  in  America  (Dublin,  1729). 
2747.  Case  of  Sir  Alexander  Cuming,  Bart.,  truly  stated  in  Relation  to 

Merchants  in  So.  Carolina  (1730). 

2772.  Natural  History  of  Chocolate,  by  R.  Brookes,  M.  D.  (1730). 
2805.  Observations  on  Case  of  Northern  Colonies  (1731). 
2816.  Importance  of  British  Plantations,  etc.   (1731). 
2846.  Considerations  on  bill  in  House  of  Lords  about  Trade  between 

Northern  Colonies  and  Sugar  Islands  (1732). 
2856.  British  Empire  in  America,  Second  Letter  (1732). 
2861.  Comparison  between  Sugar  Colonies  and  New  England  (1732). 
2867.  Letter  from  So.  Carolina,  giving  an  Account  of  it  (1732). 
2924.  Discourse  on  Trade,  particularly  Sugar  and  Tobacco  (1733). 
2954.  Reasons  for  Establishing  Colony  of  Georgia,  Benj.  Martin. 
2958.  Reply  to  Vindication  of  Case  of  Tobacco  Planters  (1733). 
2961.  Case  of  the  Planters  of  Tobacco  in  Virginia  (1733). 

3018.  Representation  of  the  Board  of  Trade  (1734). 

3019.  Representation  of  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the  House  of  Lords 

(1733/4). 
3034.  Extracts  about  Saltsburghers  sent  to  Georgia,  Commr,  von  Reck 

(1734). 
3125.  Charter  and  Statutes  of  College  of  William  and  Mary  in  Virginia 

(1736). 

3170.  New  Voyage  to  Georgia  (1737). 
3250.  Considerations  on  the  American  Trade  (1739). 
3257.  Abridgment  of  Acts  and  Clauses  relating  to  Trade  and  Navigation 

between  Great  Britain  and  the  British  Colonies  (1739). 


Lansdowne  Manuscripts.  15 

3271.  British  Sailor's  Discovery.    Title  to  our  Colonies  Prov'd  (1739). 
3323.  Don  John  further  displayed :    American  Trade  (1740). 

3340.  True  Interest  of  Great  Britain,  Ireland,  and  Plantations,  by  Sir 

A.  Murray,  Bart.  (1740). 

3341.  Memoirs,  etc.,  of  Trade  and  Revenue  of  British  American  Colonies, 
by  John  Ashley,  Esq.  (1740). 

3376.  Description  of  Georgia  (1741). 

3389.  Account  of  Money  recd  and  disbursd  for  Orphan  House  in  Georgia, 

by  G.  Whitefield  (1741). 

3394.  Account  of  Progress  in  Georgia,  by  Benj.  Martyn,  Sec.   (1741). 
3397.  Enquiry  into  the  State  and  Utility  of  Georgia  (1741). 
3403.  Charters  of  Maryland,  Connecticut,  Rhode  Island,  Pennsylvania, 

Massachusetts,  Georgia  (published  in  folio,  1741). 
3476.  Brief  Account  of  Causes  that  have  retarded  Progress  of  the  Colony 

of  Georgia  (i743)-. 
3532.  Method  to   Determine   the    Best   Climate,   by   John   Peter   Purry 

(1744). 

3556,  3617*  3618,  4209.    Cape  Breton  Fisheries^  1745,  1746,  1758). 

3557.  Considerations  on  State  of  British  Fisheries  in  America  (1745). 
3572.  State  of  British  and  French  Trade  to  Africa  and  America  (1745). 
3603.  Seasonable  Considerations  about  Smugglers  (1746). 

3622.  Importance  of  Cape  Breton  and  about  Northern  Colonies  in  Gen 
eral  (1746). 

3668.  Three  Sermons  on  taking  Cape  Breton  and  other  Successes  in  War, 
by  Tho.  Prince  (1747). 

3711.  State  of  Trade  in  Northern  Colonies  considered,  by  Otis  Little 
(1748). 

3738.  Apology  in  behalf  of  Smugglers  (1749). 

3757.  Sermons  Preached  to  Congregation  of  Black  Slaves  (1749). 

3812.  Colden's  History  of  the  Five  Nations  (1750). 

3853.  Present  State  of  the  Tobacco  Trade,  by  Britannicus  (1751). 

3871.  Appeal  to  the  Public  in  relation  to  Tobacco  (1751). 

3879.  Bartram's  Observations,  Pennsylvania  to  Canada  (1751). 

3917.  Report  upon  the  Petition  relating  to  the  Manufacture  of  Hats 

(1752). 

3918.  Ruinous  Condition  of  the  Tobacco  Trade,  by  Britannicus  (1752). 
4054.  Remarks  on  British,  French,  and  Spanish  Colonies  (1755). 
4056.  Observations  on  Conduct  of  France  (in  America),  by  Wm.  Clarke, 

M.  D.  (1755). 

4059.  Description  of  English  and  French  Possessions  in  America,  by  J. 
Palairet. 

4064.  Essay  on   Courses,   etc.,    Governments,   etc.,   of   British   Colonies 

(1755). 

4065.  State  of  British  and  French  Colonies  in  North  America  (1755). 
4067.  Colden's  History  of  the  Five  Nations  (1755). 

4105.  Letter  from  New  Jersey,  describing  that  Province,  by  T.  T.  (1756). 

4113.  State  of  the  Province  of  Pennsylvania  (1756). 

4147.  Letter  on  the  Importance  of  the  American  Colonies  (1757). 

4157.  Memoirs  of  War  in  North  America  from  1744  to  1748  (1757). 


16  The  British  Museum. 

4205.  Consideration  on  State  of  Affairs,  etc.     Description  of  Northern 

Colonies,  by  Peter  Williamson  (1758). 
4243.  Enquiry,    etc.      Causes    of   the    Discontent   of    Delaware    Indians 

(1759). 

4284.  Interest  of  Great  Britain  as  to  her  Colonies  (1760). 

4321.  Importance  of  the  Colonies  to  Great  Britain,  by  John  Rutherford 
(1761). 

4325.  Description  of  South  Carolina  (1761). 
1052.  A  collection  of  deeds  and  other  exhibits  in  the  case  of  the  Mohegan 

Indians. 

f.  i.  Indian  deed  from  Uncas,  sachem  of  the  Moheegs,  and  Oaneko, 
his  son,  to  Tho:  Hollister  of  Wethersfield  in  the  Colony  of  Con 
necticut  (for  kindness  received)  of  100  acres  of  land  in  the  Mohe 
gan  country.  March  18,  1675/6. 

(Certified  by  John  Talcott  that  Uncas  appeared  before  him,  June  19,  1677, 
and  acknowledged  this  deed.) 

f.  ib.  Assignment  of  above  mentioned  land  by  Tho.  Hollister  to  Nath. 
Bowman,  September  9,  1682,  witnessed  by  Samll.  Talcott  and 
Nath.  Butler  and  signed  by  Tho.  Hollister. 

(Below  is  assignment  by  Nath.  Bowman  of  right  and  title  to  Capt.  Fitch 
of  Norwich,  October  21,  1682.) 

f.  3.  Deed  from  Uncas  and  Owaneto  to  Tho.  Tracy  and  Thomas 
Leffingwell  of  Norwich  of  40x3  acres  according  to  the  grant  of  the 
general  court  of  Hartford,  October  10,  1677,  lying  eastward  from 
Showatuckket  River. 

(Taken  from  colony  record  of  deeds,  vol.  III.  in  secretary  of  state's  office, 
Hartford,  Connecticut.) 

f.  4.  Deed,  partly  mutilated,  of  Mohegan  territory,  to  whom  gone. 

Signed  Uncas,  Owaneco,  Atawanhood.    June  6,  1659. 

("This  deed  is  recorded  in  the  [cujntry  Book,  [A]ugust.    Allyn,  Sec.") 
f.  5.  Deed  to  Maj.  John  Mason  from  the  same.    December  14,  1663. 

("  Entered  in  the  Stonington  Book  of  Records  for  Land,  ff.  353,  August  15, 

1705,  Elnathan  Minor,  Town  Clerk." 
"  Entered  in  second  book  of  Deeds  in  Preston,  folo.  165,  January  12,  1708/9, 

Jonathan  Tracy,  Record1"." 
Also  "  Questions  proposed  to  Onato  by  an  interpreter  under  oath ",  with 

answers.) 

f.  6.  Deed  from  Uncas  and  Waurquay  (probably  Waurkete,  see 
Love's  Samson  Occom,  p.  366),  sachems  of  the  Mohegans,  Au 
gust  15,  1659,  to  John  Mason. 

("Entered   in   Stonington  2  Book   for  Deeds,   August   15,   1705,   Elnathan 

Minor,  Town  Clerk." 
Other  affidavits  attached  with  attestations  and  places  of  record.) 

f.  7.  "  Covenants  and  Agreements  made  between  the  English  Inhabi 
tants  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  River  of  Connecticut  of  the 
one  part  and  Miantonome  the  chief  sachem  of  the  Indians  called 
the  Narregansets  in  the  behalf  of  himself  and  other  sachems 
there,  Anepoquaum  or  Uncas,  the  chief  sachem,  etc.  September 

21,   I638." 

(Then  follow  twelve  sections  relating  to  peace  with  the  Indians.  Sections 
9-12  are  torn  away  at  the  bottom.  Copy  made  May  25,  1665,  by  Daniel 
Clark,  Secretary.) 


Stowe  Manuscripts.  17 

1177.  f.  217.  Dissertation  sur  les  cotes  occidentales  de  1'Amerique  Septen- 

trionale.    n.  d. 
f .  268.  Remarque  sur  les  cotes  occidentales  de  1'Amerique  Septen- 

trionale,  la  terre  de  Jesso  et  la  Californie. 
1215.  f.  30.  Declaration  (in  Latin)  of  receipt  and  revenues  from  September 

28, ,  apparently  for  a  year. 

(Per  Reddit  Novi  Ebor  .  .  .  oooooi ..  o ..  o.) 

f.  163.  Abstract  of  his  Majesty's  Quit-Rents  in  North  Carolina,  re 
ceived  by  Eleazer  Allen,  from  September  29,  1729,  to  March  25, 
1742. 

1219.  ff.  11-16.  Various  Indian  Testimonies:  (a)  regarding  civilized 
nation  in  the  northwestern  part  of  America;  (6)  regarding  a 
strait  "  in  the  bottom  of  the  Northern  Bay  where  they  can  easily 
discover  land  on  the  other  side,  in  which  there  is  ice  all  the  year 
round";  (c}  travels  by  land  along  the  coast  of  California. 

f.  17.  "  Account  of  such  captures  of  the  Americans  as  the  London 
merchants  have  had  advice  of."  February  14,  March  10,  June  6, 
1777. 

ff.  18-31.  Correct  list  of  ships  taken,  etc.,  since  the  trouble  with 
America.  January  27,  1777. 

(Alphabetical  list,  masters'  names,  from  where  to  where,  tonnage.     Total 
taken  332,  retaken,  etc.,  63.) 

f.  32.  Standing  interrogatories  to  be  administered  in  behalf  of  our 
sovereign  (George  III.).  "To  all  Commanders,  masters,  officers, 
mariners  and  other  persons  found  on  board  any  ship  or  vessel 
which  hath  been  taken." 

ff.  34,  36  and  38  (dupl.  of  34),  40,  43  (dupl.),  47-53t>  (papers),  54,  56 
(dupl.),  59-60,  letters,  etc.,  from  Dr  Andrew  Turnbull  to  Sec. 
Shelburne  and  to  Lord  George  Germain  regarding  his  settlement 
of  Greeks  in  East  Florida,  his  suit  in  Chancery,  and  other  personal 
affairs.  St.  Augustine,  1780. 

f.  61.  Petition  of  five  American  prisoners  confined  in  Mill  prison  at 
Plymouth.  September  I,  1782. 

f.  63.  Regarding  Irish  troops  to  be  sent  to  America,     n.  d. 

f.  65.  Minute  of  proceedings  in  Parliament  regarding  non-intercourse 
bill  with  amendments  and  division. 


STOWE  MANUSCRIPTS. 

Catalogue  of  the  Stowe  Manuscripts  (MS.). 

(The  Stowe  collection  was  purchased  of  Lord  Ashburnham  and  is  so 
called  because  it  was  made  by  the  Grenvilles,  dukes  of  Buckingham,  at 
Stowe.) 

119.  f.  164.  Names  of  the  Committee  appointed  in  1777  to  consider  estab 
lishment  of  Episcopacy  in  America. 

142.  f.  125.  Specimen  of  stamps  designed  for  use  in  America  (two  shillings, 
six  pence). 

156.  f.  59.  Account  of  a  voyage  by  James  Barker,  and  four  others  who 
sailed  from  the  Summer  Islands,  July  27,  1617,  to  the  coast  of 
Ireland. 


18  The  British  Museum. 

163.  f.  72.  "  Observations  on  my  voyage  to  Canada,  made  in  July,  1682  ", 
signed  Jo.  Nelson. 

172.  f.  307.  Letter  from  Sir  John  Digby  to  Sir  Thomas  Edmondes.    Madrid, 

June  20,  1612. 

(They  are  much  displeased  here with  our  plantation  in  Virginia,  etc.) 

173.  f.  222.  Letter  from  Sir  John  Digby  to  Sir  Thomas  Edmondes.  Madrid, 

November,  1612. 

(Reporting  news  from  Lisbon  and  Seville  "that  the  Spaniards  have  certainly 
overthrowen  our  people  in  Virginia  with  a  fleete  and  an  army,  which  thei 
sent  from  the  Havana  ".) 

174.  f.  170.  Letter  from  Sir  John  Digby  to  Sir  Thomas  Edmondes.    Madrid, 

September  14,  1613. 

("  They  have  here  lately  resolved,  since  they  understand  that  our  Plantation 
of  Virginia  is  likely  to  sinke  of  itself,  to  remove  us  from  the  Islands  of 
the  Bermudos.") 

184.  ff.  123-127.  Correspondence  of  Lord  Warwick  regarding  the  Planta 

tions,  New  England,  Virginia,  etc.    1646,  1648. 

(Copies  of  letters  sent  to  the  "court  and  council  of  New  England",  to 
Virginia,  to  Capt.  Mathews,  to  C.  Bell,  West  Indies,  to  C.  Drax,  Barba- 
does,  to  the  council  of  Barbadoes,  to  Brisket,  to  Sir  Thos.  Warner,  etc.) 

185.  f.  83.  Instructions   for  Adm.   Penn  and   others  regarding  expedition 

to  the  West  Indies.    August  18,  1654. 

186.  f.  3.  Letter  from  Arthur  Hopton,  English  agent  at  Madrid,  to  Viscount 

Dorchester,  with  relation  of  discovery  of  New  Mexico  by  the 
Franciscans.  Madrid,  August  22,  1631. 

201.  f.  145.  Letter  from  Lord  Willoughby,  governor  of  Barbadoes,  Feb 
ruary  8,  1672/3,  relating  capture  of  Tobago  from  the  Dutch. 

222.  f.  352.  Letter  from  J.  Dudley,  Boston,  February  6,  1705,  to  J.  Belcher, 

speaking  of  the  gift  by  Princess  Sophia  "  of  her  effigies  "  to  the 
province  of  Massachusetts  Bay. 

223.  ff.  171-172.  Letters  from  J.  Belcher  regarding  his  journey  to  Hanover 

to  acknowledge  the  gift  by  Princess  Sophia  and  to  bring  it  back 
to  New  England,  March  I,  1707/8,  September  12,  1708.  Also  a 
letter  from  John  Chamberlayne  to  the  princess,  July  30,  1708,  and 
another  from  Gov.  Dudley  to  Chamberlayne,  March  I,  1707/8. 

246.  f.  214.  Letter  from  Mr.  Popple  to  Mr.  Bladen  of  the  Board  of  Trade, 
January  28,  1718/9,  saying  that  Mr.  Lowndes  is  opposed  to  taking 
off  duties  on  American  lumber  on  the  supposition  that  it  is  not 
properly  naval  stores. 

f.  216.  Letter  from  Sir  Charles  Wager,  lord  of  the  Admiralty,  regard 
ing  Richard  Rigby,  provost  marshal  of  Jamaica.  January  29, 
1718. 

256.  f.  305.  Copy  of  letter  from  William  Godolphin,  Madrid,  May  10/20, 
1672,  on  the  right  of  the  English  to  cut  logwood  at  Campeche  and 
other  places. 

ff.  308-318.  Copy  of  representation  of  Board  of  Trade  to  the  king, 
May  25  -  September  25,  1717,  regarding  logwood  cutting  at 
Campeche. 

261.  f.  123.  Letter  from  J.  C.  Roberts,  appointed  by  the  king  secretary  to 
the  province  of  East  Florida,  regarding  his  salary.  London,  Feb 
ruary  n,  1768. 


Stowe  Manuscripts.  19 

264,  265.  Two  volumes  of  transcripts  and  printed  papers  relating  to  the 
Stamp  Act  and  its  consequences  in  America. 

(This  collection  of  copies  with  the  printed  matter  which  it  includes  forms  a 
convenient  series,  readily  accessible  to  the  student.  Original  documents, 
consisting  of  letters  and  enclosures  from  governors  of  the  colonies  to  the 
Secretary  of  State  and  the  Board  of  Trade,  are  in  the  Public  Record 
Office.) 

305.  f.  238.  Proclamation  against  the  Scots  at  Darien  by  Sir  William  Bees- 
ton,  governor  of  Jamaica.  April  2,  1699. 

316.  Statistics  regarding  the  revenue,  1710-1746,  prefaced  by  customs  sta 

tistics,  1679-1710. 

317.  Particular  State  of  the  Revenue,  1688-1710. 

318.  Abstract  of  the  Inspector  General's  Account  of  importations  and  ex- 

portations,  1697-1698. 
320.  Complete  state  of  all  branches  of  the  revenue,  1710-1742. 

323.  f.  40.  Estimate  of  revenue  and  expenditure,  1681. 

324.  No.  3.  Account  of  English  Sugar  Plantations. 

(Appears  to  be  the  original  from  which  Egerton  2395,  f.  629,  was  copied. 
Tempus,  Charles  II.) 

Nos.  4,  5.  Accounts  of  the  London  Custom  House,  1671-1694;  and  of 
customs  in  general,  1671-1723. 
(Ff.  13  to  252,  with  other  documents  interspersed.) 

f.  147.  "  Copy  of  my  letter  to  the  Lords  of  Trade  "  from  Lord  Corn- 
bury.    New  York,  October  14,  1706. 
(N.  Y.  Does.,  IV.  1186.) 

326.  ff.  53-116.  Regarding  farming  of  customs. 
463,  464,  465,  477.  Newfoundland  Papers ;  Collections  of  Michael  Richards, 

engineer  in  the  employ  of  the  Board  of  Ordnance: 
Regarding  two  expeditions  to  Newfoundland.    1696. 
Regarding  fortifications  at  Newfoundland.     1700. 
Logbook  regarding  fortifications  at  Newfoundland.     1701-1702. 
Regarding  fortifications  at  St.  Johns,  Newfoundland.     1711-1714. 
482.  State  of  ordnance  and  stores  at  .  •.  .  .  Annapolis,  Nova  Scotia,  and 

Placentia,  Newfoundland.     1725/6. 
484,  485.  Returns  of  his  Majesty's  forces,  June  2,  1762,  including  troops 

in  America. 

499,  500.  Docket-books  of  Privy  Seal.    May,  i66i-August,  1669. 
746.  ff.  89-89b.  Letter  from  William  Stoughton,  Boston,  May  5,   1684,  to 
Mr.  Richard  Streton,  London,  regarding  affairs  in  Massachusetts 
Bay. 

748.  f.  12.  Letter  from  Gale  to  "  Hon  Father  "  from  Perquimans  River  in 
county  of  Albemarle,  North  Carolina.  August  5,  1703. 

f.  30.  From  William  Penn  to .    October  6,  1704. 

755.  f.  19.  Letter  from  Lord  Willoughby,  governor  of  Barbadoes,  to  Lord 

,  September  16,  1667,  asking  for  supply  of  Scotsmen. 

f.  96.  Letter  from  B.  Franklin  to  Richard  Bache.     Passy,  November 

n,  1784.     On  private  matters. 

792.  Account  written  by  a  ranger  in  Georgia  to  show  that  report  spread  by 
W.  C,  to  the  effect  that  Oglethorpe  had  no  rangers  in  Georgia, 
was  false.  Gives  account  of  tour  with  Oglethorpe  to  establish 
peace  with  the  Indians  (July  8,  1740)  and  with  the  Spaniards 
(September  4,  1742). 


20  The  British  Museum. 

921.  Abstract  of  British  West  Indian  trade  and  navigation,  1770-1805,  by 
Sir  William  Young,  Bart. 

(The  manuscript,  but  not  the  tables,  is  printed  in  Young's  West  India  Com 
monplace  Book  (1807).  See  922  and  923  for  an  account  of  Tobago  in 
1802  and  1810.) 

HARLEIAN  MANUSCRIPTS. 

Catalogue  of  the  Harleian  Manuscripts  in  the  British  Museum,  with  in 
dexes  of  persons  and  places.    4  vols.,  fol.     (London,  1808-1812). 

167.  f.  105.  Simonds  d'Ewes,  Notes  on  New  England. 

(Notes,  in  five  sections,  on  the  origin,  condition,  and  loyalty  of  New  England. 
Cf.  D'Ewes,  Autobiography  and  Correspondence,  ed.  Halliwell,  1845.) 

466,  467  (in  one  volume).  Journals  of  ship  Woolff,  Capt.  George  Purvis, 

bound  as  convoy  to  Virginia.    August  19,  December  20,  1690. 
1012.  Dockets  of  Patents,  10-16  Charles  I.     1634-1640. 
(See  also  2262-2264,  7344-7351,  7639.) 

1038.  f.  83.  D.  Standish  to  the  Bishop  of  London.    July  17,  1728. 

1039.  f.  134.  Letter  from  the  Archbishop  of  York  to  the  church  in  Boston. 

February  9,  1711. 
1223.  No.  i.  "  Remarks  on  the  Decay  of  that  soe  useful  Trade  the  English 

had  before  1661  to  Newfoundland  and  Nova  Scotia." 
No.  7.  "  Sr  William  Pen  his  Quantulumcunque  concerning  Money." 

1682. 
No.  9.  Memorial   concerning   a    Council    of   Trade,    presenting   "  A 

Scheme".    N.  B.  §10. 

(Nos.  I  and  9  probably  by  Charles  Davenant.) 
1238.  A  Collection  of  Papers  concerning  Tobacco. 

f.  i.  Proposals  humbly  offered  to  the  Honorable  House  of  Commons 

to  prevent  tobacco  being  carried  from  the  plantations  in  America 

to  any  place  but  England,    n.  d. 
f.  2.  The  Advantages  of  the  Tobacco  Trade,  against  increasing  the 

duty,  1685.     (Printed.) 
f.  3.  A  Demonstration  of  the  New  Proposal  on  Tobacco  (figures  and 

tables  illustrating  the  tobacco  trade), 
f .  4.  Petition  from  tobacco  dealers  and  workers  in  London  begging 

for    prohibition    of    "  plantation    working    and    use    of    English 

tobacco  ".    n.  d. 

f.  5.  Reply  from  the  Custom  House  to  the  Petition,    n.  d. 
f .  7.  Proclamation  "  By  the  King  "  concerning  tobacco,  January  6,  in 

the  sixth  year  of  Charles  I. 
f.  8.  Heads  of  Act  regarding  tobacco,  evidently  designed  to  be  passed 

by  Parliament,    n.  d. 
f.  9.  Petition  of  merchants  and  dealers  in  tobacco  for  restraint  in 

abuse  of  tobacco,    n.  d. 

(Evidently  aimed  at  adulteration  of  tobacco.    Many  signatures.) 
f.  12.  List  of  abuses  above  mentioned, 
f.  13.  Royal  proclamation  concerning  tobacco.     February   17,    1626. 

(Marginal  notes  and  underlinings  in  the  manuscript.) 
f.  16.  Another  proclamation.     March  14,  1637. 


Harleian  Manuscripts.  21 

f.  20.  Long  paper  against  the  duty  on  tobacco. 

(Throws  light  on  the  business  of  importing  Virginia  tobacco  to  England.) 

f.  29.  Proposals  for  increasing  their  Majesties's  revenue  on  tobacco 
and  the  benefit  of  trade. 
(Answers  to  each  proposal  in  another  hand.) 

f.  36.  Calculate  of  tobacco  stalks  as  sold  in  the  year  1694  "  till  this 

present  March  ".    n.  d. 
ff.  37-62.  Draft  of  tobacco  bill.     1686. 

1243.  f.  346.  Account  of  the  King's  Revenue  as  it  was  delivered  to  the 
House  of  Commons  1663,  by  Sir  Philip  Warwick. 
(Cost  of  Jamaica  estimated  at  £5000.) 

1282.  ff.  19,  20.  Abstract  of  the  public  revenue,  1688-1696. 
1324.  ff.  1-14.  Three  copies  of  representation  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  Janu 
ary  13,  1698/9,  regarding  woolen  manufactures  of  England. 
1488-1497.  'Revenues  and  Accounts,  1690-1697.     (Cf.  1898  and  7051.) 

1509.  f.  256.  Definition   of  Contraband:     "naval   stores,  warlike  utensils, 

and  provisions  for  the  support  of  life  ".    May  17,  1665. 

1510.  f.  577.  Inspection  order  to  view  tobacco  of  the  growth  of  St.  Chris 

topher,  "  which  to  outward  seeming  was  good  but  underneath  was 

rotten  and  corrupt ".     Shipped  by  the  French,  August  10,  1666. 

(See  £.582.) 
ff.  704, 791.  Letter    from    Commissioners    of    Prizes    to    Lord    Wil- 

loughby,  governor  of  Barbadoes,  regarding  Dutch  ship  taken  into 

Barbadoes  as  a  prize.    May  8,  1667. 
f.  787.  Letter  to  Sir  Thos.  Modyford,  governor  of  Jamaica,  bidding 

him  send  account  of  all  prize  ships  brought  into  that  island.     1667. 

1511.  f.  34.  Establishment  of  prize  offices  at  Kinsale  in  Ireland,  Leith  in 

Scotland,  and  Barbadoes.    May,  1672. 

ff.  124,  131.  Regarding  order  for  sale  of  sugars  in  "the  Nassau", 
ff.  314,  316.  Letter  to  Lord  Vaughan,  governor  of  Jamaica,  regard 
ing  pardon  of  244  negroes.    January  31,  1675. 
1583.  f.  196.  Proposal  for  erecting  a  society  in  England  to  trade  in  the 

West  Indies. 

1589.  ff.  22-22b.  Histoire  de  la  Floride,  par  Bazanier. 

1760.  f.  10.  Instructions  to  Sir  Isaac  Wake,  resident  with  the  French  King. 
Endorsed  "  Fr  the  king  ".    June  12,  1631. 

(Contains  a  few  lines  regarding  title  to  Canada.     For  Wake  see  Cal.  Col. 
1574-1660,  p.  60.) 

1898.  f.  I.  Paper  "  setting  forth  the  public  revenue  due  and  payable  in  the 
reigns  of  the  late  King  Charles  the  Second  and  King  James  the 
Second,  which  remained  and  had  continuance  on  the  5th  of  Novem 
ber,  1688,  and  became  payable  to  their  Majestie's  from  the  25th 
of  March,  1698,  by  vertue  of  an  Act  of  Parliament  made  in  the 
first  year  of  their  Majestie's  reign,  intituled  an  Act  for  preventing 
of  doubts  and  questions  concerning  the  collecting  the  publick  reve 
nue,  as  the  same  stood  on  the  first  of  May  ".  1690. 
f.  29b.  List  of  Ships  intended  for  the  Main  Fleet,  in  the  channel,  and 
for  service  in  the  Mediterranean  and  the  West  Indies.  1694. 
(With  notes.) 


22  The  British  Museum. 

2204.  II.  Manuscript  book  entitled,  "  A  Discourse  of  Trade,  for  the  King's 

Most  Excellent  Majesty  ".    September  3,  1622. 

III.  "  An  Excellent  Treatise  of  the  State  Merchant  or  Merchandizing 
State,  consisting  of  Commerce,  Trade,  and  Traffique,  the  sundry 
defects  and  abuses  therein,  and  absolute  remedyes  for  the  same  ", 
by  William  Sanderson. 

2244.  f.  15.  Several   grievances   presented  to   King  James  by   Sir  Robert 
Heath  (then  solicitor  general)  upon  Friday,  the  28th  of  May,  in 
the  name  of  the  Lower  House  of  Parliament  in  the  Banquetting 
Hall  at  Whitehall,  1624,  concerning  Trade  and  Tobacco. 
(To  be  printed  in  Rec.  Va.  Co.,  III.) 

2262-2264.  Dockets  and  Warrants  for  Privy  Seals  and  other  documents 
relating  thereto,  from  1705-1711,  formerly  belonging  to  John  Hol 
ies,  Duke  of  Newcastle  as  Lord  Privy  Seal  in  the  reign  of  Queen 
Anne.  Earlier  volumes  of  the  series  are  in  7344-7351  and  other 
similar  volumes  are  1012  and  7639.  See  Lansdowne  849,  Stowe 
499-500. 

(The  dockets  in  these  three  large  folio  volumes  and  in  the  later  seven 
volumes  are  all  originals  and  have  been  doubly  stamped  according  to  law. 
They  belong  to  the  series  now  in  the  P.  R.  O.  and  a  calendar  of  them  is 
printed  in  D.  K.  Rep.  XXX.,  app.  10,  pp.  360-503.  The  Harleian  Catalogue, 
II.  596-632,  contains  list  of  the  dockets  in  the  volumes  2262-2264.  The 
two  collections  contain  a  large  number  of  references  to  colonial  officials.) 

2334.  ff.  86b,  88.  In  this  small  commonplace-book  are  two  items,  "  Off 
America  ",  which  is  divided  into  two  parts,  Mexicana  and  Peruana, 
the  first  of  which  is  divided  into  subordinate  items,  such  as,  Nica 
ragua,  Yucatan,  Florida,  Virginia,  Escotiland ;  and  on  f .  88,  the 
second  item  "  Off  the  American  Islands  ",  divided  into  two  parts, 
"  In  the  Virginia  Sea  or  Mare  del  Norte  "  and  "  In  the  Pacifique 
Sea  or  Mare  del  Zur ".  On  89b  is  a  note  about  the  Spaniards 
and  their  conduct  in  America. 

3790.  ff.  1-4.  Documents    regarding    appointment    of    Alexander    Murray, 
rector  of  Ware  parish  in  Virginia,  as  bishop  of  Virginia. 
(Printed  in  Perry's  Hist.  Colls.,  I.  536-542.) 

4034.  Voyage  to  the  South  Sea,  with  charts.    1699. 

4888.  f.  86.  "  The  Second  Part  of  the  Fryer's  case  mentioned  and  recited 
in  the  Roman  Horse  leech,  or  an  Account  of  an  as  famous  and 
Rediculous  Action  and  Dispute  that  happened  in  New  England 
about  the  year  1633,  whether  the  Red  Cross  in  the  Banner  of 
England  was  an  Idol  or  no,  with  the  argument  urged  on  both 
sides." 

5101.  ff.  1-69.  John  Strong's  Journal  of  his  voyage  to  the  South  Seas,  1689, 
1690-1691. 
(Bound  up  with  4753  and  6245,  neither  of  which  have  to  do  with  America.) 

5910.  Part  IV.  f.  7.  Account  of  printing  in  ....  the  West  Indies. 

6067.  f.  6.  Command  from  the  council  of  Virginia  to  the  College  of  Heralds 
to  "  marshall  and  set  in  order  the  names  of  such  noblemen,  knights 
and  doctors,  as  you  shall  receive  herewith,  in  the  right  places  and 
send  them  on  to  us  fair  written  on  paper  with  your  hand  and 
names  subscribed  ".  May  9,  1609 ;  signed  E.  Worcester. 
(Printed,  Brown,  Genesis,  I.  308-309.) 


Harleian  Manuscripts.  23 

6273.  f.  i.  Letter  from  Robert  Quary  to  the  Board  of  Trade.     June  16, 

1703. 

(Printed,  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  1045.) 
6425.  Establishment  of  guards,  garrisons,  etc.,  in  England.     1679-1680. 

(Cf.  P.  R.  O.  War  Office,  24,  Establishments.) 
6494.  ff.  i87b-i88.  A  kind  of  commonplace-book  with  notes  on  Bermuda, 

Newfoundland  and   navigation   in   Western   Seas.      ("A  certain 

strange  beast  in  New  England  which  the  natives  call  a  Moss  " ;  and 

in  Virginia  "  a  little  beast  of  a  strange  incredible  nature  called  the 

Apossume  ".) 
6806.  f.  188.  "  How  his  Maj.  may  pay  his  forces  (wth  the  2  governors  of 

Barbadoes  and  the  Leeward  Isds)  wth  the  Duty  of  4^  per  cent. 

w411  an  adition  of  £3823.10  more  to  it  and  save  above  £7000  per 

ann.     Humbly  offered  per  Jno.  Thrale." 
6836.  ff.  60  fol.  Memorial  from  Charles  Davenant  regarding  the  gathering 

of  statistics  of  trade,  of  exports  and  imports  for  the  preceding 

25  years.    The  Custom  House  officials  did  not  approve  of  the  plan 

and  were  doubtful  whether  such  a  state  of  the  trade  could  be 

obtained.    Davenant  was  at  that  time  inspector-general  of  customs. 

Correspondence  is  dated  May- September,  1704. 
6922.  f.  34.  Hurricane  on  voyage  to  the  West  Indies. 

f.  38.  Earthquake  at  Port  Royal,  Jamaica.    June  22,  1692. 
7001.  f.  297.  Letter  from  John  Fenwick  to  his  wife,  dated  Bray,  month  3, 

15th,  1662. 

(Speaks  of  going  into  the  malting  business.) 

f.  299.  [Copy  of  a]  letter  from  the  Duke  of  York  to  Col.  Lovelace, 
rehearsing  the  terms  of  his  grant  to  Carteret  and  Berkeley  and 
stating  that  grants  made  by  Nicolls  in  New  York  were  void  in 
law.  n.  d. 

(On  same  page  is  a  copy  of  the  king's  letter  to  Capt.  John  Berry  regarding 
disaffection  in  New  Jersey,  December  9,  1672 ;  and  of  another  to  the  county 
of  Navesink  containing  instructions  for  election  of  delegates  to  the  assem 
bly,  December,  1675.) 

f .  300.  Letter  from  William  Penn  to  John  Fenwick,  London,  2Oth,  I  Ith, 
1674,  followed  by  "Heads  of  my  "answer  to  W.  P.";  letter  of 
Penn  to  Fenwick,  dated  3Oth,  IIth,  1674,  in  which  he  speaks  of 
Fenwick's  arrest  at  the  hands  of  Berkeley;  letter  dated  13th,  12th, 
1674.  "  A  Copie  of  William  Gibson's  letter  from  Gravesend,  5th, 
2mo,  1677".  (Incomplete.) 

f.  301.  "The  State  of  the  Case  between  John  Fenwick,  Esq.  and 
John  Elridge  and  Edmund  Warner  " ;  including,  on  f .  302,  Maul- 
sen's  oath. 

7006.  ff.  178-179.  Copy  of  King  Charles's  letter  to  the  corporation  of  Rhode 

Island,  attested,  John  Sanford,  Recorder,  made  by  John  Fones, 
February  12,  1678/9. 

7007.  f.  139.  Letter  from  Robert  Tindall,  gunner  to  Prince  Henry,  to  the 

prince.    James  Towne  in  Virginia,  June  22,  1607. 
(Printed,  Brown,  Genesis,  I.  108.     See  Cottonian,  Augustus  I.,  vol.  II.,  no. 
46.) 


24  The  British  Museum. 

7009.  f.  58.  Letter  of  the  governor  and  council  of  Virginia  to  the  Virginia 
Company  of  London.    July  10,  1610. 
(Printed,  Brown,  Genesis,  I.  402.) 

7020.  £.31.  "  The  Royal  American  Office  for  enlarging  her  Majesty's  Ter 

ritories  and  Dominions.    Kept  in  Broad  St.  London." 

(Projected  by  Moses  Stringer,  proprietor  of  Tobago,  and  relating  only  to 
that  island.    See  Add.  MSS.  22265,  f.  94.) 

7021.  f.  279.  Account  by  James  Du  Pre  of  Gov.  Hunter's  relations  with  the 

Palatines:      (i)    memorial   representing  the  materials,   etc.;    (2) 
account  of  money  disbursed;  (3)  copy  of  covenant  with  the  Pala 
tines;  (4)  estimate  of  things  necessary  for  completing  settlement 
of  the  Palatines;  (5)  Id.    Dated  Westminster,  June  n,  1711. 
f.  289.  Manuscript  of  Donne's  Virginia  Reviewed. 
(Hostile  to  New  England  and  of  little  value.) 

7051.  State  of  Receipts  and  Issues  during  reign  of  William  III. 
(Cf.  1488-1497,  1898,  7404-7411,  7422,  7432,  7433.) 

7194.  Account  of  Land  Forces  in  1689-1690.    Large  folio. 

7310.  no.  17.  Account  of  supply  of  Barbadoes  with  Negro  servants,  ad 
dressed  to  the  African  Co.  by  Gov.  Edwyn  Spede.  February  28, 
1693. 

no.  1 8.  Printed  order  of  governor  and  House  of  Representatives  of 
New  York.     1691. 

(This   volume   contains    many   documents    relating   to   the    Royal    African 
Company.) 

7344-7351.  Dockets  and  Warrants  for  Privy  Seals  and  other  Documents 
relating  thereto,  formerly  belonging  to  John  Holies,  Duke  of  New 
castle  as  Lord  Privy  Seal  in  the  reign  of  Queen  Anne.  Vol.  I. 
Charles  I.,  1634 — 23  Charles  II.;  vol.  II.  4  Anne;  vols.  III.,  IV., 
V.,  VI.,  VII.,  VIII.,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10  Anne,  1706-1711. 
(See  2262-2264.) 

7365.  General  Survey  of  the  Post  Office,  by  H.  Gardiner.    1685. 

7404-7413.  States  of  the  Public  Revenue,  and  abstracts  of  divers  accounts, 
1688-1697.  (See  7422.) 

7422.  States  of  the  Public  Revenue  and  abstracts  of  divers  accounts.  (See 
7404-7413.) 

7432.  List  of  Officers  of  customs.     1711. 

7433.  Continuation  of  trade  and  customs.    1699-1721. 
7436-7444.  Establishment  of  Land  Forces  in  1689,  1690,  1691. 
7639.  Dockets  of  Privy  Seals  of  Grants  of  Royal  Revenue,  1688-1696. 


HARGRAVE  MANUSCRIPTS. 

Catalogue  of  the  Francis  Hargrove  Manuscripts  in  the  British  Museum. 
(London,  1818.) 

141,  231,  275,  493.  Opinions  of  Attorney  General  Northey  upon  Customs 

Cases. 
141.  f.  44b.  On  some  Acts  of  Assembly  of  Maryland. 

f.  45.  On  English  Merchants  importing  goods  from  America  requiring 

a  premium. 


King's  Manuscripts.  25 

f.  87.  On   naturalization   of   foreign  master  and   seamen   serving   on 

British  ships.     September  18,  1711. 
f.  I36b.  On  reshipping  of  logwood  in  plantations. 

(See  Add.  MSS.  8832,  ff.  198-200.) 
231.  ff.  io-i2b.  On  carrying  logwood  from  Campeche  to  Leghorn. 

f.  19.  On  case  of  French  Protestant,  who  having  made  two  voyages  un 
molested,  was  seized  at  Charles  Town  Road,  Nevis,  on  the  third 
voyage  and  deprived  of  his  ship  for  breach  of  navigation  acts. 
275.  f.  45.  On  case  of  bonds  lost  in  Annapolis,  taken  out  for  landing  tobacco 
in  England  or  the  plantations. 
(See  Add.  MSS.  8832,  ff.  260-262;  also  Hargrove  275,  ff.  inb-H4b.) 

493.  ff.  22-23b.  On  four  queries  propounded  by  the  Board  of  Trade  regard 

ing  government  of  Pennsylvania  and  quarrel  between  Penn  and 
Quary.  July  7,  1702.  Penn's  commission  to  Farmer  is  given. 

f.  104.  On  case  of  Mohegan  Indians  vs.  the  colony  of  Connecticut. 

f.  257.  State  of  the  different  Laws  and  Modes  respecting  the  Barring 
of  Entails  in  the  several  American  colonies. 

(Based  on  letters  from  the  colonies  and  replies  of  Ja.  Booth,  Lincoln's  Inn 
Fields,  May  2,  1743,  to  queries  put  to  him.  Date  of  the  paper  appears  to 
be  1773.) 

494.  f.  46-56.  Report  of  case  between  governor  and  House  of  Burgesses  of 

Virginia,  heard  before  the  Privy  Council,  June  18,  1754. 

(William  Murray,  later  Lord  Mansfield,  and  Mr.  A.  C.  Campbell  for  the 
governor;  Mr.  Robert  Henley,  K.  C.,  later  Lord  Keeper,  and  Mr.  For 
rester,  author  of  Chancery  reports,  for  the  assembly.  Copied  from  paper 
in  handwriting  of  Dan.  Dulany,  eminent  lawyer  of  Maryland,  under 

•  inspection  and  correction  of  George  Chalmers.  December  3,  1782.  For 
Dulany,  see  Pa.  Mag.,  III.  i.) 


KING'S  MANUSCRIPTS. 

Catalogue  of  the  King's  Manuscripts  in  the  British  Museum.     (MS.)     A 
new  catalogue  is  in  preparation. 

(These  manuscripts,  the  property  of  George  III.,  were  presented  by  George 
IV.,  when  the  nation  paid  that  king's  debts.) 

201.  "  Original  letters  from  Dr.  Franklin  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Cooper,  written  in 

the  years  1769,  1770,   1771,   1772,   1773  and  1774,  on  American 

politics." 

(Printed  in  Franklin's  Works.) 

202.  "  Original  letters  from  Gov.  Pownall  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Cooper,  writ 

ten  in  the  years  1769, 1770,  1771,  1772, 1773  and  1774,  on  American 
politics." 

(Printed,  Griffin,  Junius  Discovered   (1854).     Transcripts   of  these  letters 
are  among  the  Bancroft  papers,  New  York  Public  Library.) 

203.  "  Original  letters  from  the  Rev.  Dr.  Cooper  to  Dr.  Franklin,  written 

in  the  years  1769,  1770,  1771,  1772,  1773,  1774  and  1775,  on  Amer 
ican  politics." 

(A  few  of  these  letters  have  been  printed  in  Franklin's  Works,  ed.  Bigelow.) 
Original  letters  to  Gov.  Pownall,  1769,  1770,  1771,  1773,  1774. 
(Printed,  Amer.  Hist.  Rev.,  VIII.  301-330.) 


26  The  British  Museum. 

204.  "  Letters  from  Doctor  Franklin  to  the  Revd  Doctor  Cooper,  Minister 

of  the  Gospel  in  the  Town  of  Boston  in  New  England,  in  the  years 
1769,  1770,  1771,  1772,  1773,  1774,  upon  the  subject  of  American 
Politics,  together  with  Doctor  Cooper's  answers  and  some  few 
letters  from  Governor  Pownall  to  Doctr  Cooper  upon  the  same 
subject.  Taken  from  the  Originals.  To  which  is  added  a  short 
history  of  those  Letters  or  an  acount  of  the  manner  in  which  they 
happened  to  fall  into  the  hands  of  the  present  possessor  of  them." 

(According  to  this  account  Cooper  sent  the  letters  to  Jeffries,  one  of  the 
selectmen  of  Boston,  for  safekeeping.  Jeffries,  apparently  forgetting  where 
he  had  put  them,  gave  the  trunk  containing  them  to  his  son,  who  took 
them  to  Halifax  and  thence  to  London,  where  he  made  a  present  of  them 
to  Mr.  Thompson,  "  who  now  presumes  most  humbly  to  lay  them  at  His 
Majesty's  feet  as  a  literary  as  well  as  a  political  curiosity". 

This  volume  contains  copies  of  all  Franklin's  letters  to  Cooper  found  in  201, 
with  a  selection  of  the  Pownall  letters  in  202.  It  contains  copies  of  all 
Cooper's  letters  to  Franklin  found  in  203,  but  none  of  Cooper's  letters  to 
Pownall,  that  are  in  that  volume.) 

205.  "  Report  on  the  State  of  the  American  Colonies  ",  containing  copies  of 

letters  from  governors  and  others  in  America  and  elsewhere,  prob 
ably  obtained  from  Board  of  Trade  papers. 

(Quebec  (Gov.  Murray,  Lieutenant-Governors  Burton,  Gage,  1762)  ;  Nova 
Scotia  (Morris,  surveyor  general,  1762,  1764)  ;  Massachusetts  (Bernard, 
1763)  ;  New  Hampshire  (B.  Wentworth,  1754)  ;  Connecticut  (gov.  and  Co., 
1762)  ;  Rhode  Island  (gov.  and  Co.,  1731)  ;  New  Jersey  (Belcher,  1754)  ; 
Pennsylvania  (Gordon,  1730)  ;  Maryland  (Sharpe,  1762)  ;  Virginia  (Fau- 
quier,  1763)  ;  North  Carolina  (Dobbs,  1763)  ;  South  Carolina  (Glen,  1749)  ; 
Georgia  (Wright,  1766) ;  Newfoundland  (Palliser,  1764)  ;  Bermuda 
(Popple,  1749)  ;  Bahamas  (Gambier,  1755) ;  Jamaica  (Littleton,  1764)  ; 
Leeward  Is.  (Mathew,  1745)  ;  Southern  Caribbee  Is.  (Scott,  Dalrymple, 
Rufane,  1763)  ;  Barbadoes  (Pinfold,  1762)  ;  Plantations  in  general  (Pro 
posals  for  better  government  of  the  Plantations  and  the  Administration  of 
American  Affairs,  by  Sir  William  Keith,  1728,  and  by  the  Earl  of  Stair, 
1721). 

Glen's  letters,  without  the  table  regarding  the  weather  (f.  583),  are  printed 
in  Weston's  Documents  connected  with  South  Carolina.  The  proposals  by 
the  Earl  of  Stair  are  printed  in  Carson's  Constitution  of  the  United 
States^  II.  460-464.  Keith's  work  is  printed  in  Wynne's  edition  of  Byrd's 
Dividing  Line,  II.  214.  With  Kings  205,  should  be  compared  Add.  MSS. 
23615. 

206.  "  State  of  Manufactures,  Mode  of  Granting  Land,  Fees  of  Office,  etc., 

in  America." 

(Contains  copies  of  and  answers  to  circulars,  as  follows:  August  I,  1766 
(N.  Y.  Docs.,  VII.  847),  asking  for  exact  account  of  manufactures; 
December  n,  1766  (N.  Y.  Docs.,  VII.  880),  asking  for  cost  of  maintaining 
and  supporting  entire  establishment  of  each  colony;  January  13,  1767 
(AT.  Y.  Docs.,  VII.  889),  asking  for  account  of  the  manner  of  granting  land 
and  imposing  quit-rents,  and  list  of  established  fees  of  the  different  offices 
and  other  charges  attending  grants  of  land. 

There  were  at  least  two  formal  requests  for  lists  of  fees :  one  sent  out  in 
1764,  answers  found  in  Colonial  Office,  Miscellanea  207,  old  reference;  the 
other  sent  by  Secretary  of  State  Shelburne,  January  13,  1767,  answers  con 
tained  in  this  volume.  Letters  of  Gov.  Moore,  in  reply,  are  printed  in 
N.  Y.  Docs.,  VII.  888-889,  900-909,  921-926. 

Copies  of  circulars  of  December  II,  1766,  and  January  13,  1767,  and  of  the 
answers  thereto,  are  in  P.  R.  O.,  Colonial  Office,  Class  5,  112-113— A.  W.  I. 
291-292,  old  reference.) 


King's  Manuscripts.  27 

208.  "  A  General  Description  of  the  Province  of  Nova  Scotia,  by  Lieut. 

Col.  Morse,  Chief  Engineer  in  America  ",  1783-1784. 
("  Nova  Scotia  "  included  New  Brunswick  at  this  time.) 

209.  Maps  and  plans  to  accompany  Morse's  Description  of  Nova  Scotia. 

Chiefly  of  Nova  Scotia.  Chart  of  coast  of  New  Jersey  and 
Delaware. 

210.  211.  "  Report  of  the  General  Survey  in  the  Southern  District  of  North 

America.  Delivered  to  the  Board  of  Trade  and  Plantations  in  three 
separate  Returns  and  Sections  entering  with  the  History  of  South 
Carolina  and  Georgia,  then  proceeding  to  the  History  of  East 
Florida ;  and  Surveys,  containing  in  general  of  said  Provinces,  the 
Climates,  Beginnings,  Boundaries,  Figures,  Contents,  Cultures, 
Soils,  Natural  Products,  Improvements,  Navigable  Streams,  Rivers, 
Cities,  Towns,  Villages,  Vapours,  their  Effect  and  Remedies,  burn 
ing  of  Forests,  Winds,  how  to  preserve  Health,  Pathology,  Materia 
Medica,  Diet  and  Regimen,  Ports,  Bars,  Number  of  Inhabitants 
and  Negroes,  Exportations,  Riches,  Number  of  Trading  Vessels, 
Cattle,  Governments,  Forces,  Fortifications,  of  Fort  Loudoun  in 
particular,  Indians  and  Appalachian  mountains,  their  Soil,  Natural 
Produce,  Air  and  Communications,  compiled  from  the  Surveys, 
Voyages,  Astronomical,  Philosophical,  and  Chymical  Observations 
and  Experiments,  Sea  and  Land  Surveys  of  William  Gerard  de 
Brahm,  His  Majesty's  Surveyor  General  for  the  Southern  District 
of  North  America." 

(De  Brahm  was  appointed  to  his  office  in  1764.  He  spent  twenty  years,  1751- 
1771,  collecting  material  for  this  work.  He  appears  to  have  delivered 
transcripts  of  a  portion  of  it  to  the  Secretary  of  State  and  the  Board  of 
Trade  in  1772  and  a  more  complete  transcript  to  the  king,  April  2,  1773. 
Copies  of  his  letters  to  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth  and  the  Board  of  Trade 
and  of  his  address  to  the  king  are  on  pp.  101,  69  and  i.  Probably  this 
manuscript  in  the  British  Museum  is  the  copy  sent  to  the  king.  It  con 
tains  in  addition  to  the  contents  noted  in  the  title  "  A  Compendium  of  the 
Cherokee  Indian  tongue  in  English  "  and  a  series  of  finely  executed  plans, 
maps,  charts,  etc.,  in  pen  and  ink,  of  harbors,  inlets  and  fortifications,  of 
the  cities  of  Charleston,  Savannah  and  St.  Augustine,  of  the  Salzburger 
and  Bethanian  settlements  in  Georgia,  a  hydrographical  map  of  the  Atlantic 
Ocean  and  a  view  and  profile  of  a  pharus.  The  work  contains  many  tables 
of  observations  and  surveys  and  ends  with  tables  of  measurements,  mate 
rials  and  expense  for  building  two  pharuses  in  Florida. 

De  Brahm's  services  were  ill-requited,  if  we  may  judge  from  the  many  peti 
tions  addressed  to  the  King,  Treasury  and  Board  of  Trade,  and  from  his 
own  statement  that  he  was  "  left  unprovided  from  1783  to  1798  in  the  81  of 
age  ".  The  original  materials,  of  which  the  British  Museum  manuscript  is 
an  early  copy,  remained  during  these  years  unrequested  in  his  possession. 
Consequently,  in  1708  he  delivered  them  in  four  folio  volumes  to  Consul 
General  Phineas  Bond  of  Philadelphia.  The  history  of  these  volumes 
cannot  be  traced,  but  eventually  two  of  them  fell  into  the  hands  of  Henry 
Stevens  of  London  who  sold  them  in  1848  for  £12  ios.t  to  the  Library  of 
Harvard  University  where  they  now  are. 

The  two  manuscripts  present  a  number  of  points  of  difference.  The  H.  C.  L. 
copy  is  bound  as  one  volume  and  covers  many  more  pages  than  the  B.  M. 
copy.  The  address  to  the  king  in  the  H.  C.  L.  copy  has  two  additional 
paragraphs,  also  an  address  to  the  Treasury,  and  an  appendix  in  Latin, 
of  a  philosopho-mystical  nature,  entitled  "  Hercules  ex  rore  sub  flora 
corona ",  which  was  written  in  1763,  but  is  not  found  in  the  B.  M.  copy. 
The  maps  and  plans  are  the  same  in  both  copies,  with  slight  differences  in 
the  wording  of  the  titles. 


28  The  British  Museum. 

Portions  of  the  H.  C.  L.  copy  have  been  printed  in  P.  C.  J.  Weston's  Docu 
ments  connected  with  the  History  of  South  Carolina  and  by  Wymberly- 
Jones  de  Renne  in  the  second  of  his  Wormsloe  quartos,  1849,  with  en 
gravings  of  seven  of  the  plans.  In  the  latter  are  printed  the  letter  to  the 
Treasury,  address  to  the  king,  synopsis,  letter  to  the  Board  of  Trade  and 
the  portion  of  the  text  relating  to  Georgia.  In  Weston  are  printed  the 
address  to  the  king,  synopsis  and  section  on  South  Carolina.  The  remain 
der  of  the  work  has  never  been  printed  and  only  the  plans  in  the  Wormsloe 
quarto  have  been  reproduced. 

No  clue  can  be  obtained  to  the  character  or  whereabouts  of  the  other  two 
volumes  that  De  Brahm  delivered  to  Bond.  It  is  not  impossible  that  he 
made  other  compilations  than  those  relating  to  South  Carolina,  Georgia 
and  Florida.) 

212.  "  Journal  of  General  Braddock's  Expedition  in  1755  ",  prefaced  by  six 

colored  maps :  ( I )  Map  of  the  country  between  Wills  Creek  and 
Monongahela  River  showing  route  and  encampment  of  the  English 
army  in  1755 ;  (2)  "  Line  of  March  with  the  whole  Baggage  " ; 
(3)  "  Plan  of  the  Disposition  of  the  Advanced  Party  consisting  of 
400  men " ;  (4)  "  Line  of  March  of  the  Detachments  from  the 
Little  Meadows  ";  (5)  "  Encampment  of  the  Detachment  from  the 
Little  Meadows  ";  (6)  "  A  Plan  of  the  Field  of  Battle  and  Dispo 
sition  of  the  Troops  as  they  were  on  the  March  at  the  time  of  the 
Attack,  July  9,  1755." 

(See  Winsor,  Nar.  and  Crit.  History,  V.  498,  note  3.  Orme's  Journal  has 
been  printed,  Mem.  Hist.  Soc.  Pa.,  V.  281-351.  Cf.  Eng.  Hist.  Rev.,  I.  150.) 

213.  "  Journal  of  an  Officer  who  travelled  over  a  part  of  the  West  Indies 

and  of  North  America  in  the  course  of  1764  and  1765."  From  the 
West  Indies  the  author  crossed  to  Pensacola,  thence  to  Savannah 
and  northward  to  Canada.  Folio  59  begins  "  Some  Thoughts  rela 
tive  to  Canada,  as  it  appeared  affected  in  1765."  The  author  left 
Montreal,  August,  1765,  passed  through  Lake  Champlain  to  Albany, 
thence  to  Barrington,  through  Connecticut  to  Hartford,  thence  by 
way  of  Enfield,  through  the  woods,  to  Boston.  From  Boston  he 
returned  to  New  York  and  embarked  for  England,  October  14, 
1765- 

EGERTON  MANUSCRIPTS. 

The  Egerton  Manuscripts  are  listed  in  the  same  volumes  that  contain 
the  lists  of  the  Additional  Manuscripts  and  Additional  Charters. 

Vols.  1-606.  Index  to  the  Additional  Manuscripts  with  those  of  the  Eger 
ton  Collection,  preserved  in  the  British  Museum,  and  acquired  in 
the  years  1783-1835. 

Vols.  607-888.  Catalogue  of  Manuscripts  in  the  British  Museum,  acquired 
1836-1840. 

Vols.    889-1139.  Id.,  1851-1845.     Indexed. 

Vols.  1140-1149.  Id.,  1846-1847.     Indexed. 

Vols.  1150-1636.  Id.,  1848-1853.     Indexed. 

Vols.  1637-2399.  Id.,  1854-1875.     Two  volumes;  index  in  separate  volume. 

Vols.  2400-2600.  Id.,  1876-1881.     Indexed. 

Vols.  2601-2678.  Id.,  1882-1887.     Indexed. 

Vols.  2679-2790.  Id.,  1888-1893.     Indexed. 

Vols.  2791-2826.  Id.,  1894-1899.     Indexed. 

Vols.  2827-2861.  Id.,  1900-1905.     Indexed. 


Egerton  Manuscripts.  29 

281.  Treaty  of  Navigation  and  Commerce  between  Great  Britain  and  Spain, 
made  May  23,  1667,  ratified  and  confirmed  by  the  treaty  of 
Utrecht,  December  9,  1713.  In  Portuguese. 

770.  Demonstracion  del  derecho  que  tiene  el  Rey  Catholico  al  territorio 
de  Nueve  Georgia  en  las  provincias  de  Florida,  por  A.  de  Arre- 
dondo. 

921.  ff.  3-8.  Report  on  State  of  Trade  of  Newfoundland,  1705-1706  (cover 
ing  also  1698-1704),  showing  fisheries,  number  of  vessels 
trading,  etc. 

929.  ff .  90-97.  Proposal  that  a  colony  of  Scotsmen  be  permitted  to  take 
and  settle  the  Territory  of  Canada.  Followed  by  proposals  for 
supply  of  naval  stores  from  America  and  proposal  for  a  colony  on 
Kennebec  River. 

(Author  of  these  proposals  not  given,  but  John  Chamberlayne  who  sent 
them  in  1705  to  Lord  Montague  calls  him  "  an  old  Buccaneer  tho'  a  young 
man".) 

ff.  119-122.  Letter  from  Jer.  Dummer,  London,  October  6,   1709,  to 

Lord  Montague,  enclosing  "  A  Memorial  shewing  that  the  French 

Possessions  on  the  river  of  Canada  doe  originally  and  of  right 

belong  to  the  Crown  of  Great  Britain  ",  etc.    September  10,  1709. 

f.  146.  Petition  of  Col.  Nathaniel  Byfield,  "  for  many  years  a  resident 

of  New  England  and  judge  of  the  Admiralty  there  "  to  be  governor 

of  Massachusetts  Bay  and  New  Hampshire,    n.  d. 

f.  168.  Letter  from  Rear-Adm.  Warren  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle, 

regarding  troops  required  for  Nova  Scotia,  Louisburg,  Placentia, 

recommending  civil  government  in  Nova  Scotia,  and  grants  of  land 

without  quit-rent,  urging  fitness  of  Gov.  Shirley  for  the  post. 

f.  173.  Copy  of  letter  to  Gov.  R.  H.  Morris,  from  William  Trent, 

Benjamin  Franklin's  trading  partner  in  western  Pennsylvania  and 

Washington's  lieutenant  on   expedition   against   Pittsburg,   dated 

"  Mouth  of  Conicocheg  ",  July  16,  1755,  saying,  "  we  are  informed 

that  our  army  is  beat  and  the  Artillery  taken,  but  that  the  general 

and  the  rest  of  the  army  are  making  a  good  retreat." 

f.  176.  Draft  of  letter  from  the  Earl  of  Halifax  to  Pitt,  relative  to 

reduction  of  neutral  West  India  islands,  St.  Lucia,  St.  Vincent, 

Dominica  and  Tobago.    November  5,  1758. 

1337, 1338.  Georgia  in  North  America,  Drawings  and  natural  history  of 
the  birds  of,  by  J.  Abbot.    1804. 
(Duplicate  of  part  of  the  collection  in  Add.  MSS.  7944-7960.) 

1717.  f.  117.  Extract  of  letter  respecting  discoveries  of  the  Russians  on 
northwest  coast  of  America.  September  23,  1764. 

1720.  Documents  relating  to  Demerara  and  Berbice.     Correspondence  of 
Gedney  Clarke,  sr.,  and  Gedney  Clarke,  his  son,  on  affairs  of  these 
colonies.    July  12,  1762-August,  1766. 
(Supplemental  to  P.  R.  O.,  Colonial  Office,  A.  W.  I.  384,  old  reference.) 

1747.  ^362.  Letter  from  Gen.  Bouquet  to  Count  Bentinck.    1752.  (French.) 

1756.  f.  183.  Memoir  by  Sir  Joseph  Yorke,  British  minister  at  Paris,  on 
right  of  England  to  island  of  Tobago,  April  12,  1749.  Reply  of 
the  French  government.  (French.) 

(Yorke  was  minister  at  Paris  1749-1751,  and  afterwards  in  Holland,  1751- 
1780.) 


30  The  British  Museum. 

1941.  f.  23.  "  Eugenius "   to   Dr.   William   Lewis,   with   an   account   of  a 

"  machine  for  maintaining  the  uniformity  of  heat ".     Philadelphia, 

October  9,  1767. 
2087.  f.  3.  Certificate  of  share  in  stock  of  the  Virginia  Company.    May  23, 

1610. 

(Fine  impression  of  seal.    Printed,  Brown,  Genesis,  I.  391.) 

2134.  ff.  12,  13.  Jamaica  Certificates:  (i)  of  Duke  of  Portland  that  Joseph 

Maxwell  is  secretary  and  notary  public,  October  30,  1725 ;  (2)  of 
Joseph  Maxwell  that  John  Ayscough  is  justice  of  the  island. 

f.  34.  Address  of  the  merchants  and  other  loyal  Inhabitants  of  the  city 
of  New  York,  to  the  Hon.1  John  Vaughan,  Esq.,  Major  General 
of  his  Majesty's  Forces  in  North  America,  on  his  leaving  the 
country.  Forty-seven  signatures.  New  York,  August  20,  1779. 

f.  38.  Proclamation  by  William  Mathew  Burt,  governor  of  the  Lee 
ward  Islands,  regarding  negro  slaves  for  the  army  at  2s.  $d.  a  day. 

f.  41.  Warrant  of  George  III.  authorizing  Maj.-Gen.  John  Vaughan, 
commanding  the  forces  in  the  Leeward  and  Caribbee  Islands,  to 
hold  courts-martial.  March  24,  1781. 

f.  43.  Instructions  to  Adm.  Rodney  and  Maj.-Gen.  Vaughan,  on  dis 
posal  of  property  captured  in  the  Dutch  islands  of  St.  Eustatius, 
St.  Martin  and  Saba.  March  31,  1781. 

ff.  54-61.  List  of  Negroes  and  other  slaves  on  Nutt  River  Plantation, 
property  of  Sir  Thomas  Champneys,  Bart.  January  i,  1790. 

(Many  other  papers  in  this  volume  deal  with  the  Revolutionary  War  and  its 
management.) 

2135.  f.  i.  Capitulation  of  Martinique.     February  7,  1762. 

f.  5.  Letter  from  "A  Real  Churchman"  to  "Dear  Vardell",  New 
York,  May  2,  1775,  about  the  situation  in  New  York  and  the 
country  generally  at  that  date. 

(yardell  is  mentioned  in  Add.  MSS.  34414,  f.  447,  as  professor  of  history 
in  "  The  New  York  College "  in  1777.) 

f.  7.  Journal  of  the  operations  of  the  American  army  under  Gen.  Sir 
William  Howe,  from  the  evacuation  of  Boston  to  the  end  of  the 
Campaign  of  1776.  March  7,  1776,  to  December  26,  1776. 

ff. 9-18.  Concerning  military  operations   in  America.     Two  papers: 

(1)  without  heading  or  endorsement,  June  II  to  July  31,  with 
a  page  showing  "  Distribution  of  the  Part  of  the  Army  not  moving 
with  the  main  Body  ",  written  by  some  one  in  Cornwallis's  army ; 

(2)  "A  Plan  of  Military  Operations  in  America  ".    n.  d. 

f.  19.  Letter  from  George  Jackson.    Admiralty,  August  22,  1776. 
f.  30.  Copy  of  a  journal  of  an  officer  of  the  3ist  regiment  serving  on 

the  expedition  up  the  North  River.    October  4-9,  1777. 
f.  41.  Paper  by  Andrew  Durnford,  entitled  "  General  Ideas  for  taking 

Possession  of  the  Highlands  and  intercepting  the  Rebels  in  the 

construction  of  their  new  fort  at  West  Point  and  other  works  near 

New  Windsor  ".     1778. 

f.  73.  Letter  from  H.  Sheridan.     Savannah,  1779. 
f.  193.  Account  of  the  battle  of  Long  Island. 


Egerton  Manuscripts.  31 

f.  205.  Memorial  of  Sir  Jas.  Wright.     1785. 

(The  remaining  documents  in  this  volume  relate  mainly  to  the  West  Indies 
and  are  military  in  character:  letters  to  Maj.-Gen.  Vaughan  from  Lord 
George  Germain,  Lord  Amherst,  Adm.  Rodney,  Charles  Jenkinson,  Col. 
St.  Leger,  W.  Houghton,  etc.;  some  are  to  Lord  Lisburne  (Wilmot 
Vaughan)  from  his  brother,  the  general,  from  Lieut.-Col.  Ferguson,  Lieut. 
Geo.  Bowen,  Lieut.  Brooks  and  Alexander  Bradshaw ;  copies  of  letters 
from  Lord  George  Germain  to  Gen.  Grant;  copies  of  letters  and  articles 
of  surrender  of  Grenada;  and  one  or  two  enclosures  of  papers  of  intelli 
gence  or  line  of  battle.  The  dates  range  from  1762  to  1795.) 

2136.  f.  176.  Letter   from   P.    Campbell   to  Lieut.    Sanxay,   on   board  the 

Sandwich.    Barbadoes,  April  29,  1781. 
f.  183.  Letter  from  George  Jackson,  commenting  on  the  loss  of  St. 

Eustatius.     May  18,  1781. 
f.  193.  Letter  from  Gen.  St.  Leger  to  Gen.  Vaughan.    St.  Lucia,  May 

17,  1781. 
ff.  195-204!).  Letters  from  George  Jackson,  July  8,  n,  23,  1782,  on 

home  politics. 

2168.  f.  i.  "A  Catalogue  of  Parchmts  and  Papers  in  a  Small  Deal  Box. 
N°  A." 

(List  of  Penn  papers,  including  "  Edward  Byllynge's  East  Jersey  Deed " ; 
"  Wm  Penn's  Sale  of  Lands  to  Wm  Haige  " ;  "  Wm  Penn's,  Gawen  Loury's, 
&c.  Deed  to  Wm  Haige,  1676  ",  etc.  There  were  fourteen  bundles  of  these 
papers.  One  bundle  (no.  6)  was  labelled  "  John  Fenwick's  Papers  ".) 

f.  5.  Petition  of  Hannah  Penn  and  creditors,  stating  that  Pennsylvania 
had  been  mortgaged  for  £6600,  unpaid.  Date  probably  after  1714. 

f.  9.  Letter  from  Ferd.  John  Paris  to  John  Penn,  "  in  Pensilvania  ". 

November  7,  1734. 

2395.  This  well-known  volume  was  purchased  at  Sotheby's,  February  16, 
1875.  Its  title  as  entered  in  the  sale-catalogue  was  as  follows: 
"West  Indies  (State  Papers  relating  to). — A  Volume  containing 
several  hundreds  of  original  papers,  petitions,  patents,  memorials, 
descriptions,  letters  and  other  documents  transmitted  to  the  Lords 
of  the  Council  of  State  and  Privy  Council,  during  the  reigns  of 
the  Commonwealth  Authorities  and  King  Charles  the  Second, 
relative  to  the  Plantations  and  Settlements  in  the  West  Indies, 
Jamaica,  Caribbee  Islands,  New  England,  Virginia,  Newfound 
land,  and  Nova  Scotia." 

The  documents  were  collected  by  Thomas  Povey,  merchant  under 
Cromwell  trading  with  the  West  Indies  and  member  of  the  com 
mittee  for  managing  the  affairs  of  Jamaica.  After  the  Restoration, 
he  became  a  member  of  the  Council  for  Foreign  Plantations,  was 
treasurer  to  the  Duke  of  York  and  receiver  general  of  the  planta 
tion  revenues.  He  was  thus  officially  interested  in  the  colonies  and 
gathered  these  documents  to  a  large  extent  as  material  for  his 
reports  as  member  of  the  committee  and  member  of  the  Council. 
See  also  Add.  MSS.  11411 ;  Pepys,  Diary,  I.  288,  passim. 

f.  i.  Copy  of  the  Mercurius  Publicus,  no.  49,  November  9-December 
6,  1660,  containing  announcement  that  Charles  II.  has  appointed 
a  standing  council  for  trade  and  commerce  consisting  of  many  of 
the  Privy  Council  and  other  select  persons. 

ff.  3,  5-!6,  30,  3i»  37,  62,  66,  69-77,  342-349,  385,  443,  493,  5°3,  508, 
677,  678.  Papers  relating  to  St.  Christopher. 


32  The  British  Museum. 

ff.  17-26.  Papers  relating  to  English  claim  to  New  Scotland  (Nova 
Scotia).  1629-1630. 

ff.  27-29.  Quo  Warranto  against  Massachusetts. 
(Printed,  N.  E.  Hist.  Gen.  Reg.,  XXXVIII.  210-216.) 

f.  36.  Letter  from  his  Ma*y  concerning  Lady  Hopkins,  dated  New 
port,  November  n,  1648,  addressed  to  Sir  David  Kirke  signed 
"  your  f  rend  Charles  R  ". 

f.  46.  Privileges  granted  to  the  people  of  the  Hebrew  Nation  That 
are  to  goe  to  The  Wilde  Custe  [  ?] .  n.  d. 

(From   Zealand    to    Guiana.      See   Publications    of   the    American    Jewish 
Historical  Society,  no.  8,  pp.  91-97,  no.  16,  pp.  108-129,  176-178.) 

f .  48.  "  A  Brief  Relation  of  the  Beginning  and  ending  of  the  Troubles 
of  the  Barbados,  with  the  true  causes  thereof.  Set  forth  by 
A.  B.,  a  diligent  Observer  of  the  Times."  London,  1653. 

f.  54.  Financial  accounts  of  Montserrat  and  Antigua  of  the  year  1654. 
Chiefly  relating  to  tobacco.  See  f.  174  for  continuation. 

f.  60.  Abstract  of  a  Journal  of  the  Conquest  of  Jamaica.  Date  of 
abstract,  1675. 

f .  68.  Draft  of  commission  for  Christopher  Cannell  (Kaynell)  to  be 

governor  of  Antigua.    August  6,  1656. 

ff.  78-83.  Account  of  the  stranger's  goods  seized  upon  for  the  use  of 
his  Highness  in  the  island  of  Nevis.  October  25,  1656. 

f.  84.  Petition  of  the  Carlisles   (Barbadoes)   to  the  Protector,     n.  d. 

f.  86.  Queries  concerning  his  Highness'  interest  in  the  West  Indies. 
No  name,  date  or  place ;  probably  1656. 

f.  87.  Proposition  for  erecting  a  West  India  Company  and  better 
serving  the  interests  of  this  Commonwealth  in  America.  No 
name,  date  or  place. 

f .  89.  Plan  for  such  a  company.    No  name,  date  or  place. 

f .  90.  Id. 

f.  91.  "  A  Proposition  for  the  improving  the  interests  of  the  Com 
monwealth  in  America  and  tending  either  to  the  continuing  of  the 
war  with  the  Spaniards  to  more  advantage  or  the  necessitating 
him  to  seek  a  peace."  (Plan  for  a  company.) 

f .  93.  Original  draft  for  the  above  proposition. 

f .  96.  Considerations  for  the  more  convenient  supplying  of  his  High 
ness  affairs  in  the  West  Indies. 
(Urging  the  sending  of  the  expedition.) 

f.  99.  Overtures  touching  the  West  Indies.  Probably  1657.  Cf.  ff. 
270-271. 

(Begging  the  Protector  to  constitute  a  select  council  dedicated  solely  to  the 
inspection,  care  and  charge  of  America.) 

f.  101.  Considerations  for  the  better  carrying  on  of  the  design  in  the 
West  Indies  and  the  ordering  of  our  fleet  for  the  interrupting  the 
Spanish  fleet  in  their  going  from  Spain  to  the  Indies  and  in  their 
return  thence  for  Spain. 

f.  103.  Reasons  propounded  by  the  adventurers  for  America  why 
they  desire  to  be  incorporated  by  act  of  Parliament  and  not  by 
letters  patent  under  the  great  seal. 

(Act  of  Parliament  authorizes  the  exercise  of  powers  that  cannot  be  con 
veyed  by  letters  patent.) 


Egerton  Manuscripts.  33 

f.  105.  Proposition  and  queries  regarding-  the  West  Indies,  notably 
Barbadoes.  No  signature  or  date. 

f.  106.  Regarding  Spanish  control  of  trade  in  the  West  Indies,  by 
Capt.  John  Limbrey  of  the  Bermudas. 

f.  107.  Humble  petition  of  Martin  Noell  and  William  Watts,  mer 
chants,  in  behalf  of  themselves  and  others  interested  with  them. 

(In  behalf  of  a  West  India  Company;  first  draft;  cf.  f.  109,  which  is  107 
carefully  written  out.) 

f.  108.  Particular  and  private  undertaking  between  Francis,  Lord 
Willoughby,  Martin  Noell,  Thomas  Povey  and  William  Watts, 
that  they  as  partners  and  principals  of  the  West  India  Co.  to  be 
settled  doe  agree  among  themselves  to  enter  presently  upon  the 
prosecution  of  the  Proposition  for  the  Improvement  of  the  English 
Interests. 

f.  no.  Proposition  for  improvement  of  English  Interests  in  the  West 
Indies  against  the  Spaniards. 

(Letters    patent    wanted    from    Cromwell,    with    powers    similar    to    those 
granted  to  the  Guinea  and  other  companies;  cf.  fi.  in,  112.) 

f.  113.  "At  the  Committee  of  Foreign  Plantations  at  Grocers  Hall", 
minute,  January  14,  1686  (1660),  regarding  some  military  under 
taking  in  connection  with  trade  and  settlement. 
(Date,  1686,  must  be  a  mistake.    Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1661-1668,  §5.) 

f.  114.  Copy  of  commission  for  Daniel  Searle  to  be  governor  of 
Barbadoes.  Nine  folios. 

f.  123.  Report  concerning  affairs  of  America  made  to  Cromwell  by 
committee  for  managing  the  affairs  of  Jamaica  "  and  other  your 
Highness'  affairs  in  the  West  Indies ",  signed  Tobias  Bridge, 

Martin  Noell,  Stephen  Winthrop.    June  2, . 

(See  Cal.  Col.  1574-1660,  p.  445;  on  ff.  136-139  date  is  given  as  June  15.) 

f.  124.  Proposals  of  certain  ships  for  the  West  Indies  and  other 
necessaries  for  fleet  and  army,  humbly  represented  by  Capt.  Wil 
liam  Goodsonn  to  Col.  Doyley.  1657. 

f.  128.  Letter  from  Col.  Doyley  to  Martin  Noell.    July  5,  1657. 

(Glad  that  Noell  thinks  so  well  of  Jamaica  as  to  venture  with  him  and 
others.) 

f.  129.  Letter  from  Capt.  Wm.  Brayne  to  Povey,  Noell  and  Watts. 

Jamaica,  July  8,  1657. 
f.  131.  Grant  to  William  Povey  of  provost-marshalship  of  Barbadoes. 

First  patent,  "  which  was  during  pleasure  ".    September  16,  1657. 
f.  136.  Copy  of  Report  to  the  Lords  of  his  Highness  Privy  Council, 

from  Povey,  Noell  and  six  others. 

(Refers  to  order  of  October  21  [20?],  1657;  see  Cal.  Col.  1574-1660,  p.  460.) 
f.  138.  Effect  of  some  Propositions  tendred  by  Adm.  Goodsonn  from 

Lieut.-Gen.  Brayne  and  reported  to  his  Highness  "  the  2d  of  June 

last "  by  the  Committee  of  America. 

(For  order  of  June  2  see  Add.  MSS.  18986,  f.  258,  and  ante,  f.  123.) 
f.  139.  Papers  from  the  Admiralty  touching  provisions  sent  to  Ja 
maica.    December  14,  1657. 
f.  140.  List  of  ships  remaining  at  Jamaica  when  the  last  account 

came  from  thence,  dated  September  10,  1657. 


34:  The  British  Museum. 

f.  141.  Account  of  provisions  sent  to  Jamaica  in  three  victualling 
ships  under  convoy  of  the  Marston  Moor,  which  sailed  from  the 
Downs,  December  7,  1657. 

f.  142.  To  the  Committee  of  the  Council  for  the  affairs  of  America. 
Estimate  for  the  first  expenditure  handed  in  by  committee  on 
Jamaica  in  answer  to  request  of  the  higher  committee,  December 
II.  Report  dated  December  15,  1657,  signed  by  Thomas  Povey, 
Ro.  Bowes,  Rich.  Sydenham. 

f.  144.  Letter  from  Col.  Doyley  to  the  committee  upon  death  of  Gen. 
Brayne,  stating  condition  and  needs  of  the  island  of  Jamaica,  n.  d. 

f.  147.  Report  on  affairs  in  Virginia  from  committee  for  managing 
the  affairs  of  Jamaica.  (1657,  December?) 

(Recommending  Edward  Digges  as  governor.  Povey  was  added  to  the 
committee  in  October,  1657,  Cal.  Col.  1574-1660,  p.  460.  Report  calendared, 
p.  461.) 

ff.  148-151.  Reports  of  Committees;  first  (148-148^,  on  revenues  of 
Barbadoes;  and  second  (149-151),  on  insurance  of  ships,    n.  d. 

(Ff.  152-153  contain  a  letter  (modern)  regarding  insurance  scheme  here 
presented,  printed  in  the  Liverpool  Mercury,  March  or  April,  1846.) 

f.  155.  Extracts  from  Ligon,  History  of  Barbadoes. 

f.  157.  Report  to  the  Committee  of  the  Council  for  the  affairs  of 

Jamaica    from   the    subcommittee,    concerning    state    of   Jamaica. 

January  n,  1657. 
f.  I58b.  Report  from  the  committee  to  the  Lord  Protector,  Richard 

Cromwell,   October   17,    1658,  endeavoring  to  arouse  interest  in 

affairs  of  Jamaica. 

f.  160.  Draft  (probably  by  the  same  committee)  of  scheme  for  forti 
fying  Jamaica,    n.  d. 
f.  161.  Draft  of  paper  to  be  submitted  to  the  Protector  regarding 

Jamaica. 

ff.  163-165.  Papers  relating  to  soldiers,  costs  and  charges  of  Jamaica, 
ff.  166-170.  Papers  regarding  soldiers,  customs,  etc.,  of  Jamaica.  1658. 
f.  171.  Petitions  of  merchants  and  seamen  and  others  (nineteen 

names)   trading  to  the  West  Indies,  to  the  Council  of  State,  in 

behalf  of  Jamaica,  begging  that  Capt.  Watts  be  entrusted  with 

commission  as  governor,     n.  d. 

(Martin  Noell  and  eighteen  others.) 

f.  175.  Address  of  the  assembly  of  Barbadoes  to  Oliver  Cromwell, 
September,   1653,  asking  as  Englishmen,  "  of  as  clear  and  pure 
extract   as   any "   their    "  part   of   liberty "    and    protection    from 
Cromwell. 
(Evidently  written  by  Col.  Th.  Modyford.) 

f.  176.  Draught   of   letter    from    Thomas    Povey    to    Daniel    Searle, 

governor  of  Barbadoes.     October  20,  1659. 
f.  182.  Petition  of  the  assembly  of  Barbadoes,  for  and  in  behalf  of 

the  inhabitants  thereof,  addressed  to  the  supreme  authority,  the 

Parliament  of  the  Commonwealth  of  England. 

(Asking,  i.  to  have  their  ancient  liberties  and  privileges;  2.  to  have  no 
officer  imposed  upon  them  except  the  governor;  3.  to  choose  their  own 
governor  by  a  representative  body  of  the  people  out  of  the  freeholders, 
etc.) 


Egerton  Manuscripts.  35 

f.  184.  "  A  Reply  to  the  Exceptions  taken  to  the  Waie  of  Proceedings 
and  the  desires  of  the  Cheife  Merchants  and  Planters  in  relation 
to  the  Barbadoes."  n.  d. 

f.  1 86.  League  offensive  and  defensive  concluded  between  the  English 
and  French  in  the  Leeward  Islands  against  the  Indians.  1659. 

f.  187.  Draft  of  commission  of  Col.  Ward  to  be  governor  of  Nevis. 
1659. 

f.  199.  "  Queries  and  Objections  against  the  Massachusetts  encroach 
ing  power  on  several  other  propriaties." 

(Strangely  worded,  almost  unintelligible  statement,  evidently  drawn  up  by 
the  Godfreys.) 

f.  202.  Draft  of  act  incorporating  company  for  the  trade  of  America. 

f .  238.  Declaration  and  act  of  governor,  council  and  assembly  [of 
Barbadoes]  for  continuance  of  the  peace  of  the  island.  January 
12,  1659. 

f.  239.  Copy  of  power  of  attorney  given  by  Thomas  Povey  to  Edward 
Bradbourn  of  Barbadoes  to  demand  of  his  brother,  Wm.  Povey, 
provost  marshal  of  Barbadoes,  certain  goods  and  money.  February 
9,  1659. 

f .  240.  "  Desires  by  waie  of  instruction  to  Tho :  Noell,  Esq.  concern 
ing  the  settling  some  matters  in  difference  between  Mr.  Tho: 
Povey  and  Mr.  Wm  Povey."  n.  d. 

f.  241.  State  of  Affairs  of  the  English  in  Jamaica.  Report  from  the 
Committee  for  Foreign  Plantations  of  the  Council  of  State. 
March  27,  1660. 

f.  243.  Order  from  Committee  of  Council  for  Foreign  Plantations 
to  Mr.  Povey  to  report  to  them  the  present  state  and  wants  of 
Jamaica.  March  29,  1660;  signed  Edward  Harley. 

f .  244.  Report  of  Thomas  Povey  on  present  state  and  wants  of 
Jamaica.  April  9,  1660. 

f.  245.  Copy  of  commission  for  Col.  Thomas  Modyford  to  be  gov 
ernor  of  Barbadoes.    April  24,  1660. 
(Additions  and  erasures.) 

f.  252.  Draft  of  commission  for  Col.  Thomas  Modyford  to  be  gov 
ernor  of  Barbadoes. 

(Originally  drawn  for  Gov.  Daniel  Searle.) 

f.  257.  Order  of  Council  of  State,  Whitehall,  referring  petition  of 
the  merchants  concerning  future  government  of  Jamaica. 

f.  258.  Petition  to  the  king  from  Lady  Sara  Kirke,  wife  of  Sir 
Daniel  Kirke,  living  in  Jamaica. 

f.  259.  Narrative  made  by  the  late  Sir  David  Kirke,  knight  and  gov 
ernor  of  Newfoundland,  giving  account  of  the  island  and  his 
connection  therewith. 

(Newfoundland  had  been  granted  to  Kirke  in  1637.) 

f.  262.  Petition    of    John    Treworgey,    commander    of    the    English 
colony  in  Newfoundland,  appointed  in  1653,  begging  commission 
for  ordering  affairs  there. 
(Draft  unsigned.    Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1574-1660,  pp.  415,  416.) 


The  British  Museum. 

f.  263.  Report  by  Thomas  Povey  to  Committee  of  Council  on  Foreign 
Plantations  regarding  Newfoundland,  upon  Lady  Hopkins's  infor 
mation.  May  n,  1660. 

f.  265.  Record  of  Council  of  State  sitting  at  Whitehall,  concerning 
Newfoundland.  May  17,  1660. 

f.  266.  "  The  information   and   relation   of  the   Lady  Hopkins   who 
came  purposely  from  Newfoundland  to  make  known  to  his  Royal 
Majesty,  as  follows." 
(After  May,  1660.) 

f.  267.  His  Majesty's  letter  in  behalf  of  Lord  Willoughby.  June  23, 
1660. 

f.  268.  Instructions  for  the  Council  of  Trade. 

f.  269.  Instructions  for  the  Council  of  Trade. 

f .  270.  Overtures  touching  council  to  be  erected  for  Foreign  Planta 
tions. 

f.  276.  Paper,  unsigned  and  undated,  but  probably  drawn  up  some 
years  later  than  the  preceding  documents,  criticizing  position  and 
functions  of  Council  for  Foreign  Plantations. 

f.  277.  Report  from  Committee  to  Council  for  Foreign  Plantations 
regarding  the  better  accommodating  the  plantations  with  servants. 
n.d. 

f .  279.  Reasons  offered  by  Lord  Willoughby  why  he  ought  not  to  be 
confined  in  his  settlement  upon  Surinam. 

(Draft  with  marginals  and  frequent  erasures.  Last  paragraph  scratched  out 
and  new  one  inserted  below.) 

f.  280.  "  Reasons  why  Syrranam  should  be  permitted  to  subsist." 

(Contains  Willoughby's  statement  regarding  his  right  to  the  settlement  of 
Surinam;  cf.  Cal.  Col.  1661-1668,  §83.) 

f.  286.  "  Considerations  about  the  peopling  and  settling  the  island  of 
Jamaica." 

(Deals  with  condition  of  Jamaica,  the  disbanding  and  paying  the  army, 
building  of  forts,  free  trade  and  discouragement  of  settling  new  planta 
tions.) 

f.  287.  Humble  demands  of  governor,  council  and  assembly  to  Gov. 

Willoughby  of  Barbadoes  for  confirmation  of  certain  rights  and 

liberties  belonging  to  the  inhabitants  of  the  island.     Barbadoes, 

1660. 

(Regarding  government  according  to  the  liberties  of  Englishmen.) 
f .  288.  Most  humble  proposals  of  merchant  planters  and  traders  of 

the  island  of  Antigua. 

(Description  of  the  advantages  of  the  island,  speaks  of  losses  in  number  of 
inhabitants  and  prays  for  help.) 

f .  289.  Record  of  a  meeting  of  the  Committee  of  the  Council  of  For 
eign  Plantations,  January   10,   1660/1. 
(Containing  draft  of  recommendation  from  subcommittee  regarding  Jamaica.) 

f.  291.  "  Proposals  about  the  speedie  settling  and  securing  of 
Jamaica."  January  23,  1660. 

f.  292.  "  Considerations  to  move  the  council  to  send  the  money 
ordered  by  his  Majesty  to  build  the  fort  of  Cagway  in  Jamaica." 
n.  d. 


Egerton  Manuscripts.  37 

f.  293.  "  The  conveniences  that  will  aryse  are  Many  as."  (Then 
follow  first,  secondly,  thirdly;  related  to  the  considerations  above.) 

ff.  294.13-295.  "  Concerning  a  supply  of  shipping  and  provisions  to 
Jamaica." 

f.  296.  Letter  from  Mr.  Povey  concerning  natural  products  of  Vir 
ginia  in  behalf  of  the  Royal  Society.  March  4,  1660/1. 

(Chiefly  regarding  the  raising  and  manufacture  of  silk  in  Virginia.  Speaks 
of  the  king  as  having  ordered  a  "  Gardin  for  plants  and  simples  ".) 

f .  297.  "  The  paper  of  Inquiries  from  Gresham  College  to  Virginia." 

(These  are  the  queries  referred  to  in  Povey's  letter,  f.  296,  "concerning 
those  several  kind  of  things  which  are  reported  to  be  in  Virginia  and  the 
Bermudas,  not  found  in  England".) 

f.  299.  Report  of  Council  for  Foreign  Plantations,  concerning  en 
croachments  of  the  Massachusetts  Colony.  April  8,  1661. 

(Ordered  that  the  report  be  amended  "by  Mr.  Kendall  and  Mr.  Nowell." 
Petitions  of  Lionel  Copley,  John  Gifford  and  others,  Archibald  Henderson 
and  Gyles  Silvester,  here  referred  to,  may  be  found  in  Cat.  Col.  1661-1668, 
§50,  51,  52,  and  that  of  Copley  in  N.  E.  Hist.  Gen.  Reg.,  XXXVIII. 
378-379-) 

f.  301.  Overtures  for  the  better  providing  for  Jamaica  before  the 
Lord  [Thomas]  Windsor's  going  away  governor  of  that  place. 
June  10,  1661. 

f.  303.  Letter  from  Col.  Wm.  Watts,  governor  of  St.  Christopher, 
June  19,  1661,  to  Mr.  Povey;  endorsed,  "Received  August  29, 
1661  ". 

f.  305.  "  A  copy  of  the  letter  to  the  Secretary  of  State,  from  Barba- 
does,  July  10,  1661." 

f .  307.  "  A  Draught  of  a  letter  for  his  Majesty's  signature,  to  Barba- 
does,  1661."  To  be  sent  to  Lord  Willoughby  and  to  inhabitants 
of  Barbadoes,  St.  Kitts,  Nevis,  Montserrat  and  other  Caribbee 
Islands. 

f.  308.  Letter  to  John  Kirke  from  Charles  Hill,  Ferryland,  Sep 
tember  12,  1 66 1,  "  concerning  Ld  Baltemores  interest  in  Newfound 
land  ". 

f.  309.  Testimony  of  Wm.  Wrixon  and  others  concerning  the  same. 

f.  310.  The  Lord  Baltemore's  Case,  concerning  the  Province  of 
Avalon  in  New-Found-Land,  an  Island  in  America.  Printed 
broadside. 

ff.  311-328.  Copies  of  papers  relating  to  Nova  Scotia, 
ff.  311-313.  "Indenture,   made  before  Josue   Mainet,   Royal   Notary 
living  in  London,  30  April  1630,  between  Sir  William  Alexander 
....  on  the  one  part  ....  and  Sir  Claude  de  Saint  Estienne 
Knight  Lord  of  la  Tour  ....  and  ....  his  son  on  the  other 
part." 
(Translated  into  English,  February  i,  1655.) 

ff.  3i3b-320.  Indenture  made  20  Sept  1656,  between  de  la  Tour  of 
the  one  part  and  Thomas  Temple  and  William  Crowne,  Esq.,  of 
the  other  part. 

(Entered  and  recorded  in  the  book  of  records  for  the  county  of  Suffolk 
in  N.  E.) 

f .  320.  Test,  of  Robert  Howard,  Not :  publ :  Massachusitt :  Coloniae 
novae  Angliae:,  Boston  I  August  1678. 


38  The  British  Museum. 

ft.  320-32 ib.  Historical  account  of  the  "  Restitution  of  Acadie  ",  by 

the  ambassador  of  France, 
ff.  32ib-323b.  "  An  answer  to  the  French  Ambassadours  Claime  to 

the  Forts  and  Country  in  America  Exhibited  in  the  behalfe  of  the 

Lord  La  Tour,  Temple  and  Crowne,  Proprietors." 
ff.  324-325.  Extract   from    several   pieces   relating  to   title   to   Nova 

Scotia  (ranging  from  1606  to  1656). 
ff.  326-327.  Account  of  Nova  Scotia  or  Acadia. 
f.  328.  Memorial  of  the  French  Ambassadors  about  the  restitution  of 

part  of  Acadia  to  Monsr  le  Borgne.     Read  in  Council  November 

27,  1661. 

ff.  329-330.  Draft   of   Lord    Willoughby's    letter    to    the    council    of 
Barbadoes. 
(Povey's  handwriting.) 

f.  331.  Lord  Willoughby's  interest  in  Barbadoes  and  the  Leeward 

Islands.     (Neither  date  nor  signature.) 
f .  332.  "  The  i6th  article  agreed  and  concluded  upon  the  surrender 

of  the  Barbadoes  and  afterwards  confirmed  by  Parliament  (in  haec 

verba)  vizt." 

f.  333.  Letter  from  Council  of  Trade  and  Plantations  to  Barbadoes. 
f.  335.  Letter  from  Council  of  Trade  and  Plantations  to  Virginia. 

(These  letters  are  in  the  same  handwriting  though  differing  in  content. 
That  to  Virginia  is  the  longer  of  the  two.) 

f.  336.  Draft  of  clause  in  the  above  letters  designed  to  encourage  the 
colony  to  have  agents  in  England  "  because  it  will  be  difficult  to 
make  any  certain  judgment  of  affairs  of  such  a  variety  at  such  a 
distance  ". 
(Many  erasures  and  changes.) 

f.  339.  Proposal  for  removing  spices  [  ?]  and  other  plants  from  the 
East  to  the  West  Indies.  1661. 

(Endorsed  "  Sir  Richard  Ford's  paper  concerning  fetching  plants,  etc.  from 
the  East  Indies".  Duplicate  of  this  proposal  follows  without  the 
endorsement.) 

f.  340.  Minutes  from  the  records  of  the  Privy  Council  at  Whitehall 
relating  to  Nova  Scotia.  February  26,  March  7,  1661,  and  April 
23,  1662. 

f.  342.  Articles,  accorded,  concluded  and  made  between  the  English 
and  French  nations  on  St.  Christopher.    July  29,  1662. 
(Also  ff.  347-349-) 

f.  351.  Order  in  Council  regarding  payment  of  military  expenses  in 
Jamaica.  Accompanied  by  itemized  and  tabulated  statement,  en 
dorsed  "  Gen11  Abstract  and  Acco.  of  the  Army  in  Jamaica  and  the 
Devident,  1662  ". 

f.  354.  Discourse  and  View  of  Virginia,  by  Sir  Wm.  Berkeley. 

(Apparently  the  same  as  Berkeley's  "  A  Perfect  Description  of  Virginia  "  in 
Force,  Tracts,  II.) 

f-36o.  Copy  of  Letter  (to  "Your  Lordship"),  James  City,  March 

28,  1663,  from  Gov.  Berkeley  and  others  of  Virginia  protesting 
against  grant  to  Lord  Hopton  and  others  of  land  lying  between 
the  two  rivers  of  Potomac  and  Rappahanock.    Also  copy  of  lease 


Egerton  Manuscripts.  39 

made  by  the  aforesaid  lords,  dated  August  20,  "  in  the  fourteenth 

year  of  his  Majesty's  reign  ". 
f.  362.  Copy   of  Letter   of   Gov.    Berkeley   to   "  My   ever   Honored 

Lord  ",  March  30,  1663,  regarding  silk  raising,  tobacco  stinting, 

the  growth  of  Virginia,  coming  of  settlers  from  New  England 

and  Barbadoes,  etc. 
f.  365.  Copy  of  letter  from  Gov.  Berkeley  to  the  same,  April   18, 

1663,  regarding  "  Potashes  ....  made  by  my  own  family  ",  trade 

with   Indians    (commission   for  himself,   "  cozen "   Norwood,  and 

Francis  Moryson). 
f .  366.  Copy  of  letter  from  Anthony  Langston  giving  description  of 

the  country  and  colony  of  Virginia,  and  saying  that  neglect  of 

Iron  and  Steel  is  injurious  to  colony,  due  to  belief  that  money 

can  be  made  more  quickly  by  tobacco  raising, 
f .  367.  Computation  of  an  Iron  Work  in  Virginia, 
f.  370.  Grant  of  office  of  receiver  general  of  revenue  of  foreign  plan 
tations    in    America    and    Africa    to    Thos.    Ross    and    Thomas 

Chiffinch.     September  9,  1663. 

(Co/.  Col.  1661-1668,  §435.) 
f .  380.  Draught  of  patent  for  Thomas  Povey,  to  be  receiver  general 

of  the  revenues  arising  to  his  Majesty  out  of  America  and  Africa. 

(Cal.  Col.  1661-1668,  §488,  where  name  is  wrongly  given  "George"  Povey.) 
f.  383.  Letter   from  William   Povey   to  Thomas   Povey,   Barbadoes, 

September  9,  1663,  regarding  act  of  assembly  imposing  the  Four 

and  a  half  per  cent,  custom  duty.    Second  letter  dated  October  21, 

1663. 
f .  387.  Instructions  to  the  Royal  Commissioners  appointed  to  visit  the 

colony  of  Massachusetts  Bay.     April  23,  1664. 

(Signed,  sealed  and  countersigned  by  H.  Bennett.) 

^  393-  Instructions  to  the  Royal  Commissioners  for  the  visitation  of 

the  colony  of  Connecticut, 
f.  396.  Memorandum  of  important  points  for  the  settlement  of  New 

England. 

("That  in  adjusting  the  affaire  of  New  England  there  must  be  a  p'fect 
establishment  of  the  King's  sovereignty  and  the  subjects  property.  And 
in  order  to  their  dependence.  Appeals,  Militia,  Oaths  of  Allegiance,  Annual 
Homage,  a  Seal,  Money  raised  in  the  King's  name,  the  King^s  arms  in  their 
Courts,  Vice  Admiralty,  Customs  to  be  established,  Liberty  of  Conscience, 
Favor  to  the  Church  of  England,  Acts  of  Trade  and  Navigation,  to  abolish 
the  Laws  made  against  those  of  England,  to  settle  bounds  to  the  respective 
proprietors,  Govr,  Council,  Judges,  Customs;  and  contra,  An  Act  of  Ob 
livion,  Charter  of  Confirmation,  New  Privileges  to  be  added.") 

f.  397.  Mavericke's  A  Breife  Discription  of  New  England,  etc. 

(Also  in  Bodl.  Lib.  Clarendon  103,  and  printed  in  N.  E.  Hist.  Gen.  Reg., 
XXXIX.  33-48.) 

f.  412.  Names  of  the  rivers  and  of  the  chief  sagamores  that  inhabit 

upon  them,  from  the  river  of  Quibequissue  to  the  river  of  Wenes- 

quawam. 
f.  414.  Certain    notes    and   informations    concerning   New    England, 

relating  chiefly  to  churches  and  militia,  with  some  historical  data 

at  bottom, 


40  The  British  Museum. 

f.  425.  "  Proposals  for  New  England  for  the  Incouragement  of  mer 
chants  Inhabiting  and  Residing  in  New  England  and  other  his 
Majties  Plantations  In  those  parts  of  America  and  for  the  Benefit 
and  Advantage  of  his  Maj.  customs  ",  signed  James  Bollen. 
ff.  426-435.  Report  of  the  Royal  Commissioners  in  1665  :  state  of  the 
colony  of  Kenebeck  (426)  ;  state  of  the  province  of  New  Hamp 
shire  (427)  ;  state  of  the  province  of  New  Plymouth  (428)  ;  state 
of  the  colony  of  Rhode  Island  (429)  ;  state  of  the  colony  of  Con 
necticut  (432)  ;  state  of  the  colony  of  the  Massachusetts  (433)  ; 
list  of  magistrates  (435).  Letter  of  Geo.  Cartwright  to  Lord 
Arlington  (426),  written  after  his  capture  by  the  Dutch  and  land 
ing  in  Spain  ;  without  place  and  undated. 

f.  436.  Certificate  concerning  the  northern  limits  of  the  Massachusetts 
colony.     1665. 

f.  437.  Letter  from  Gov.  Bellingham,  Boston,  May  30,   1665,  con~ 
cerning  the  northern  boundaries. 

f.  438.  Extract  of  minutes  of  general  court  held  at  Boston,  October 
18,  1654. 

f.  439.  Extract  of  same,  October  19,  1654. 

f.  440.  Report  from  Peter  Weare,  on  subject  of  northern  boundaries. 
May,  1665. 

f.  441.  Report  from  Richard  Waldron,  on  the  same  subject. 

(All  copies,  and  endorsed,  "  From  Mr.  Povey,  30  May,  1665,  from  the  Gov 
ernor  of  New  England  with  affidavits  enclosed  ".  Below  in  another  hand 
is  written,  "  To  Secretary  Morris,  being  an  Answer  to  his  Majts  of  the 
IIth  of  June,  1664,  which  requires  restitution  to  Sr  Ferd.  Gorges  or  there 
reason  to  the  contrarie,  1665".  Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1661-1668,  §750.  A  copy  of 
the  king's  letter  of  April  10,  1666,  is  given,  f.  442.  Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1661-1668, 


f.  444.  Transactions  of  Lord  Willoughby  in  Barbadoes,  in  connection 

with  estate  of  Col.  Waldron  (Walrond). 
f.  446.  Memorial  for  warlike  stores  for  Caribbee  Islands.     January 

30,  1666. 
f.  447.  Copy  of  petition  of  De  Belleville  and  others,  householders  and 

inhabitants  of  the  province  of  "  Avilonie  "  (Newfoundland),  etc., 

March  18,  1666,  addressed  to  George  Kirke,  one  of  the  proprietors 

of  Newfoundland. 
f  .  448.  Original  order  of  the  Privy  Council,  August  30,   1667,  "  to 

the  committee  concerning  the  rendition  of  places  in  America  ", 

signed  by  Sir  Edward  Walker,  clerk  of  the  Council  and  Garter 

King  at  Arms. 
f.  449.  Order  for  committee  of  the  Privy  Council  for  the  affairs  of 

New  England  and  for  the  bounding  of  Acadia.    October  2,  4,  1667. 
f  .  450.  Names  of  the  committee  :     Lord  Privy  Seal,  Duke  of  Albe- 

marle,  Lord   Chamberlain,   Earl  of  Anglesey,  Lord   Holies,   Mr. 

Vice-Chamberlain,  both   secretaries   "  or  any  4  ".     Lord  Ashley, 

Sir  William  Coventry  added  by  the  King.    October  4,  1667. 
f.  451.  Directions  for  the  bounding  of  Acadia,  "  in  order  to  the  resti 

tution  thereof  to  the  French  ". 
f  .  452.  Rough  minutes  of  the  meeting  of  the  Committee  of  the  Council 

for  the  affairs  of  New  England.     October  4,  1667. 


Egerton  Manuscripts.  41 

f.  454.  Account  of  the  boundaries  of  Acadia,  Nova  Scotia  and  Penob- 

scot,  delivered  by  Mr.  Newdigate.    September  18,  1667. 
ff.  455-456.  Proposals  humbly  offered  to  his  Majesty  by  planters  and 

merchants  concerned  in  the  island  of  Nevis  and  other  Leeward 

Islands.     1667.    To  be  heard  at  the  committee,  October  29. 
f.  457.  Answer  from  J.  Champante,  agent  for  Lord  Willoughby,  gov 
ernor  of  the  Caribbee  Islands,  to  proposals  of  planters,  merchants, 

etc.,  in  Nevis  and  Leeward  Islands,  to  be  heard  at  the  committee. 

October  29,  1667. 

f.  459.  Past  and  present  state  of  the  Leeward  Caribbee  Islands,  etc. 
f.  461.  Nevis.     Account  of  such  debts  as  were  contracted  and  paid 

for   his    Majesty's    service   by   command   of   Henry   Willoughby, 

Lieutenant-General.    June  19,  1668. 
f.  462.  Order  in  Council  referring  the  Willoughby  matter  to  Council 

for  Foreign  Plantations, 
f.  463.  Order  in  Council,  concerning  the  farm  of  the  Four  and  a  half 

per  cent,  of  Barbadoes  and  the  farm  of  the   Caribbee   Islands. 

December  22,  1669. 
f.  465.  "  The  heads  of  addresses  which  we  desire  your  excellency  to 

present  to  his  Majesty "  from  Barbadoes,  concerning  the  Four 

and  a  half  per  cent.,  soldiers,  etc. 
f .  466.  Some  reflections  on  the  Royal  African  Company's  interest  in 

the  plantations  and  the  use  of  a  major-general  in  the  island  of 

Jamaica.    Neither  signature  nor  date, 
f.  468.  Arrears  of  the  Caribbee  Islands  to  Jamaica  for  the  estates 

confiscated  and  applicable  to  the  benefit  of  the  island.     Neither 

signature  nor  date, 
f.  469.  Letter  of  Charles  II.  to  the  governor  of  Jamaica  to  restore 

one  Richard  Povey  to  the  office  of  secretary  of  that  island. 

(Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1669-1674,  §165.) 

f .  470.  Letter  from  W.  Willoughby  to  Mr.  Povey  concerning  St. 
Christopher  and  the  Leeward  Islands.  September  24,  1670. 

f.  471.  Letter  from  J.  Mathews  concerning  the  French  in  Newfound 
land.  January  27,  1670. 

f .  472.  "  An  Account  of  the  Bahama  Islands  that  are  most  consider 
able  with  their  Latitudes,  given  by  Solomon  Robisone,  Master  of 
the  ship  Barmudians  Adventure  who  hath  been  a  coaster  amongst 
the  said  Islands."  Dated  "  Somer  Is.",  March  13,  1670. 

f.  474.  Copy  of  letter  "  to  my  Lord  Ashley  from  Mr.  Darrell  from 
Sommer  Islands."     March  15,  1670/1. 
(Contains  good  description  of  the  islands.) 

f .  477.  Lord  Willoughby's  proposals  concerning  the  West  Indies. 
April  8,  1672. 

f .  479.  Copy  of  letter  from  Lord  Willoughby  to  Lord  Clifford.  Ports 
mouth,  England,  July  3,  1672.  On  reverse  is  Clifford's  letter  to 
Willoughby. 

f .  480.  Copy  of  letter  from  Lord  Willoughby  to  Thomas  Povey. 
Portsmouth,  England,  July  4,  1672. 

f.  481.  Five  affidavits  concerning  logwood  at  Yucatan,  1672,  with 
endorsements  summarizing  contents  of  the  affidavits. 


42  The  British  Museum. 

f .  483.  Letter  form  Lord  Willoughby  to  Thomas  Povey,  Barbadoes, 

November  14,  1672,  concerning  expedition  to  Tobago, 
f .  484.  Letter  from  Lord  Willoughby  to  Thomas  Povey.     December 

29,  1672. 
ff.  485-486.  Petition  of  Lord  Willoughby  concerning  his  salary,  and 

account  of  £3000  demanded  by  Lord  Willoughby. 
f.  487.  Letter  of  advice  from  Thomas   Povey  to  Lord  Willoughby. 

March  15,   1672/3. 
f.  490.  "  Mr   Gorges   concerns  the   Plantations."     Read   in   Council, 

March  17,  1672. 

(Asking  that  the  kingdom  of  Scotland  be  granted  a  trade  with  the  Sugar 
Islands  "  as  Ireland  hath ".  Also  that  English  provisions  and  manufac 
tures  be  allowed  to  be  exported  from  the  several  parts  of  England  free  of 
duty,  as  formerly,  "the  said  plantations  being  members  of  England".) 

f.  491.  Copy  of  Spanish  letter   "endeavoring  to   prevail   with   that 

court "  to  obtain  sufficient  support  for  reducing  Jamaica, 
f.  492.  Copy  of  petition  from  the  governor,  council  and  assembly  of 

Nevis,  for  redress  of  grievances  and  confirmation  of  arrears,    n.  d. 
f .  494.  Abstract  of  patent  granted  to  the  West  India  Company  by  the 

States  General  of  Holland.     September  20,  1674. 
f .  496.  Copy  of  proceedings  sent  by  Gov.  Berkeley  at  a  general  court 

held  at  James  City,  regarding  trouble  with  Giles  Bland,  collector 

of  customs  for  Virginia.     November  21,  1674. 
ff.  497-498.  Draft  of  letter  from  King  Charles  II.  to  Corporation  of 

Boston   in    New    England,    about    New    Hampshire   and    Maine. 

December  18,  1674. 

"  A  Draught  of  his  Maties  pleasure  to  be  signified  upon  the  petition 

of  Ferdinando  Gorge  and  Robert  Mason." 
f.  499.  Letter  from  Col.  Warner,  brother  of  Sir  Thomas  Warner,  to 

Sir  John  Atkins,  brother  of  the  Earl  of  Carlisle,  upon  his  arrival 

at  Barbadoes.    n.  d. 
f.  501.  "  Considerations  about  the  Spaniards  buying  Negroes  of  the 

English  Royal  Company  and  receiving  2/$  at  Jamaica  and  y$  at 

Berbadoes."    Jamaica,  February  2,  1674/5. 
f.  510.  Copy  of  letter  from  Mr.  Thornton  to  the  Duke  of  Albemarle, 

from  the  Bahamas.    August  18,  1675. 

f.  511.  Letter  from  Mr.  Bland  to  the  governor  of  Virginia  concern 
ing  execution  of  his  office  as  collector  of  the  customs  in  Virginia. 

(Refers  to  his  instruction  and  his  deputies,  and  speaks  of  the  difficulty  of 
enforcing  the  acts  of  trade.    The  letter  is  dated  "  Bartlett ",  September  16, 
1675.) 
f.  515.  Letter  from  Giles  Bland  to  the  Commissioners  of  Customs 

concerning  his  suspension  from  the  office  of  collector  by  Gov. 

Berkeley. 

(Details  of  illicit  trading.) 

f.  517.  Giles  Eland's  case  as  collector  of  the  customs  in  Virginia,  n.  d. 
f.  518.  Extract  of  letter  from  New  England  "concerning  the  Indian 

Warr ".     1675. 

(Printed,  N.  E.  Hist.  Gen.  Reg.,  XXXVIII.  381-382.) 
f.  520.  Pages  9-12,  inclusive,  of  printed  work  giving  account  of  "  the 

Battel  with  the  Indians  on  the  19th  of  November,   1675  ",  with 

list  of  the  English  slain  and  wounded. 


Egerton  Manuscripts.  43 

f.  522.  This  Account  of  New  England.     1675. 

(Printed,  N.  E.  Hist.  Gen.  Reg.,  XXXVIII.  379-38o.) 
f.  523.  Letter  from  Jamaica,  January  25,  1675,  to  the  Lords  of  Trade, 

regarding  state  of  the  government  there. 

(Cf.  Cat.  Col.  1675-1676,  §799-) 
f.  525.  Brief  Account  of  the  West  Indies,  with  particulars  regarding 

soldiers,  forts  and  other  means  of  defence,  and  details  regarding 

commodities  and  shipping,     n.  d. 
f.  529.  State  of  the  Leeward  Islands,    n.  d. 
f.  531.  Extract  of  points  relating  to  the  defence,  trade  and  security 

of  the  Leeward  Islands,     n.  d. 
f.  533.  Account    of    the    Caribbee    Islands.      Endorsed,    from    Col. 

Warner.    April,  1676. 

(Cal.  Col  1675-1676,  §861.) 

f.  535.  Letter  from  Col.  Warner,  governor  of  Antigua.    April,  1676. 
f.  537.  Letter  from  the  same,  April  17,  1676,  "  from  on  board  the 

Phenix  in  the  Hope  ". 

f.  539.  Proclamation  by  the  governor  and   captain-general   of  Vir 
ginia,  May  10,  1676,  referring  to  the  Indian  war  in  New  England. 

Endorsed,   "  Virginia    News ",    "  Sr   Wm   Berkeley's   Declaration, 

1676  ". 
f.  540.  Proclamation,    1676,   "  dissolving   the   present   Assembly   and 

ordering  a  grand  assembly  to  be  held  at  James  City  in  June  next ". 
f.  541.  "  Copy  of  Mr  Bacon's  letter  sent  by  mee  May  the  25th  1676  ", 

signed  Nathaniel  Bacon. 

f.  542.  Copy  of  description  of  the  Fight  in  Virginia.     May,  1676. 
f .  544.  Copy  of  "  The  humble  appeale  of  the  Volunteers  to  all  well 

minded  and  charitable  men." 
f.  545.  "  The  Virginians  Plea  for  opposing  the  Indians  without  the 

governor's  order  ",  etc. 
ff.  547-550.     Copy  of  "  The  Declaration  of  the   People  ag'  Sr  Wm 

Berkeley  and  present  govern1"  of  Virginia  "  (signed  by  Nathaniel 

Bacon,  general  by  the  Consent  of  the  People).    Two  copies. 

(Cal.  Col.  1675-1676,  §1010.    Many  copies  in  various  depositories.     See  Bod. 
Lib.  Rawlinson  A.  180,  f.  306,  185,  f.  257;  Brit.  Mus.  Add.  MSS.  17019, 
f.  1 10.) 
f.  550.  Copy  of  a  letter  from  Mrs.  Bacon,  wife  of  Nathaniel  Bacon 

in  Virginia,  June  29,   1676,  to  her  sister,  regarding  the  Indian 

attack. 

(Speaks  of  the  murder  of  their  overseer  at  an  outward  plantation.) 
f.  55ob.  Relation  of  Mr.  Bird,  who  lived  near  Bacon  in  Virginia  and 

went  to  England  in  July,  1676,  for  fear  of  the  Indians. 
f,  551.  Mr.   Bacon's   account   of  their   troubles   in   Virginia  by  the 

Indians.    June  18,  1676. 

f.  552.  Copy  of  the  declaration  of  the  chief  persons  in  Virginia,  touch 
ing  their  adherency  to  Bacon.    August,  1676.    With  list  of  names 

of  the  signers, 
f.  554.  Copy  of  Mr.  Chilling-worth's  commission  as  governor  of  the 

Bahamas,  signed  Shaftesbury,  G.  Carteret,  Albemarle,  Craven,  and 

dated  July  i,  1676. 


44  The  British  Museum. 

f.  555.  Copy  of  Giles  Eland's  letter  to  Mr.  Povey,  July  8,  1676,  con 
cerning  grievances  in  Virginia.  On  reverse  "  A  copy  of  a  Remon 
strance  of  the  several  counties  in  Virginia  ",  which  is  a  form,  not 
filled  out  and  undated. 

f.  556.  Copy  of  letter  from  the  proprietors  of  the  Bahamas,  dated 
London,  13, -1676,  to  Gov.  Wentworth,  expressing  disap 
proval  of  him  as  governor  of  that  island. 

f.  557.  Copy  of  letter  from  the  proprietors  of  the  Bahamas  to  the 
governor  and  council  there  stating  that  they  have  dismissed  Went 
worth  and  put  in  Chillingworth. 

f .  560.  Copy  of  "  A  Brief  Narrative  concerning  Newfoundland  "  by 
John  Downing.  Sent  by  Mr.  Downing  and  received  October  24, 
1676. 

f.  564.  Notes  on  the  same  regarding  current  price  of  fish,  train  oil, 
and  about  boats  built  in  the  country. 

f.  565.  Description  by  Downing  of  the  manner  of  catching  and  mak 
ing  "  drie  fishe  "  there.  Endorsed,  1676. 

f .  567.  Account  of  a  fight  between  the  French  and  the  Dutch  at 
Tobago,  February  21,  1676,  with  statistics  at  the  end. 

f.  568.  Report  of  Lords  of  Trade  concerning  Col.  Warner,  governor 
of  the  Leeward  Islands,  received  May  17,  1677.    "  Disallowed." 
(Cf.  Cat.  Col.  1677-1680,  §§254,  260.) 

f.  569.  Account  of  Statia  [St.  Eustatius],  Saba  and  Tortola. 
(Cf.  Cal.  Col  1677-1680,  §260.) 

f.  571.  Narrative  of  Brown's   case,   "how  he  was   executed  in  Ja 
maica  ",  endorsed  "  Received,  22  Oct.  1677  ". 
(Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1677-1680,  §383.) 

f.  573.  List  of  all  books  in  the  plantation  office,  treating  of  New 
England. 

(Printed  N.  E.  Hist.  Gen.  Reg.,  XXXVIII.  261-262,  and  in  the  Nation, 
October  24,  1895,  p.  291.) 

f.  574.  Considerations  about  present  affairs  in  the  West  Indies.  April 
7,  1678. 

f.  576.  Breviate  of  what  passed  in  the  assembly  called  by  his  excel 
lency  Charles,  Earl  of  Carlisle,  governor  of  Jamaica,  at  St.  lago, 
October  2,  1678.  Endorsed  "To  Mr.  Blathwayt,  Esq:  To  be 
showed  noebody,  1678  ". 

f.  584.  Report  touching  the  Laws  of  Barbadoes.    Read  at  the  meeting 
of  the  Lords  of  Trade,  June  26,  1679. 
(Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1677-1680,  §1034.) 

f.  587.  Consideration  touching  council  to  be  appointed  by  the  gov 
ernor  of  Barbadoes.  "  Received  from  Cap*  Langford."  n.  d. 

f.  589.  Pretensions  of  the  Dutch  to  Tobago. 

f.  591.  Pretensions  of  the  Duke  of  Curland  to  the  Island  of  Tobago, 
"  as  it  is  set  forth  in  a  memorial  from  his  envoy  ".  n.  d. 

f.  593.  Letter  to  Mr.  John  Lewin  at  New  York  "  concern*  Mr  Pen's 
Patent ". 

(Without  place,  date  or  signature,  but  evidently  written  by  some  one  in 
England  well  informed  of  the  circumstances,  between  June,  1680,  and 
March,  1681.) 


Egerton  Manuscripts.  45 

f-  595-  "  Copy  of  Mr.  Randolph's  queries  and  R.  Sawyer's  opinion 

thereon." 
f .  597.  Extract  of  letter  to  Mr.  Platt  from  Mr.  Wilkins  in  Nevis 

concerning  his  estate  there,  with  the  prices  that  provisions,  etc., 

bear  in  those  parts.    December  10,  1681. 
f.  598.  "  The  State  of  a  Sugar  Plantation."    Brief  account, 
f.  599.  Jamaica,  "  An  Account  of  necessaries  to  be  sent  once  a  year 

by  Mr  Tho:  Duck  to  Sr  T.  L."  for  his  plantation  there. 

(For  clothing  the  slaves,  tools,  utensils,  medicines,  thread,  needles,  etc.) 
f .  600.  Opinion  of  Lord  Chief  Justice  North  concerning  laws, 
f.  601.  Rough  account  of  the  history  of  New  York  and  affairs  there, 

in  support  of  act  of  naturalization  for  foreigners  in  New  York. 

n.  d. 
f .  602.  Printed  folio  containing  "  A  true  state  of  the  case  between  the 

heirs  and  assignees  of  Sir  William  Courten,  knight,  deceased,  and 

the  late  earl  of  Carlisle,  etc.,  in  Barbadoes."     Petition  presented 

to  Parliament. 

f.  603.  State  of  Jamaica  with  a  proposal  concerning  method  of  mak 
ing  laws, 
f.  609.  "  Brief  survey  "  of  Jamaica. 

(Elaborate  account.) 
ff.  613-617.  Four  papers  setting  forth  reasons  why  the  king  should 

keep  Jamaica  in  his  possession,    n.  d. 
f.  619.  Concerning  hurricanes  and  their  prognostics  and  observations 

"  of  my  own  experience  thereupon  ".    No  date  or  signature, 
f.  625.  An  estimate  of  Barbadoes  and  of  the  new  inhabitants  there, 

followed  by  lists  of  inhabitants,  christenings  and  burials,    n.  d. 
f.  628.  Considerations  concerning  the  Caribbee  Islands, 
f .  629.  Account  of  the  English  sugar  plantations, 
f.  636.  True  state  of  the  manufacture  of  sugar  within  our  plantations, 

which  requires  all  manner  of  encouragement. 

(Both  papers  by  the  same  hand,  written  in  England  probably  about  1670.) 
f.  642.  Letter  prepared  by  Council  for  Foreign   Plantations  to  the 

governor,  council  and  assembly  of  Barbadoes  concerning  manufac 
ture  of  sugar. 

(Probably  1661.    Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1661-1668,  §158.) 
f.  643.  Description  of  the  Cocoa  [Tree].     By  Sir  Thomas  Lynch  of 

Jamaica. 

f.  649.  Account  of  the  Island  of  Madeira,  by  John  Shattock. 
f.  651.  Rough  draft  of  what  appears  to  be  an  abstract  of  this  paper 

in  Povey's  handwriting, 
f.  652.  Reasons  for  permitting  productions  of  the  English  plantations 

in  America  to  be  brought  directly  to  Tangier  before  being  landed 

in  England.    "  Submitted  to  consideration*  if  valuable  to  what  hath 

been  said  in  contra." 

(Long  paper  asserting  that  Tangier  is  a  plantation  and  that  trade  should  be 
directly  with  her.) 

f.  66 1.  Proposals  in  order  to  improvement  of  the  county  of  Albemarle 
in  Carolina  in  point  of  towns,  trade  and  coin.     By  George  Milner. 
n.  d. 
(Plea  for  closer  settlement,  use  of  wampum  and  peage,  markets  and  towns.) 


46  The  British  Museum. 

f.  666.  Proposals  concerning  building  of  towns  in  Virginia, 
f.  667.  Proposals  concerning  custom  of  tobacco. 

(Concerning  methods  employed  whereby  the  king  is  defrauded  of  the  cus 
toms  duty  on  tobacco.) 

f.  668.  Reply  to  petition  and  declaration  of  the  owners  of  Plymouth, 

Dartmouth  and  other  ports,  concerning  fisheries  question, 
f.  670.  "  An  account  of  all  the  trading  Townes  and  Ports  lying  upon 

the  Sea  and  navigable  rivers,  with  number  of  Houses  in  every 

Towne"  [in  New  England]. 

(Printed,  N.  E.  Hist.  Gen.  Reg.,  XXXVIII.  380-381.) 
f.  671.  Petition   of  Lionel   Copley   and  others   concerning  the   Iron 

Works  in  New  England. 

(Printed,  N.  E.  Hist.  Gen.  Reg.,  XXXVIII.  378-379.    Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1661-1668, 

§50.) 
f .  672.  (i)  Proposition  de  Louis  Le  Page.     (2)  Description  des  Lacs 

nouvellement  descouverts  a  la  source  du  Fleuve  de  St.  Laurent, 
f.  679.  Series  of  title  pages  with  names  of  colonies  upon  them, 
f.  686.  Index  to  papers  relating  to  the  West  Indies,  Jamaica,  Caribbee 

Islands,  New  England,  Virginia,  Newfoundland  and  Nova  Scotia, 
f.  697.  Heads  of  Index. 

(Indexes  show  that  original  collection  was  arranged  by  colonies.     Its  con 
tents  are  now  rearranged  chronologically.) 

2423.  "Journal  by  a  Lady  (of  Quality)"  of  a  Voyage  from  Scotland  to  the 
West  Indies  and  North  Carolina,  with  an  account  of  personal  ex 
periences  in  America  during  the  year  1775  and  a  visit  to  Lisbon  on 
her  return.  October  25,  1774-December,  1775. 

(Voyage  to  Antigua,  St.  Kitts,  St.  Eustatius,  to  North  Carolina — Shawfield, 
Point  Pleasant,  Wilmington.     Graphic  and  interesting.) 

2429.  f.  49.  Copy  of  address  of  William  Penn,  in  the  name  of  the  Quakers, 
to  James  II.,  on  the  Declaration  of  Indulgence,  with  the  King's 
answer.  1687. 

2519.  f.  i.  Pedigree  of  the  family  of  Samuel  Disbrow(Disborough)  :  father, 
mother,  sisters  and  brothers,  children  and  grandchild.     Disbrow 
was  living  in  1685,  aged  65. 
f.  2.  Print  of  John  Disbrow  with  autograph. 

f.  10.  Letter  from  William  Leete  to  Samuel  Disbrow,  Guilford,  Octo 
ber  10,  1654,  referring  to  "  straitened  and  afflicted  condition  of 
the  [New  Haven]  colony "  and  to  Cromwell's  proposal  that 
"  New  England  remove  to  some  place  where  they  have  cities  ready 
builded  and  land  ready  tilled  ". 

f.  32.  Declaration  of  Samuel  Disbrow,  accepting  pardon  offered  in 
the  king's  general  amnesty  "  with  all  humbleness  and  unfaigned 
thankfulness ".  "  Signed,  owned,  and  acknowledged  before  me, 
George  Monck." 

2526.  Journal  of  John  Knepp,  in  H.  M.  S.  Rose,  William  Phips,  Com 
mander,  from  the  Downs  to  Boston  in  New  England,  September, 
1 683- January  15,  1684.  Including  "An  Account  of  the  Proceed 
ings  of  the  Company  belonging  to  his  Majesty's  ship  Rose  since 
their  departure  from  Boston ",  January  i6-May  2,  1684 ;  and 
journal  of  voyage  back  to  England,  May  13,  i684-June  24,  1684. 
Also  lists  of  ship's  company,  articles  of  agreement,  etc. 


Egerton  Manuscripts.  47 

2537,  2538.  Letters  from  Sir  George  Downing  to  Sir  Edward  Nicholas. 
1661,  1662.  In  2538,  f.  102  is  "  The  Reply  of  Sir  George  Down 
ing  ....  delivered  July  13,  1662,  upon  the  answer  of  the  Estates 
General  of  the  United  Provinces  to  his  Memorial  concerning  the 
ship  Charles." 

2541.  "  A  Proposition  of  Profitt  and  Honor  Proposed  to  my  dread  and 
Gratious  Soveraigne  Lord,  King  Charles.  By  his  humble  subject, 
Robert  Hayman." 

(Proposition  concerning  settlement  of  Newfoundland  and  securing  of  the 
fishing  trade,  with  prefatory  letter  to  the  Duke  of  Buckingham.) 

2543.  f.  15.  Concerning  the  Quakers. 

f.  33.  Order  in  Council  regarding  act  of  Parliament  prohibiting  the 

planting,  setting  and  sowing  of  tobacco  in  England.     March  20, 

1660. 
f.  123.  "  A  State  of  Yor  Mat8  Interest  in  the  West  Indies  ",  chiefly 

regarding  Barbadoes.     No  date  but  probably  about  1660-1661. 
f.  125.  Regarding  the  Somers  Islands,  signed  Nathaniel  Butler,  beg 
ging  the  king  to  take  the  islands  into  his  own  hands  "  as  he  did 

Virginia  ".     n.  d. 

f.  127.  "  The  Importance  of  the  Somers  Islands  ".    Unsigned, 
f.  137.  Minute  of  meeting  of  Council  of  Trade.    Thursday,  December 

17,  1663. 

(Consideration  of  the  business  of  the  fisheries.) 

f.  205.  Paper  regarding  standing  committees  of  the  Privy  Council, 
appointed,  1667,  "  under  whose  consideration  is  to  come  whatso 
ever  concerns  his  Majesty's  Foreign  Plantations  ",  "  to  meet  every 
Thursday  in  the  Council  Chamber  or  oftener  as  he  that  presides 
shall  direct  and  hereof  three  or  more  of  them  to  be  a  quorum  ". 
f.  295.  Printed  list  of  land  forces  in  England  and  the  West  Indies. 
1698. 

2597.  ff.  180-191.  Drafts  of  four  letters  from  the  Earl  of  Carlisle  to  Capt. 
Ashton  in  Barbadoes,  Waltham  Abbey,  November  12,  1640, 
October  12,  1641,  and  memorial  (f.  185)  from  John  Wode  to 
Lord  Carlisle  on  his  services  as  a  foreign  messenger.  About  1630. 
f.  192.  Letter  from  the  French  governor  of  St.  Kitts  to  "  M. 
Warnard  "  (Sir  Thos.  Warner),  "General  des  Isles  de  rAmeri- 
que ".  1640-1650. 

2612.  f.  i.  Letter  from  William  Atkinson  of  Dominica  to  G.  Lowdon.    1782. 

2643.fr.  1,3.  Letters  from  Roger  Williams  to  Lady  Barrington  at  Hatfield 
Priory.    May  2,  1629. 
(Printed,  N.  E.  Hist.  Gen.  Reg.,  XLIII.  316-320.) 

2644.  ff.  196,  203,  240,  251.  Letters  from  Ezekiel  Rogers,  minister  of  Row 

ley  and  of  New  England,  to  Lady  Barrington.     1621-1632. 
(See  also  2645,  ff.  142,  224,  281;  2646,  f.  3.) 

2645.  f.  245.  Letter  from  John  Masters  to  Lady  Barrington.     Watertown 

near  Charles  River,  New  England,  March  14,  1630. 

(Masters    was    probably    one    of    the    "  servants "    who    came    over    with 
Saltonstall.) 

2646.  f.  58.  Letter  from   Hope   Sherrard,   minister   at   Providence   Island. 

January  6,  1633. 

4 


48  The  British  Museum. 

f.  76.  Id.     February  25,  1634. 
ff.  104,  109,  163.  Letters  from  Ez.  Rogers  to  Sir  T.  Harrington.    1636- 

1641. 

(See  also  Egerton  2650,  f.  333  and  reverse;  also  f.  348  referring  to  letter 
from  Rogers.) 

f.  181.  Letter  from  George  Fen  wick  to  Sir  Thomas  Barrington,  Say- 
brook,  October  10,  1642,  speaking  of  his  own  heavy  expenses  in 
establishing  the  Saybrook  colony. 

f.  182.  Note  from  George  Fenwick,  October  10,  1642,  asking  Sir 
Arthur  Haslerigg  to  make  certain  payments  to  the  Barringtons. 

f.  240.  Letter  from  George  Fenwick,  May  24,  1643,  regarding  certain 

business  ventures. 

2648.  f.  i.  Letter  from  George  Fenwick  to  Sir  Thomas  Barrington,  dated 
Saybrook,  November  10,  1643,  regarding  condition  of  the  Say- 
brook  colony  and  the  proposed  sale  of  it  to  the  colony  of  Con 
necticut. 

(Transcripts  of  the  Fenwick  letters  are  in  the  possession  of  the  Connecticut 
Historical  Society.) 

ff.  6,  74,  84,  105,  120,  133.  Letters  from  Ez.  Rogers  to  J.  Kendall, 

agent  for  Sir  Thos.  Barrington.     1643-1646. 
ff.  10, 12,  74b.  Correspondence  of  Samuel  Shepard  of  Cambridge,  New 

England,  with  Sir  T.  Barrington.    1643,  1644. 

(See  also  2650,  f.  348.) 

ff.  245-249.  Letter  from  Francis  Barrington,  St.  lago,  Jamaica,  July 
14,  1655,  containing  full  account  of  "  our  first  invading  the  Spanish 
plantation"  from  departure  from  England,  December  15,  1654. 

(Barrington  was  with  the  expedition.  For  other  letters  in  the  same  volume 
see  ff.  227-228,  232,  234,  240,  244,  256,  257,  263,  267,  271,  280,  281,  293,  295, 
299,  302,  303,  322,  339.  The  letters,  in  many  of  which  are  duplicates,  are 
addressed  to  Sir  J.  Barrington  and  J.  Hawkins.) 

ff.  311,  326,  327,  333,  346,  367.  Letters  from  John  Povey  to  Sir  Th. 
Barrington  and  J.  Kendall. 

(See  also  Egerton  2649,  ff.  i,  8,  10,  23,  27,  50,  76,  122,  126,  I26b,  170,  171, 
183,  192;  2650,  ff.  101,  363.) 

2650.  ff.  10-17,  27-  Correspondence  relating  to  property  in  Bermuda  Islands. 

1675- 

f.  354.  Note  on  adventures  of  Robert  Barrington,  son  of  Sir  F.  Bar 
rington.  in  New  England,  about  1645. 

2659-2675.  Hutchinson  Papers.  These  volumes  contain  the  papers  and 
correspondence  of  the  Hutchinson  family,  from  1741  to  1880. 
They  include  the  letter-book,  diary,  memoranda,  will  and  general 
correspondence  of  Thomas  Hutchinson,  governor  of  Massachusetts 
Bay,  1769-1774;  letters  of  his  sons,  Thomas  and  Elisha,  and  of 
his  daughter  Margaret  or  Peggy ;  letters  of  Thomas's  son,  Thomas ; 
of  Edward  Hutchinson,  of  Cambridge,  New  England,  to  Elisha, 
the  second  son,  and  of  John,  Elisha's  son,  perpetual  curate  of 
Blurton  and  canon  of  Lichfield,  relating  to  his  history  of  Massa 
chusetts  Bay,  1817-1823.  They  contain  also  correspondence  of 
Elisha's  grandson,  John  Rogers  Hutchinson,  of  Emmanuel  College, 
Cambridge,  and  of  Thomas's  grandson  P.  O.  Hutchinson,  the 


Egerton  Manuscripts.  49 

editor  of  the  Diary  and  Letters  of  Thomas  Hutchinson,  2  vols. 
(1884-1888).  Besides  the  Hutchinson  letters  are  the  letters,  diaries 
(1776,  1741-1821)  and  other  papers  of  Chief  Justice  Peter  Oliver, 
of  his  brother  Andrew,  the  brother-in-law  of  Hutchinson,  of  Gage, 
Clarke  and  others.  But  a  small  amount  of  the  correspondence 
belongs  to  the  period  before  1783,  chiefly  that  in  volume  2659 
much  of  which  has  been  printed  in  the  Diary  and  Letters.  Upon 
the  documents  may  be  found  occasional  notes  of  P.  O.  Hutchinson, 
made  in  1880-1881,  explanatory  of  persons  and  events.  Letters 
of  Peggy  Hutchinson  touching  upon  family  history  and  happenings 
in  London  are  exceedingly  entertaining.  Although  the  diary  and 
a  large  number  of  the  letters  of  Gov.  Hutchinson  have  been  printed, 
the  letters  of  many  of  the  others  of  the  family  and  of  the  Olivers 
have  not  been  published.  Hosmer,  in  his  Life  of  Hutchinson 
made  no  use  of  the  material  beyond  that  portion  printed  in  P.  O. 
Hutchinson's  Diary  and  Letters. 

Reference  to  Index  in  B.  M.  Cat.  Add.  MSS.  1882-1887,  under  the 
headings  "  Hutchinson  ",  "  Oliver  ",  etc.,  will  give  the  clue  to  the 
greater  part  of  the  correspondence,  but  some  of  the  other  papers 
of  special  interest  and  importance  are  listed  below. 

2659.  f.  19.  Letter  from  Ex-Gov.  Bernard  to  Thos.  Hutchinson.     1771. 

ff.  50, 56-59, 68, 70.  Letters    relating    to    tea    destroyed    in    Boston 
harbor.     1773-1774. 

(F.  58  is  a  letter  from  John  Rowe  to  consignees  of  tea  destroyed,  1773;  and 
f.  68  is  a  letter  from  Gen.  Gage  to  Th.  Hutchinson,  1774.) 

f.  54.  Letter  from  Andrew  Oliver  to  W.  Whately.     1773. 

f.  141.  Letter  from  Judge  Robert  Auchmuty  of  Boston  to  Thomas 

Hutchinson.     1775. 

f.  163.  Letter  from  Lord  Loudoun  to  Th.  Hutchinson.     1775. 
ff.  166,  196-202.  Letters   from   Philip  Yorke,  second  Earl  of  Hard- 

wicke,  to  Th.  Hutchinson.     1776. 
f.  235.  Letter  from  Maj.-Gen.  Amherst  to  Th.  Hutchinson. 

2660.  ff.  164-212.  Relating  to  Hutchinson's  History  of  Massachusetts  Bay. 

1817-1828. 
f.  214.  Printed   statement  of  the  case  of  uncompensated   American 

Loyalists.     1828. 
2671.  Origin  and  progress  of  the  rebellion  in  America,  to  1776,  by  Peter 

Oliver,  written  in  1781. 
2672, 2673.  Journal  of  voyage  from  America  to  England,   and  of  other 

tours,  by  P.  Oliver. 
2675.  Hubbard's  History  of  New  England  from  1620-1680. 

(Printed,  Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  Coll.,  second  series,  vols.  V.,  VI.,  1848.) 
2686.  ff.  62,  169.  Letters  from  Charles  Calvert  to  W.  Titley.  1739. 
2694.  ff.  98,  1 68,  192.  Papers  relating  to  French  encroachments  in  America, 

1750-1760. 

2697.  f .  9.  Memorial    to   the    secretary   of   state    in   behalf   of   Alexander 

McDougall,  merchant,  of  New  York.    1768. 

2698.  ff.  231,232.  Letters    from   the   governor    of   the    Danish    islands    in 

America.     1769. 

2703.  f.  444.  State  of  the  possessions  of  Great  Britain  in  America.     1713. 
2803.  Coast  Maps.  f.  I.  East  coast  of  N.  America  and  S.  America  to  about 

40°  S.  lat. 


50  The  British  Museum. 

ft.  7b,  8.  The  West  Indies  and  S.  America  from  the  mouth  of  the 

Magdalena  to  Trinidad, 
ff.  8b,  9.  The  Atlantic  showing  Labrador  and  Newfoundland. 

(Portolano  containing  thirteen  coast  maps,  of  which  the  above  show  America. 
"The  volume  appears  to  be  a  copy  of  one  of  the  earliest  portolani  of 
Visconti  Maggiola  of  Genoa  and  is  the  earliest  Italian  portolano  now 
known  which  shows  the  North  Atlantic  coasts  of  America."  For  other 
portulani,  see  2854,  2856,  2860.) 


SLOANE  MANUSCRIPTS. 

Volumes  1-4100,  of  which  Additional  Manuscripts  is  a  continuation,  consti 
tute  the  Sloane  Collection,  and  are  inadequately  described  in: 

Ayscough's  Catalogue  of  the  Manuscripts  preserved  in  the  British  Museum, 
hitherto  undescribed,  including  the  Collections  of  Sir  Hans  Sloane, 
the  Rev.  T.  Birch,  etc.  2  vols.  in  one.  (London,  1782.) 

(Describes  vols.  1-5017.  The  same,  rearranged  in  numerical  order,  with 
corrections  and  additions,  is  on  the  shelves  of  the  Manuscript  Room  of  the 
British  Museum.) 

Index1  to  the  Sloane  Manuscripts  in  the  British  Museum,  by  Edward  J.  L. 
Scott,  Litt.  D.  (1904). 

(Vols.  1-4100.  The  preface  gives  an  account  of  the  catalogues.) 
The  pagination  in  the  Sloane  volumes  is  often  perplexing.  Some  of  the 
volumes  appear  to  have  been  repaged  four  times  and  the  references 
in  the  Classified  Catalogue  and  even  occasionally  in  the  Index  are 
not  always  to  be  depended  on.  Failure  to  find  a  document  from 
the  references  given  does  not  indicate  that  the  document  is  not 
in  the  volume.  It  may  always  be  found  if  searched  for. 
In  the  Sloane  Collection  are  letters  to  Sir  Hans  Sloane  from  various 
persons  in  the  colonies,  regarding  fauna  and  flora,  etc.,  references 
to  which  can  readily  be  found  in  the  Index  under  the  following 
names : 

Boylston,  Zab1,  Boston. 

Clayton,  Rev.  Thomas. 

Dickinson,  John. 

Douglass,  John,  Antigua. 

Ellis,  Robert,  Charlestown. 

Farmer, ,  Bermudas. 

Fellowe,  Rice,  St.  Christopher. 

Francklyn,  George,  South  Carolina. 

Fuller,  Henry,  Jamaica. 

Gregory,  Capt.,  and  son,  Jamaica. 

Grew,  Nehemiah. 

Grigg,  Thomas,  Antigua. 

Halsted,  William,  Charlestown. 

Harris,  Robert,  New  England. 

Harward,  Rev.  Thomas,  Boston. 

Jenner,  Thomas,  Charlestown. 

Jones,  Rev.  Hugh,  Virginia. 

Lawson,  John,  No.  Carolina. 

Lewis,  Stephen,  Jamaica. 


Sloane  Manuscripts.  51 

Lord,  Joseph,  Carolina. 

Lotten,  William,  Jamaica. 

Mather,  Cotton,  Boston. 

Moore,  Rev.  Garrett,  Jamaica. 

Oglethorpe,  J.,  Georgia. 

Peck,  Richard,  Antigua. 

Pinckney,  Thomas,  Charlestown. 

Reid,  G.,  Jamaica. 

Rogers,  Gov.  Woodes,  Bahamas. 

Rose,  Francis,  Jamaica. 

Standish,  D.,  South  Carolina. 

Tennent,  John,  Virginia. 

Totterdell,  Hugh,  Jamaica. 

Towne,  Richard,  Barbadoes. 

Trousdale,  Thomas,  Maryland. 

Tullidelph,  Walter,  Antigua. 

Vesey,  Rev.  William,  New  York. 

Vincent,  Francis,  St.  lago,  Jamaica. 

Walduck,  J.,  Barbadoes. 

Walker,  Thomas,  Bahamas. 

Walker,  William,  Rhode  Island. 

Weir,  J.,  Barbadoes. 

Williams,  Hannah,  Charlestown. 

Winthrop,  J.,  Professor  in  Harvard  College. 

(Letters  of  a  few  of  these  correspondents  will  be  found  entered  in  the  list 
given  below.) 

42.  John  Chilton's  Narrative  of  his  voyage  to  New  Spain.     1568. 

(Folio  of  36  pages.    Printed,  Hakluyt's  Voyages,  new  ed.,  IX.  360-367.) 

45-49.  Various  Voyages  to  the  South  Seas.  These  manuscripts  seem  to 
have  been  drafted  by  William  Hack  about  1687.  Nos.  46A  and  48 
probably  relate  to  the  same  voyage  though  text  and  plans  are  quite 
different.  They  narrate  a  voyage,  1680-1682,  from  Panama  down 
the  western  coast  of  S.  America  around  the  cape  and  ending  at 
Barbadoes  and  Antigua;  and  contain  drawings  of  Cividad  de  la 
Serera,  Juan  Fernandez,  bay  of  Arica,  Colon,  port  of  Parta,  Duke 
of  York's  island,  etc.  The  journal  in  46 A  was  kept  by  Captain 
Bartholomew  Sharp,  that  in  48  by  Basil  Ringrose. 

Vol.  45  is  a  large  folio  of  painted  geographical  sketches  with  descriptions. 
Part  i.  describes  the  sea-coast  from  Acapulco  toward  "  Cali 
fornia  ",  taken  from  original  Spanish  manuscripts  by  Hack ;  part 
ii.  contains  descriptions  of  the  Bahama  Banks,  by  Mr.  Salmon 
under  Capt.  Phips,  and  of  the  west  end  of  Nevis,  of  the  harbor  of 
St.  Thomas,  of  St.  lago  de  Cuba,  of  St.  Martha's  Bay  and  Guara, 
and  of  the  bay  of  Sino,  by  Mr.  John  Jenefer. 

Vol.  47  contains  various  instructions  for  sailing  from  Callao  to  the  city 
of  Panama,  from  the  city  of  Panama  to  Callao,  Port  of  Perico  to 
Callao,  the  city  of  Panama  to  "  Callifornia  "  and  Cape  Medinino, 
and  Port  Acapulco  to  "  California  ".  (No  maps.) 

Vol.  49  contains  "  John  Cox  his  Travells  over  the  land  into  the  S°  Seas 
from  thence  Round  the  S°  parte  of  America  to  Berbadoes  and 
Antegoe."  This  seems  to  be  a  master's  log,  recording  wind, 


52  The  British  Museum. 

weather  and  nautical  observations ;  possibly,  as  the  catalogue  sug 
gests,  the  journal  from  which  the  voyages  and  adventures  of  Capt. 
Bartholomew  Sharp  and  others  in  the  South  Sea  were  published 
in  1684. 
(See  86,  3820.) 

60  or  1070.  [Journal]  "  on  board  the  James  and  Mary,  Capt.  Wm.  Phips, 
commander,  in  company  with  the  Henry,  Capt.  Francis  Rogers, 
commander,  from  Samana  Bay  bound  for  the  Wreck  ".  September 
u,  1686. 

(This  journal  is  written  on  the  back  of  another  journal  of  a  voyage  to  the 
East  Indies — therefore,  reversing  the  volume,  Phips's  journal,  beginning 
at  folio  ppb,  occupies  every  right-hand  page  of  folios  pgb-Qob,  88b-67, 
58b-58.) 

54.  "  The  Voyage  of  William  Ambrosia  Cowley,  marriner,  from  the 
Capes  of  Virginia  to  the  Islands  of  Cape  D'Verd "  and  so  on 
around  the  world. 

(A  narrative  of  the  voyage,  probably  collected  from  this  journal,  was  pub 
lished  by  Hack  in  1699.  Copy  of  this  document,  without  the  heading,  is  in 
Sloane  1050,  and  another  in  Bibliotheca  Pepysiana  2826.) 

79.  ff.  193-199.  Draft  of  government  framed  by  William  Penn,  Anno 
1682,  for  Pennsylvania  and  West  Jersey. 

(Copy  of  Penn's  Frame  of  Government,  containing  the  "  Laws  agreed  upon 
in  England".) 

159.  ff.  1-6,  7-14.  Charter  of  Avalon  in  Newfoundland,  April  7,  1623,  on 
parchment.    In  Latin,  ff.  1-6;  in  English,  ff.  7-14. 
(Printed.    See  Winsor,  Nar.  and  Crit.  Hist.,  III.  561,  note  i.) 
ff.  20-21.  "  Certaine    overtures    made    by    the    Lord    Willoughby    of 
Parham  unto  all  such  as  shall  incline  to  plant  in  the  Colonye  of 
Saranam  on  the  continent  of  Guaiana."     1662-1665. 

172.  Relation  concerning  New  England  beginning :  "  For  the  perfect 
understanding  of  the  state  of  New  England  these  three  things 
deserve  consideration  viz'*:  (i)  The  Countrie;  (2)  The  Comodi- 
tie;  (3)  The  Inhabitants." 

(Written  probably  between  1635  and  1638.  The  "  relation "  is  followed  by 
list  of  the  patents  granted  by  the  New  England  Council,  nineteen  in 
number.  Other  copies  are  in  Sloane  3105,  3448,  ff.  1-15,  and  the  whole 
is  printed  in  Jenness,  Early  Documents  relating  to  New  Hampshire,  21-25.) 

363.  ff.  72-76.  Letter  from  Wm.  Chillingworth  to  John  Lewgar  persuading 
him  to  return  to  the  Church  of  England. 

(John  Lewgar  was  the  first  secretary  of  Maryland.  The  letter  which  is 
wholly  theological  is  printed  in  Chillingworth's  Works  (1742),  p.  391.) 

379.  ff .  22-26.  Apparently  accounts  of  a  custom  officer  of  the  port  of  Lon 
don.  November  16,  i672-February  17,  1673/4. 

(Only  one  reference  to  the  colonies.  On  p.  2  "  Visitting  the  Ketch  Adventure 
of  London  Capt  Ffrancis  Steward,  Mr  ffrom  Virginia,  to  London  .... 
ooi ".) 

665.  General  state  of  Receipts  and  Issues  of  Public  Revenue.    1702-1710. 

(Plantation  duty.) 
750.  Materials  for  the  History  of  the  Bermudas,  etc. 

(Printed,  Hakluyt  Society  Publications  (1882),  ed.  Lefroy,  who  believes 
that  the  work  was  written  by  Capt.  John  Smith.) 


Sloane  Manuscripts.  53 

758.  Various  Notes  and  Observations  on  the  Bermudas,  by  N.  Butler. 

(F.  3  begins  "  A  Dialogical  Discourse  concerning  Marine  Affairs  between 
the  High  Admiral  and  a  Captaine  at  Sea.  Represented  in  Six  Dialogues 
or  Discourses  ....  Collected  and  Penned  by  Captain  Nathaniel  Butler, 
Anno  1634."  Then  follows  a  diary  "  of  my  personal  employment ",  Feb 
ruary  ip,  1639,  to  May,  1640.  Various  other  notes  complete  the 
manuscript.) 

793  or  894.  Small  manuscript  volume  entitled :  "  Mercurius  Americanus. 
A  Briefe  Journall  or  A  Succinct  and  True  Relation  of  the  most 
Remarkable  Passages  observed  in  that  voyage  undertaken  by 
Captaine  William  Jackson  to  the  Western  Indies  or  Continent  of 
America."  1642. 

856.  Letter-book  of  Commissions,  royal  Letters,  etc.  of  Charles  II. 

f.  37  is  to  [the  council  of  Jamaica]  notifying  it  of  the  appointment 
of  Lord  Windsor  as  governor  in  Col.  Doyley's  place,  July  20,  1661. 
(Co/.  Col  1661-1665,  §135.) 

f.  37b  is  to  the  Committee  of  the  East  India  Co.  to  carry  out  an 
experiment  in  Jamaica  as  to  how  well  the  spices  and  plants  of  the 
East  Indies  might  agree  in  that  island.  August  20,  1661. 

857.  f.  93.  Letter  from  Ed.  Greene  to  his  uncle,  John  Green,  glassmaker 

in  London,  from  "  on  board  their  Majestie's  ship  The  Loyall  Mer 
chant  in  Antigua  ".     About  1690-1692. 
922.  f.  90.  Letter  from  Master  Welles  from  New  England  to  his  people 

in  Tarling  in  Essex.    Charles  Town,  1633. 
f.  94.  Letter  from  James  Cole  to  his  wife.    June  30,  1634. 

(Dated  from  Ipswich,  England,  speaking  of  his  creditors,  his  misery  and 
his  children  and  bidding  her  not  to  ask  him  to  return.  Ff.  96-101,  letters 
relating  to  the  same  subject  to  his  wife  and  parents.  That  of  November 
29,  1634,  says  "  The  Lord's  desier  is  to  employ  me  for  New  England." 
F.  104  is  from  Nehemiah  Wallington  to  Cole  in  New  England,  1642,  and 
f.  107  from  Cole  to  Wallington,  dated  "  Hertford  in  Queneticote ",  and 
f.  173  from  Wallington  to  Cole.  Wars  in  England  and  the  sins  of  the 
times.) 

ff.  iO9-ii5b.  Part  of  letter   from   Anthony   Thacher   to   his   brother 
Peter.     New  England,  1635. 

(Account  of  shipwreck,  going  to  Marblehead,  and  his  deliverance  from  the 
"  deapes  of  the  sea  ".) 

ff.  I44b-i45.  Letter  from  Edward  Browne  to  Neh.  Wallington,  Ips 
wich,  New  England,  December,   1644,  describing  the  conditions 
there, 
ff.  I45b-i47b.  From  Wallington  to  Browne,  1645,  bewailing  the  times 

in  England. 

978.  Journal,  by  some  one  not  named,  of  voyage  to  the  Mediterranean  and 
home,  and  of  second  voyage  to  Antigua  on  board  the  Turkey 
Merchant. 

(On  f.  50  are  entries  of  his  leaving  for  Antigua,  his  arrival  there,  and  vari 
ous  accounts  of  sugar  received,  etc.,  to  f.  56.  F.  64,  reversing  the  book,  is 
his  private  barter  account  at  Antigua.  Of  value  for  the  lists  of  commodi 
ties  purchased  at  various  places  in  the  West  Indies  and  their  prices.) 

1008.  f.  335.  Letter  from  J.  Clayton  to  [Dr.  E.  Borlase],  James  Citty,  April 
24,  1684,  giving  account  of  Virginia  and  stating  that  he  had 
received  orders  to  preach  before  the  general  assembly  the  following 
Sunday. 


54  The  British  Museum. 

1039.  f.  90.  "  A  True  Answer  to  a  writing  of  information,  presented  to  his 
Majesty  by  Captain  Nath.  Butler,  intituled :  '  The  Unmasked 
Face  of  our  Colonie  in  Virginia  as  it  was  in  the  winter  of  the 
year  1622'." 

(Imperfect,  one  leaf  missing.    Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1574-1660,  pp.  38,  39-40;  Brown, 

Republic,  518.) 
1139.  ff.  1-172.  Jonathan    Goddard,    Gresham    Professor.      Collectanea    de 

chemia,  medicina,  et  naturali  historia. 
1378.  ff.  214-233^  Copy  of  Acts   passed  "  at  a  Grand  Assembly  held  at 

James  Citty  in  Virga,  March  13,  1657  ". 

1394.  ff.  1-27.  Duplicate  of  Egerton  2395,  f.  609,  with  some  verbal  altera 
tions  and  a  number  of  additions  and  omissions. 

(After  the  section  "  Number  of  the  English  ",  Egerton  2395,  f.  612  reverse, 
is  a  section  "  The  State  of  the  Spanyards  on  this  Island  ".  Sloane  omits 
items  i-io,  Egerton,  f.  617,  and  adds  a  new  paragraph,  29,  on  f.  28.) 

1426.  ff.  78-82.  Journal  of  ship  Goodfellow,  from  Nevis  to  Bristol  in  1667. 
ff.  83b-94.  Journal  in  the  Swan  Pucke  from  Poole  to  Virginia  in  1667 

and  back  in  1668,  with  tobacco  accounts  and  tables  of  courses, 
ff.  94b-ioob.  Journal  of  voyage  from  England  to  Virginia  and  back 

in  the  Constance  in  1668. 

ff.  101-105.  Journal  of  voyage  in  the  William  to  the  Madeiras,  West 
Indies,  Virginia  and  back  to  England.  1670-1671. 

1447.  "  The  Relacon  of  Davyd  Ingram  of  Barkinge  in  the  Com'  of  Essex, 
Taylor,  ....  of  sundrye  thinges  wch  he  wth  others  did  see  in 
travelinge  by  land  for  the  most  northerlie  pte  of  the  Baye  of 
Mezico  where  he  wth  many  others  weare  sett  on  shoare  by  Mr 
Hawkyns  throughe  a  greate  pte  of  America  until  they  came  w*hin 
fivetye  leagues  ....  of  Cape  Britton  ....  August  and  Septem 
ber,  1582." 

1519.  ff.  241-242.  Protest  of   Gov.   Willoughby  of  Barbadoes   against  the 
governors  for  the  king  of  France  with  regard  to  restitutions  of 
that  part  of  St.  Christopher  belonging  to  the  king  of  England  in 
1665,  pursuant  to  treaty  of  Breda.    May  2,  1668.    In  French, 
f.  243.  The  same  in  English. 

ff.  246-248.  Copy  of  answer  to  the  French  ambassador's  memorial 
relating  to  that  part  of  St.  Christopher  which  did  belong  to  the 
king  of  England. 

1599.  ff.  1-127.  Minutes  of  the  council  of  Jamaica.  December  20,  1687- 
February  18,  1688/9. 

1622.  ff.  1-97, 98b-iO4.  Strachey's  Travaile  in  Virginia. 

(See  Bodl.  Libr.  Ashmolean  1758.  Brit.  Mus.  text  has  maps  and  pictures 
which  are  engravings  colored  by  hand  and  pasted  down  into  the  book. 
Those  on  ff.  70-91  are  all  De  Bry's  engravings  [marked  T.  B.  or  G.  VEEN] 
and  numbered  to  xxin.  as  in  De  Bry's  Hariot,  part  I.  Folios  93  to  97 
are  five  pictures  of  Picts  marked  T.  B.,  as  are  the  others.  Of  those  on 
ff.  3,  4,  14,  one  is  marked  De  Bry;  one  is  reproduced  by  Major  in  his 
edition  of  the  Historic  as  from  De  Bry ;  the  third  is  Smith's  map  "  graven 
by  William  Hole".) 

1815.  f.  35.  "  An  Abstract  of  Tobacco  imported  in  the  Port  of  London  for 
three  years  and  one  quarter."  1685-1688. 

(Pounds  of  Spanish  tobacco  and  tobacco  from  English  plantations  are  given 
in  separate  columns.  F.  5  mentions  "Virginia  Sassafras".) 


Shane  Manuscripts.  55 

1831.  ff.  35-42.  "  Part  of  a  voyage  made  to  the  West  Indies  in  the  Gilli- 
ftower  bound  with  the  rest  of  fleet  from  Stoaks  Bay,  December  19, 
under  Rear  Admiral  Deakens  in  the  year  1654  this  containing  only 
some  passages  among  the  Caribe  Islands." 

1968.  f.  182.  Seeds  received  from  Barbadoes.     January  29,  1696/7. 

1983B.  f.  2.  General  account  of  the  receipts  and  issues  of  the  public  reve 
nue  taxes,  etc.,  from  Michaelmas,  1691,  to  Michaelmas,  1692. 
(Shows  receipts  from  the  45/2  per  cent,  for  year  stated.) 

2179.  ff.  1-23.  "  The  Intolerable  Injuries  and  Indignities  which  are  offered 
to  his  Mate  subjects  in  the  Government  of  Theise  bodies  polliti- 
que."    n.  d. 
(Treatise  on  corporations  and  trading  companies.) 

2202.  Volume  lettered  "  Doody  Plants  of  Virgin.",  containing  brief  entries 

of  plants,  in  Latin. 
2282.  ff.  6b-7.  The  horoscope  of  Col.  William  Beeston,  governor  of  Jamaica, 

1692. 

(Small  quarto,  entitled  "H  Coley's  Schemes  of  Nativities".) 

2291.  Journal  of  voyage  from  Plymouth,  England,  to  Maryland,  October 

2,  i7O5-June,  1706.     Without  heading  or  signature. 

(Interesting  description  of  Maryland  and  the  Chesapeake.  Printed,  Amer. 
Hist.  Rev.,  XII.  327-340.) 

2292.  The  volume  is  labelled  "  Rutters  (f.  e.  routes  or  courses)  at  Sea  ". 

(F.  15.  "  Here  followeth  ....  a  Rutter  with  general  notes  and  many 
pticulars  of  the  islande  of  the  West  Indies  and  also  of  Terra  Firme  and 
Hispaniola  with  Nova  Hispania."  On  f.  30  begins  another  rutter  to 
the  West  Indies  from  the  Canaries.  On  f.  34,  various  signs  and  courses, 
Dominica,  Mattalino,  Dominica  to  the  mainlie  land,  the  region  about  Car- 
thagena.  F.  37  about  Dominica  and  St.  Domingo.  F.  37b  contains  course 
from  St.  Domingo  to  Honduras,  marks  of  Cape  de  Tiburon,  etc.,  with 
other  courses  between  West  India  and  other  points  to  S.  America.  39 
folios  in  all.) 

2302.  Letters  from  J.  Walduck  to  J.  Petiver,  respecting  Barbadoes.     1710- 
1712. 
(Chiefly  copies;  two  originals  at  the  end.) 

2337.  "A  Description  of  American  Plants  with  their  Figures.  By  R.  P. 
Charles  Plumier,  Religieuse  Minime.  Paris,  By  the  Printer  Royall 
A.  D.  1693."  English  translation. 

2346.  ff.  I97b-i99.  "  A  Catalogue  of  the  Trees  and  Shrubbs  wch  James 
Reed  the  Quaker  brought  for  K.  William  from  the  Maderas,  Bar 
badoes,  etc.,  in  October,  1690." 

f .  200.  "  A  catalogue  of  such  trees  and  hearbs  as  are  found  to  grow 
in  the  Charybby  Islands,  1658." 

2375.  Specimens  of  New  England  paper  currency:  (i)  two  shillings, 
Massachusetts  Bay,  October  14,  1713;  (2)  three  shillings,  Rhode 
Island  and  Providence  Plantations,  July  5,  1715. 

2441.  ff.  1-22.  "  An  Account  of  Barbadoes  and  the  government  thereof  with 
a  mapp  of  the  Island." 

(Map  is  on  vellum,  colored.  At  the  end  are  various  tables — survey  of  acres, 
etc.,  numbers  of  militia,  the  fortifications,  numbers  of  ships  trading,  etc., 
names  of  the  council,  1684,  judges,  justices,  etc.,  1683.) 


56  The  British  Museum. 

2448.  f.  3.  Journal  of  voyage  in  the  Castle  Frigate  to  New  York,  July  3, 
i674-June,  1675. 
(This  vessel  carried  the  soldiers  to  New  York  and  wintered  in  Turtle  Bay.) 

ff.  50-56.  Letter  from  Clement  de  Leneuille  to  Lord  Win[d]sor,  gov 
ernor  of  Jamaica,  apologizing  for  the  accompanying  paper,  "  Ex 
plication  du  Plan  et  description  de  Lislet  et  de  la  Ville  de  Porte- 
rico  ".    September  i,  1662.    In  French. 
2496.  ff.  70-112.  Ship's  log  of  voyage  to  the  West  Indies,  November,  1699- 

April,  1702. 

2717.  f.  9.  Order  in  Council,  March  2,  1682,  requiring  the  governor  of 
Jamaica  to  account  to  the  Court  of  Exchequer  for  allowances  he 
has  received  for  repair  of  the  forts.  Cf.  f.  10. 

f.  12.  Royal  Warrant  to  the  paymaster  of  forces  to  pay  Sir  Thomas 
Lynch  and  the  Earl  of  Carlisle,  as  governors  of  Jamaica.     March 
15,  1681/2. 
f .  28.  Pass,  signed  "Chris.  Merchant,  Albemarle  County  in  Carolina". 

August  18,  1690. 
ff.  48-63.  Various  papers  relating  to  tobacco. 

2723.  f.  25.  Petition  of  John  Hewit  to  the  Earl  of  Carlisle,  governor  of 

Jamaica,  that  Ensign  Bere  pay  his  medical  expenses, 
f.  35.  Letter   from  Rowland   Powell  to   Madame   Mary  Weekes   of 
Westfield,  Sussex,  as  to  her  arrangements  for  coming  to  Jamaica. 
Port  Royal,  May  5,  1680. 

(Powell  was  secretary  of  Jamaica.    Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1677-1680,  §1466.) 

2724.  Volume  lettered  "  Papers  of  the  Earl  of  Carlisle  relating  to  Jamaica  ". 

Chiefly  of  dates  1680-1683. 

(F.  i.  Order  from  Gov.  Henry  Morgan  to  "all  officers"  to  assist  the  Royal 
African  Co.  On  reverse  is  copy  of  the  king's  proclamation  announcing 
incorporation  of  the  Royal  African  Co.  See  Sloane  2728B,  f.  193.  F.  28, 
letter  from  Sir  Thomas  Lynch  to  the  earl,  November  9,  1682,  and  f.  30, 
from  Morgan  to  Carlisle,  August  18,  1680.  Ff.  86,  87,  88  are  Carlisle's 
accounts  in  connection  with  Jamaica.  F.  197  is  a  letter  from  Wm.  Penn 
to  Carlisle,  10*  umo  gj  ;  f.  I9g  from  Morgan;  f.  202  from  Phill  Hubbard, 
both  dated  1680.  Ff.  211,  213,  215,  219,  22ob  concern  Carlisle's  controversy 
with  Col.  Samuel  Long,  member  of  council,  clerk  of  Jamaica  assembly, 
and  chief  justice,  regarding  which  there  are  many  papers  in  Cal.  Col.  1677- 
1680,  1681-1685.  The  articles  against  Long  (f.  211)  bear  date  July  6,  1704, 
and  a  rough  draft  of  them  may  be  found  in  Sloane  2728B,  ff.  195-197. 
F.  221,  letter  from  Col.  Byndlos,  Morgan's  son-in-law,  given  Long's 
place  as  chief  justice,  1681 ;  ff.  223,  225,  227,  letters  from  Thomas  Martyn, 
receiver  of  customs;  ff.  228,  229  from  Sir  Thos.  Lynch;  f.  232  from  Maj. 
Wm.  Parker,  judge  of  court  of  common  pleas.  F.  234,  communication 
from  the  council;  f.  235,  letter  from  Capt.  Charles  Morgan,  member  of  the 
council,  July  10,  1682;  f.  236,  letter  from  Sir  Henry  Morgan,  July  5,  1680. 
Ff.  237-255,  letters  from  Port  Royal,  St.  lago,  etc.,  of  character  similar  to 
those  above.) 

2728B.  ff.  2O9b-2i2.  Proposals  ....  for  yearly  consumption  of  wool,  en 
couragement  of  the  sowing  of  great  quantities  of  hemp,  improve 
ment  of  woolen  manufactures,  and  benefit  of  English  plantations 
in  America,  n.  d. 

(F.  200,b  is  the  rough  preparatory  draft  for  f.  211.) 


Sloane  Manuscripts.  5T 

2752.  ff.  29-35.  "  Ann  account  of  or  Indended  voyage  from  Jamaco  wth  a 
party  of  shipps,  departing  from  the  aforesaid  Island  to  Poartanell. 
Receiving  Letpasses  to  goe  unto  his  Majties  Reall  Subject  the 
Earle  of  Carlisle."  1679-1680. 

(Voyage  of  Capt.  John  Coxon  with  five  ships.     Coxon  was  a  well-known 
pirate  and  privateer  in  the  service  of  Jamaica.     See  ff.  36-71.) 

ff.  36-71.  "  The  Journall  of  our  Intended  Voyage  ....  overland  into 
the  South  Seas  leaving  our  ships  at  the  Goulden  Islands  and  land 
ing  on  Munday  Apr1  the  fift."  1682. 

2902.  Volume  entitled  "  Papers  concerning  trade,  taxes,  etc.,  collected  by 
Abraham  Hill ".  Hill  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  1696- 

1705- 

f.  20.  Letter  from  Hill  to  Joseph  Barton  about  to  go  to  Barbadoes. 
Personal  letter.  December  10,  1697. 

ff.  70-73.  Remarks  upon  foreign  trading,  with  brief  allusion  to  the 
West  India  trade. 

ff.  75-78.  Letters  Patent  from  William  III.,  constituting  the  Board  of 
Trade.  This  is  preceded  (f.  74)  by  a  slip  with  names  of  commis 
sioners. 

ff.  81-84.  Act  for  better  securing  the  liberties  of  His  Majesty's  sub 
jects  within  the  island  [Barbadoes].  November  3,  1697. 

ff.  85, 86, 87.  Jottings  of  instructions  to  the  governor  of  Barbadoes. 
(At  foot  of  f.  87,  an  instruction  to  the  governor  of  New  Hampshire.) 

ff.  loo-ioi.  Petition  of  Edward  Jones  to  the  king  for  the  secretary 
ship  of  the  Bermudas.  Referred  April  2,  1699. 

f.  102.  Number  of  inhabitants  in  the  Bermudas  between  January  I, 
1697/8  and  January  I,  1698/9. 

f.  107.  Proclamation  by  Edward  Fox,  lieutenant-general  and  com- 
mander-in-chief  of  Leeward  Caribbee  Islands.  August  15,  1700. 

f.  114.  Receipts  of  customs  and  new  impositions  from  Lady  Day, 
1692,  to  Lady  Day,  1696. 

f.  115.  Estimate  of  present  state  of  trade  of  England.  January  14, 
1697. 

f.  Ii7-n8b.  Revenue  of  the  customs  of  England.  March,  1676- 
March,  1677. 

(F.  n8b  has  total  value  of  all  the  goods  exported  and  imported  from  London, 
1662,  1663,  1668,  etc.) 

f.  120.  Receipts  and  salaries  of  the  customs  for  1679. 

f.  151.  Estimate  of  what  value  is  shipped  every  year  from  Jamaica 

to  England.     1700. 

ff.  152-154.  Notes  relative  to  the  Jamaica  trade, 
ff.  162-163.  Two  letters   from  J.   Barksdale  to   Sir  John  Houbland, 

merchant  in  London.     South  Carolina,  April  4  and  August  ro, 

1697. 

f.  164.  Notes  of  the  boundaries  of  Pennsylvania, 
f.  1 66.  Number  of  inhabitants  of  Albany,  the  Five  Nations  and  the 

River  Indians. 

(Ff.  167,  168,  169  are  notes  on  various  slips  of  paper  on  trade  of  the  different 
American  colonies.) 


58  The  British  Museum. 

ff.  171-180.  Report  to  the  king-  by  the  Commissioners  for  Trade  as 
to  general,  particularly  foreign,  trade  of  England.  One  paragraph 
relates  to  the  plantations.  December  23,  1697. 

(Between  nos.  57  and  58,  ff.  181  and  195,  are  numerous  rough  notes  on 
various  sized  pieces  of  paper,  most  of  them  concerning  American  affairs.) 

f.  196.  Newfoundland  fishery,  followed  by  notes  relating  to  New 
England.  Further  notes  as  follows :  ff.  2O2-2O2b,  on  Newfound 
land  ;  f.  203,  on  New  England ;  f .  204,  on  Massachusetts  and 
Maine;  ff.  205-217,  on  New  England,  notes  of  business  to  be  con 
sidered  ;  f.  224,  list  of  places  with  many  American  names ;  f.  229, 
note,  dated  New  York,  July  19,  1699,  Frederick  Phillips  to  Geo. 
Sayers  concerning  Capt.  Kidd. 

f.  231.  Ships  arriving  at  New  York.  Paper  of  Intelligence,  New 
York,  August  12,  1699. 

f.  244.  Clause  for  appointing  ports  in  H.  M.  plantations. 
(Ff.  245-246,  notes  on  Rhode  Island;  f.  266,  id.  and  on  Tobago.) 

f.  269.  Case  of  Nich.  Trott,  late  governor  of  Bahama,  pirates. 
From  here  to  end  of  the  volume  are  numerous  notes  concerning  Amer 
ican  affairs,  as  follows :  f .  276,  a  few  lines  on  New  Providence ; 
f.  289,  tobacco  ships  from  Maryland,  1698-1699;  f.  286,  ships  from 
Patuxent  and  Pocomock ;  f .  287b,  id.  from  Annapolis,  etc. ;  f .  288, 
Virginia ;  f .  289,  militia,  Maryland ;  f .  290,  Virginia. 

(The  entries  in  this  volume  are  confusing,  as  the  folios  given  above  cover 
other  matters  than  those  relating  to  colonial  history.  Some  of  the  items 
are  mere  notes  or  jottings.  The  papers  relating  to  America  are,  however, 
important.) 

2941.  ff.  i-4b,  9-12, 14-55.  Observationes  de  earum  naturali  historia  a  G.  J. 
Camel.  (Relating  to  the  Philippines.) 

(Ff.  I  to  18  are  noted  in  the  catalogue  as  printed  in  the  Transactions  of  the 
Royal  Society.  Ff.  19-55,  as  "  Exstat  impress,  in  appendice  ad  Johannis 
Raii  Historiam  Plantarum."  London,  1704.) 

3105.  "  A  True  Relation  concerning  New  England,  as  it  was  presented  to 
his  Majesty." 
(Duplicate  of  Sloane  172,  and  3448,  ff.  1-15.) 

3299.  f.  211.  Title  of  commission  to  Sir  Nathaniel  Johnson  to  be  captain 
general  and  governor  of  Nevis,  St.  Christopher,  Montserrat, 
Antigua,  etc.  n.  d. 

3321.  ff.  1-8.  Letters  from  Rev.  John  Banister  of  Virginia,  1689  to   1691, 
with  lists  of  plants,  etc.,  together  with  "A  List  of  divers  physi 
ological  collections  or  writings  "  made  by  him.     Drawn  up  after 
his  death.    Charles  City  County,  June  27,  1692. 
(Two  of  the  letters  are  so  faded  as  to  be  almost  illegible.    Cf.  Sloane  4002.) 

3324.  f .  4.  "  Some  further  remarks  by  J.  Petiver,  Apothecary  and  Fellow 
of  the  Royal  Society,  on  the  animals,  Plants,  and  ffossills  collected 
in  Maryland  by  the  Reverend  Mr.  H.  Jones,  Dr-  David  K  [  ]. 
etc."  n.d. 

ff.  254-256b.  [Account  of  a  book  entitled  A]  Voyage  to  the  Islands 
of  Madera,  Barbados,  Nieves,  St.  Christopher  and  Jamaica  with 
the  Natural  History  of  the  Herbs,  Trees,  foorfooted  Beasts  .... 

etc.,  of  Jamaica,  by  Hans  Sloane,  M.  D In  two  volumes, 

in  folio. 


Sloane  Manuscripts.  59 

3328.  f.  88.  Trees  from  Virginia  as  received  from  Char:  Hartgill,   1694, 

and  some  sent  to  Esq.  Blathwait. 

3329.  ff.  nS-ngb.  Account  of  tobacco  brought  into  the  Port  of  London, 

March,  i682-March,  1683. 

3332.  f.  28b.  Catalogue  of  such  trees,  shrubs,  herbs,  roots  ....  etc,  as 
hath  been  lately  sent  from  the  Isle  of  Barbadoes.  n.  d. 

3338.  ff.  33-36.  Letter  from  Mary  Stafford  to  Mr.  Randall,  London.    Dated 

South  Carolina,  August  23,  1711. 

3339.  f.  73b.  Seeds  from  Virginia  sent  by  Mr.  Catesby  to  Mr.  Dale. 

(Three  pages  and  a  quarter.  The  "Mr.  Dale"  is  probably  Dale  the  botanist 
of  Braintree,  Essex  Co.,  England;  Catesby  was  the  author  of  The  Natural 
History  of  Carolina,  Florida,  and  the  Bahama  Islands.} 

ff.  93-98.  "  Mr.  Charles  Lodwick  his  Ace1  of  New  Yorke  in  a  Letter 
to  his  Unkell  Mr.  Francis  Lodwicke  &  Mr  Hooker,  members  of 
the  Royal  Society."  "  Dated  from  New  York,  May  20,  1692. 
Recd  September  5,  1692,  and  read  before  the  Royal  Society,  26 
Nov.  1713." 

(Charles  Lodwick  was  a  merchant  and  attorney  resident  in  New  York  for 
a  number  of  years.) 

f.  99.  Curiosa  Americana,  communicated  to  the  Royal  Society  by 
Cotton  Mather  in  letters  beginning  November  12,  1712. 

(Continued,  Sloane  3340,  ff.  277-297.  See  post,  the  Royal  Society,  Letter 
Books,  M.  2.) 

ff.  153-160.  Account  of  Madam  Maria  Sybella  Menan's  History  of 
Surinam  Insects:  abbreviated  and  methodized  with  some  additional 
remarks. 

3340.  ff.  277-297.  "  Curiosa  Americana,  continued  in  Letters  to  the  Learned 

and  Famous  John  Woodward,   M.  D.  etc.   from  Cotton  Mather. 
In  the  year  1716." 

(Seven  letters  as  follows:  f.  277,  July  2;  f.  280,  July  3;  f.  282b,  July  4; 
f.  2&4b,  July  5;  f.  2Qob,  July  n;  f.  293b,  July  12;  f.  296,  July  13,  1716.) 

3448.  ff.  1-15.  See  Sloane  172  and  3105. 

ff.  16-44.  Abstract  of  the  Laws  of  New  England. 

(Copy  in  Worcester  College  library  and  Bodl.  Libr.  Tanner  99.  Reprinted, 
Hutchinson  Papers,  Prince  Society;  Force,  Tracts,  III.  ix.) 

3511.  f.  134.  Letter  (personal)  from  Nicholas  Spencer,  of  the  council  in 
Virginia,  mentioning  his  desire  to  be  confirmed  as  commissioner 
of  customs  "  of  all  ships  coming  into  our  river  ".  Alludes  to  Gov. 
Berkeley.  June  13,  1672. 

3527.  ff.  1-38.  "  Relation  du  voyage  fait  par  le  Sieur  Pierre  Esprit  Radis- 
son  au  nort  de  Canada  pour  la  compagnie  Royalle  de  la  baye  de 
Hudson  en  1'annee  1684,  coutenant  le  retablissement  des  Anglois 
dans  les  habitations  que  les  Frangais  avoient  dans  le  pais  pour  la 
traitte  du  castor." 

(See  Add.  MSS.  11626.) 

3607.  "A  Coppy  Book  Begune  June  6,  1711,  containing  several  orders  and 
letters  relating  to  the  affairs  of  Annapolis  Royal  in  Nova  Scotia, 
under  the  government  of  Gov.  Samuel  Vetch." 
(Entries  continue  to  October,  1713.) 


60  The  British  Museum. 

3644.  ff.  in-i2ib.  "A  book  of  Voiage  into  the  West  Indies  in  the  time  of 
Queen  Elizabeth." 

(A  note  adds,  "This  is  a  particular  account  of  Captain  Jean  Ribaulr's  first 
voyage  from  Havre  de  Grace  to  Florida  and  New  France,  begun  February 
18,  1562,  and  ended  July  23  following.") 

3662.  f.  24.  Account  of  the  relation  of  Sir  George  Calvert  with  Newfound 
land,  Virginia  and  Maryland,  1670. 
(Contains  much  valuable  information.) 

ff.  37b-49.  Description  of  Guiana,  Surinam,  Trinidad,  Tobago, 
ff.  62-50.  (Reversing  the  volume.)     John  Scott's  Description  of  Bar- 
badoes. 

(An  independent  work  of  value,  not  based  on  Ligon.  Good  statement  of 
the  4J4  per  cent,  duty,  f.  S7b.) 

ff.  78b-6i.  (Reversing   the   volume.)      John    Scott's    Preface   to   his 
intended  History  of  America. 
(Another  copy,  Bodl.  Libr.  Rawlinson  A.  175,  f.  372.) 

3665.  Volume  lettered  "  Kempthorne's  Sea  Views."    About  1688-1690. 

f. 48.  Map   (colored)   marked  "Manilla",  but  rather  a  map  of  the 

Philippine  Islands. 
3820.  Journal  into  the  South  Seas  by  Basil  Ringrose. 

(The  same  as  Sloane  48,  but  the  sketches  are  in  black  and  white,  and  the 
various  plans  are  folded  up  into  the  text.  Original  draft  from  which  48 
was  written  out  and  colored  for  presentation  purposes.) 

3828.  ff.  205-210.  Essay  on  decay  of  rents  and  their  remedies,  by  Sir  Wil 
liam  Coventry.    About  1670. 

(Speaks  of  the  "long  continued  diverting  of  the  young  and  the  prolifick 
people  to  the  Plantations  ".  Of  general  interest.) 

3861.  ff.  67-62.  (Reversing  the  volume.)     "King  of  England's  Territories 
in  America." 

(Paragraphs  on  Jamaica,  Barbadoes,  St.  Christopher,  Carolina,  Virginia, 
Maryland,  etc.  Writing  is  very  small,  eighty-six  lines  or  more  to  an 
octavo  page.  Will  require  magnifying  glass  to  read  it.) 

3918.  Volume  lettered  "  Barham's  Account  of  Jamaica  ". 

ff.  1-140.  "  A  most  correct  and  particular  account  of  the  Island  of 
Jamaica.  From  the  time  of  the  Spaniards  first  discovering  and 
settling  upon  it.  Together  with  a  full  and  succinct  account  of 
the  present  government."  Ends  about  1722. 

(Much  scribbled  and  blotted.  Quotes  letters;  minutes  of  councils  of  war; 
royal  warrants;  commission  to  Lord  Windsor,  1662;  his  instructions, 
March  21 ;  order  in  council ;  additional  instructions  to  Modyford ;  instruc 
tions  to  Morgan,  Modyford,  Lynch  and  others;  a  long  report  of  the  Lords 
of  Trade,  May  28,  1679;  minutes  of  assembly,  etc.,  to  1715;  proclamation, 
September  3,  1722.) 

3926.  ff.  1-39.  "  Jornall  of  a  Voaidg  from  Stokes  Bay  ....  and  intended 
for  the  West  Inga  ....  and  prformed  by  the  R*  Hon.  Gen.  Penn 
Ad1  as  folowes :    Taken  by  me  Henry  Whistler  1654." 
(Begins  December  26,  1654,  and  ends  July  22,  1655.) 


Shane  Manuscripts.  61 

3962.  f.  51.  "Essayes  for  Improvem.ts  and  to  keep  New  England  intirely 
depend4  on  and  make  it  usefull  to  the  Crowne  and  Kingdome  of 
England  ",  signed  Wm.  Charleton.  n.  d. 

(Proposes  enlargement  of  fishing  trade;  search  for  mines,  gems  and  metals; 
raising  of  naval  stores,  traffic  in  French  wines  and  salt;  demonstrations 
in  England  of  proper  processes  for  making  naval  stores;  formation  of 
chartered  company.) 

3984.  f.  36.  Catalogue  of  books  sent  to  Mr.  Tullidelph,  surgeon  at  Antigua, 

by  Sir  Hans  Sloane,  May  13,  1735. 

f.  191.  Information  by  James  Farmar  of  Bermudas  as  to  a  Spanish 
wreck. 

(Probably  referring  to  wreck  at  Hispaniola,  for  which  see  Cat.  Col.  1685- 
1688,  Index,  "Wreck".) 

f.  192.  Letter  from  Thomas  Bridge,  governor  of  Bahamas,  to  the 

Duke  of  Albemarle,  governor  of  Jamaica,  on  behalf  of  inhabitants 

of  New  Providence.     September  7,  1688. 
f.  194.  Inquiries    recommended    to    Col.    Lynch    going    to    Jamaica, 

December  16,  1670. 

(Twenty-six  queries,  some  of  them  of  an  astonishing  character,  regarding 
natural  history.  From  Henry  Oldenburg,  Pall  Mall.) 

f.  198.  Proposals  presented  to  the  king  in  1687,  by  James  Whiston, 
for  the  advantage  of  trade,  recommending  establishment  of  stand 
ing  committee  of  about  thirty  practical  traders. 
("  Sent  to  his  Grace  (Duke  of  Albemarle)  in  Jamaica  by  Mr.  Dassigney  in 
his  1're,  dated  10  Dec.  1687.") 

f.  I99b-20i.  Abstract  of  ships  and  vessels  with  their  lading  imported 
into  Jamaica  December  25,  i687-March  25,  1688. 

f.  214.  Moderate  calculation  of  the  annual  charge  and  produce  of  a 
plantation  in  Barbadoes.  John  Whetstone,  deputy  secretary.  En 
closed  in  address  following. 

f.  221.  Address  of  the  lieutenant-governor,  council  and  general  as 
sembly  of  Barbadoes  for  selves  and  inhabitants.     September  15, 
1685. 
(Cf.  Cal  Col.  1685-1688,  §§367,  368,  369.) 

f.  223.  Another  address.    February  14,  1687. 
(Referred  to,  Cal.  Col.  1685-1688,  §1628.) 

f.  282.  Medical  account  of  the  illness  and  treatment  of  the  Duke  of 

Albemarle. 
f.  285.     Preservation  of  his  body. 

(This  unworthy  son  of  Gen.  Monck  died  apparently  of  drink  at  the  early 
age  of  33,  after  a  life  of  dissipation  and  folly.) 

f.  302.  Petition  of  Isaac  Rush  for  self  and  distressed  inhabitants  of 

New  Providence  to  the  Duke  of  Albemarle.     Imperfect. 
3986.  ff.  5-7.  Some  observations  and  reasons  offered  on  behalf  of  the  gov 
ernment  of  Jamaica  in  support  of  bill  lately  passed  there,  called 
the  duty  bill.     n.  d. 

ff.  8-9.  Proposals  for  improving  Jamaica  to  the  advantage  of  the  king 
and  the  inhabitants  thereof,  n.  d. 

ff.  32b-33.  Outline  plan  and  description  of  the  island  of  New  Provi 
dence. 


62  The  British  Museum. 

f.  38.  Account   of   designs   of   Trustees    for   establishing   colony   of 

Georgia  in  America,    n.  d. 

4002.  Volume  entitled,  "  Papers  and  Draughts  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Banister 
in  Virginia  sent  to  Dr.  Henry  Compton,  Bishop  of  London,  and 
Dr.  Lister  from  Dr.  Petiver's  Collection."    Cf.  Shane  3321. 
ff.  1-30.  Alphabetical  Catalogue  of  plants,  in  Latin.    A  few  notes  in 

English. 

ff.  31-91.  Drawings  in  pen  and  ink  of  plants,  flowers,  leaves,  etc. 
ff.  92-109.  More  notes,  English  and  Latin, 
ff.  no-end.  Drawings  of  insects  and  mollusks. 

4015.  f.  36.  Two  water-color  drawings  of  figures,  without  accompanying 
description.  Catalogue  says,  "  coloured  figures  of  a  male  and 
female  American  Indian  ". 

4017.  ff.  1-37.  "  Delineationes  Plantarum  Americanarum  Auctore  Carolo 
Plumier."  Pen  and  ink  drawings. 

(Not  a  complete  set  "but  only  some  duplicates  which  belonged  to  Dr.  Sher- 
rard ".  The  catalogue  says  that  "  they  differ  from  the  engravings  in 
Plumier's  published  works  ".) 

4019.  ff.  130-131.  "John  Bartram's  remarks  on  the  insects  sent  in  a  box 

to  Sir  Hans  Sloane  in  1742." 

(Thirty-three  items:  bees,  wasps,  tumble-turds,  etc.) 

4020.  f.  22.  "  A  memorial  of  what  I  observed  during  my  being  in  the  island 

of  Jamaica,  from  Jan  the  tenth   1670  to  June  the   12th,   1673." 
Signed,  "  Bromfield  Corbett". 
f.  113.  Description  and  ordering  of  seeds  from  New  England.    Eight 

lines  only. 
4025.  f.  96.  Letter  from  S.  Dale,  botanist  of  Braintree,  England,  September 

26,  1732,  saying  he  has  sent  a  paper  relating  to  a  moose  deer. 
5.97-99.  Description  of  deer,  with  diagrams  showing  horns.     Read 
before  the  Royal  Society,  March  15,  1732. 

(Dale  mentions  a  paper  in  the  Transactions  by  Mr.  John  Clayton,  Virginian 
Quadrupedes,  no.  210,  p.  122.) 

4028.  ff.  3-5.  Route  to  be  taken   from   Gomera  to   the  West  Indies.     In 

Spanish. 

ff.  6-7.  "  Derrotero  de  Honduras  ",  that  is,  the  route  from  St.  Do 
mingo  to  Honduras. 

4036.  Contains  number  of  letters  to  and  from  Jamaica,  of  date  1687-1695; 

with  many  references  to  Sloane's  visit  to  Jamaica,  to  his  specimens 
from  there  and  to  his  catalogue  of  Jamaica  plants,  etc.  Other 
volumes  of  Sloane's  correspondence  contain  similar  letters  and 
references. 

4036-4056.  These  volumes  are  marked  "Original  letters  to  Sir  Hans  Sloane" 
and  are  numbered  I.  to  XXI.  The  letters  are  dated  from  all  parts 
of  England,  from  Dublin  and  Edinburgh  and  from  Paris,  Amster 
dam,  Leyden,  Italy  and  Spain.  They  either  relate  to  medicine,  bot 
any,  natural  history  and  the  business  of  the  Royal  Society,  or  are 
private,  from  or  in  behalf  of  his  own  patients.  The  following  are 
from  the  colonies  in  America  and  the  West  Indies. 

4037.  ff.  102-103.  Wm.  Vernon,  Annapolis,  July  24,  1698.    Has  a  collection 

of  plants. 


Sloane  Manuscripts.  63 

ff.  281,  331,  361.  Three  letters  from  John  Ray,  refer  in  part  to  a 
Maryland  plant.     Black  Notley,  June  2,  September  13,  16,  1699. 

4038.  f.  138.  Thos.   Henshaw,    February   22,    1670    [1690?].     Wanting   a 

Jamaica  gourd  to  sow. 

f.  330.  P.  Gordon,  chaplain  in  the  navy.  Portsmouth,  April  27,  1702. 
On  his  leaving  for  New  York  where  he  is  to  reside  for  some  years. 

4039.  f.  37.  John  Jones,  no  place,  October  25,  1702.     Asking  news  of  his 

brother  Hugh  in  Maryland.     Intends  for  the  plantations  himself 

if  his  brother  is  alive, 
f.  47.  John  Chamberlayne,  Petty  France   (Westminster),  November 

29,  1702.     One  paragraph  asks  return  of  two  discourses  of  Col. 

Dudley,  of  New  England,  if  the  society  does  not  publish  them, 
ff.  51,87.  December  17,  1702,  February  15,  1703,  on  the  same  subject, 
f.  394.  Thomas  Smith,  no  place,  November  23,   1704.     Thanks  for 

loan  of  books.    Refers  to  a  treatise  on  the  Northwest  Passage  and 

gives  reasons  for  not  thinking  Mr.  Briggs  the  author. 

4040.  f.  151.  William   Byrd,   Virginia,   April   20,    1706.     "Here   be   some 

men  indeed  who  are  called  doctors  but  they  are  generally  dis 
carded." 

f.  209.  F.  Ruysch,  Amsterdam,  August  26,  1706.  Regarding  some 
curious  toads  (East  and  West  Indies) — will  send  a  specimen  of 
one  from  America. 

f.  354.  Jos.  Browne,  Bow  Street,  May  5,  1707.  Is  on  his  way  to 
Jamaica,  and  begs  favor  of  Sir  Hans's  Natural  History  of  that 
island.  Sends  book  in  return. 

4041.  f.  202.  William  Byrd,  Virginia,  September  10,  1708.     Largely  about 

ipecacuana. 

4042.  f.  65.  James  Sherard,  November  8,  1709.     Books  for  Mr.  Stuart  in 

Jamaica.    If  History  of  Jamaica  is  finished  desires  that, 
f.  77.  Ralph  Thoresby,  Leeds,  December  23,  1709.    On  behalf  of  his 

nephew  Rayner  who  desires  to  be  recommended  to  Jamaica  as 

surgeon, 
f.  143.  William  Byrd.     Virginia,  June  10,  1710. 

4043.  f.  45.  Henry  Barham,  "  From  my  house  in  St.  lago  de  la  Vega ", 

May  10,  1712.    Long  letter — plants, 
f.  136.  Hugh  Tetterdell,  Jamaica,  March  28,  1713.    Remittances  for 

Mrs.  Ballard. 
ff.  144-145.  Note   signed   "  Tim    Cockleshell "   accompanying   a   face 

drawn  on  wood  (apparently  with  a  red-hot  tool),  said  to  be  one 

of  the  ancient  kings  of  Mexico, 
f.  208.  Henry  Barham.     Page  5  only  of  a  letter.     Spanish  Town, 

November  13,  1713.    Medicinal  plants. 

4044.  f.  222.  Francis  Rose  (brother-in-law  to  Sir  Hans),  Jamaica,  Septem 

ber  19,  1716.    Affairs  of  the  assembly  and  council,  and  private, 
f.  234.  William  Vesey,  New  York,  October  30,  1716.     Sending  bill 

of  5  guineas  for  recovery  from  the  small-pox, 
f.  250.  John  Burnet,  Kingston,  November  30,  1716.     Arrival.     Will 

send  plants,   shells,   etc.     Wishes   to   go  to   Panama   instead   of 

Portobello. 
f.  281.  Matthew  Gregory,  Spanish  Town,  May  4,   1717.     Apologies 

and  reasons  for  not  writing. 


64  The  British  Museum. 

4045.  f.  55.  Henry  Barham,  Great  Carter  Lane,  October  21,    1717.     Re 

counts  his  life.    Was  at  one  time  surgeon  to  the  forces  at  Jamaica, 
f.  58.  Id.,  November  6,  1717.     Long  description  of  certain  medicinal 

plants  of  Jamaica, 
f.  68.  Id.,  November  21,  1717.     Medicinal  mineral  water  of  St.  lago 

de  la  Vega,  ores,  etc. 
ff.  77,  89,  108.  Id.,  December   n,   1717,  January  9,   1718,  April   17, 

1718.     Ores,  plants,  diseases, 
f.  no.  Id.,  Chelsea,  April  29,  1718.     American  seeds  in  the  physic 

garden, 
f.  159.  Thomas  Knapp,  London,  October  23,  1718.    About  a  strange 

creature  exhibited  at  Jamaica, 
f.  317.  Francis    Rose,   Jamaica,   April   2,    1720.     Introducing   Capt. 

Byndloss. 

4046.  f.  140.  Henry  Barham,  St.  lago  de  la  Vega,  October  26,  1721. 

f.  201.  W.  Derham,  Windsor  Castle,  February  13,  1722.  Concern 
ing  letters  from  Mr.  Robie,  Boston,  re  inoculation. 

f.  227.  John  Burnet,  Carthagena,  April  6,  1722. 

f.  242.  Henry  Barham  (no  place,  but  mentions  "this  island"),  May 
14,  1722. 

f.  260.  Id.,  July  5,  1722. 

f.  288.  John  Burnet,  Carthagena,  September  12,  1722.  Sends  obser 
vations,  etc. 

f.  289.  Henry  Barham,  St.  lago  de  la  Vega,  September  13,  1722. 

f.  325.  Id.,  Jamaica,  January  3,  1723. 

f.  353.  Mark  Catesby,  Charles  City,  May  10,  1723.     Natural  history. 

f.  354.  Thomas  Ekines,  London,  May  22,  1723,  sending  the  following 
copy,  f.  357,  of  a  letter  to  the  "  Earl  of  Cartwraight ",  Secretary  of 
State,  London,  May  20,  1723,  on  the  French  and  the  Sugar  Islands. 
Seems  to  be  a  bid  for  office  in  Tobago  or  elsewhere. 

4047.  f.  29.  John  Burnet,  Carthagena,  August  6,  1723.    Diseases,  etc. 

f .  90.  Mark  Catesby,  Charles  Town,  November  15,  1723.     Plants, 
f.  126.  W.  Sherard,  February  7,   1724.     Sends  a  box  arrived  from 

Mr.  Catesby. 
f.  147.  Mark  Catesby,  Charles  Town,  March  12,  1724.     Birds,  shells, 

etc. 
f.  164.  John  Burnet,  Carthagena,  April  2[  ],  I72[  ].     Short  letter — 

arrival  or  non-arrival  of  ships, 
f.  165.  Henry  Barham,  April  30,  1724.     Sends  logwood;  virtues  of 

plants,  etc. 
f.  169.  Thomas  Ekines,  London,  May  2,  1724.     Three  lines,  asking 

that  the  enclosed  be  recommended  to  Mr.  Walpole. 

(The  enclosure  is  a  description  of  an  uninhabited  island  over  against 
Jamaica  and  near  the  Spanish  coast  called  by  the  English  "  Monkey  Key  ", 
by  the  Dutch  "  The  Grout ",  and  by  the  Spanish  "  Little  Jamaica  ".  Ad 
vising  a  settlement.) 

f.  198.  John  Burnet,  Carthagena,  July  17,  1724.  Concerning  a  quad 
rant  and  other  subjects. 

f.  213.  Mark  Catesby,  Charles  Town,  August  15,  1724.  Collections, 
etc. 

f.  229.  Thomas  Cooper,  Charles  Town,  September  3,  1724.  Proposed 
expedition  with  Catesby,  etc. 


Sloane  Manuscripts.  65 

f.  290.  Mark  Catesby,  Charles  Town,   November  27,   1724.     Sends 
boxes  of  plants,  etc. 

(A  list  of  plants  follows,  but  not  apparently  in  the  same  hand.    It  may,  how 
ever,  belong  to  the  letter.) 

f.  307.  Id.,  Carolina,  January  5,  1725.     Is  going  to  Bahamas,  etc. 
f.  323.  John  Burnet,  Carthagena,  February  24,  1725.     Has  been  ill. 

Hopes  court  of  directors  [So.  Sea  Co.?]  will  allow  physician  fees. 

Arrival  of  galleons. 

ff-  329>  333-  Id.,  March  17,  April  7,  1725.  General  affairs — distemper, 
f.  337.  Henry  Barham,  April,  172 [].  Ores  or  minerals  in  Jamaica, 
f.  347.  Benj.  Franklin,  June  2,  1725.  Offering  an  asbestos  purse. 

(Asbestos  was  called  by  the  inhabitants  "  Salamandar  Cotton ".) 

4048.  f.  9.  Matthew  Gregory,  Jamaica,  June  25,  1725.    Sending  an  account 

of  money.     Purchase  of  land. 

f.  15.  Henry  Barham.     Jamaica,  July  3,  1725.     Plants, 
f.  26.  John  Burnet,  Carthagena,  July  17,  1725.     Personal  prospects, 
f.  70.  Id.,  October  6,  1725.     His  enemies, 
f.  120.  Id.,  January  5,  1726. 
f.  156.  Henry  Barham,  Spanish  Town,  May  24,  1726.     His  father's 

death  and  affairs, 
f.  183.  H.  Elking,  South  Sea  Co.'s  Dock,  August  6,  1726.     Sending 

head  of  a  walrus.     Ships  from  Greenland  expected, 
f.  217.  Id.,   November    16,    1726.     Thanks   for   book   in   return   for 

Greenland  trifles, 
f.  238.  Zab.  Boylston,  Boston,  December  14,  1726.    Sends  stone  taken 

from  a  gelding, 
f.  241.  Id.,  Saturday,  1726.    "  I  pray  you'll  either  let  the  Princess  see 

this  Dedication  or  give  me  orders  for  the  printing  of  it  off." 
f.  299.  Henry  Barham,  jr.,  May  20,  1727.    History  of  Jamaica  in  his 

father's  papers. 

4049.  f.  3.  Mr.  Tullidelph,  Antigua,  July  5,  1727.     Plants. 

f.  41.  John  Burnet,  Kingston,  Jamaica,  October  2,  1727.    Asking  his 

intercession  for  preferment, 
f.  44.  H.  Elking,  South  Sea  Co.'s  Dock,  October  5,  1727.    Curiosities 

from  Greenland  and  Davis  Strait, 
f.  50.  John  Burnet,  Kingston,  Jamaica,  October  10,  1727.     Reasons 

for  leaving  Carthagena — his  affairs,  etc. 
f.  101.  Id.,  February  7,  1728.    Acknowledging  favors, 
f.  117.  Mr.  Tullidelph,  Antigua,  February  24,  1728.     Appears  to  be 

managing  plantations. 

f.  151.  Mary  Dering,  Charles  Town,  April  29,  1728.     Specimens, 
f.  1 60.  Mr.  Tullidelph,  Antigua,  May  7,  1728. 
f.  250.  D.   Standish,  South  Carolina,  October  21,   1728.     Sends  ore 

and  petrified  wood. 

4050.  f.  54.  John  Burnet,  Jamaica,  February  4,   1729.     Begs  his  interest 

with  the  company.     Mentions  Gov.  Hunter's  arrival, 
f.  199.  Mary  Dering,  Spring  Garden,  September  20,   1729.     Asking 
him  to  see  what  she  has  brought  home. 

4051.  f.  64.  William  Brown,  Kingston,  Jamaica,  July  4,   1730.     Has  been 

thirteen  years  in  the  practice  of  surgery.    Has  lease  of  the  "  wind 
ward  bath  ".     Intends  sending  a  cask  of  the  water,  etc. 


66  The  British  Museum. 

f.  85.  James  Houstoun,  Carthagena,  August  16,  1730.  Sends  obser 
vations  of  Don  John  de  Herrera  (not  here).  Refers  to  his  friend 
Will.  Houstoun.  Mentions  arrival  of  galleons. 

f.  141.  Will.  Houstoun,  Kingston,  December  9,  1730.  Sends  collections 
of  plants  from  La  Vera  Cruz.  Wants  advice  what  to  do  next. 

£255.  Thos.  Harward,  Boston,  June  16,  1731.  Arrival.  "Amber- 
greise  "  from  whales.  Mentions  various  persons,  Dr.  Boylston 
and  others. 

f.  295.  C.  Lockyer,  Jerusalem  Coffee  House,  August  5,  1731.  Capt. 
Urin  informs  that  when  he  came  from  Jamaica  he  left  his  surgeon, 
Mr.  Houstoun,  there  in  health  ;  his  books  and  papers  are  saved  ;  he 
intends  to  return  in  next  ship. 

f.  310.  A.  Anderson,  Red  Lion  St.,  Clerkenwell,  August  21,  1731. 
Sends  books  and  papers.  Is  endeavoring  to  obtain  some  account 
of  the  New  England  Society  and  will  wait  on  or  send  it  to  him. 

f.  311.  Copy  of  a  minute  of  general  meeting  of  "  the  gentm  associated 
for  executing  Mr.  D'Allone's  will  by  Instructing  the  Negroes  of 
the  British  plantations  in  the  Xian  religion  and  also  for  settling 
parochial  libraries  in  G.  Britain  and  Ireland  and  for  establishing 
a  Charitable  Colony  in  America:  on  the  12  August,  1731." 

f.  313.  Statement  headed  "  Religious  missions  from  Scotland  ",  be 
ginning  "  The  Society  for  Promoting  Christian  Knowledge  of 
Scotland  by  Dr.  Daniel  Williams'  will  has  to  support  3  mission 
aries  to  instruct  the  Indians  of  America  in  the  Christian  religion." 


(For  an  account  of  this  society  see  Love,  Samson  Occam.  Boards  repre 
senting  this  society  existed  in  Boston,  in  New  York  and  in  Connecticut.) 

4052.  f.  82.  Will.  Houstoun,  La  Vera  Cruz,  March  5,  1732.    Loss  of  vessel. 

Asks  assistance,  and  to  be  surgeon  of  new  vessel.    Goes  to  Caro 

lina,  etc. 
f.  105.  Richard   Towner,   Barbadoes,    April    30,    1732.      Introducing 

bearer  (not  named).     Is  preparing  second  edition  of  his  treatise 

on  the  diseases  of  these  parts. 
f.  299.  Rose  Fuller,  Spanish  Town,  March  16,  1733.    Regarding  his 

health  —  likes  the  country. 
f.  352.  Id.,  May  21,  1733.    On  the  desirability  of  knowing  the  virtues 

of  properties  of  the  plants  here.     Refers  to  Dr.  Houstoun,  sup 

posed  to  be  very  ill  at  Portobello. 

4053.  f.  32.  Henry  Barham,  Jamaica,  August  25,  1733   [5?].     Introducing 

Capt.  Wm.  Playters  with  a  curiosity.    Has  acquired  a  fortune  and 

intends  coming  to  England. 
£  53-  James  Oglethorpe,  Savannah,   September   19,   1733.     Note  of 

apology  for  not  writing.     Sends  piece  of  bark. 
f.  167.  Note  from  Harman  Verelst,   February   13,   1734,  written  at 

foot  of  a  list  of  "  Subscribers  for  Improving  Botany  and  Agricul 

ture  in  Georgia."    Additional  note  "  Mr.  Houstoun  dyed  14  Aug. 

I733-" 

f.  193.  Extract  of  minute  of  the   Society   for   Promoting   Christian 
Knowledge.     Bartlett's  Buildings,  April  9,  1734. 

(Mr.  Copping  reported  that  Sir  Hans  Sloane  had  presented  memorial 
relating  to  the  support  of  the  Salzburg  ministers  gone  to  Georgia  to  the 
Countess  of  Harold  and  the  Trustees  of  the  late  Earl  of  Thanet's  Charity.) 


Sloane  Manuscripts.  67 

f.  227.  Rose  Fuller,  Spanish  Town,  June  4,  1734.  Medicinal  prop 
erties  of  a  certain  plant. 

f.  237.  Mr.  Tullidelph,  Antigua,  June  25,  1734. 

f.  277.  Harman  Verelst,  October  i,  1734.  Visit  of  Indians  to  see  his 
collection  of  curiosities. 

f.  284.  David  Tullidelph,  [Ab]  church  Lane,  [Oc]t.  8,  1734.  Deliver 
ing  a  turtle  from  his  brother  in  Antigua. 

f.  298.  Printed  folio  sheet. 

(On  p.  i  is  a  circular  letter  from  the  Society  for  Promoting  Christian  Knowl 
edge,  Henry  Newman,  Secretary,  Bartlett's  Buildings,  Holborn,  October  4, 
1734,  desiring  assistance  for  the  poor  Salzburgers  going  to  Georgia.  On 
p.  2  is  account  of  money  received  and  disbursed  by  the  trustees  ....  for 
Salzburg  emigrants,  March  14,  1732,  to  October  4,  1734,  and  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Urlsperger's  receipts  and  disbursements.  On  p.  3  is  an  estimate  of  charges 
for  51  Salzburgers  now  going  to  Georgia.) 

f.  320.  Henry  Newman,  Bartlett's  Buildings,  November  20,  1734. 

(Thanks  of  society  for  motion  made  previous  day  in  behalf  of  the  Protestant 
Salzburgers,  according  to  which  a  memorial  to  Earl  of  Thanet's  trustees 
is  here  enclosed  (not  now  here),  with  request  to  recommend  it  to  the 
honorable  persons  it  is  addressed  to.) 

f.  331.  M.   Harold    (Countess   of   Harold),   Bill   Hill,   December    i, 

1734- 

(Received  letter  of  27th  and  will  not  fail  to  recommend  to  the  trustees  the 
poor  Protestants.  Wishes  he  would  send  "  such  a  memorial  to  Mr.  Cook 
and  Mr.  Lamb  ".  Thanks  for  medical  assistance  to  her  housekeeper.) 

f.  336.  Henry  Newman,  Bartlett's  Buildings,  December  5,  1734. 
Thanks  for  recommending  memorial  to  Countess  of  Harold. 

f.  350.  Robert  Millar,  Kingston,  August  8,  1734.  Arrival.  Goes  to 
Portobello.  Dr.  Cochran  will  neither  give  nor  lend  anything  be 
longing  to  Dr.  Houstoun. 

4054.  f.  50.  Rose  Fuller,  Spanish  Town,  June  2,  1735. 

f.  107.  Thomas   Prior,   Dublin,    September   30,    1735.     Plants    from 

Jamaica, 
f.  138.  P.    Hardisway,    Dover,    November    13,    1735.      His    affairs. 

Would  like  advice  as  to  going  to  Georgia  or  South  Carolina, 
f.  147.  Robt.  Millar,  Kingston,  November  25,  1735.     Is  detained  here 

for  want  of  conveyance  for  New  Spain.    Specimens,  seeds.    Goes 

to  Campeche,  etc. 
f.  148.  W.  Williams,  Seat  of  P.  Egerton  near  Chester,  November  26, 

1735.  Medical   advice.      In    P.    S.   mention   of   Oglethorpe   and 
request  for  advice  as  to  going  to  Georgia. 

f.  247.  Francis  Clifton,  Kingston,  Jamaica,  June  3,  1736.     Personal. 

Is  at  work  on  his  "  Diseases  "  of  this  country, 
f .  304.  Jno.    Symmer,    Gloucester    Co.,    Virginia,    September    2[o?], 

1736.  Offer  of  services.     Sends  products. 

f .  306.  Contents  of  box,  signed  Symmer,  dated  September  20. 

4055.  f.  57.  Robt.  Millar,  Kingston,  Jamaica,  February  12,  1737.     Arrival. 

Offer  of  service,  etc. 

f.  64.  Robt.  Harris,  Boston,  New  England,  February  23,  1737.   Tides, 
f.  69.  Rose  Fuller,  Spanish  Town,  March   i,   1737.     His  marriage. 

About  a  comet. 


68  The  British  Museum. 

f.  112.  William  Byrd,  Virginia,  May  31,  1737. 

(About  ginseng,  rattlesnake  root  and  Virginia  herbs  in  general.  Speaks  of 
his  own  experiments  with  hemp  and  says  that  in  this,  as  in  other  industries, 
labor  was  so  much  dearer  in  Virginia  than  in  Muscovy  and  freight 
expenses  so  much  that  they  "could  make  no  earnings  out  of  it".) 

f.  138.  List  of  plants  or  specimens  [West  Indies].  At  the  foot  is 
a  note  signed  Walter  Laurie,  July  9,  1737,  hoping  that  they  will 
be  acceptable. 

f.  147.  Robt.  Millar,  Kingston,  July  22,  173 [].  Specimens.  Move 
ments  in  the  port. 

f.  150.  Walter  Laurie,  Bristol,  July  23,  1737.  Refers  to  box  sent. 
Is  going  to  Guinea. 

f.  197.  John  Tennent.  Letter  so  faded  as  to  be  almost  illegible, 
September  28,  1737.  About  rattlesnake  root.  See  4056,  f.  153. 

f.  212.  Robt.  Paul,  Custom  House,  London,  October  10,  1737.  Offer 
ing  a  young  eagle  from  Carolina. 

f.  244.  Robt.  Millar,  Kingston,  December  6,  1737.     His  movements. 

f.  248.  Zab.1  Boylston,  Boston,  December  19,  1737.  Recommends 
his  son.  His  own  health.  Judge  Quincy  intends  inoculation. 

f .  259.  Note  by  P.  Collinson  describing  a  wasp  "  sent  by  John 
Bartram ".  1737. 

4056.  f.  95.  Mr.  Tullidelph,  Antigua,  June  4,   1739.     Civilities.     Has  re 

turned  to  country  life. 

f.  no.  Andrew  Scott,  Maryland,  August  6,  1739.  Rattlesnakes,  etc. 
f.  155.  Rose  Fuller,  Jamaica,  December  22,  1739.  General  Affairs, 
f.  211.  Will.  Walker,  Rhode  Island,  March  5,  1740.  Sends  maple 

sugar  and  worm-eaten  wood.    Recommends  one  Coker  for  license 

(medical), 
f.  217.  John  Tennent,  London,  April  I,  1740.     On  his  treatment  by 

or  in  Virginia.    Wishes  to  go  to  Jamaica, 
f.  235.  Edward  Lloyd,  Maryland,  Wye  River,  May  14,  1740.    Oyster 

with  two  pearls, 
f.  242.  Tho.  Jenner,  Charles  Town,  New  England,   May  29,   1740. 

Petrified  tooth  of  a  fish  from  Virginia, 
f.  290.  "  A  short  description  of  a  MS.  in  Arabic." 

(On  the  back  is  the  following  memorandum — "This  paper  was  given  and 
the  manuscript  shewn  to  Sir  Hans  Sloane  by  John  Winthrop  of  New 
England,  Esqre,  August  8,  1740.") 

f.  349.  John  Tennent,  January  I,  1740.  Sends  copy  of  testimony 
lodged  with  the  Board  of  Trade  and  asks  help  to  pay  a  debt. 

f.  366, 367.  William  Byrd,  Virginia,  August  20,  1738.  Virtues  of 
roots,  etc. 

f.  370.  Alexander  Light,  Moose  River,  James  Bay,  N.  America, 
August  25,  1738.  Esquimos,  etc. 

4057.  f.  20.  Letter  to  Sir  Hans  Sloane  from  William  Byrd.    Virginia,  April 

10,  1741. 
f.  56.  To  the  same  from  John  Bartram,   Schuylkill,  July  22,   1741, 

sending  curiosities, 
f.  157.  To  the  same  from  the  same,   November    14,    1742,   sending 

curiosities.     At  the  end  is  a  crayon  drawing  of  an  Indian  stone 

pipe. 


Sloane  Manuscripts.  69 

4058.  f.  99.  Note  from  Col.  Byrd,  without  date,  stating  that  he  is  sending 

sassafras  berries, 
f.  198.  Letter  from  Daniel  Coxe. 

(See  4036,  f.  147.) 
4062.  ff.  29,  30.  Letter  from  J.  Winthrop  without  date ;  list  of  samples  given 

by  Winthrop  to  Sir  Hans  Sloane. 
ff.  235-236.  Letter  from  Sam1  Lee  to  Dr.  Nehemiah  Grew,  Secretary 

of  the  Royal   Society.     Three  closely  written  pages,  apparently 

answers  to  questions,  although  no  questions  are  given.     Mount 

Hope,  June  25,  1690. 

(Subjects  chiefly  medical,  touching  the  Indians.  Note  at  the  end  says,  "I 
recd  most  of  this  intelligence  from  one  Mr  Arnold,  a  practitioner  in 
physick  ....  in  Rhode  Island,  who  hath  conversed  much  with  the 
Indians.") 

4064.  f.  53.  Letter  from  Hannah  Williams  to  Sloane.     Charles  Town  in 

South  Carolina,  February  6,  1704. 

(Says  that  she  has  sent  him  several  sorts  of  snakes,  scorpions,  lizards,  etc., 
in  a  bottle ;  also  some  skulls,  a  Westo  king's  tobacco  pipe  and  a  queen's 
petticoat  made  of  moss.  Asks  for  medicines  and  newspapers  and  promises 
to  send  some  mocking  birds  and  red  birds  next  spring.) 

f.  55.  Letter  from  (signature  cut  off),  dated  Carolina,  February  15, 

[1704],  about  Capt.  Thomas  Walker  and  his  desire  for  salary  as 

judge  of  admiralty  in  Bahamas, 
f.  58.  Letter  from  Thomas  Walker,   South   Carolina,   February  20, 

1704/5,  to  Mr.  Petiver,  about  his  salary. 

(Speaks  of  his  distress,  of  having  sent  letter  to  Gov.  Nicholson  of  Virginia, 
and  of  having  a  great  charge  of  children.) 

f.  86.  Letter  from  J.  Abeel  to  "  Viscount  Cornbury ",  governor  of 
New  York,  October  20,  1705,  concerning  discovery  of  bones  of  a 
"  creature  ". 

(Abeel  was  alderman,  recorder  and  mayor  of  Albany  and  afterwards  com 
missioner  of  Indian  affairs.  Letter  followed  (f.  93)  by  one  from  Cornbury 
to  Lord  Clarendon,  November  30,  on  the  same  subject.) 

f.  93.  Letter  from  Lord  Cornbury,  New  York,  November  30,  1705, 

about  a  tooth  he  has  sent  and  which  he  calls  the  tooth  of  a  giant; 

also    of    bones    which    he    found    afterwards    of    a    "  monstrous 

creature  ". 
f.  192.  Letter  from  Joseph  Lord  in  Dorchester,  Carolina,  March  7, 

1708/9.     Speaks  of  "  Mad.  Williams ".     Has  sent  a  good  deal 

and  is  sending  more, 
f.  233.  From  the  same,  August  9,  1710. 

(Also  f.  258,  March  15,  1710/11.) 
f.  249.  Long  letter  from  John  Lawson,  Neuse  River,  North  Carolina, 

December  30,  1710,  describing  the  country. 

(Copy,  f.  264.) 

4065.  ff.  34,  53.  Letters  from  Geo.  Franckline  from  South  Carolina.     1700. 

f.  68.  Letter  from  Rev.  Hugh  Jones,  February  26,   1701/2,  telling 

of  his  serious  sickness  during  the  winter. 
169.  Letter  from  Thomas  Gregg   (Grigg)   from  Antigua,  October 

24,  1712,  regarding  plants  and  insects. 

(Also  f.  214,  May  5,  1715.) 


70  The  British  Museum. 

i.  79.  Letter  from  John  Lawson,  Bath  County,  "  on  Pamplicough 
River",  North  Carolina,  April  12,  1701.  Speaks  of  making  col 
lections  and  adds,  "my  journal  of  my  voyage  through  Carolina 
I  shall  send  to  you  with  the  rest ". 

f.  121.  Letter  from  Jo.  Douglass,  from  Antigua,  November  16,  1713, 
regarding  plants  and  shells. 

f.  123.  Letter  to  Mr.  James  Petiver  from  Thomas  Walker.  New 
Providence,  November  13,  1701. 

(Speaks  of  receiving  communication  from  South  Carolina  describing  the 
country.) 

ff.  208, 217.  Letters  from  Rice  Fellowe.     St.   Christopher,   May   16, 

1715,  June  8,  1715. 

f.  255.  Letter  from  Cotton  Mather,  Boston,  24th,  7™°,  1716,  beginning 
"  'Tis  high  time  for  me  to  make  you  some  return  ". 

4066.  f.  114.  Letter  from   Prof.   Bourquet,   Neufchatel   in   Switzerland,  to 

Sir  William  Thompson  of  the  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the 
Gospel  in  New  England.    Latin. 

£.334.  Letter  from  Laur.  Dowdill  [?]  to  Hon.  Col.   [Fulke]   Rose, 
of  Jamaica,  regarding  effects  of  a  storm  or  hurricane. 
(Probably  the  great  hurricane  of  Jamaica,  1692.) 

4067.  f.  105.  Letter  from  Leon.  Plunkett  to  Col.  William  Byrd  "  a  little 

before  he  went  to  Virginia  ".    Draft. 

f.  140.  Letter  from  Samuel  Sewall,  the  diarist,  to  Dr.  Nehemiah 
Grew,  Secretary  of  the  Royal  Society  and  son  of  Dr.  Obadiah 
Grew,  formerly  of  Balliol  College,  Oxford. 

(Sewall  in  his  diary  refers  to  his  visit  with  the  Grews  when  in  England  in 
1689.  Letter  undated,  but  date  can  be  ascertained  by  reference  to  Diary, 
vol.  I.  310,  to  be  February  i  or  2,  1690/1.  Postscript  was  added  February 
2  or  3.  Letter  contains  interesting  comments  on  Boston,  the  Indians,  etc. 
Somewhat  mutilated.) 

4068.  f.  54.  Letter  from  Sir  Hans  Sloane  to  Col.  William  Byrd,  December 

7,  1709;  observations  on  specimens  of  plants  received. 

4069.  f .  90.  Draft  of  letter  from  Sir  Hans  Sloane  to  Dr.  John  Bartram, 

acknowledging  curiosities,  and  saying  he  would  like  samples  of 
seeds. 

4070.  Volume  entitled  "Catalogues  of  Plants". 

ff.  170-18.  "  These  are  the  names  of  [torn]   Sortes  of  [  ] 

groweth  in  Barbados  Collected  and  gathered  for  the  King's  Use." 
[  ]  By  James  Reed  gardner. 

ff.  19-21.  "These  are  the  names  of  the  plants  wh  grow  in  Barbadoes 

Collected  by  me  James  Reed  gardner  in  the  year  1690." 
4072.  f.  299.  Paper  endorsed  "  An  Accompt  of  Plants  and  Seeds  sent  from 

Barbados  by  James  Wier  ".     1696. 

4080-4083C.  Sex  volumina  chartacea  in  fo.  continentia  icones  rerum 
naturalium  in  Insulis  Philippensibus  nascentium,  manu  P.  Georgii 
Joseph  Camelli,  Soc.  Jes.,  delineatas,  cum  earundem  descriptio- 
nibus  manu  ejusdem. 

I.  4080.  135  folios,  of  which  30  are  Latin  manuscript. 
II.  4081.  146  folios,  of  which  about  73  or  more  are  Latin  manuscript. 
III.  4082.  120  folios :  about  18  separate  manuscript  leaves  and  many  com 
bination  drawings  and  manuscript. 


Briefs  or  Church  Briefs.  71 

IV.  4083A.  135  folios :  at  the  beginning  of  this  book  is  a  printed  broadside 
in  French,  n.  d.,  headed  "  Avis  aux  personnes  d'esprit  et  aux 
curieux  ",  stating  that  Paul  Boceone,  "  herboriste  "  of  the  Grand 
Duke  of  Tuscany,  had  come  to  Paris  with  his  botanical  collections 
and  would  hold  conferences  every  fortnight,  etc.  The  volume  deals 
chiefly  with  shells,  corals,  fungi,  etc.  At  the  end,  five  letters  to 
and  from  Camel,  dated  1698,  1699,  1700,  1701,  1702. 
V.  4083B.  ff.  i-ioi.  Insects,  moths,  caterpillars,  etc. 

VI.  4083C.  ff.  1-129.  Animals,  reptiles,  fishes,  butterflies,  many  painted. 
Also  letter  from  Camel  to  Petiver. 

(The  six  volumes  are  all  similar — pen  and  ink  drawings  of  plants,  insects, 
etc.,  mounted,  on  right  hand  pages,  on  dark  purplish  paper;  descriptive 
matter  in  Latin,  written  sometimes  on  separate  leaves,  sometimes  on  back 
of  drawings,  sometimes  on  face.) 

ADDITIONAL  CHARTERS. 
Listed  in  printed  catalogues  of  Additional  Manuscripts.    Catalogues  of  the 

Harleian,  Cottonian,  Sloane,  and  Old  Royal  collections  of  charters 

and  rolls  can  be  consulted  in  Students'  Room. 
5976.  Letters  of  attorney  from  James  Craven,  of  Edenton,  in  Chowan 

county,  North   Carolina,   administrator  of  Capt.   Robert  Hatton, 

deceased,  to  Thomas  Child,  attorney  general  of  North  Carolina, 

dated  November  i,  1751;  certificate  and  seal  annexed  of  Gabriel 

Johnson,  governor  of  North  Carolina. 
13585.  Original  grant  of  portion  of  Virginia  to  Lord  Hopton  et  al.,  issued 

at  St.  Germain  en  Laye,  September  18,  1649. 

(Two  skins,  braided  ribbon  and  seal,  the  latter  showing  faintly  a  seated 
figure  with  head  and  feet  gone.) 

15568.  Gov.  Leyerett's  certificate  regarding  death  of  the  son  of  Esther 
Howchine  "  in  the  3Oth  yeare  of  His  Maj.  reign  ".  October  15, 
1678. 

26400,  26404.  Assignments  by  Jonathan  Forward,  tobacco  merchant  of  Lon 
don,  of  his  business  debts  in  Virginia  and  Maryland,  to  John 
Goodwin  of  London;  and  of  his  trade  in  Virginia  to  Jonathan 
Sydenham  and  Thomas  Hodgson.  1747. 

43062.  Exemplification  of  William  Penn's  charter  to  Germantown,  repeat 
ing  the  terms  of  the  charter  of  1691  and  closing  with  these  words, 
"All  and  singular  which  premises  at  the  request  of  Benjamin 
Vining  of  the  City  of  Philadelphia  in  the  province  of  Pensilvania, 
Esq,  by  the  tenor  of  these  presents  are  exemplified.  Witness 
Charles  Brocton,  deputy  to  the  master  of  the  Rolls  for  the  sd 
province  at  Philadelphia,  the  Twelfth  day  in  the  fifth  year  of  our 
sovereign  Lord  George  King  of  Great  Britain  and  in  the  year  of 
our  Lord,  1718."  Seal  (gamboge)  attached  by  blue  ribbon. 

BRIEFS  OR  CHURCH  BRIEFS. 

Collection,  classed  among  the  charters  and  rolls,  consists  of  letters  patent 
to  authorize  collection  of  alms  for  restoring  churches  destroyed 
by  fire  or  for  similar  purposes.  Manuscript  list  of  them  from 
1 75  5  to  passing  of  act  by  which  briefs  were  abolished,  1827.  Num 
ber  of  briefs  in  this  collection,  663.  Indexed  in  catalogue  of 
Additional  Manuscripts.  Collection  relates  almost  wholly  to  Eng 
lish  churches,  only  two  briefs  having  to  do  with  the  colonies. 


72  The  British  Museum. 

B.  II.  9.  Brief  in  support  of  the  college  in  Philadelphia ;  and  of  the  college 
in  New  York,  2  George  III. 

(Large  sheet  of  parchment  with  great  seal  attached,  bearing  letters  patent, 
dated  August  19,  1761,  which,  after  reciting  the  needs  of  the  two  colleges, 
authorizes  making  collection  from  house  to  house  for  joint  and  equal 
benefit  of  the  two,  and  appoints  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury  and  others 
trustees.) 

B.  IV.  8.  Brief  in  support  of  sufferers  by  the  great  fire  in  Montreal,  6 
George  III. 

ADDITIONAL  MANUSCRIPTS. 

Catalogues  of  Additional  Manuscripts. 

Vols.  4101-5017.  See  list  of  catalogues  under  "  Sloane  Manuscripts ", 
above;  Ayscough's  Catalogue. 

Vols.  4324-4326,  5015-6666.  "  A  catalogue  of  the  additions  made  to  the 
Library  of  MSS.  in  the  British  Museum  since  the  publication  of 
Mr.  Ayscough's  Catalogue."  This  continuation,  which  is  in  manu 
script,  consists  of  five  volumes  bound  in  one:  Vol.  I.  repeats 
4324-4326,  5015-5017  and  then  extends  to  5711;  vol.  II.,  5712- 
5832;  vol.  III.,  5833-6113;  vol.  IV.,  6114-6402;  vol.  V.,  6403-6666. 
Dated,  1817. 

Vols.  6666-12229.  Catalogue  of  Additional  Manuscripts,  1828-1841.  Index 
to  the  Additional  Manuscripts  with  those  of  the  Egerton  Collec 
tion,  preserved  in  the  British  Museum  and  acquired  in  the  years 
1783-1835  (London,  1849). 

Vols.  9913-11748.  Catalogue  of  Manuscripts  in  the  British  Museum, 
acquired  1836-1840. 

Vols.  11749-15667.  Id.  1841-1845.     Indexed. 

Vols.  15668-17277.  Id.  1846-1847.     Indexed. 

Vols.  17278-19719.  Id.  1848-1853.     Indexed. 

Vols.  19720-24026.  Id.  1854-1860. 

Vols.  24027-29099.  Id.  1861-1875.  Index  in  separate  volume  covering 
years  1854-1875. 

Vols.  29100-31896.  Id.  1876-1881.     Indexed. 

Vols.  31897-33344.  Id.  1882-1887.     Indexed. 

Vols.  33345-34526.  Id.  1888-1893.     Indexed. 

Vols.  34527-36297.  Id.  1894-1899.     Indexed. 

Vols.  36298-37232.  Id.  1900-1905.     Indexed. 

Additions  made  after  date  of  last  printed  volume  can  be  seen  in  proof 
on  catalogue  shelf,  but  without  index.  Additions  not  in  proof  are 
entered  in  manuscript  in  same  temporary  volume  with  the  proof, 
titles  being  briefly  stated. 

4159.  f.  177.  Declaration    of    the    people   of   Virginia,    signed    Nathaniel 
Bacon,  "  Gen1  by  consent  of  the  People  ". 
(Cal.  Col.  1675-1676,  §1010,  and  elsewhere.) 

4164.  f.  32.  Extract  of  letter  from  Lieut.  Wm.  Jacobs  to Spellman, 

September  30,  1755,  giving  an  account  of  America. 

(Sailed  from  Woolwich,  June  3,  1754,  for  Halifax,  then  to  Bay  of  Fundy, 
then  to  Boston,  where  he  arrived  April  17,  1755.) 

4275.  f.  154.  Letter  from  John  Cotton  "To  my  Reverend  &  deare  friend 
Mr.  Hildersam,  Preacher  of  the  word  at  Ashby  ". 


Additional  Manuscripts.  73 

f.  I58ff.  Letters  from  John  Davenport  to  Lady  Vere,  at  The  Hague. 
London,  January  18,  1627;  June  30,  1628;  December  26,  1629; 
about  1633.  Rotterdam,  December  25,  1635.  Quinipiack,  "28th 
of  7th  mo  ",  1639;  "  13th  day  of  9th  mo.  1647." 

4279.  f.  313.  Letter  from  John  Winthrop,  Boston,  October   u,   1670,  to 
"  Right  Honorable  ". 
(Regarding  Mr.  John  Pell  who  had  come  over  to  enter  into  possession  of 

estate   of  Thomas   Pell,   deceased  of  Fairfield.     Also   about   a   hill   near 

Kennebunk  "which  is   removed  out  of  its  place  and  its  bottom  turned 

upward  ".) 

4432.  f.  27.  "A  Journal  from  Virginia  beyond  the  Appalachian  mountains 
in  September,  1671  ",  of  a  journey  taken  "  in  order  to  the  discovery 
of  the  South  Sea  ". 
(Sent  to  the  Royal  Society  by  "Mr.  Clayton"  and  read  August  i,   1668, 

before  the  society.     See  the  Royal  Society,  Guard  Books,  7.) 

f.  182.  Communication  from  Is.  Greenwood,  Cambridge,  December 
8,  1730,  regarding  "Inscriptions  on  the  Rock  in  Taunton  River", 
with  two  drawings. 
4435.  f.  13.  Letter  from  Barbadoes  to  Mr.  Philip  Miller.     July  12,  1737. 

(Speaks  of  attempt  to  make  wine  by  mixing  grape  juice  with  juice  of  sugar. 
Tried,  also,  to  make  wine  out  of  sugar  cane  juice.  Sends  two  bottles.) 

4437.  f .  58.  Communication  from  Mr.  Watson  of  Aldersgate  St.,  May  9, 

1740,  sending  specimens  of  "  curious  Turpentine  from  America 
....  the  most  odiferous  came  from  Boston,  the  other  from 
Annapolis  Royal ". 

4438.  f.  32.  "  The  manner  of  making  Tarr  and  Pitch  in  Carolina ",  by 

Mark  Catesby,  F.  R.  S.,  endorsed  May  19,  1743. 

(Printed  in  Catesby's  The  Natural  History  of  Carolina,  Florida,  and  the 

Bahama  Is.,  London,  1731-1743.) 
5027 A.  Map  of  Newfoundland  and  the  Gulf  of  St.  Lawrence.    Also  (f.  8) 

harbor  of  St.  lago,  Cuba. 

5138.  f.  145.  "  Considerations  concerning  Free  Ports  and  Free  Scales  in 
England." 

(Date  is  about  1657  or  1658.  Paper  deals  with  the  question  of  free  trade  vs. 
monopolies  under  Cromwell.) 

5253.  Art.  18.  Costumes  of  the  Indians  in  neighborhood  of  New  York. 

n.d. 
5270.  "  Representations  of  West  Indians,  Groenlanders,  etc. ;  Also  of  Birds 

Fishes,   Plants,  etc;  By  Mr  John  White  who  accompanied   Sir 

Walter  Raleigh  on  his  voyage."    n.  d. 

(This  collection  has  now  been  transferred  to  the  Print  Room.  Dr.  Eggles- 
ton  in  the  Nation,  April  23,  1891,  pp.  340-341,  expressed  the  opinion  that 
these  drawings  are  but  clumsy,  early  copies  of  the  original  White  draw 
ings  in  the  Grenville  Collection,  British  Museum.  Dr.  E.  E.  Hale  in 
Archaeologia,  IV.  21-24,  thought  them  originals.  See  also  Proc.  Mass. 
Hist.  Soc.,  October,  1866,  p.  12.) 

5414.  Roll  17.  Draft  of  Boston  Harbor  by  Capt.  Cyprian  Southake.    1694. 
Roll  19.  Map  of  the  coast  region  from  Mexico  to  Gulf  of  St.  Law 
rence.    "  Philip  Wells,  Fecitt."     1686. 

(Attempts  to  show  boundaries  of  the  colonies,  particularly  of  Pennsylvania 
and  New  Jersey.  Latitude  and  longitude  wrong,  but  comments  generally 
correct.  Rhode  Island  spelled  Road  Island.  Susquehanna  fort  called 
"  Virginia  fort "  and  placed  on  40°.) 


74  The  British  Museum. 

Roll  21.  Map  of  New  England  from  Sagadahoc  to  New  Jersey. 
(Very  important  map,  containing  great  deal  of  detail.     Towns  are  repre 
sented  by  little  houses.     Date  probably  before  1691,  as  boundary  line  be 
tween  Massachusetts  and  Plymouth  is  given.) 

Roll  22.  Map  of  New  England  from  Sagadahoc  to  Cape  Cod. 

(On  vellum,  crudely  drawn,  and  highly  colored  in  red.  Appears  to  have 
been  made  to  uphold  Mason's  claim.  Mason  territory,  called  New  Hamp 
shire,  extends  to  Naumkeag  river.) 

Roll  23.  "  A  Map  of  the  improved  Part  of  the  Province  of  Penn 
sylvania  in  America  Begun  by  Mr.  Penn  proprietory  and  governor 
thereof,  1681." 

(At  the  top  righthand  corner  is  a  plan  of  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  below 
that  the  following  title,  "  A  Map  of  the  Province  of  Pennsilvania  con 
taining  the  Three  Counties  of  Chester,  Philadelphia  and  Bucke,  as  far  as 
yet  Surveyed  and  Layd  out  y6  divisions  or  distinctions  made  by  ye  different 
Coullers,  respecte  the  Settlements  by  way  of  Townships.  By  Thos  Holme, 
Survr  Gen1,  Sold  by  Rob :  Greene,  at  the  Rose  and  Crowne  in  Budge  Row 
And  by  John  Thornton  at  the  Platt  in  the  Minories  London  ".  Dedication 
to  Wm.  Penn  is  in  lefthand  corner  at  top.  Letter  press,  "  A  /  general 
Description  /  of  the  Province  of  /  Pennsylvania  /  in  /  America  /",  runs 
along  the  foot  of  the  map  and  begins  "His  late  Majesty".  Map  is  bril 
liantly  colored.  See  Pa.  Mag.,  XIX.  422,  423,  note.  One  of  Holme's  maps 
was  published  in  1846  and  again  in  1870.) 

Roll  24.  Map  of  Carolina,  from  Virginia  to  Georgia. 

(Contains  "A  Table  of  Names  of  the  Several  Settlements  upon  Colleton, 
Stono,  Ashley  and  Cooper  Rivers  ".  Date  must  be  I7th  century.  Also  an 
inset,  "A  Particular  Draught  for  the  going  in  Ashley  and  Cooper 
Rivers  ".) 

Roll  28.  Map  of  Pennsylvania  and  Nova  Caesaria  vulgo  New  Jersey. 

(On  vellum.  Contains  more  detail  of  New  Jersey  than  of  Pennsylvania. 
Shows  Bridlington  (Burlington),  Portland  Point,  Newark  alias  Milford, 
Col.  Morris  Iron- works,  etc.  Endorsed  "  Pennsylvania  from  Mr.  Benjamin 
Furley".  For  Furley,  1636-1714,  see  Pa.  Mag.,  XIX.  277.) 

5415G.  2.  Map  of  "  Nouvelle  France ",  made  by  William  Hack  at  the 
sign  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland  near  New  Stairs  in  Wapping. 
1648. 

(Early  map  of  region  from  Gulf  of  St.  Lawrence  to  Capes  Henry  and 
Charles.  Highly  colored,  crude,  full  of  quaint  errors,  but  valuable  as  show 
ing  state  of  geographical  knowledge  at  the  time.) 

5489.  Miscellaneous  Papers  of  the  Hill  Family. 

f .  36.  Letter  from  Samuel  Hill  to  his  brother,  Thomas  Hill.  Am 
sterdam,  September,  1664. 

f.  39.  "  Advice  regarding  Husbandrie,  Fishing,  and  Plantations ", 
signed  Hugh  Lamy,  "  Pieter  le  Preevost ".  n.  d. 

f.  41.  Articles  for  Newfoundland  Fishing. 
(Sequel  to  previous  paper.) 

f .  70.  "  A  true  copy  under  seal  of  the  King's  Charter  for  incorporat 
ing  the  Company  of  Massachusetts  Bay  in  1628."  Attested  April 
21,  1635. 

f.  85.  "  List  of  masters  names,  servants,  goods,  money  to  receive, 
money  received,  remaining  due  to  pay  in  the  countrie." 

(Date,  August  25,  1642  [5?] ;  name  of  ship,  the  Unity.  No  clue  as  to  desti 
nation  of  the  vessel,  but  as  the  country  pay  is  given  in  pounds  of  tobacco, 


Additional  Manuscripts.  75 

presumably  it  was  bound  for  Virginia.  Marsden,  in  R.  H.  S.  Transactions, 
XIX.  333,  mentions  a  Unity  engaged  in  the  Virginia  trade.  Vessel  carried 
22  passengers  and  over  a  hundred  servants.) 

5540.  f.  43.  William  Perm's  speech  to  the  king  at  Windsor,  May  24,  1687, 
when  he  delivered  the  Quakers'  address;  the  king's  answer. 
(See  Egerton  2429,  f.  49.) 
Letters  and  papers  of  John  Gary,  merchant  of  Bristol. 

ff.  59-82.  Correspondence  of  Gary  with  Edmund  Bohun,  John  Locke 
and  G.  B.  of  Amsterdam,  chiefly  regarding  Gary's  Book  of  Trade. 
January-February,  1695/6. 

ff.  83-96.  Correspondence  of  Gary  and  other  Bristol  merchants  with 
Sir  Thomas  Day  and  Maj.  Yate,  their  representatives  in  Parliament. 
Beginning  December  14,  1695,  and  extending  to  January  21,  1696. 

(Throws  light  on  the  inner  history  of  the  appointment  of  the  Board  of 
Trade,    and   the   rivalry   between    London   and    the   outports    in   trading 
matters.) 
5757.  Eight  original  letters  of  Gen.  Washington  to  Sir  John   Sinclair. 

1792-1797. 

(These  letters  to  the  President  of  the  British  Board  of  Agriculture,  partici 
pant  with  Washington  in  the  Braddock  expedition  of  1755,  were  engraved 
in  facsimile  and  published  in  London,  1800.  They  have  since  been  printed 
in  the  collection  of  Washington's  letters  to  Sinclair  and  Arthur  Young, 
1803,  1847.) 
5829.  f.  I37b.  "  American  Scholes,  1769." 

(Evidently  written  by  William  Cole  of  Cambridge  regarding  the  project  to 
establish  an  Indian  school  in  America  and  the  efforts  of  "  the  Independent 
Preachers  from  New  England  who  went  all  over  the  kingdom  with  Mr. 
Occam,  an  Indian  in  Presbyterian  orders  and  preached  in  all  their  meeting 
houses  ",  to  raise  funds.  The  writer,  who  is  intensely  opposed  to  the 
scheme,  this  "cheat  upon  the  country",  says  that  in  England  alone  they  got 
£9494.  Part  of  the  paper  is  called  "  A  continuation  of  the  Narrative  of  the 
Indian  Charity  School  in  Lebanon  in  Connecticut,  formed  and  carried  on 
by  the  Rev.  D'  Eleazar  Wheelock.  London,  80,  1769."  At  the  end  is  a 
"Fanatical  List  of  Subscribers".  The  letter  was  written,  September  30, 
1778.  For  Occam  and  the  Lebanon  school,  see  W.  DeLoss  Love,  Samson 
Occam  and  the  Christian  Indians  of  New  England,  1900.) 

5847.  f.  I92b.  Copy  of  letter  from  Gen.  Burgoyne,  giving  description  of 
battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  with  clipping  from  the  London  Chronicle, 
August  5-7,  1777,  containing  Gen.  Burgoyne's  proclamation  from 
his  camp  at  Putnam  Creek,  June  29,  1777. 

("I  much  lament  Tom's  absence.  It  was  a  sight  for  a  young  soldier  that 
the  longest  service  may  never  furnish  again".) 

6058.  Short  account  of  Bahama  Islands,  their  climate,  production,  etc.; 
strictures  upon  their  relative  and  political  situation,  defects  of  their 
present  government,  etc.  By  a  Barrister  of  Gray's  Inn,  late  her 
Majesty's  Solicitor  General  of  those  islands  and  King's  Council 
for  Province  of  Nova  Scotia  and  New  Brunswick.  April  30,  1788. 

6190.  f.  50,  54,  60, 65.  Letters  from  Sir  William  Keith  to  the  Society  for 
the  Encouragement  of  Learning.  February  1737/8  to  September 

25,  1738. 

(Concern  Keith's  projected  History  of  the  British  Plantations,  of  which  only 
vol.  I.,  History  of  Virginia,  ever  appeared.  "  It  was  at  the  desire  of  cer 
tain  persons  of  distinction  that  I  have  employed  myself  for  a  few  months 
past  in  compiling  a  regular  history  of  the  British  Plantations  in  America, 
with  proper  remarks  on  their  trade  and  government",  etc.) 


76  The  British  Museum. 

6194.  f.  39b.  Paper  by  Dr.  Daniel  Coxe  on  "  the  effects  of  tobacco  oyl ", 
«.  e.,  on  the  influence  of  nicotine  upon  animals,  delivered  before 
Gresham  College,  May  3,  1665. 

f.  5pb.  Memorandum  of  a  brief  description  of  Carolina.    1660. 
6394.  Boswell  Papers.     Vol.  I.     Relative  to  the  English  Church  in  the 

Netherlands. 

f.  35.  Letter  from  John  Cotton  to  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln.  Boston  in 
England,  January  31,  1624. 

(Cotton  acknowledges  that  his  former  arguments  against  kneeling  are  not 
as  forcible  as  he  thought  them.  The  letter  contains  this  striking  sentence, 
"  Alas,  Alas,  (my  deere  Lord)  I  see  by  often  experience  the  shallowness 
of  mine  own  judgment,  especially  in  comparison  of  many  centuries  of 
Godly  Learned  men",  etc.  Cotton  was  thirty-nine  years  old  at  the  time.) 

ff.  134, 144, 188,  194, 198.  Letters  from  Stephen  Goffe,  preacher  of 
the  regiment  in  the  Netherlands  of  which  Lieut.-Gen.  Vere  was 
head,  to  Sir  William  Boswell.  1633,  1634. 

(Containing  information  regarding  early  life  of  Davenport,  Cotton  and 
others.  In  one  letter  (f.  144)  is  the  following:  "For  that  reason  (because 
Cotton  has  convinced  Davenport  that  kneeling  is  idolatry)  Mr.  Davenport 
hath  absented  himself  every  sacrament  day,  which  is  once  a  month,  since 
Christmas,  and  Mr.  Cotton  is  going  to  New  England.") 

f.  161.  "The   15  Artickells  and  Covenant  of  Mr.   Hugh   Peter  of 
Rottm  ". 
(See  also  ff.  150,  153,  158.) 

f.  190.  Letter  from  John  Webster  to  Sir  William  Boswell.    Amster 
dam,  February  25,  1634. 
(Information  about  John  Davenport.) 

f.  196.  Letter  from  John  Davenport  to  Sir  William  Boswell.  Am 
sterdam,  March  18,  1634. 

f.  200.  Letter  from  Dr.  Griffin  Higgs  to  Sir  William  Boswell.  1634. 
(Information  about  Davenport  and  others.) 

f.  237.  Letter  from   Beaumont,   preacher  to  the  Merchant  Adven 
turers,  to  Sir  William  Boswell.    Rotterdam,  April  30,  1636. 
(Regarding  Davenport  in  Rotterdam.    As  to  Beaumont,  see  ff.  326,  331.) 

f.  244.  Letter  from  John  Davenport  to  Sir  William  Boswell.     The 

Hague,  May  7,  1636. 

6727.  f.  84.  Charter  of  Carolina,  17  Car.  II. 
6807.  f.  108.  Regarding  surrender  of  Louisburg,  August,  1758. 
(See  also  6816,  f.  85,  and  6825,  f.  42.) 

6865.  ff.  97-104.  This  volume  contains  the  propositions  and  counter  pro 
positions  of  the  French  and  British  governments  in  1755  regarding 
limits  of  Acadia,  Canada,  territories  on  the  Ohio  and  disputed 
islands. 

7944-7960.  Colored  drawings  and  natural  history  of  insects  of  Georgia,  by 
John  Abbott  of  Savannah.  1792-1804.  17  volumes. 

8133B.  Large  volume  containing  papers  as  follows: 

f.  2.  Observations  on  the  "  American  Drawback  "  act  of  4  Geo.  III. 

Date  after  1783. 

f.  7.  Account  of  total  amount  of  old  subsidy  retained  upon  foreign 
goods  exported  from  England  to  N.  America,  1773-1774. 


Additional  Manuscripts.  77 

f.  141.  Account  of  amount  of  bounties  paid  on  hemp,  flax  and  wood 
imported  from  America,  1771-1775. 

ff.  160-165.  Indigo  statistics,  1771-1775. 

ff.  177-179.  Naval  stores  statistics,  1771-1775. 

ff.  194-195.  Plantation  rum  statistics,  1770-1779. 

f.  280.  Essence  of  spruce  from  Canada,  1778-1782. 

ff.  283-302.  Many  sugar  statistics,  1770-1779. 

f.  3O9ff.  Many  tea  statistics. 
(See  also  ff.  316,  326,  341.) 

f.  35off.  Many  tobacco  statistics. 

(See  also  ff.  355,  363,  364.) 
8133C.  Volume,  similar  to  8133B,  containing  the  following  papers : 

ff.  1-4.  Small  printed  book  containing  lists  of  the  "  commissions  of 
the  customs  and  successors  of  the  commissioners  "  from  1672  to 
J785,  with  dates  of  letters  patent,  number  of  commissioners  and 
their  salaries,  names  of  new  commissioners  with  dates  when  they 
died  or  were  superseded,  names  of  commissioners  who  had  died 
or  were  superseded  with  dates  of  their  first  appointments. 
This  book  is  followed  by  many  papers  relating  to  the  consolidation  of 
customs  duties  in  1777,  none  of  which,  however,  relate  directly  to 
the  colonies. 

f.  85.  Report  of  September  16,  1763,  concerning  what  further  checks 
and  restraints  may  be  necessary  to  be  imposed  by  Parliament  for 
preventing  frauds  in  the  colonies  by  the  Commissioners  of  Cus 
toms,  with  "  list  of  seizures  to  be  sued  for  in  any  court  of  record, 
[though  if]  made  by  admirals  or  commanders  at  sea  to  be  delivered 
into  the  court  of  admiralty  there  to  be  preceded  against ". 

ff.  89-94.  Agreement  of  the  West  Indian  and  North  American  mer 
chants,  March  10,  1766,  regarding  opening  the  island  of  Dominica. 
Proposals  for  indemnifying  purchasers  at  Dominica. 

f.  96.  Negroes  and  cattle  in  Jamaica.     1768. 

f.  97.  Regarding  St.  Lucia  and  Dominica,  present  state,  products 
and  commercial  advantages,  by  Jno.  Geo.  Felton. 

f.  131.  In  the  list  of  customs  officers  at  the  port  of  London  discon 
tinued,  1771-1782,  are  "assistant  plantation  clerk  in  the  secretary's 
office  ",  £80,  and  "  assistant  to  the  husband  of  the  Four  and  a  half 
per  cent  duty  ",  £20. 

f.  140.  Annual  amount  of  salaries  paid  to  officers  in  the  plantations 
out  of  the  revenue  of  customs,  1766-1778. 

f.  149.  "  The  underwritten  articles  are  entitled  to  bounty  on  im 
portations  from  the  British  plantations  in  America."  November 
6,  1781. 

ff.  163-168.  In  accounts  of  bounties  paid  at  London  and  the  outports 
are  figures  for  "  American  raw  silk  ",  1770-1775,  and  "  Newfound 
land  fishery  ". 

f.  179.  Account  of  the  value   of  exports   from   England  to   North 
American  colonies,   1763-1767,  distinguishing  each  colony. 
(See  also  ff.  181,  182,  183.) 

f.  202.  "  Plan  for  the  better  examining  and  passing  the  accounts  of 
the  several  plantation  collectors,  whereby  their  respective  debts  to 
the  Crown  may  be  the  more  speedily  recovered  ",  by  Mr.  Felton. 


The  British  Museum. 


ff.  204-217.  Memorial  of  merchants  and  planters,  interested  in  and 
trading  to  Barbadoes  and  the  Leeward  Islands,  to  Lords  of  the 
Treasury,  with  objections  and  observations  upon  it. 

f.  218.  Account  of  gross  and  net  produce  of  such  part  of  the  Four 
and  a  half  per  cent,  as  has  passed  through  the  hands  of  the  hus 
band  and  comptroller  of  that  duty,  1770-1777. 
(See  also  ff.  219-232.) 

f.  233.  Account  of  enumerated  and  new  duties  received  in  the  ports 
on  the  continent  of  America  since  September  29,  1764,  so  far  as 
the  accounts  have  been  received  and  also  of  the  remittances  made 
on  account  of  said  duties,  distinguishing  ports. 

f.  234.  Annual  amount  of  the  enumerated  duties,  1761-1765. 
Account  of  goods  entered  in  his  Majesty's  custom  houses  in  the  American 
plantations  as   exported  from   one  plantation   to   another  in  the 
respective  times  hereafter  mentioned,  1677-1678. 

(Note  on  the  back  says,  "  This  account  was  called  for  just  after  the  dis 
turbances  in  Virginia  and  Maryland  about  the  Act  25  Charles  II.,  Ch.  7, 
sect.  2,  imposing  the  following  duties  on  goods  the  produce  of  the  planta 
tions  if  carried  to  other  colonies  without  coming  to  England.") 

8829.  Gross  and  Net  Produce  of  all  the  Branches  of  the  Revenue  under  the 

Management  of  the  Commissioners  of  his  Majesty's  Customs  in 
England. 

(Entries  of  "  Enumerated  Duties  ",  that  is,  plantation  duties,  from  the  Amer 
ican  plantations,  annually  from  1699  to  1742.) 

8830.  Complete  State  of  all  the  Branches  of  the  Revenue  under  the  Man 

agement    of   the    Commissioners    of    his    Majesty's    Customs    in 
England. 

(Contains  "Enumerated  Duties",  that  is,  plantation  duties,  in  lump  not 
itemized  as  in  8829.) 

8831.  List  of  Commissioners  and  Officers  of  his  Majesty's  Customs  in 

England  and  the  Plantations  with  their  respective  Salaries  as  they 
stood  at  Xmas,  1744. 

(Folios  121  to  134  cover  the  continental  colonies  and  the  West  Indies,  as 
follows : 


Town 

Names 

Annual 

Annual 

Annual 

of 

Salaries 

allowances 

salaries  p. 

Officers 

pr  Es 

pr  Inci 

Dormt  War 

tablishment 

dents 

rants 

Occasionally  additional  information  is  given.) 

8832.  Opinions  of  Council  relating  to  her  Majesty's  Customs,  1708  to  1724. 

(Ff.  1-2,  prize  case,  condemnation  in  American  court  of  admiralty;  ff.  20-21, 
prize  carried  to  Jamaica ;  ff.  67-72,  exporting  cases  from  England,  tobacco 
case  from  Virginia;  ff.  192-197,  tobacco  cases;  ff.  198-200,  case  of  logwood 
reshipped  at  Boston;  ff.  222,  230-232,  tobacco  cases;  ff.  245-249,  case  of 
plantation  duty,  on  sugar;  ff.  249-254,  case  of  suspension  of  Luke,  collector 
in  Virginia,  by  Keith,  surveyor  general ;  ff.  260-262,  case  of  forfeited  bonds 
in  Annapolis,  Maryland;  ff.  262-263,  case  of  Peregrine  Brown  in  Virginia; 
ff.  269-272,  "  Plantation  duty  received  ought  to  answer  sterling  money  in 
England";  ff.  272-273,  case  of  Spanish  tobacco;  ff.  273-274,  case  of  for 
eign  seamen  on  board;  ff.  274-279,  case  of  merchant's  difficulty  in  paying 


Additional  Manuscripts.  79 

duties  on  tobacco;  ff.  280-281,  case  of  running  of  tobacco  into  England  on 
pretence  of  exporting  it  to  Ireland ;  ff .  285-289,  tobacco  cases ;  ff.  308-309, 
case  of  cocpanuts  from  New  York  (cf.  Hargrove  275,  f.  6$b)  ;  f.  311, 
case  of  bribing  customs  officer.) 

8833.  Continuation  of  8832,  pagination  continuous. 

(Ff.  405-414,  case  of  plantation  bond  sued  and  judgment  passed  for  the  king 
in  1696,  but  reversed  in  1714 — the  final  decision  in  case  noted  on  ff.  260- 
262,  with  many  questions  and  answers  about  plantation  bonds ;  ff.  415-418, 
regarding  powers  of  officers  seizing  goods  in  the  plantations.  Kay  case  in 
Rhode  Island  where  five  hhd.  of  claret  were  seized;  ff.  425,  case  of  indi 
vidual  disqualified  from  practicing  law  in  plantation — Pennsylvania,  name 
Thos.  Macnemara,  1718;  ff.  445-446,  452-453,  case  of  prize  sugar  in  planta 
tions  ;  ff.  461-462,  custom  bonds  on  tobacco,  not  paid,  when  due  to  pay  6% 
interest;  ff.  526-527,  case  of  tobacco  stalks  re-exported,  drawback  to  be 
allowed;  ff.  534-535,  id. ;  ff.  527-532,  important  Maryland  bond  case.) 

8949.  Journal  of  the  Travels  of  Jonathan  Carver  in  1766  and  1767. 

(  (i)  Survey  journal  from  Detroit  to  Michilimackinac ;  (2)  journal,  begin 
ning  May  20,  1766;  (3)  dictionary  of  the  Naudouwessie  language;  (4) 
map  of  the  Great  Lakes  from  middle  of  Lake  Huron  westward,  with  col 
ored  plots  of  various  Indian  "kingdoms";  (5)  id.  engraved,  1769,  not 
colored;  (6)  same  as  (5),  colored  to  correspond  to  original  map  (4); 
(7)  different  version  of  the  journal  with  comments  on  the  country;  (8) 
additions  in  the  form  of  numbered  notes;  (9)  pen  and  ink  drawing  of 
pipe,  tent,  Buffalo  snake,  sword,  tomahawk  called  "  Naudouissie  Break- 
head".) 

8950.  Fair  copy  of  Carver's  Survey  and  Journal.     Also  map,  engraved, 

finely  colored  with  the  drawings  in  8949  better  executed. 

(Following  these  documents  comes  "The  Same  Journal  put  by  the  Author 
into  a  form  which  he  intended  for  publication  with  several  additions  which 
seem  to  have  been  made  from  memory ".  Some  additional  pen  and  ink 
drawings  with  explanations,  signed  "  Jonathan  Carver " ;  also  copies  of 
speeches  interchanged  with  the  chief  of  the  Naudouwessie,  "  when  he  was 
adopted  chief  in  their  Bands  ",  May  i,  1767,  with  notes  for  the  revision.) 

9344.  Letters  to  George  Jackson.     1764-1790. 

(Ff.  29-32.  Letter  from  Pitt  (Lord  Chatham)  wishing  to  be  informed  as 
often  as  any  ship  is  to  go  from  the  Admiralty  to  New  York  or  Quebec. 
July  29,  1774. 

Also  letters  from  Adm.  Jervis  with  references  to  naval  matters;  two  letters 
from  Adm.  Rodney,  New  York,  October  12,  1780,  and  November  12, 
1780,  regarding  his  work  in  checking  the  junction  of  Washington  and  the 
French,  speaking  of  his  personal  feelings,  and  inveighing  against  the  cold 
ness  of  the  climate.  Another  from  the  same,  Bath,  October  19,  1781,  re 
garding  "the  St  Eustatius  affair".  Ff.  93,  100,  108,  114  are  letters  from 
Lord  Sandwich  regarding  crew  of  an  American  privateer  and  other  naval 
matters.) 

9747.  Collection  of  Papers  and  Letters  relative  to  the  English  Dominions 
in  America.     1698-1705. 

f.  i.  Account  of  what  is  due  to  Capt.  Webb's  company,  according 
to  establishment,  who  were  employed  in  the  late  Expedition  at 
Albany,   New  York,   May  7,   1689.     Signed,  Robert  Livingston, 
Commissary.    "  Certified  to :"    Thos.  Dongan. 
(Cf.  N.  Y.  Docs.  III.  592.) 

f.  2.  Itemized  account  with  names  of  the  entire  company. 

f.  3.  Statement  regarding  shoes  and  stockings  to  be  sent  to  New 
foundland,  from  Wm.  Bridges.    Admiralty  Office,  May  3,  1698. 

f.  5.  Letter  from  Col.  Fletcher,  late  governor  of  New  York,  regard 
ing  his  administration.    London,  August  5,  1698. 


80  The  British  Museum. 

ff.  7b-8.  Account  of  tonnage  in  Patuxent,  Maryland,  1699,  sent  by 

George  Plater,  collector  and  receiver, 
f .  9.  Copy  of  letter  from  N.  Blakiston,  March  n,  1699,  regarding 

the  Maryland  act  of  September  20,  1694,  warranting  Plater  to  pay 

above  amount  to  him. 
f.  10.  Invoice  of  goods  shipped  on  board  the  Hopewell,  Thomas 

Yerkly  [  ?] ,  master.     Endorsed,  "  Ace*  of  arms  shipt  in  London 

for  Maryland  ". 

(F.  ii  is  a  duplicate;  both  are  copies.) 
f.  12.  Mr.  Plater's  account  of  the  3d  per  tun.    1699.    Maryland. 

(Five  pages  of  figures  with  items.  Dated,  March  n,  1699-1700.  F.  16  con 
tains  Gov.  Blakiston's  warrant,  March  1 1,  1699.) 

ff.  17-21.  Three  letters  from  Wm.  Popple,  secretary  of  the  Board  of 
Trade,  to  William  Blathwayt,  auditor  general,  Whitehall,  August 
4,  n,  22,  1699,  regarding  the  business  transacted  by  the  board. 

(Concern  Pennsylvania,  New  York  and  Rhode  Island,  and  repeat  informally 
what  will  be  found  in  journal  for  August,  1699.) 

f.  23.  Instructions  to  the  captain  in  charge  of  convoy  to  Newfound 
land. 

f.  25.  Letter  regarding  charting  a  ship  in  order  to  carry  soldiers  to 
New  York.  Dublin,  May  25,  1700. 

f.  27.  Petition  from  the  planters  of  Newfoundland.  St.  John's 
Harbor,  August  30,  1699. 

ff.  29-36.  Various  papers  regarding  military  establishment  in  New 
foundland. 

(Cf.  ff.  40,  42,  44.  Ff.  32-36  concern  proposal  to  deduct  from  the  pay  of 
the  company  in  order  to  maintain  a  minister  at  St.  John's  who  is  likewise 
to  be  chaplain  of  the  fort.) 

f.  38.  Letter  from  J.  Basse,  London,  August  20,  1701,  regarding  the 

Jersies. 
f.  46.  Petition  of  Mrs.  Bennet,  wife  of  John  Bennet,  lieutenant  of 

one  of  the  Four  Companies  in  New  York. 

(Mrs.  B.  was  left  in  London  with  a  child  and  no  means  of  support.) 
9764.  f.  3.  Copy  of  report  of  Mr.  Charles  Bertie,  July  23,  1677,  regarding 

Lord  Willoughby's  debts. 
f .  7.  Abstract  of  seamen  permitted  to  go  out  for  the  West  India 

trade,  1690-1691. 

f .  8.  Abstracts  of  ships  allowed  to  sail  "  to  the  ports  hereafter  men 
tioned  ",  with  tonnage  and  number  of  men  on  board.  October  27, 

1691. 

f.  68.  Abstract  of  shipping  and  men  allowed  the  merchants.  Sep 
tember,  1692. 

f .  74.  Rules  regarding  passes, 
f.  76.  Abstract  of  order  relating  to  next  year's  trade,  explaining  ff.  8, 

68. 
f.  82.  Abstract  of   proposals   "  for  this   year's   trade ".     Tabulated 

summary, 
ff.  84^85.  Abstract  of  the  number  of  English  seamen  with  the  times 

of  their  going  out  upon  the  plantation  trade  for  the  four  last  years, 

1690-1694. 

(With  memorandum  on  the  Virginia  trade.) 


Additional  Manuscripts.  81 

f.  86.  Recommendation  by  the  commission  for  executing  the  office  of 
Lord  High  Admiral  of  England  regarding  trades,  convoys  and 
seamen  fit  to  be  allowed.  September  18,  1694. 

f.  101.  Heads  of  his  Majesty's  commission  for  a  Council  of  Trade. 
1696. 

f.  107.  Letter  from  ,  explaining  the  working  of  the  naviga 
tion  acts.  August  23,  1698. 

f.  116.  List  of  ships  arriving  in  Bristol,  with  their  number,  burthen, 
sailing  port  and  cargo. 

(Many  from  the  plantations.) 

f.  119.  Prices  of  Masts. 

(Valuable  for  comparison  with  the  prices  of  masts  sent  from  the  colonies.) 

9767.  Entry-book,  giving  itemized  statement  of  expenses  of  Council  Com 

mittee  on  Trade  from  1674  to  1688.    Covers  salaries,  fees,  current 
expenses,  cost  of  books,  maps,  etc.    Well  indexed. 

9768.  Id.  for  the  years  from  1689  to  1696. 

(Evidently  charges  of  extravagance  were  brought  against  the  earlier  com 
mittee  and  a  careful  comparison  was  instituted.  From  1676  to  1688  the 
quarterly  expenses  ranged  from  £275  to  £400,  with  a  slight  reduction  after 
1685.  From  1689  to  1696  the  quarterly  expenses  ranged  from  £250  to  £300.) 

9828.  f.  122.  Gov.  Pownall  on  "  whether  lands  granted  in  America  can  be 
resumed  and  regranted  upon  bare  suggestion  that  the  Conditions 
have  not  been  complied  with  and  without  any  legal  inquest ".  July 
22,  1773. 

f.  169.  Letter  from  Benjamin  Franklin  to  W.  F.,  London,  February 
2,  1774,  speaking  of  the  office  of  deputy  postmaster  as  taken  from 
him. 

f.  i69ff.  Letters  from  Benjamin  Franklin  to  his  son,  London,  Feb 
ruary  2,  1774,  February  18,  1774,  August  I,  1774;  Passy,  August 
1 6,  1784. 

10077.  Among  other  items: 
Nicolae  Boebodae  Maurocordati  epigramma  in  Americam  et  Christ.  Co- 

lumbum ;  Historia  de  America  et  Christ.  Colombo. 
10119.  Papers  Relative  to  Trade,  Revenue,  etc.     1618-1700.    Vol.  I. 

f.  9.  "  State  of  the  Debt  of  the  Commonwealth ",  dated  England, 
1659. 

(Total  £1,747,584  5s.  gd.  to  which  is  to  be  added  the  "  Growing  debt "  of  the 
navy  and  the  probable  deficit  for  1659,  making  a  total  of  £2,220,090  os.  id. 
This  volume  is  valuable  for  the  information  it  gives  of  the  finances  of 
Charles  II.'s  reign.) 

f.  100.  Account  of  the  surveyor  general's  office  in  England. 

f.  i65b.  Statement  regarding  impost  on  tobacco. 

f.  1 66.  Statement  of  plantation  duty  from  1700. 

f.  i66b.  Account  of  character  and  history  of  the  4^  per  cent,  of 

Barbadoes. 
f.  215.  Itemized  list  of  revenues,  1685-1688. 

(No  mention  of  revenue  from  plantation  duty  because  at  that  time  it  was 
farmed.  Same  is  true  of  the  years  1688  to  1698.  The  first  mention  in 
these  statistics  of  revenue  from  plantation  duty  is  under  years  1698-1699.) 


82  The  British  Museum. 

10120.  ff.  77-78.  Letter  from  Mr.  Taylor  concerning  naval  stores  in  New 
England.  July  2,  1695. 

(Answer  to  Montague's  query  regarding  naval  stores.  John  Taylor  was  a 
New  England  ship-builder  and  contractor.  There  is  a  report  by  him  to 
the  Board  of  Trade,  B.  T.  Plantations  General,  C  19,  old  reference,  but  it 
differs  in  many  particulars  from  this  letter,  which  is  an  original.) 

10122.  This  volume  is  a  duplicate  of  Add.  MSS.  29446,  and  is  entitled  "  A 
General  Abstract  of  the  Account  of  the  Kingdom  from  November 
5,  1688,  to  March  25,  1702  ". 

10131.  Copies  of  several  deeds  relating  to  five  shares  of  land  in  Paget's 
tribe  in  the  Bermudas,  purchased  on  the  fourth  of  February,  1673, 
by  Nicholas,  Earl  of  Thanet,  of  Hugh  and  Edward  Boscawen. 

10402.  Brief  Discourse  concerning  the  Trade,  Bullion  and  Money  of 
England. 

(P.  ii,  f.  7.  "The  greater  part  of  the  merchants  of  the  Low  Countries  have 
been  merchants  and  by  this  addition  all  power  given  to  them  by  their 
knowledge  of  all  maritime  affairs  and  trade  are  able  to  do  their  country 
singular  good  service.") 

10453.  Treasury  Papers.     1703-1725. 

ff.  28-29.  Copy  of  report  of  the  Commissioners  of  Customs  touching 

drawbacks  upon  exported  goods,  March,  1703/4. 
f .  42.  Copy  of  report  regarding  petition  of  the  officers,  soldiers  and 

others  of  the  Four  Companies  of  New  York.     Covent  Garden, 

February  19,  1703/4. 
f.  106.  Estimate   of    guards,    garrisons    and    land    forces    in    Great 

Britain,  Jersey,  Guernsey,  the  plantations  and  for  sea  service,  with 

the  charge  thereof  for  service  of  the  year  1709. 
f.  190.  Id.  1710. 
f.  220.  Id.  1711. 

(This  and  the  following  volume,  10454,  contain  statistics  of  all  the  soldiers 
in  the  plantations  at  different  years.  Similar  lists  may  be  found  in  the 
P.  R.  O.,  War  Office,  Class  24,  Establishments.  See  also  Add.  MSS.  11286, 
21188,  28323,  29268,  33046,  ff.  113,  138,  319;  33047,  ff.  215,  359;  33048, 
ff.  81,  89;  ff.  182,  315,  317.) 

f.  158.  Copy  of  representation  of  the  Board  of  Trade  regarding  the 
Royal  African  Company,  with  figures  (f.  168)  showing  number 
of  negroes  imported  into  the  plantations.  January  27,  1708/9. 

^283.  Debts  of  the  Ordnance  office  to  November  30,  1711. 
(A  few  items  relating  to  the  colonies.) 

10615.  A  volume  of  letters  in  shorthand  from  Sir  Nathaniel  Rich,  com 
missioner  for  the  Somers  Islands,  Sir  Robert  Rich,  Earl  of  War 
wick,  governor  of  the  Somers  Islands  Company,  and  William  Jes- 
sop,  clerk  of  the  Council  of  State  under  Cromwell  and  secretary 
of  the  Company  for  Providence  Island  (in  the  Caribbean).  The 
volume  is  endorsed  "  Letters  of  Virginia  Company,  1633-1641  ". 
By  charter  of  1612  Bermudas  was  joined  to  Virginia. 

(The  letters  of  N.  Rich  are  to  Hugh  Wentworth,  captain  of  Pagett  and 
Warwick  tribes,  Somers  Islands ;  Thos.  Durham,  Thos.  Kemble,  Capt. 
Wood,  all  of  Somers  Islands ;  the  governor,  Philip  Bell,  Mr.  W.  Painter, 
E.  Hanmer,  Mr.  Sowle,  R.  Huson,  of  Providence  Island,  1633-1634.  See 
also  ff.  30-32.  Earl  of  Warwick  to  Hugh  Wentworth,  1634,  and,  by  the 
ship  Robert  of  London,  August,  1634,  to  Gov.  Philip  Bell,  Capts.  Elfrith, 
Hook  and  Axe  in  the  service  of  the  company,  Lieut.  William  Rous,  cap- 


Additional  Manuscripts.  83 

tain  of  Fort  Henry  on  Providence  Island,  S.  Rishworth,  councillor,  and 
Mr.  Halhead.  William  Jessop  (by  the  same  ship,  August  1634)  to  Mr. 
Yeo,  Mr.  Holligrove,  planters  with  servants,  Wettenhall,  marshal,  Ran 
dall,  settler,  Albertus  Bluefield,  mate  of  the  Expectation,  Forman,  Hincson, 
gunner,  Capt.  Sussex  Camock.  captain  of  Warwick  Fort,  Purdy,  Rev. 
Hope  Sherrard,  minister  (see  Egerton  2646,  ff.  58,  76),  Mr.  Acton,  settler, 
Heath,  settler  and  company's  agent,  Isaac  Barton,  sheriff,  Capt.  Axe, 
Thomas  Fitch,  clerk  of  the  stores,  Bartlett,  Gilbert,  Butler,  Lieut.  Hugh 
Price,  Capt.  John  Francis,  councillor,  Lewis  Morris,  servant  for  three 
years,  discharged  from  company's  service,  1633,  William  Kurd,  Robert 
Davies,  released  from  company's  service,  1638,  Thomas  Jenks,  clerk  of 
the  stores,  dated  August  9-12,  1634. 

Additional  letters  from  William  Jessop  continue  to  f.  29  and  from  f.  32b,  etc. 
The  collection  is  a  valuable  supplement  to  the  documents  calendared  in 
Cal.  Col.  1574-1660,  where  most  of  the  names  mentioned  above  can  be 
found.) 

11038.  Collection  of  papers  including  specimens  of  writing  in  European 
characters  by  Taddesee  or  Saganee  Indians,  in  Eastern  Canada, 
with  translations;  specimen  of  writing  by  native  Indians  of  New 
foundland. 

11268.  ff.  66-79.  Letters  and  papers  relating  to  Jamaica  and  Capt.  Morgan's 
expedition  against  Carthagena.  1670,  1671. 

(Concerns  expedition  against  Panama,  etc.,  led  by  one  of  the  most  famous 
of  seventeenth-century  buccaneers.  Cf.  11410,  25120,  27968,  36320.) 

11286.  Military  establishment  of  Land  Forces  in  Great  Britain,  Ireland, 

Minorca,  Gibraltar  and  the  plantations.     1733. 

11287.  Map  of  Cantonment  of  Forces  in  North  America,  October  n,  1765, 

showing  regiments,  companies,  half-companies,  detachments,  capi 
tal  towns  and  forts.  This  note  is  added,  "  The  particular  quarters 
of  the  34th  regiment  in  the  Illinois  country  are  not  ascertained." 

11288.  "  Cantonment  of  his  Majesty's  Forces  in  North  America,  according 

to  the  Dispositions  now  made  and  to  be  compleated  as  soon  as  prac 
ticable,  taken  from  the  general  Distribution,  dated  at  New  York, 
March  29,  1766,  by  Dan.  Patterson,  As*  Qr  Mr  Gen1 " ;  showing 
regiments,  companies,  half-companies,  detachments  (all  of  foot)  ; 
companies  and  half-companies  of  artillery,  troops  of  rangers,  capi 
tal  towns  and  forts.  This  note  is  added,  "  7  companies  of  the  42d 
are  stationed  in  the  inhabited  country  of  Pennsylvania  and  8  com 
panies  of  the  2d  Bat.  of  the  6oth  in  New  York,  but  have  no  par 
ticular  quarters  assigned  them  in  the  last  general  return." 

11409.  Papers  concerning  the  "  Difference  between  English  and  French  at 

St.  Christophers  ",  arising  out  of  alleged  failure  of  the  French  to 
carry  out  terms  of  treaty  of  Breda,  July  21  and  31,  1667. 
(Cal.  Col.  1669-1674,  passim.') 

11410.  Papers  relating  to  the  West  Indies.     1654-1682. 

(Accounts  of  Jamaica  by  Doyley,  Littleton,  Sir  Thos.  Modyford,  October 
20,  1664,  extracts  from  proceedings  of  council,  October  20,  1664,  concerning 
orders  and  rules  about  courts  of  judicature,  with  tables  of  fees ;  draft  of 
original  design  to  capture  Hispaniola,  in  letter  from  J.  B.  to  Capt.  John 
Plye,  instructions  to  Gen.  Venables  in  West  India  Expedition;  short  ac 
count  of  the  Hispaniola  undertaking;  commission,  1656,  to  Venables,  Penn, 
Winslow.  Searle,  Butler,  etc. ;  commission  and  instructions  to  Penn,  De 
cember  9,  1654 ;  account  of  the  expedition ;  account  of  earlier  successes 
from  Col.  Doyley,  1652;  description  of  Isle  of  Providence,  1666;  various 
instructions  for  Lord  Windsor,  February  19,  1662;  account  of  Jamaica 


84  The  British  Museum. 

from  Modyford,  1663  ;  copy  of  relation  of  Mr.  Frogg  concerning  action  of 
English  privateers  at  Panama,  1671  ;  relation  of  Adm.  Morgan  concerning 
expedition  against  the  Spaniards,  April  20,  1671  ;  relation  of  isle  of  Cuba, 
1670;  copies  of  letters  from  Sir  Thomas  Lynch  to  Lord  Arlington,  June  27, 
i67i-December  27,  1672;  Mr.  Worsley's  discourse  of  the  privateers  of 
Jamaica  and  their  expedition  to  Darien  and  attempted  journey  to  the 
South  Seas.  Barth.  Sharp  was  captain  of  a  bark  on  this  expedition.  The 
voyages  at  the  end  of  the  book  seem  to  be  copies  of  Sloane  2752,  ff.  29-35, 
.36-71.) 


11411.  "  Book  of  Entrie  of  Forraigne  Letters  ....  1655,  T6s6,  1657,  1658, 
1659,  1660."    With  Thomas  Povey's  signature  on  the  fly-leaf,  and 
date  1655. 
(Supplemental  to  Egerton,  2395.) 

f.  I.  Petition  of  the  Merchant  Adventurers  to  Antigua,  to  Oliver 

Cromwell. 
f.  ib.  Petition  of  Cecilius,  Lord  Baltimore. 

(This  document  speaks  of  earlier  petition.) 

ff.  3~3b.  Propositions  concerning  the  West  India  Council,    n.  d. 
f.  4b.  The  State  of  the"  difference  as  it  is  pressed  between  the  Mer 

chants  and  the  Planters  in  relation  to  Free  Trade  att  the  Caribbee 

Islands  And  the  meanes  of  Reconciliation  and  general  satisfaction 

proposed. 
f.  5b.  Letter  from  Thomas  Povey  to  his  brother  Richard  at  Jamaica. 

November  17,  1655. 
f.  6b.  Letter  from  Thomas  Povey  to  the  governor  of  Barbadoes, 

Col.  Daniel  Searle,  concerning  his  brother,  William  Povey.    n.  d. 
f.  7.  Letter   from    Martin   Noell   to   William    Povey.     Old   Jewry, 

November  22,  1655. 
f.  7b.  Letter  from  Thomas  Povey  to  Lord  Willoughby  concerning 

presents  from  Surinam.    Gray's  Inn,  January  23,  1655. 
f.  8.  Letter  from  Thomas  Povey  to  his  brother  William.     Gray's 

Inn,  November  10,  1655. 
5.9-11.  "The  Planters  of  Barbadoes  humbly  insist  that  according 

to  their  petition  they  may  pay  no  customs  for  the  exportacon  of 

necessaries  for  their  subsistance  ",  etc.    n.  d. 
ff.  nb-i2b.  Essay  or  Overture  for  regulating  affairs  of  his  Highness 

in  the  West  Indies. 
ff.  13-14.  Instructions    to    governor    and    council    of    Barbadoes    to 

observe  Navigation  Act  of  1651. 

(Refers  to  petition  presented  to  the  council  by  Col.  Draxe,  evidently  the 
same  as  that  given,  ff.  9-11.    Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1574-1660,  pp.  427,  451.) 

f.  15.  Letter  from  Thomas  Povey  to  Gen.  Brayne,  commander-in- 

chief  at  Jamaica.    Gray's  Inn,  April  7,  1657. 
ff.  16,  17.  Letters  from  Thomas  Povey  to  his  brother,  Richard  Povey, 

commissary  general  of  provisions  at  Jamaica.    April  7,  1657,  and 

n  d 
f.  19.  Letter  [from  Thomas  Povey?]  to  the  governor  and  council  of 

Virginia,    n.  d. 

(Seemingly  a  bid  by  Povey  for  the  agency  of  Virginia.     The  letter  may  be 
from  some  one  else.    Cf.  Egerton,  2395,  f.  147.) 

f.  21.  Letter  to  Gen.  Doyley,  governor  of  Jamaica.     Without  date 
or  signature. 


Additional  Manuscripts.  85 

f.  24.  Letter  from  Thomas  Povey  to  Edward  Digges,  concerning 
presents  of  silk  to  the  king  from  Virginia.  Lincoln's  Inn  Fields, 
March  2,  1660. 

f.  25.  Letter  from  Thomas  Povey  to  his  brother,  Richard.  Lincoln's 
Inn  Fields,  October  29,  1659. 

f.  27.  Letter  from  Thomas  Povey  to  Col.  Temple,  lieutenant-gov 
ernor  of  Nova  Scotia.  Lincoln's  Inn  Fields,  April  3,  1660. 

f.  28.  Letter  from  Francis,  Lord  Willoughby,  to  the  council  of  Bar- 
badoes.  n.  d. 

f.  30.  Id.  February  19,  1660. 
(To  Col.  Humphrey  Walrond,  "to  be  communicated  to  my  council".) 

f.  3ib.  Letter  from  Lord  Willoughby  to  Col.  Osborn,  governor  of 
Montserrat.  London,  February  19,  1660. 

f.  32.  Letter  from  Lord  Willoughby  to  Col.  Russell,  governor  of 
Nevis.  London,  February  19,  1660. 

f.  33.  Letter  from  Thomas  Povey  to  his  brother  [Richard?].  Lin 
coln's  Inn  Fields,  July  14,  1661. 

f.  36b.  Draught  of  "  brother  William's  2d  patent  as  provost  marshall 
gen11  in  Barbadoes  ".  September  16,  1657. 

f .  39b.  Letter  from  Thomas  Povey  to  William  Povey,  provost  mar 
shal  of  Barbadoes.  Gray's  Inn,  August  20,  1657. 

f.  4ib.  Letter  from  Thomas  Povey  to  Gov.  Searle  of  Barbadoes. 
Gray's  Inn,  August  27,  1657. 

f.  43b.  Letter  from  Martin  Noell  to  William  Povey.  Old  Jewry, 
London,  August  27,  1657. 

f .  44.  Note  regarding  box  containing  William  Povey's  patent  des 
patched  by  Capt.  Watts,  to  Gov.  Searle  from  Martin  Noell,  August 
23,  1657. 

f.  45.  From  Martin  Noell  to  the  governor  of  Barbadoes  in  behalf  of 
Thomas  and  William  Povey.  Old  Jewry,  August  27,  1657. 

f.  46.  Id.  Same  date. 

f.  48.  Letter  from  Thomas  Povey  to  Col.  Doyley  of  Jamaica.    Gray's 
Inn,  December  18,  1657. 
("  To  Col.  Doilie  after  his  letter  to  the  Committee  of  America.") 

f.  49.  Indenture  between  Thomas  Povey  and  William  Povey,  con 
cerning  profits  of  provost  marshal's  place  in  Barbadoes.  n.  d. 

f.  5ib.  Letter  from  Thomas  Povey  to  William  Povey.  Gray's  Inn, 
January  7,  1657. 

f.  53.  Letters  from  Thomas  Povey  to  Gov.  Searle.  Gray's  Inn, 
January  8,  9,  1657. 

f.  56b.  Id.  April  3,  1658. 

f.  57.  Letter  from  Thomas  Povey  to  Edward  Bradbourne  regarding 
value  of  provost  marshal's  office  in  Barbadoes.  Gray's  Inn,  March 
11,  1657. 

f.  58.  Letter  from  Thomas  Povey  to  Gov.  Searle  of  Barbadoes. 
Gray's  Inn,  March  27,  1658. 

f.  61.  Letter  from  Thomas  Povey  to  Col.  Doyley.  Gray's  Inn,  March 
28,  1658. 

f.  62.  Letter  from  Martin  Noell  to  Col.  Doyley,  regarding  the  Florida 
trade.  Old  Jury,  March  28,  1658. 


86  The  British  Museum. 

f .  62b.  Letter  from  Thomas  Povey  to  Richard  Povey,  "  commissary 

of  the  musters  "  at  Jamaica.     Gray's  Inn,  April  3,  1658. 
f.  67.  Letter  from  the  governor  of  Virginia.    Virginia,  April  9,  1658. 

(At  the  bottom  of  f.  68  are  the  words  "  vide  the  Loose  Page  "  but  the  loose 
page  is  wanting  and  the  last  part  of  the  letter  with  the  signature  is  also 
gone.) 

f.  68.  Letter  from  Thomas  Povey  to  Richard  Povey.  Gray's  Inn, 
July  20,  1658. 

f.  71.  Copy  of  letter  from  Gov.  Searle  of  Barbadoes  to  Martin  Noell. 
Barbadoes,  May  10,  1658. 

f.  73.  Letter  from  Thomas  Povey  to  William  Povey.  Lincoln's  Inn 
Fields,  February  9,  1658. 

f.  78b.  Letter  from  Thomas  Povey  to  Edward  Branbourne.  Lin 
coln's  Inn  Fields,  April  26,  1659. 

f.  80.  Letter  from  Thomas  Povey  to  Mrs.  [William]  Povey  in  Bar 
badoes.  Lincoln's  Inn  Fields,  May  3,  1659. 

f.  82.  Letter  from  Thomas  Povey  to  Edward  Branbourne,  in  Bar 
badoes.  Lincoln's  Inn  Fields,  May  3,  1659. 

f.  82b.  "  Desires  by  waie  of  Instruction  to  Thomas  Noell,  Esq, 
Secretary  of  Barbadoes,  and  brother  of  Martin  Noell,  concerning 
the  settling  some  matters  in  difference  between  Mr  Th.  Povey 
and  Mr.  Wm  Povey ",  signed  Thomas  Povey.  Lincoln's  Inn 
Fields,  May  3,  1659. 

f.  83b.  Letter  from  Thomas  Povey  and  Martin  Noell  to  Gov.  Searle 
of  Barbadoes.    April  30,  1659. 
(Touches  on  political  affairs  at  home.) 

f.  87b.  Letter  from  Thomas  Povey  to  Gov.   Searle  of  Barbadoes. 

Lincoln's  Inn  Fields,  June  8,  1659. 
f.  87b.  Letter    from    Thomas    Povey    and    Martin    Noell    to    Gov. 

Doyley  of  Jamaica.    May  12,  1659. 
f.  89.  Declaration  from  Council  of  State  to  governor  and  council  of 

Barbadoes.    Whitehall,  June  9,  1659. 

(Cal.  Col.  1574-1660,  p.  475,  gives  date  June  6.) 

f .  90.  Letter  from  Thomas  Povey  to  Gov.  Searle  of  Barbadoes.  Lin 
coln's  Inn  Fields,  October  20,  1659. 

f.  95.  Copy  of  Articles  agreed  on  between  Lord  Willoughby  and 
Gen.  Ayscue,  January  n,  1652,  for  the  surrender  of  Barbadoes. 
(Cal.  Col.  1574-1660,  p.  369;  1675-1676,  §199.) 

f.  98b.  Letter  from  Thomas  Povey  to  Gov.  Temple  of  Nova  Scotia. 
Gray's  Inn,  May  20,  1658. 
(Referred  to  in  Cal.  Col.  1574-1660,  p.  469.) 

11514.  Essay  on  Trade  in  America.    To  the  Right  Honorable  Earl  of  Hali 
fax.    Signed  Henry  McCulloh,  dated  London,  December  TO,  1756. 

11597.  Among  other  papers  one  entitled  "  considerations  concerning  free 
ports  in  England.     17th  cent ". 

11602.  f.  123.  Letter  from  Samuel  Pepys  to  Sir  William  Coventry.    March 
7,  1663. 

(About  masts  with  a  table.  Much  information  about  masts  from  New 
England-) 


Additional  Manuscripts.  87 

11626.  Relation  of  Voyage  made  by  Peter  Radisson,  to  the  north  parts  of 
America  in  the  years  1682  and  1683. 
(Cf.  Sloane  3527  and  Bod.  Libr.  Rawlinson  A.  329.) 

11663B.  Agricultural  memoranda,  in  handwriting  of  Gen.  George  Wash 
ington. 

11759.  f.  169.  Letter  from  Robert  Quary,  Philadelphia,  April  20,  1703, 
regarding  South  Carolina  expedition  against  St.  Augustine  and 
the  reason  for  its  failure. 

11813.  f.  82.  Capt.  Parry's  account  of  the  expedition  against  Louisburg. 
1758. 

12098.  f.  14.  Letter  from  Wm.  Penn  to  Sir  Robert  Southwell,  Walthams- 

tow,  n,  Ist  mo.  1676.     "I  will  call  upon  thee  on  the  day  called 
Tuesday  about  n  in  the  morning." 

12099.  f.  22.  Letter  from  Benjamin  Franklin  to  Gov.  Bernard,  Philadelphia, 

January  n,  1764,  regarding  a  son  of  Gov.  Bernard. 

12402-12440.  Papers  collected  by  Edward  Long,  judge  of  admiralty  in 
and  historian  of  Jamaica.  Of  these  volumes  12402-12436  deal  with 
the  history  and  condition  of  Jamaica.  To  the  same  general  col 
lection  belong  18269-18275,  18959-18963,  21931,  22639,  22676- 
22678,  27968.  Some  of  the  volumes  are  listed  in  the  catalogues, 
others  are  entered  and  described  only  in  general  terms.  A  few  of 
the  documents  are  listed  below. 

12423.  f.  35.  Journal  of  Col.  Edward  Doyley  in  Jamaica.    1657-1662. 

(Cf.  12410,  12428.  The  first  portion  of  the  book  consists  of  entries  of  min 
utes  of  council  or  councils  of  war  at  Jamaica  from  1655.  Reversing  the 
volume  we  find  copies  of  licenses,  commissions,  general  orders  or  instruc 
tions  to  Doyley.) 

12429.  Patent  from  Charles  II.  to  William  Blathwayt  to  be  surveyor  and 
auditor  general  of  the  revenues  of  America.  May  19,  1680. 

(See  Add.  MSS.  22357,  f.  197.  This  volume  contains  many  documents 
relating  to  the  West  Indies,  particularly  Jamaica.) 

12437.  Proposal  for  settling  on  the  isthmus  of  Darien  in  1701. 

12438.  f.  17.  Origin  of  the  Board  of  Trade. 

(Of  value  for  the  Cromwellian  period  but  of  little  worth  for  the  period 
after  1660.  Written  by  Edward  Long,  governor  of  Jamaica,  about  1773- ) 

12440.  Correspondence  of  ministers  with  Gov.  Moore  of  New  York.    1766. 

Duplicates. 

12496.  f.  121.  "A  letter  from  the  King  to  me  and  others  concerning  the 
advancement  of  trade."  January  23,  1624. 

(Urging  the  commissioners  of  trade  to  meet  constantly  once  a  week  at 
Haberdasher's  Hall,  because  the  work  of  the  committee  is  of  great  im 
portance  for  the  kingdom,  trade  and  customs.) 

f.  357.  Letter  from  Charles  I.  to  the  Commissioners  of  Trade  re 
garding  revision  of  the  book  of  rates  at  the  request  of  the  House 
of  Commons.  December  20,  1627. 

f .  425.  Petition  to  the  Privy  Council  from  Lewes  Hughes  regarding 
the  wrongs  which  the  writer  has  suffered  in  the  service  of  the 
"  Summer  Islands  ".  Earliest  date  given  about  1613. 

(Small  printed  pamphlet,  probably  handed  in  to  the  Privy  Council  about 
1625.  Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1574-1660,  p.  72-  This  volume,  12496,  is  apparently 


88  The  British  Museum. 

the  one  referred  to  in  P.  R.  O.  S.  P.  Domestic,  Miscellanea,  46,  which 
contains  a  description  of  Sir  Julius  Caesar's  various  volumes.  It  seems 
to  be  no.  79  in  that  list.) 

f.  440.  "  Considerations  touching  the  new  contract  for  Tobacco  as 

the  same  hath  been  propounded  by  Maister  Ditchfield  and  other 

undertakers,  printed  1625."     Addition  no.  2.  refers  to  dissolution 

of  the  London  Company,  which  in  some  way  seems  to  have  injured 

the  business  of  the  tobacco  merchants. 

(To  be  printed  in  Rec.  Va.  Co.,  III.) 
f .  447.  New  offer  made  "  by  divers  honest  men  for  the  good  of  the 

plantation  and  presented  to  Mr   Sollicitor  the  28th  of  October, 

1624  ". 
f .  448.  Letters   Patent   for   a  plantation   in   Virginia ;   with   list  of 

names  in  the  handwriting  of  Sir  Julius  Caesar, 
f.  450.  Letter  from  James  I.  to  the  Privy  Council  concerning  decree 

in  Chancery  in  the  case  of  Bargrave  against  Sir  Thomas  Smythe. 

June  17,  1622. 

(Cf.  Cat.  Col.  1574-1660,  pp.  31-32;  Brown,  Republic,  p.  480;  to  be  printed  in 
Rec.  Va.  Co.,  III.) 

f.  452.  Proposals  of  Capt.  Jo.  Martin  (brother-in-law  of  Sir  Julius 
Caesar)    respecting  the  question  between  the  Virginia  Company 
and  himself.    December  9,  1622. 
(To  be  printed  in  Rec.  Va.  Co.,  III.) 

f.  454.  "  Capt  Bargreave's  project  touching  Virginia."     December 
8,  1623. 
(To  be  printed  in  Rec.  Va.  Co.,  III.) 

f.  456.  "  The  manner  howe  Virginia,  if  his  Maties  and  his  Counsell 
and  company  agree  may  be  made  a  royal  plantation  for  God's  glory 
his  Majties  and  royall  progenies  ever  happiness  and  the  Companies 
exceeding  good  and  all  this  land  shall  receive  dalye  profitt  thereby." 
Signed  Jho.  Martin.  Endorsed  December  15,  1622. 
(To  be  printed  in  Rec.  Va.  Co.,  III.) 

f.  458.  Printed  broadside,  "  Proclamation  of  the  Commissioners  for 
Virginia  stating  that  they  will  sit  weekly  and  every  Thursday  in 
the  afternoon  at  the  house  of  Sir  Thomas  Smith  in  Philpot  Lane." 
1624. 

f.  459.  "  The  manner  how  to  bring  the  Indians  into  subjection  with 
out  making  an  utter  extirpation  of  them  together  with  the  reasons, 
by  Jho.  Martin  December  15,  1622." 
(To  be  printed  in  Rec.  Va.  Co.,  III.) 

f.  461.  Proclamation  of  James  I.  prohibiting  importation  and  use  of 
tobacco  not  of  proper  growth  of  the  colonies  of  Virginia  and  the 
Summer  Islands.     March  2,  1624/5. 
(Hazard,  Hist.  Coll.,  I.  224-230.) 

f.  462.  Letter  from  Capt.  John  Martin  to  Sir  Julius  Caesar.  March 
8,  1626. 

(Speaks  of  Wyatt  and  Sandys  as  making  "no  more  account  of  the  Lords 
Letters  than  if  it  had  come  from  the  meanest  one  in  England".) 

ff.  464-473.  Commission  to  certain  Lords  of  the  Privy  Council  and 
others  for  settling  a  government  in  Virginia.    July  15,  1624. 
(To  be  printed  in  Rec.  Va.  Co.,  III.) 


Additional  Manuscripts.  89 

f.  464.  Commission  of  James  I.  for  the  settlement  of  Virginia,  with 
some  marginal  notes  by  Sir  Julius  Caesar.    July  15,  1624. 
(Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1574-1660,  p.  63.    To  be  printed  in  Rcc.  Va.  Co.,  III.) 

f.  661.  King  James'   Proclamation   "for   the   utter  prohibiting  the 
importation  and  use  of  all  tobacco,  which  is  not  of  the  proper 
growth  of  the  colonies  of  Virginia  and  the  Summer  Isl.  or  one  of 
them  ".     March  2,  1624. 
(Hazard,  Hist.  Coll.,  I.  224-230.) 

12505.  f.  477.  "  A  brieffe  platform  for  a  voyadge  with  three  shippes  into  the 
iland  of  Ramea,  in  Canada,  to  leave  inhabitauntes  which  shall  keepe 
the  iland  to  her  Majestie's  use,  as  allso  forbid  the  Frenchmen 
from  the  trade  of  fishinge  in  that  place ",  by  Charles  Leigh. 
October  4,  1597. 

13879.  Reports  on  state  of  the  islands  of  Grenada,  St.  Vincent,  Dominica 
and  Guadeloupe.  1763-1765. 

13964.  Collection  of  Spanish  documents  relating  to  America,  West  Indies, 
South  America,  Porto  Rico,  California,  etc. 

(See  also  Add.  MSS.  13974-13975.     Volume  13992  has  at  the  end  a  few 
documents  relating  to  the  Philippine  Islands.     See  also  14012.) 

13970.  a.  Colored  map  of  Maine  from   "  Saca  de  Hock "  to   Cape  Ann, 

showing  Mason's  patent. 
b.Id.,  on  vellum,  of  coast  line  from  Cape  Henry  to  St.  Augustine. 

(Date  of  each  map  is  about  1680.    The  first  map  is  printed  in  Jenness,  Docu 
ments  relating  to  the  Early  History  of  New  Hampshire.) 

13972.  a.  "  An  Account  of  the  Colony  and  fishery  of  Newfoundland  and  the 
present  state  thereof  ",  with  map  of  the  whole  island.     1672. 
(Endorsed  "Put  together  by  Sir  Peter  Thomson,  a  collector  of  papers".) 

b.  Printed  consideration  on  trade  of  Newfoundland,  by  Tho.  Thomp 
son.    1711. 

c.  Copy  of  memorial  concerning  Cape  Breton  and  the  Newfound 
land  fishery,  1744,  to  the  secretary  of  the  Duke  of  Newcastle. 

13974.  ff.  103, 463.  Papers  relating  to  Havana.    1622. 
(See  also  13976,  f.  24.) 

f.  474.  Report    relating    to    payment    of   tithes    by   the    Jesuits    in 

America.     1765. 
f.  502.  Tables  of  exports  and  imports  with  America,  1748-1815. 

13976.  f.  154.  Commerce  between  Barcelona  and  America,  1778. 
f.  268.  Commerce  of  Spain  with  America,  1750. 

13977.  ff.  393-456.  Papers   relating   to    California    (some   printed).      1632, 

1645. 

14002.  f.  502.  Paper  on  disturbances  in  Manila,  1668-1669. 
14027.  f.  289.  "  The  Relation  of  Mr  Stephen  Bellanger  of  Roan,  of  his  late 

voyage  of  discovery  of  200  leagues  of  coast  from  Cape  Bryton 

nere  Newfoundland  west  southw."     Endorsed  "A  Discourse  of 

the  Newfoundland.     1584." 
14034-14035.  Two  volumes  of  papers  of  the  Board  of  Trade.     1696-1786, 

1710-1781.    Purchased  of  Thomas  Rodd,  the  bookseller,  March  n, 


90  The  British  Museum. 

1843.    These  volumes  came  originally  from  the  library  of  George 
Chalmers. 

(Vol.  14034  closes  with  many  notes  taken  by  Chalmers,  evidently  after 
1766  or  thereabouts.) 

14034.  ff.  1-117.  Papers  and  maps  relating  to  the  West  Indies  and  Canada, 
ff.  118-119.  Copy  of  letter  from  P.  S.  (Peter  Sonmans)  to  the  Earl 

of  Clarendon,  Burlington,  February  12,  1710/11,  regarding  affairs 
in  Pennsylvania. 

f.  122.  Copy  of  a  letter  from  Peter  Sonmans  to  Mr.  Birchfield,  sur 
veyor  general  of  her  Majesty's  colonies  in  North  America,  Sep 
tember  9,  1710. 

f.  124-142.  Copies   of  many  papers   endorsed   "  Copy   out  of  Coll. 
Daniel  Coxe  his  letter  from  New  Jersey,  dat.  Mar.  27,  1711  ". 
(Chiefly  of  interest  for  New  Jersey  affairs.) 

f.  143.  List  of  books  and  papers  belonging  to  the  secretary  of 
Antigua,  n.  d. 

f.  143-174.  Papers  relating  to  Barbadoes,  the  Bermudas  and  the 
Leeward  Islands;  f.  176,  letters  of  Gov.  Cornwallis  of  Nova  Scotia, 
1732;  f.  213  relates  to  St.  John's  Island;  f.  221,  to  Quebec;  f .  245 
has  to  do  with  Gov.  Legge  of  Nova  Scotia ;  ff.  288,  337,  abstracts 
of  acts  concerning  taxes,  duties,  imposts,  etc.,  passed  in  American 
and  West  Indian  colonies,  1683-1774;  remaining  papers  relate  to 
the  West  Indies  and  Cape  Breton. 

f.  145.  Letter  from  Wavell  Smith,  secretary  of  the  Leeward  Islands. 

f.  178.  Extract  of  letter  from  William  West  to  the  governor  of 
Pennsylvania,  regarding  the  Indians  and  lands  on  the  Ohio.  May 

7»  1753- 
f.  202.  King's  Warrant  to  Matthew  Woodford  for  £413    18^.   7<f. 

to  complete  £1616  due  for  provisions  delivered  at  Annapolis  to  the 

New  England  recruits  sent  there.     June  5,  1754. 
f.  213.  Memorial  for  the  cultivation  of  St.  John's  Island, 
f.  227.  Copy  of  proceedings  of  a   congress  held   in   East   Florida, 

November  21,  1767. 
f.  382.  Memoranda  relating  to  the  colony  of  West  Florida,  by  Capt. 

Johnstone. 

(This  volume  contains  documents  relating  to  Canada  not  listed  here.  See 
Brymner's  Report  on  Canadian  Archives,  1882.) 

14035.  Imports  and  exports  compared  with  the  excess  of  each  country, 

1715-1723. 

(Large  sheets  divided  into  eight  spaces,  containing  statistics:  (i)  for  all 
countries  not  English;  (2)  for  the  British  Isles;  (3)  for  the  British 
plantations.) 

14036.  i.  Plan  of  York  Harbor  on  the  Labrador  coast,  52°   15'  north  lati 

tude.    August,  1760. 

2.  New  Hampshire,  showing  the  Merrimac  River  in  order  to  settle 
the  question  of  the  boundary,     n.  d. 

3.  Small  map  of  the  sea-coast  of  New  England,  with  outlines  of 
several  of  the  provinces  lying  therein.     1738. 

(Printed;  the  outlines  are  filled  in  with  color.) 

4.  Map  of  the  southern  Indian  district.     1764. 

(Pen  and  ink  map  covering  the  region  from  40°  to  29°,  west  to  the  Missis 
sippi,  including  that  river,  and  containing  Indian  names  and  other  details.) 


Additional  Manuscripts.  91 

5.  Map  of  the  Cherokee  Country,  by  John  Stuart. 

(Showing  the  back  country  of  Virginia  and  Carolina,  the  location  of  Fort 
Loudoun,  35°  15'  north  latitude,  450  miles  to  Charleston,  with  route  taken 
by  Capt.  Stuart  in  his  escape  to  Virginia.) 

6.  Map  of  Georgia,  by  the  surveyor  general,  De  Brahm. 
(Beautifully  lettered,  with  Indian  boundary  lines.) 

7.  Map  of  Georgia,  by  the  same.    1763. 

(Inferior  to  no.  6.  Shows  sea-coast  from  Hilton  Head  to  St.  Mary's  River 
with  the  back  country.) 

14038-14039.  Papers  regarding  the  conduct  of  Vice-Adm.  Graves  during 

the  period  he  held  command  of  his  Majesty's  naval  force  in  North 

America,  1774-1776. 
14285.  if.  49-53.  Form  of  a  Patent  for  such  as  are  adventurers  by  payinge 

money  into  the  treasury  of  the  Company  undertaking  to  transport 

and  plant  100  persons. 

ff.  54-57.  Form  of  patent  for  a  planter  only, 
ff.  58-64b.  "  The   forme   of  a   Patent   to   such   Adventurers   whose 

shares  exceedinge  50  acr-  are  exempted  from  paying  any  rent  to  the 

Company  for  the  persons  they  transporte." 

ff.  65-68.  Grant  of  a  private  plantation  to  John  Bonnall,  a  French 
man, 
ff.  6g-6gb.  Commission  granted  by  the  Treasurer  and  Company  for 

Virginia  unto  our  loving  friend  Theodore  Wadsworth  for  a  voyage 

intended  to  Virginia, 
ff.  70-703.  Covenant  to  pay  Capt.  Guy,  Robert  Toakley  and  John 

Packesall  300  Ib  more  for  victual  and  transportation  of  said  100 

persons, 
ff.  72-72b.  Covenant  to  pay  Capt.  Guy  et  al.  £3  for  each  tun  of  goods, 

provisions  and  commodities  here  put  aboard  and  then  delivered, 
ff.  73-74.  Commission  granted  to  Sir  Thomas  Smith  for  free  fishinge 

on    the  coast   of   America   by   the   Treasurer   and   Company   of 

Virginia, 
ff.  74-75.  Grant  to  Daniel  Gats  to  be  master  of  the  Darling,  and  a 

permit  to  fish  on  the  coast  of  Virginia  between  33°  and  45°  N.  lat. 
ff.  75-76.  Commission  granted  to  John  Huddleston  for  a  voyadge  to 

Virginia  and  for  a  free  fishinge  on  the  coast  of  America, 
ff.  77-78.  Commission  granted  to  Capt.  Tho.  Jones  Mr  of  the  Dis 
covery,  for  the  free  fishinge  on  the  coast  of  America,  trading  for 

furs  in  Virginia, 
ff.  80-8 1.  Covenant  by  William  Ewens  to  fit  out  the  ship  Carlos  and 

take  the  same  with  freight  and  passengers  to  Virginia. 

(All  of  the  above  documents  are  to  be  printed  in  Rec.  Va.  Co.,  III.) 
14821.  Particular  State,  etc.,  of  the  Public  Revenues,  1688-1710. 

(Cf.  Add.  MSS.  10122,  29446,  15633,  15634.) 

14936.  f.  QQb.  Instructions  for  collecting  natural  curiosities  in  America. 
14957.  f.  149.  Letter  concerning  a  colony  of  Welsh   Indians  in  America. 

March  23,  1791. 
15317.  Copy  of  proceedings  in  the  general  court  of  Virginia  between  John 

Kite  et  al.,  plaintiffs,  and  Thomas,  Lord  Fairfax,  defendant,  rela 
tive  to  certain  lands  there;  with  various  other  papers  relating  to 

the  same  suit.     1771. 


92  The  British  Museum. 

15331.  Maps  from  the  Collection  of  Barbie  du  Bocage. 

f.  35.  "  Passage  par  terre  a  la  Californie  de  couvert  en  1701." 

(Covers  Lower  California,  Gulf  of  California,  New  Mexico  and  part  of 
Mexico.) 

f.  36.  Plan  of  New  Orleans  as  it  was  in  1729. 
(Showing  the  city,  the  fortifications,  a  portion  of  Fleuve  St.  Louis.     Cf.  ff. 

37,  38.) 

f.  39.  Rough  sketch  map  of  Bay  of  Pensacola. 

15332C.  Copy  of  map  presented  to   Congress  by  Peter  Pond,  native  of 
Milford  in  the  state  of  Connecticut. 

(Covers  region  west  of  Hudson's  Bay,  from  Lake  Superior  northwest. 
There  is  a  draft  in  the  previous  volume.  Cf.  also  maps  D  and  E.  Pond's 
map  was  presented  March  i,  1785.  For  "  Sir  "  Peter  Pond,  see  Connecti 
cut  Magazine,  August,  1906.) 

F.  Chart  of  the  St.  Lawrence  from  Isle  of  Orleans  to  Anticosta  Island, 
with  reduced  drawings  of  roadstead  of  Quebec.  After  the  cam 
paigns  of  1730-1732.  (Cf.  G.) 

H.  Plan  and  map  of  Niagara.  Begun  January,  1756,  finished  October 
12,  1757- 

I.    Region  along  Lake  Chambly  between  Lake  Champlain  and   St. 
Lawrence. 
(Showing  paths  to  different  points  and  location  of  Fort  de  Chambly.) 

K.  Plan  and  map  of  the  Mississippi  from  New  Orleans  to  the  Delta, 
with  enlarged  plan  of  Delta. 

15483.  Lists  of  the  present  councils  in  the  several  plantations  in  America. 

Also  list  of  persons  recommended  to  fill  vacancies  in  said  coun 
cils.     1703-1711. 
(Evidently  from  the  Chalmers  Library.) 

15484.  Ports,  districts  and  towns  of  America.    About  1770. 

(Description,  beginning  with  Casco  Bay,  district  of  Falmouth,  of  each  im 
portant  port,  district  and  town  of  the  colonial  sea-board.  From  Chalmers's 
Library.) 

15485.  Account  of  shipping,  imports,  exports,  their  value  and  character  of 

articles  carried.     1768-1769. 
(From  the  Chalmers  Library.) 

15486.  "  Documents  relating  to  the  Colony  of  Massachusetts  Bay,   1720- 

1723." 

ff.  1-8.  Report  by  Robert  Raymond  and  Philip  Yorke,  attorney  and 
solicitor  generals,  to  the  Lords  Justices,  December  2,  1723,  as  to 
whether  Massachusetts  has  encroached  on  the  king's  prerogative 
in  connection  with  woods  and  trees  and  other  matters  in  which 
Massachusetts  was  charged  with  assuming  powers  that  she  did  not 
possess.  Unfavorable  on  the  whole  to  Massachusetts. 

f.  9.  Letter  from  Lords  Justices  on  the  Report.    September  6,  1723. 

f.  10.  Communication  from  the  Board  of  Trade  on  same  subject. 
September  3,  1723. 

f.  16.  Extract  of  the  votes  of  the  lower  house  of  assembly  of  Mas 
sachusetts.  July  19,  1721. 

ff.  2O-4ob.  Report  from  the  attorney  and  solicitor  general  regarding 
the  trouble  between  Gov.  Shute  and  the  Lower  House.  October  31, 
1724. 


Additional  Manuscripts.  93 

15487.  (Same  subject.) 

f.  i.  Order  in  Council  regarding  boundaries  between  Massachusetts 
and  New  Hampshire;  appointing  a  commission.  January  22, 
1735/6. 

f.  2.  Report  of  the  Committee  of  Council  to  the  king  upon  the  same 
subject.  December  15,  1735. 

f.  4.  Petition  of  William  Bollan,  agent  for  Massachusetts  Bay,  con 
cerning  boundary  dispute  between  Massachusetts  and  Connecticut. 
N.  d.  but  later  than  1749. 

f.  18.  Certificate  from  Governor  Wolcott  of  Connecticut,  bearing  wit 
ness  to  the  authority  and  trustworthiness  of  Erastus  Wolcott  and 
Daniel  Bissell,  appointed  to  survey  the  line.  February  28,  1750/1. 
(Evidently  a  duplicate,  and  bearing  a  fine  copy  of  the  Connecticut  seal.) 

f.  19.  Evidence  given  by  Wolcott  and  Bissell  who  surveyed  the  line, 
f.  20.  Evidence  of  Daniel  and  Ebenezer  Hayden. 
ff.  22-23.  Map-plan  of  the  boundary  controversy, 
f.  24.  Map  of  country  adjacent  to  north  boundary  line  of  Rhode 

Island  "  as  the  same  was  run  by  commissioners  appointed  for  that 

purpose  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  said  colony  in  the  year 

1750". 
f.  25.  Evidence  of  surveyors,  Woodward  and  Saffery,  who  ran  the 

line  in  1713. 
f.  26.  Copy  of  official   map   in   the   secretary's   office,   Connecticut. 

Similar  to  that  in  f.  18  but  larger, 
f.  28.  Letter  from  Gov.  Wolcott  regarding  the  boundary  difficulty, 

and  giving  Connecticut's  side  of  the  case.    Windsor,  June  10,  1752. 

(Written  to  the  agent  of  Connecticut  in  London,  Richard  Partridge,  to  give 
him  the  requisite  information  for  defeating  "  Bollan' s  activity".) 

f.  30.  List  of  Connecticut  dates,  by  Gov.  Wolcott,  1636-1750. 

f.  31.  Certificate  from  Gov.  Wolcott  that  George  Wyllys  is  secretary 
of  the  colony.  Certificate  followed  by  series  of  papers  attested  by 
Wyllys  relating  to  Connecticut's  history  as  indexed  on  f.  30. 

f.  63.  Series  of  similar  papers  from  Massachusetts  local  records, 
chiefly  those  of  Medfield,  Medway,  Dedham  and  Wrentham. 
Signed  and  sealed,  S.  Phips,  January  10,  1753. 

f .  69.  State  of  the  case  in  controversy  between  Massachusetts  and 
Connecticut  about  the  dividing  line  between  the  two  governments. 
Summing  up  by  Partridge  upon  evidence  furnished  by  Connecticut. 

f.  75b.  State  of  the  case  in  controversy.  Slightly  fuller  statement 
than  that  above. 

f .  82b.  Statement  by  William  Murray,  attorney  general,  November 
5,  1754.  Unfavorable  to  reopening  of  dispute;  thinks  that  the  re 
arrangement  of  1713  should  stand. 

f.  84.  Printed  copy  of  charter  of  1691  of  Massachusetts  Bay. 

f.  92.  Paper  discoursing  on  illegal  actions  of  Massachusetts,  with 
following  title :  "  The  Charter  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Grants 
no  power  to  lay  Impositions  or  Taxes  nor  any  other  liberties  or 
priviledges  not  according  to  the  Course  of  Corporations  in  Eng 
land."  No  clue  to  date  or  author. 


94  The  British  Museum. 

ff.  96-103.  Plans   and   explanations   of  plans   of   Massachusetts   and 
New  Hampshire  touching  the  boundary  question  and  the  bounds 
of  certain  towns  as  Rumford,  Suncook,  Bow. 
(Cf.  36218,  f.  181.) 

f.  104.  Map  of  sea-coast  of  New  England,  according  to  actual  sur 
vey  made  by  Capt.  Cyprian  Southact. 

15488.  f.  32.  "  Remarks  on  the  plan  and  extracts  of  deeds  lately  published 
by  the  proprietors  of  the  Township  of  Brunswick  (as  they  term 
themselves)  agreeable  to  their  vote  of  January  4,  1753." 
(Printed  quarto,  8  pp.  and  4  pp.) 

f.  38.  "  An  Answer  to  the  Remarks  printed  '  Boston  in  New  Eng 
land,  Printed  in  the  year  MDCCLIII '."  Printed  pamphlet,  33  pp. 

f.  55.  "  A  Defence  of  the  Remarks  of  the  Plymouth  Company  of 

September  5,  1753."    Printed  pamphlet,  50  pp. 

ft".  81-98.  First  and  second  drafts  of  the  Kennebec  case,  drawn  up 
probably  by  Partridge.     Second  draft  dated  August  27,  1755. 
(With  plan.    At  bottom  is  signature,  Jos.  Sharpe.) 

f .  99.  Attorney  general  Murray's  opinion  on  the  case  of  the  Ken 
nebec  Company. 

f.  100.  Id.,  dated  September  9,  1755.  Endorsed,  "  Case  of  the  Ken- 
nebeck  Company.  Mr  Atty  General  For  your  opinion,  8  Sep  1755 
— Transcribed  fair  for  the  atty  gen1  opinion  with  a  fee  of  5  g08  " — 
"15  Sep.  laid  before  him  again  wth  two  additional  queries  and  a 
fee  of  2  gs.  At  bottom,  "  Jos.  Sharpe  ". 

f.  113.  Id.,  similarly  endorsed. 

f.  130.  Printed  brief  of  the  case :  Thos.  Dudley,  appellant — Sam1 
Scarborough  and  his  wife  and  others  Respondent. 

f.  131.  List  of  twenty-four  papers  on  the  Kennebec  affair,  "  sent 
by  the  Proprietors  of  a  Tract  of  Land  lying  on  both  sides  of 
Kennebec  River  by  the  Ship  Halifax,  John  Phillips,  commander, 
to  the  care  of  Florentine  Vassall,  Esq  ".  The  papers  are  as  fol 
lows: 

(1)  Evidence    of    Philip    Coll,    Obedial    Coll,    James    Coller. 

York,  May  25,  1753. 

(2)  Evidence  of  John  Herron.     Same  date. 

(3)  Report  of  committee  appointed  to  run  the  lines  between 

province-land  and  town  of  North  Yarmouth.     May  3, 

1735- 

(4)  Testimony  of  John  Phillips.    November  20,  1750. 

(5)  Id.  John  Gyles.    January  15,  1753. 

(6)  Id.  Sam.  Welles.     April  7,  1753. 

(7)  Id.  Francis  Pircey.    February  15,  1753. 

(8)  Id.  Thomas  Pearcy.    May  I,  1753. 

(9)  Id.  John  North.     May  12,  1753. 
(10)  Id.  Joseph  Beane.     October  21,  1752. 
(n)  Id.  Joseph  Beane.     October  19,  1752. 

(12)  Id.  Edward  King.     February   15,   1753. 

(13)  Certificate  from  notary  public  that  Edward  Winslow  was 

justice  of  the  peace,  October  17,  1753. 


Additional  Manuscripts.  95 

( 14)  Petition  for  meeting  of  proprietors  of  tract  of  land  on  both 

sides  of  Kennebec  River. 

(15)  Copy  of  proprietary  resolution  empowering  F.  Vassall  to 

be  their  agent  in  defence  of  their  lands. 

(16)  Supplemental    grant    from    the    council    of    Plymouth    to 

Beauchamp  and  Leverett. 

(17)  Extract  of  Duke  of  Yorke's  patent. 

(18)  Extract  of  George's  patent. 

(19)  Indenture:     Aids  worth  and  Elbridge  grant. 

(20)  Deed  of  Monquine  (alias  Matahamada)  to  the  Plymouth 

colony. 

(21)  Deed  of  Elsemenosque  to  John  Winslow. 

(22)  Deed  of  Baggacusetts  to  John  Winslow  and  the  rest  of  his 

partners. 

(23)  Deposition  of  Samuel  Godwin. 

(24)  Deposition  of  Capt.  John  North. 

f.  139.  Affidavit  of  Gov.  S.  Phips  that  Josiah  Cotton  is  register  of 
County  of  Plymouth.  March  13,  1753. 

f.  140.  "  A  Patent  for  Plymouth  in  New  England.  To  which  is 
annexed  Extracts  from  the  Records  of  the  Colony,  etc.  etc.  Boston, 
New  England,  Printed  by  John  Draper,  1751."  Some  marginal 
notes.  19  pp. 

f.  151.  Printed  Extracts  from  the  Massachusetts  Laws.    4  pp. 

f.  153.  Extracts  from  the  Plymouth  Records,  1640.  "  Govr  Brad 
ford's  Surrender,  1640." 

f.  155.  Copy  of  deed  of  October  7,  1660,  between  Plymouth  Colony 
and  the  Kennebec  Company. 

f.  156.  The  Kennebec  Company.     440  signatures. 

f.  162.  "  A  List  of  the  Gentlemen  of  the  Council  of  Massachusetts 
Bay  who  have  been  Turned  out  of  the  Council  since  the  repeal 
of  the  Stamp  Act." 
(With  dates  and  a  brief  account  of  each.) 

ff.  163-164.  Extracts  of  letters  from  Gov.  Bernard  of  Massachusetts. 

(Thirteen  volumes  of  Bernard's  letters  purchased  by  Sparks  in  London  in 
1846,  are  in  the  Harvard  Library.  The  first  eight  volumes  are  Bernard's 
letter-books,  1758-1772;  vols.  IX.-XII.  contain  letters  received  by  him,  1758- 
1779;  the  last  volume  is  made  up  of  orders  and  instructions,  1758-1761.) 

ff.  165-174.  Extracts    of   letters    from   the    Earl   of    Shelburne   and 

others  to  Gov.  Bernard  of  Massachusetts. 

f.  175.  Extracts  of  the  Journals  of  the  House  of  Assembly,  Mas 
sachusetts.  1761-1764. 

15489.  f.  i.  Petition  from  the  town  of  Rumford,  New  Hampshire,  saying 
that  the  colony  has  denied  them  the  privilege  of  incorporation. 

(The  town  had  been  incorporated  by  Massachusetts  (f.  3)  and  after  1740 
by  a  temporary  measure  to  1749  by  New  Hampshire.) 

f.  3.  Copy  of  act  for  erecting  a  new  town  within  the  county  of 

Essex  at  a  plantation  called  Penny-cook  by  the  name  of  Rumford. 

May  30,  1733. 
f.  5.  Deposition  of  Benjamin  Rolfe  of  Rumford  regarding  extracts 

from  the  proprietor's  book  of  Rumford. 

(Concerns  the  case  in  Add.  MSS.  15487,  f.  99.) 


96  The  British  Museum. 

f.  19.  New  Hampshire.    Act  for  the  settlement  and  distribution  of 

estates  of  intestates.    Passed,  May  13,  1718. 

(Printed,  Laws  of  New  Hampshire.) 
f .  20.  Printed  brief  of  intestacy  case :     Sherburne,   youngest   son, 

plaintiff — elder  son  and  others,  respondents, 
f .  24.  Copies  of  papers  relating  to  Usher's  case  in  New  Hampshire, 

1689,  and  years  following, 
f.  26.  Letter  from  Messrs.  Waldo  and  others  to  William  Bollan, 

begging  him  to  obtain  confirmation   of  grant  of  land  to  them. 

Boston,  July  8,  1762. 
f .  27.  Letter  from  William  Bollan  to  Joseph  Sharpe  asking  what 

steps  have  been  taken  in  the  matter.     Leicester  Sq.,  December  3, 

1762. 

(For  Bollan  see  Amer.  Hist.  Rev.,  II.  233  ff.) 
f.  29.  Account  of  voyage  of  the  Jupiter  from  Newport  to  Hispaniola 

and  her  seizure  at  Jamaica.     September,  1750,  to  April,  1752. 
f.  33.  Instructions  to  the  Committee  of  the  Privy  Council  to  hear 

appeals  from  the  plantations  bidding  them  sit  to  hear  two  appeals 

from   John   Freebody   and    others    against   Jahleel    Brenton    and 

counter  appeals  from  Brenton.     March  13,  1766. 
ff.  34-43.  Orders   in    Council,    July    14,   April    14,    1769,    regarding 

appeal  of  Freebody  against  Brenton.    In  the  first  order  the  report 

of  the  Council  Committee  appointed  to  hear  the  case  is  given  in 

full.    The  king  in  Council  approved  the  finding  of  the  committee 

which  was  adverse  to  the  colony, 
f.  44.  Copy  of  representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade  regarding 

islands  in  the  Delaware  between  New  Jersey  and  Pennsylvania. 

July  14,  1722. 

(Fourteen  islands  in  all.) 
f.  47.  "  Petition  of  the  Inhabitants  of  Pennsylvania  considered  and 

partly  answered."    n.  d. 

(Petition  concerns  defenceless  character  of  Pennsylvania  and  dangers  from 
the  French  and  savages.  Answer  declares  that  the  petition  "  under  the 
plausible  pretence  of  providing  for  public  safety  aims  at  nothing  less  than 
the  subversion  of  the  present  constitution  of  Pennsylvania".) 

f.  51.  Report  of  the  Board  of  Trade  on  petition  of  Daniel  Evans 
for  grant  of  the  islands  in  Delaware  Bay. 

(On  reverse  is  written  "  Those  papers  have  been  layed  before  Mr  Franklin 
for  his  advice".) 

f.  53.  List  of  the  islands  "  in  the  Bay  and  River  of  Delaware  as 

exhibited  in  the  annexed  map,  wch  Cadwalader  Evens  ....  prays 

may  be  taken  into  consideration  wth  his  petition  now  before  the  R* 

Honble  the  Lords  of  Trade  and  Plantations". 

(Twenty-nine  islands  in  all.) 
f.  55.  Mr.  Pike's  case  and  letter  to  Messrs.  Evans  and  Pemberton. 

Philadelphia,  December  10,  1756. 
f.  57.  Extract  of  letters  from  Joseph  Reed  to  Joseph  Sharpe,  of 

Lincoln's  Inn.     Philadelphia,  February  13,  1775. 
f .  59.  Petition  from   Peter  Wikoff  and  Joseph   Reed  to  the  king. 

New  Jersey,  September  6,  1772. 


Additional  Manuscripts.  97 

f.  61.  Copy  of  proceedings  of  the  county  court  of  Prince  Georges 
county,  held  at  Upper  Maryborough  Town.  1740. 

(Case  of  Daniel  Carroll  vs.  Michael  Taylor.    F.  62  contains  certificate  of  Gov. 
Ogle  that  copy  is  by  an  authorized  justice.    November  21,  1748.) 

f.  63.  Bond  given  by  Michael  Taylor  and  Thos.  Butler  to  pay 
amount  of  judgment  of  £107  by  November  I,  1733,  signed  Novem 
ber  27,  1730.  Reverse,  two  endorsements.  In  1748  Carroll 
received  £50. 

f .  64.  "  The    Representation     of    several     Gentlemen,     Merchants, 
Planters,  and  others,  Inhabitants  in  the  province  of  Maryland  in 
America  "  to  Lord  Baltimore. 
(Petitioners  were  Roman  Catholics.) 

f.  69.  Certificate  of  William  Sligh  that  the  Hon.  George  Stuart  is 

one  of  the  justices  of  provincial  court  of  province  of  Maryland, 
f.  70.  Papers   relating  to   laws   for  preventing   growth   of  popery. 

The  laws,  all  copies,  date  from  1751.     Maryland,  1755. 
ff.  76b~77.  Copy  of  articles  of  agreement  between  Lord  Baltimore 

and  commissioners,  Bennett  and  Mathews. 

(Printed,  Md.  Arch.,  III.  332-334.) 

f.  77b.  "  Instructions  directed  by  the  Right  Honorable  Caecilius, 
absolute  Lord  and  Proprietary  of  the  Province  of  Maryland  and 
Avalon,  Lord  Baron  of  Baltimore  etc.  to  his  Lordship's  Lieutenant 
and  the  rest  of  his  Lordship's  council  of  the  said  Province  of 
Maryland." 
(Printed,  Md.  Arch.,  I.  324-327.) 

f.  83.  Sight  draft  in  favor  of  Frederic,  Lord  Baltimore,  for  £216  2s. 

gd.    Signed  Horatio  Sharpe,  March  19,  1766. 
f .  84.  Copy  of  letter   written  by   Gov.   Horatio   Sharpe   to   Philip 

Sharpe,  his  brother.    Maryland,  May  27,  1771. 
f.  86.  Power  of  attorney  to  Peter  Legh  from  I.  Legh,  "  Master  of 

the  Province  ".     December  4,  1771. 
f .  87.  Letter    from    Tho.    Ringgold    to    Horatio    Sharpe.      Chester 

Town,  Maryland,  August  4,  1773. 
f.  89.  Letter   from   Tho.   Jenings   to   Horatio   Sharpe.     Annapolis, 

April  20,  1774. 
ff.  91, 93.  Letters  from  Dave  Love  to  Horatio  Sharpe.  London  Town, 

May  23  and  25,  1774. 
f.  94.  Communication  from  four  men  who  had  petitioned  Gov.  Eden 

for  land  under  royal  proclamation  of  1763  and  wish  Gov.  Sharpe 

to  support  their  petition. 

ff.  96-109.  Letters  to  Gov.  Sharpe  as  follows :  from  Milligan,  Bo 
hemia,  August  3,  1775;  Love,  September  15,  1775,  June  7,  1776; 

Carmichael,  Paris,  April  6,  1777,  asking  questions  about  Maryland 

in  behalf  of  Abbe  Reynall  [Raynal]  ;  Milligan,  May  12,  1779;  Love, 

Baltimore,  November  i,  1779. 
f.  no.  Mr.  Gordon's  letter  regarding  grass  seeds  sent  to  Maryland. 

1783. 

f.  112.  Letter  from  J.  W.  Thomas  to  John  Ridout  of  Annapolis. 
West  River,  December  2,  1785. 


98  The  British  Museum. 

ff.  114-117.  Letters  from  Dr.   Scott  from  Annapolis,  and  draft  of 

letter  to  Dr.  Scott,  1786;  letter  to  Mr.  Ridout,  1786. 
f.  118.  Long,  half-erased  statement  of  the  case  of  John  Key  and 

Michael  Hubbard  against  Vincent  Pearse,  commander  of  H.  M.  S. 

Flamborough,  in  plea  of  trespass  and  contempt,    n.  d. 
f.  139.  Petition   to  the  king  from   Charles   Scot,   of   London,   and 

Henry  Holding,  of  London,  merchant,  who  have  hunted  for  gold 

in  New  York,  have  found  none  and  wish  to  be  recouped,    n.  d. 
f.  143.  Order  in  Council  on  petition,  with  another  copy.     Referred 

to  the  Board  of  Trade,  November  19,  1762. 
f.  146.  Letter  from  G.  Banyar  to  Sec.  George  Clarke  of  New  York, 

August  31,  1771,  relating  to  the  prerogative  office, 
f.  148.  Id. 

f.  isoff.  Letters  follow  from  Clarke,  Hyde  and  others. 
15490.  "  New  York  Considered  and   Improved,    1695  "»  addressed  to  the 

Right  Reverend  Father  in  God,  Henry  Lord  Bishop  of  London,  by 

John  Miller. 

(Printed  from  new  transcript  by  Burrows  Bros.,  1902;  edited,  with  a  sketch 
of  the  author,  by  V.  H.  Paltsits.) 

15491-15492.  Papers  relating  to  Montreal,  Quebec  and  Newfoundland. 
(15491,  dated  1771;  15492,  1696/7.) 

15493.  "  Some  facts  collected  and  observations  made  on  the  fisheries  and 

government  of  Newfoundland,  showing  the  many  advantages 
which  will  arise  to  this  kingdom  in  colonizing  that  island,  to  which 
is  added  a  plan  for  a  speedy  settling  it."  Undated,  but  probably 
written  after  1784,  by  Dr.  Gardner,  late  of  Boston. 

(Essay,  57  folios,  written  on  one  side  and  entitled  "A  Disquisition  on  New 
foundland  and  the  Fisheries".) 

15494.  Maps  of  various  ports,  etc.,  in  Canada  and  the  West  Indies. 

15495.  Draft  of  the  Mississippi  River  from  its  mouth  to  the  Iberville  River. 

Charts  of  eastern  half  of  Newfoundland.     1770. 
15535.  Various  plans  of  military  operations  in  America,  1755,  I759>  I7^2> 

including  Bowles's  engraved  map  of  the  United  States,  1783,  with 

continuation  of  boundary  line  in  manuscript. 
15556.  f.  109.  Abstract  of  title,  etc.,  with  opinion  of  counsel  W.  Norton, 

regarding  estate  in  Barbadoes,  with  pedigree  of  Rawdon.     1765- 
15563.  a,  b.  Two  maps  showing  the  country  between  Fort  Cumberland  and 

Lake  Erie. 
15640.  Articles  and  orders  of  the  Company  of  Adventurers  to  Bahamas. 

1672. 
f.  1 6.  Minutes    of   a   meeting   of   the   company   at   Exeter   House, 

September  9,  1672. 

(The  first  meeting  for  organization.  The  only  familiar  names  among  those 
present  are  John  Locke,  who  was  in  attendance  at  each  of  the  four  meet 
ings,  and  John  Darrell.) 

15717.  Collection  of  maps — headlands  of  West  India  islands,  Campeche, 
mouths  of  the  Mississippi,  Cartagena. 

15741.  Ship's  log  of  the  St.  Ann,  on  voyage  to  the  West  Indies  in  1762, 

with  observations,  views  and  charts. 

15742.  Chart  of  sea-coast  of  N.  America.     1732. 


Additional  Manuscripts.  99 

15857.  f.  38.  Letter  of  attorney  from  Sir  John  Berkeley  to  his  brother  Gov. 

William  Berkeley,  in  connection  with  the  Hopton  grant,  empower 
ing  him  to  act  for  him.    November  8,  1649. 

(Lord  John  cannot  go  to  Virginia  because  he  is  "in  his  Maj.   service  at 
Castle  Elizabeth  at  Jersey".) 

f.  40.  Letter  from  Gov.  William  Berkeley  to  Sir  Richard  Browne. 
Virginia,  April  2,  1670. 

15858.  f.  165.  Printed  blank  with  seal  and  signed  "  Wm  Steele  presd  ",  for 

use  of  the  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  New 
England. 

15874.  f.  208.  Narrative  of  what  passed  upon  the  river  Ohio,  August,  1753, 
to  July,  1754. 

15895.  f.  339.  Letter  from  Lord  Cornbury,  New  York,  March  9,  1708/9, 

giving  account  of  his  relation  with  De  Lancey,  a  French  merchant, 
of  his  debts,  and  of  his  being  turned  out  of  his  government. 

(F.  341  contains  a  duplicate;  one  letter  was  sent  by  way  of  Jamaica,  the 
other  by  way  of  Barbadoes.) 

f .  344.  Petition   from   Lord   Cornbury,   mentioned   in   his   letter  of 

March  9,  begging  to  be  allowed  to  return  to  "  Great  Britain  "  in 

order  to  answer  for  his  administration.     Duplicate  follows, 
ff.  347^348.  Charges  against  Cornbury  and  his  answers  thereto, 
f.  349.  Account  of  Cornbury's  debts. 

(Duplicate  sent  to  his  father  "by  the  Mast  Fleet",  1708/9.) 
f.  350.  Second  account  sent  to  his  father  "  of  warrants  now  in  my 

hands,  this  4th  day  of  March,  1708/9,  due  to  me  for  my  salary  " 

as  governor  of  New  York,  New  Jersey,  etc. 
f.  351.  Id.  Warrants  due  with  reasons  why  the  warrants  had  not 

been  paid, 
f.  352.  Id.  Account  of  money  due  "  for  which  I  have  not  yet  any 

warrants  ". 
f.  354.  Letter  of  attorney  empowering  his  father  and  Lord  Rochester 

"  to  receive  the  money  due  to  me  from  the  Queen  ". 
f.  356.  Certificate,  signed  and  sealed,  of  Ebenezer  Willson,  mayor 

of  New  York,  regarding  Cornbury's  warrants.    March  10,  1708/9. 
f.  357.  Similar  to  ff.  35O-352- 

f.  360.  Another  certificate  from  Willson.    April  19,  1709. 
f.  361.  Duplicate  of  f.  350. 

f.  363.  Deposition  of  Roger  Brett.     April  19,  1709. 
f.  365.  Letter  from  Cornbury  to  William  Lowndes,  begging  him  to 

help  him  as  his  timber  has  been  cut  down  and  his  house  is  to  be 

pulled  down,  etc. 

15896.  Account  of  her  Majesty's  Revenue  for  the  province  of  New  York, 

as  it  ariseth  from  its  several  branches  under  the  management  of 
Peter  Fauconnier,  Esq.,  commissioner  appointed  by  his  excellency 
Edward,  Viscount  Cornbury,  etc.  to  receive  the  same  commencing 
Sp*  29,  1705,  and  ending  Dec.  25  next  following, 
f.  197.  General  Account  of  the  same,  giving  total  receipts  and  total 

expenses. 

15898.  ff.  27-49.  Commission  and  instructions  to  Sir  Richard  Dutton,  gov 
ernor  of  Barbadoes  "  and  the  rest  of  the  Caribbee  Islands ". 
October  30,  1680. 


100  The  British  Museum. 

f.  129.  "  An  Account  of  His  Majesty's  Plantations  in  America." 
(Brief  statement,  often  consisting  of  but  one  line  for  a  colony,  of  the  plan 
tations.    Has  neither  name,  date,  nor  place,  but  is  of  about  1670-1679.    In 
cludes  Hudson's  Bay.) 

f.  133.  List  of  Planters  and  Inhabitants  in  the  English  Ports,  etc., 
in  Newfoundland,  Anno,  1680.  Account  of  ships  which  have 
fished  in  the  English  Ports,  etc.,  in  Newfoundland,  1680.  List  of 
ships  which  go  for  Sacks  out  of  the  English  Ports,  etc.  New 
foundland,  1680. 

15903.  f.  116.  Report  relative  to  the  English  discoveries  in  Carolina  and 
Florida  and  the  settlement  of  English  and  French  claims  by 
Edward  Byllynge,  governor  of  West  Jersey.  1687. 

15945.  f.  108.  Note  from  Abbe  Niccoli  to  Benjamin  Franklin,  Luxembourg, 
May,  1777,  with  comment  explaining  its  purpose  written  by  Frank 
lin  below. 

15948.  ff.  121,  140.  Letters  from  Thomas  Povey.     1670. 

15957.  f.  344.  Colored  plan  of  Louisburg. 

16367.  a-n.  Maps  and  plans  of  various  places  in  N.  America:  New  York, 
Brooklyn  and  port  of  Long  Island,  1781 ;  battle  of  White  Plains, 
October  26,  1776;  Falmouth  harbor,  1777;  West  Florida,  St. 
Augustine. 

16371.  Pen  and  ink  drawing  of  the  "  Island  of  Manhados  ",  extending  as 
far  north  as  where  the  Harlem  enters  the  Hudson,  south  to  Staten 
Island,  east  and  west  to  include  small  strip  of  land  on  each  side. 
Also  an  inset  showing  "  The  Towne  of  New  York  ".  Date  not 
later  than  1690,  perhaps  earlier,  for  the  town  does  not  seem  as 
large  as  in  Miller's  map. 

16603.  Collection  of  letters  from  Maj.  Pierce  Butler  of  South  Carolina, 
who  came  to  England  in  1784  to  place  his  son  at  school  and  to 
procure  a  minister  for  the  parish  of  St.  Michaels.  The  letters  were 
written  from  New  York,  Philadelphia  and  Charleston,  1784-1799, 
to  Rev.  Weeden  Butler  of  Chelsea  to  whom  Maj.  Butler  entrusted 
his  son. 

17018.  f.  61.  Docket  of  commission  to  John,  Lord  Vaughan,  to  be  governor 

of  Jamaica.    April,  1674. 
f .  89.  Report  of  Lords  of  Trade  regarding  government  of  Jamaica, 

November  13,  1677,  with  the  King's  order  thereon, 
f.  no.  Declaration  of  the  people  of  Virginia  against  Sir  William 

Berkeley.    July,  1676. 
f.  112.  Commission  and  instructions  to  Lord  Culpeper.     1680. 

17019.  f.  37.  "  State  of  an  Accompt  of  his  Majestie's  revenue  arising  in 

Jamaica  for  one  year  ended  July  18,  1679." 
17276.  i.  Chart  of  coast  of  the  British  Isles,  Holland,  France,  the  Spanish 

peninsula,  the  northwest  coasts  of  Africa,  with  a  portion  of  N. 

America. 
2.  Chart  of  eastern  coasts  of  North  and  South  America,  with  the 

West  Indies. 
17476.  Papers  collected  by  Adam  Anderson  for  his  Origin  of  Commerce, 

1764. 
ff.  177-188.  Section    entitled    "  Benefit    of   our    Plantations,    1754 ", 

with  this  motto  "  Trade  is  grown  the  Design  of  all  Nations  in 

Europe  that  are  possessed  of  any  maritime  Provinces,  as  being 


Additional  Manuscripts.  101 

the  only  unexhausted  Mine,  and  out  of  whose  Treasures  all  Great 
ness  at  Sea  naturally  arises." 

(Authorities  quoted  are  worth  noting:  Lawson's  History  of  Carolina', 
Temple's  Miscellanea,  1680;  Davenant's  Report  to  the  Commissioners  of 
Accounts,  1712;  a  small  tract  printed  at  New  York,  1726,  called  The  In 
terest  of  the  Country  in  laying  Duties;  Gage's  Survey  of  the  West  Indies, 
London,  1699;  Carew  Reynell's  The  True  English  Interest,  London,  1674; 
Gary's  Essay  toward  regulating  the  Trade  and  Imploying  the  Poor  of  the 
Kingdom,  second  ed.,  1719;  Wood's  Survey  of  Trade,  London,  1718;  Gee's 
Trade  and  Navigation  of  Great  Britain  Considered,  1729;  Davenant's 
Essays  upon  the  Balance  of  Power,  London,  1701 ;  a  treatise  entitled  The 
Importance  of  the  British  Plantations  in  America,  London,  1731 ;  Repre 
sentation  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  1734/5;  Purry's  Memorial  presented  to 
the  Duke  of  Newcastle ;  Sir  F.  Brewster's  New  Essays  on  Trade,  London, 
1700;  Archdale's  New  Description  of  Carolina.) 

17477.  Id.  contains  only  a  copy  of  the  charter  of  Georgia. 

17482.  "  Giornale  del  Viaggio  da  Londra  a  Petersbourg  nel  vascello  The 

Augusta  di   Mylord  Baltimore  nel  mese  di  Maggio ",   1739,  by 

Count  Francesco  Algarotti. 
17560.  "  Diario  y  Derrotero  de  los  nuevas  descubrimentos  de  tierras  a  los 

rumbos  N.  N.  O.,  Ete  y  Ote  del  Nuevo  Mexico,  por  Fr.  Silvestre 

Velez  Excalante  y  Fr.   Francisco  Atanasio  Dominguez."     1770- 

1776. 

(Included  in  the  volume  are  diaries  of  the  journey  of  Fr.  Francisco  Garces 
to  the  river  Colorado,  1775,  f.  117,  and  of  the  journey  of  Fr.  Pedro  Font 
to  Monterey,  in  1777,  ff.  237,  303.) 

17566.  f.  lib.  Spanish  accounts  of  missionary  expeditions  to  Texas,  1691- 
1692,  and  other  papers  relating  to  missionary  settlements  in  Texas, 
1715-1767. 

17569.  f.  126.  Report  of  Francisco  Honibrados  on  the  climate  and  com 

mercial  advantages  of  Louisiana.     1763.    In  Spanish. 

(Ff.  119-125  contain  "Luisiana,  oficio  del  Sr.  Regis  Loisel  al  Marques  de 
Casa  Calvo,  sobre  los  indios,  inmediatos  a  la  Luisiana ",  May  28,  1804 ; 
and  the  papers  after  f.  161  treat  of  the  district  of  Colorado,  especially  of 
the  Indians.  Earlier  folios  (f.  38ff.)  contain  papers  relating  to  Campeche 
and  Yucatan.) 

17570.  f.  178.  Description  of  Campeche  and  Yucatan,  1766.    In  Spanish. 

(Cf.  17654  B.) 
17583.  f.  175.  Medios  que  Don  Alonso  de  Arcos   Moreno  propuso  para 

recuperar  la  Ysla  de  Jamaica.     1747. 

f.  283.  Various  routes,  among  them  one  from  Acapulco  to  Manila. 
17626.  Journal  of  expedition  to  the  Philippine  Islands.     1525-1528. 

(The  volumes  to  17630  relate  to  Cuba  and  the  Philippines.  See  also  17634, 
17641  C,  D,  17642,  17643,  17644  A,  E,  17645.) 

17637.  f.  i.  "  Posiciones  de  la  America  Meridional  y  Septentrional  geo- 
grafkas." 

17637-17645.  These  volumes  belonging  to  the  collection  of  Spanish  docu 
ments  made  by  D.  Felipe  Bauza,  contain  a  number  of  papers  relat 
ing  to  Cuba  and  the  Philippines,  especially  17641D-17645.  The 
dates  are  various,  1750-1800. 

17648A.  "  Descripcion  geographica  de  la  parte  que  los  Espafioles  poseen 
actualmente  en  el  continente  de  la  Florida;  del  dominio  en  que 
estan  los  Yngleses " ;  by  Fernando  Martinez.  1768.  A  paper 
roll. 


102  The  British  Museum. 

17693A-D.  Four  charts  of  coast  of  Newfoundland,  as  surveyed  by  James 

Cook,  1764-1767. 
17748.  Volume  of  dockets  of  patents,  commissions,  pardons,  proclamations, 

etc.,  passed  in  the  clerk  of  the  Crown's  Office. 

(A  description  of  the  Crown  Office  is  given  in  the  volume  devoted  to  the 
Public  Record  Office.  The  clerk  of  the  Hanaper  met  the  expenses  of  the 
office  for  paper,  books,  pens,  ink,  Indian  dust,  etc.  Parchment  is  men 
tioned  at  £i  per  roll.) 

f.  5.  Docket  of  commission  to  Lord  Culpepper,  with  orders  and  in 
structions  for  better  governing  his  Majesty's  plantation  of  Virginia. 
November  23,  no  year  given. 

f .  pb.  Docket  of  commission  constituting  a  president  and  council  in 
his  Majesty's  dominion  of  New  England  with  authority  to  govern 
the  same  according  to  methods  and  regulations  therein  specified. 
October  8,  no  year. 

17749-17754.  Series  of  volumes  containing  statistics  of  revenue  and  cus 
toms.  Volume  17749  contains  statistics  regarding  French  tobacco 
imported.  Volume  17751  contains  a  few  items  recording  bounties 
for  French  Protestants  and  for  ministers  going  to  the  plantations, 
the  earliest  being  dated  1693.  Volumes  17752-17754  contain  many 
such  items  regarding  ministers,  chaplains,  schoolmasters,  etc., 
covering  the  years  1694,  1695,  1696. 

17756-17759.  Account  of  the  incomes  and  issues  of  the  revenue  from  1688 
to  1703. 

17938.  2.  Colored  chart,  vellum  roll,  of  coast  line  of  North  and  South 
America.  1655. 

18046-18051.  Series  of  volumes  relating  to  revenue  and  customs,  beginning 
-in  some  cases  as  early  as  1673  and  continuing  till  1742.  Volume 
18050  relates  to  excise  only  and  contains  nothing  for  plantation 
history,  but  volumes  18046,  18047,  18048,  18049,  18051  contain 
items  of  importance,  particularly  in  connection  with  the  plantation 
duty.  Figures  given  in  18051  should  be  compared  with  those 
given  in  Add.  MSS.  8829.  There  are  apparently  discrepancies  in 
the  lists  that  might  be  reconciled. 
(See  P.  R.  O.,  Treasury  Accounts,  Revenue  Accounts,  Miscel.,  England,  50.) 

18206.  Admiralty  Causes  tried  by  Sir  Leoline  Jenkins,  1672-1680. 

ff.  6ib-62b.  Petition  and  report  about  goods  of  Dalvall,  an  English 
man,  confiscated  at  New  York,  laden  on  a  Dutch  prize  for  Hol 
land  and  driven  to  New  England  and  seized  there.  Dalvall  peti 
tioned  that  the  goods  might  be  released  to  him  on  salvage. 
Entered,  September  n,  1674. 

18274.  "  A  Review  of  Observations  on  the  Commerce  of  the  American 
States  so  far  as  those  observations  relate  to  the  immediate  and 
constant  supply  of  the  British  West  Indies."  In  letter  addressed 
to  Mr.  Debrett  of  Piccadilly,  editor  of  the  Observations,  by  Edward 
Long. 

(Answer  to  Sheffield's  work  some  parts  of  which  Long  declares  to  be  "not 
only  absurd  and  inconsistent  but  a  mockery  of  common  sense  ".) 

18286.  Papers  relating  to  the  Philippines,  particularly  concerning  disturb 
ances  at  Manila  and  death  of  the  governor  of  the  Philippines  in 
1719. 


Additional  Manuscripts.  103 

18389.  Original  despatch  of  Adm.  Benbow  reporting  action  off  Santa 
Martha.  Jamaica,  September  24,  1702. 

18399B.  View  of  City  of  Quebec.     1740. 

18556.  Notes  by  Rev.  Richard  Kaye,  died  1809. 

f.  13.  Contains  a  few  lines  on  Virginia,  describing  the  colony  as  a 
field  for  transported  convicts.  "  The  greater  felons  were  hanged, 
the  lesser  sent  to  Virginia  ....  The  person  who  transports 
them  indents  them  for  the  term  of  their  transportation  to  be  pro 
vided  with  food  and  raiment." 

18683.  Claims  on  property  left  to  Robert  Cunningham  in  Montserrat  and 
St.  Christopher,  as  contained  in  correspondence  (copied)  of  Archi 
bald  Hutcheson  with  Gov.  Mathews  of  the  Leeward  Islands,  1733- 
1744. 

18986.  f.  205.  Letter  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Admiralty  from  Thomas 
Modyford  and   others,  constituting  a  prize  court  at   Barbadoes. 
August  9,  1655. 
(Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1675-1676,  §219.) 

f .  209.  Letter  from  Robert  Wadeson  [Madison],  William  Crispin, 
Thos.  Broughton,  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Admiralty.  Boston 
in  New  England,  August  29,  1655. 

(Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1574-1660,  pp.  431,  437-438,  441;  1675-1676,  §220.  This  letter 
contains  an  account  of  the  experiences  of  the  commission  with  information 
as  to  the  character  of  the  provision  purchased.) 

f.  257.  Report  to  his  Highness  from  committee  for  the  affairs  of 
America.  June  2,  1657. 

(Tobias  Bridge,  who  was  a  member  of  the  committee  and  signed  this  report, 
was  a  privy  councillor  who  assisted  in  proclaiming  Richard  Cromwell.  The 
report  gives  an  account  of  the  business  touching  Jamaica.  Cf.  ante,  f.  123, 
and  Egerton  2395,  ff.  157,  is8b.) 

f .  346.  Letter  from  Gov.  Doyley  of  Jamaica,  regarding  victualling 

the  Hound.    Jamaica,  April  10,  1660. 
19038.  f.  31.  Note  of  the  governor  of  Nassau,  attached  to  copy  of  letter 

by  Peter  Goudet,  February  27,  1729/30. 
f.  48.  Letters  from  F.  Gastry  to  Adm.  Charles  Knowles,  governor 

of  Jamaica.     1753. 
19049.  f.  i.  History  and  description  of  Nova  Scotia,    n.  d. 

(Flattering;  object,  erection  of  a  colony  there  to  unite  with  the  northern 
colonies  to  curb  the  growth  of  the  French  in  Canada.  Evidently  by  Samuel 
Waldo,  of  Boston,  who  laid  claim  to  the  territory.) 

f.  7.  Regarding  negroes  in  Jamaica,  advocating  their  suppression, 
September  16,  1733.  On  f.  9  remarkable  description  of  a  Jamaica 
plantation. 

19069-19076.  Volumes  containing  letters  of  Col.  Paul  Mascarene,  com- 
mander-in-chief  of  Nova  Scotia,  1735-1737,  memorials  and  other 
papers,  1710-1746.  Volumes  19072  and  19073  contain  collections 
of  Dr.  Andrew  Brown  relating  to  Nova  Scotia;  19074  contains 
journals  of  meteorological  observations  made  at  Halifax,  1776- 
1794;  and  19075,  19076  contain  a  rough  draft  of  the  history  of 
Nova  Scotia  by  Dr.  Brown. 

19071.  f.  88ff.  Copies  of  seven  important  letters  concerning  the  Acadians 
from  the  collection  of  Dr.  Belknap. 


104:  The  British  Museum. 

1.  Gov.  Shirley's  representation.     September  9,  1745. 

2.  Despatch  to  Shirley  from  Townshend  and  Knowles.    Septem 

ber  n,  1745- 

3.  Gov.  Shirley  to  Gov.  Wentworth.     October  25,  1746. 

4.  Id.  November  4,  1746. 

5.  Hamilton  to  Cornwallis.     1749. 

6.  Id.  1749-1751. 

7.  Annapolis  repairs  and  Gov.  Philips  to  Col.  Mascarene.     1720- 

1721. 

(This  volume,  which  is  entitled  "  Papers  relating  to  Nova  Scotia,  1720-1791 ", 
is  important  for  the  history  of  the  Acadian  removal  (ff.  36-6515)  and  for 
all  that  has  to  do  with  Nova  Scotia  during  the  colonial  period.  See  Selec 
tions  from  the  Public  Documents  of  Nova  Scotia.) 

19073.  f.  2.  Commission  to  Hon.   Edward  Cornwallis,  governor  of  Nova 

Scotia.     1749. 
19293-19298.  Papers  relating  to  the  Philippines. 

(F.  nb,  19297,  contains  a  translation  by  Sir  H.  Parker  of  Don  J.  G.  C. 
Bueno's  description  of  the  coast  of  California.  See  also,  17634,  17651, 
17661  C,  D,  17660  C.  19298  contains  plan  for  conquering  the  Philip 
pines  in  1762,  and  19293,  19294  contain  extracts  of  voyages  from  the 
Philippines  to  New  Spain,  1699-1740;  19299  contains  a  description  of  the 
Sulu  islands,  1763.) 

19332.  ff.  29,  130,  132.  Letters  from  Gov.  Trelawny  of  Jamaica. 

f.  33.  Papers    relating   to  Adm.   Vernon's    command    in   the   West 

Indies.     1740-1741. 
19350.  Very  small  volume  containing  vocabulary  of  the  language  of  the 

Newfoundland   Indians,   with   a  narrative  of  the   Indian   woman 

from  whom  it  was  obtained. 
19374.  Fundamental  constitutions  of  Carolina,  March  I,  1669;  to  which  is 

prefixed  an  abstract  of  the  charter  of  1665. 
20102.  f.  22.  Letter  from  Gov.  Burnet  of  Massachusetts,  to  Mrs.  Robert 

Clayton,  July  7,  1729,  saying  that  he  has  sent  her  a  young  beaver 

alive  and  giving  directions  for  its  care,  together  with  the  fur  of  a 

white  beaver. 
20733.  Almon  Correspondence.     1766-1805. 

f.  in.  Comment  by  Thos.  Pownall,  former  governor  of  Massachu 
setts,   upon   the   retirement   of   Lord    George   Germain   and   the 

abolition  of  his  office.     November,  1781. 

(Cf.  ff.  106-110.) 

f.  145.  Letter  from  Dr.  Hugh  Williamson,  author  of  a  History  of 
North  Carolina,  to  John  Almon.    Philadelphia,  December  n,  1766. 

(Has  been  altered  somewhat  by  another  hand,  possibly  by  Almon  himself 
for  publication.) 

20926.  f.  340.  Diaries  of  the  naval  campaign  of  Spain  against  England  in 

1779,  with  map  of  the  movements  and  various  naval  reports  for 

1780,  etc. 

(In  Spanish.    Cf.  ff.  108,  238.) 
21004.  ff.  27-58.  License  to  an  English  company  for  importing  negro  slaves 

into  America.     1723-1743.     Spanish. 
21133.  f.  i.  King's  warrant  licensing  Thos.    Sheridan,   merchant,   for  the 

space  of  seven  years  to  import  tobacco  out  of  the  English  plan- 


Additional  Manuscripts.  105 

tations  in  America  into  the  kingdom  of  Ireland,  without  first  put 
ting  such  tobacco  on  shore  in  England,    n.  d. 

ff.  3-5.  Request  that  such  licensing  be  stopped  and  that  a  commis 
sion  be  appointed  to  prevent  that  trade.  Draft  of  warrant  for  a 
commission  follows. 

f .  7.  Draft  of  warrant  for  special  license. 

21134.  f.  42.  Observations  on  trade  between  the  English  plantations  and 
Ireland;  also  on  that  part  of  the  petition  of  the  inhabitants  of 
Barbadoes  to  the  king  that  relates  to  Ireland. 

(Upholds  free  trade,  and  argues  that  England's  acts  relating  to  Ireland  are 
an  injury  to  Ireland,  a  great  loss  to  the  plantations  and  no  benefit  to  Eng 
land.  Duplicate  begins  on  f.  46.) 

21136.  f.  I.  Accounts  respecting  imposts  on  tobacco,  signed  and  remitted  to 
the  treasury  by  Lord  Baltimore.  September,  1691. 

(Giving  Baltimore's  share  of  the  two  shilling  per  hogshead  impost  and  the 
fourteen  pence  per  ton  impost.  Baltimore  petitions  for  leave  to  receive 
the  total  sum  of  £1484  i6s.  zod.) 

f.  63.  Draft  of  proclamation  against  Scots  at  Darien.     1699. 
21384.  ff.  1-27.  Journal  of  explorations  by   M.   de   Kerasoret,  July,   1753, 

among  the  Bahama  islands. 
21494.  f.  37.  Lords  Justices'  opinion  upon  report  of  the  Board  of  Trade, 

regarding  Lord  Bellomont's  salary.    July  16,  1695. 
f.  60.  Memorial  to  John  Churchill,  Duke  of  Marlborough,  on  a  plan 
tation  of  land  between  Maryland  and  Carolina.     Tempus,  Anne. 
21497.  ff.  108,  I58b.  Opinions  on  the  right  of  impressing  seamen.     1709. 
21506.  ff.  161-166.  Letters  from  Benjamin  Franklin  to  Capt.   Paul  Jones. 

Passy,  March  25,  1784;  June  5,  July  9,  1785. 
f.  1 68.  Thomas  Jefferson  to  same.     1786. 
21631-21660.  Bouquet  Papers. 

(These  volumes  contain  letter-books,  disbursement  accounts,  warrants,  gen 
eral  and  regimental  orders,  etc.,  of  Brig.-Gen.  Bouquet.  Gen.  Bouquet  was 
appointed  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  Royal  American  regiment  in  1754.  In 
1763  he  was  sent  by  Gen.  Amherst  to  Canada  with  military  stores  for  the 
relief  of  Fort  Pitt  and  gained  a  notable  victory  over  the  Indians.  At  the 
conclusion  of  the  peace  with  the  Indians,  he  was  made  brigadier-general 
and  commandant  of  all  troops  in  the  southern  colonies.  He  died  in  1765 
of  an  epidemic  at  Pensacola. 

His  correspondence  includes  letters  to  and  from  Amherst,  Gage,  Stanwix, 
Moncton,  St.  Clair,  Loudoun,  Forbes,  Washington,  and  letters  from  large 
numbers  of  the  officers,  commissioned  and  non-commissioned,  of  lesser 
rank,  and  from  governors  of  some  of  the  colonies,  agents,  paymasters  and 
civilians  in  Philadelphia,  New  York,  Charleston,  etc. 

The  documents  in  these  17  volumes  are  calendared  in  Brymner's  Canadian 
Archives,  issued  as  appendices  to  the  Report  of  the  Minister  of  Agricul 
ture,  1889,  pp.  1-137.  Complete  copies  of  the  entire  collection  are  in  the 
archives  of  the  government  at  Ottawa,  constituting  vols.  A.I-A3O  of  the 
government  series.  As  the  printed  calendar  is  readily  accessible  no  attempt 
has  been  made  here  to  list  any  of  the  documents  of  this  collection.  An 
excellent  account  of  Gen.  Bouquet  may  be  found  in  the  Diet.  Nat.  Biog.) 

21661-21892.  Haldimand  Papers. 

(General  Sir  Frederick  Haldimand  was  born  in  1718  and  died  in  1791.  He 
was  appointed  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  6ad  Royal  Americans  in  1756 
under  Lord  Loudoun,  and  rose  steadily  in  rank,  serving  in  northern  New 
York  and  Canada  till  1766  when  he  took  command  at  Pensacola,  Florida. 


106  The  British  Museum. 

In  1778  he  was  appointed  governor  of  Canada.  His  papers  cover  the  years, 
1758-1785,  and  consist  of  correspondence  with  Gens.  Amherst,  Gage,  Stan- 
wix,  Robertson,  Taylor,  Abercrombie,  Murray,  Sir  Ralph  Burton,  Sir 
William  Johnson,  Col.  Guy  Johnson,  Hon.  John  Stuart;  the  governors  of 
the  various  colonies;  agents,  paymasters  and  superintendents,  both  in 
America  and  in  England,  the  subordinate  officers  in  America,  and  the 
various  officials,  secretary  of  state  and  others,  in  England. 

The  volumes  include  also  many  copies  of  reports  on  conditions  in  Canada 
under  Haldimand's  predecessors ;  many  papers  relating  to  Indian  affairs 
and  ordnance  matters;  account-books,  regimental  returns,  commissariat 
statistics ;  general  orders  and  instructions  from  Amherst,  Gage,  Maitland, 
Carleton  and  others;  government  instructions,  military  rules  and  direc 
tions,  journals,  diaries,  maps,  plans,  bills  of  exchange,  naval  and  military 
commissions,  warrants;  and  many  letters  from  and  papers  relating  to  the 
Loyalists.  In  addition,  the  later  volumes  contain  secret  intelligence  papers, 
documents  relating  to  prisoners  and  suspected  persons,  packet  boats,  in 
voices  of  cargoes,  and  letters  of  advice  of  stores  shipped,  statistics  of 
trade,  and,  finally,  memorials,  speeches,  addresses,  commissions,  advertise 
ments,  valuations  and  inventories. 

A  copy  of  this  great  collection  of  232  volumes  is  in  the  government  archives 
at  Ottawa,  numbered  61-6232,  many  of  the  volumes  being  in  two  parts. 
The  documents  are  calendared  in  Brymner's  Canadian  Archives,  1884, 
pp.  1-136;  1885,  pp.  137-382;  1886,  pp.  383-74f  (completing  vol.  I.),  1-84; 
1887,  pp.  85-564;  1888,  pp.  565-1028  (completing  vol.  II.),  1-52;  1889,  pp. 
53-299  (completing  vol.  III).  Though  the  calendar  forms  but  a  part  of 
each  appendix  for  the  year  of  issue,  a  continuous  pagination  has  been 
adopted  so  that  bound  separately  it  consists  of  three  volumes  of  pp.  741, 
1028  and  299  respectively. 

Add.  MSS.  20237,  containing  letters  from  Gen.  Haldimand  to  Sir  John 
Johnson,  superintendent  of  Indian  affairs,  belongs  properly  speaking  to 
the  Haldimand  collection,  but  has  not  been  included  among  those  docu 
ments  copied  by  the  Canadian  government.  The  Haldimand  papers  were 
presented  to  the  British  Museum  in  1857  by  Haldimand's  grand-nephew, 
William  Haldimand,  M.  P.,  and  are  fully  indexed  in  the  separate  index- 
volume  covering  the  additions  of  the  years  1854-1875.  So  accessible  is  the 
calendar  that  none  of  the  documents  are  here  listed.) 

21893.  "  Reasons  and  uses  of  the  Georgian  Calendar  and  of  Octave  Com 
putation  or  Natural  Arithmetic,  by  Rev.  Hugh  Jones,  M.  A. 
Minister  at  Jamestown." 

21931.  List  of  testators,  1663-1700,  1731-1750,  and  lists  of  marriages,  1669- 
1679.  Jamaica. 

21947.  ff.  47,  59,  149.  Letters  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Atkins,  of  Barbadoes,  to  the 

Duke  of  Richmond.     1667. 

ff.  63,  190.  Letters  from  Edward  Randolph,  June  6,  1667,  June  22, 
1668. 

(The  first  letter  speaks  of  his  safe  arrival  at  Edinburgh  and  the  second, 
dated  Cromarty  (north  of  Inverness)  has  remarks  about  the  woods.) 

21993.  f.  190.  "  The  coppy  of  some  of  the  old  instructions  which  were  with 
others  formerly  delivered  to  Sr  Thomas  Gates,  Knight,  at  his  going 
to  Virginia,  for  his  direction  in  his  government  there  and  now 
are  by  us  his  Mats  Councell  for  the  Company  of  adventurers  for 
Virginia  given  to  the  Hoble  the  Lord  Lawarre  to  looke  into  and 
advise  on  and  at  his  discretion  to  use  or  forbeare  to  put  them  in 
execution."  Signed,  "  your  loving  Freind,  Alexander  Whitaker, 
Virginia  this  9th  of  August,  1611  ".  (Also,  ff.  174-189.) 

22129.  Register  of  civil  offices  in  the  royal  colonies,  from  Quebec  to  Do 
minica,  giving  name  of  the  office,  name  of  the  incumbent,  how 
appointed,  salary  and  how  paid.  With  one  page  of  promiscuous 
offices,  chiefly  of  Indian  affairs.  Compiled  probably  about  1776. 


Additional  Manuscripts. 


107 


For  example: 


New  Jersey. 


Gov. 
Lt.  Gov. 
Chief  Justice 
Att.  Gen. 
Secretary 

Wm  Franklin 

Fred.  Smith 
Josh  Warrell 
Maurice  Morgan 

Great  Seal 

Sign  Manuel 
« 

Great  Seal 

£750 
No  Salary 
£400 
No  Salary 
£300   or    1 

Paid  by  the  Province 
Out  of  Tea  Duty 

hereabouts,    paid    by 
deputy. 

22130.  f.  16.  Letter  from  Gen.  Washington  to  Col.  Menenville,  aide-de 
camp  to  Comte  de  Rochambeau,  New  Windsor,  N.  Y.,  May  9, 
1781,  regarding  a  supply  of  artillery  for  the  defence  of  Rhode 
Island. 

22186.  f.  87.  Letter  from  Gov.  Beeston  of  Jamaica,  November  30,   1697, 

regarding  Maj.  Noble  and  his  will. 

f.  153.  Letter  from  J.  Goodsole  to  Sir  Henry  Johnson.    Montserrat, 
July  17,  1706. 

(Goodsole  sailed  from  Cape  Coast  Castle,  with  330  slaves.  Gives  an  account 
of  his  experiences  at  Montserrat.) 

22265.  f.  94.  Regarding  settling  and  fortifying  the  island  of  Tobago. 

(Petition  on  behalf  "of  me  and  my  company",  signed  Moses  Stringer,  and 
dated  London,  April,  1706.  F.  96  is  an  essay  on  "  The  preserving  the  trade 
of  America  to  the  subjects  of  the  Crown  of  England  being  of  the  highest 
importance  and  no  way  to  the  effect  but  by  a  vigorous  war  to  drive  the 
French  out  of  America,  settle  King  Charles  the  Third,  and  oblige  the  Span- 
yard  to  a  free  and  uninterrupted  traffic  and  commerce  with  her  Majesty 
Queen  Anne's  subjects".  Also  f.  98,  and  Harleian  7020,  f.  31.) 

22357.  Copies  of  patents,  commissions  and  instructions.     1660-1702. 

f.  197.  Commission  of  the  auditor  general  of  the  revenue  of  the 
plantations,  Blathwayt. 

("And  whereas  there  is  an  auditor  general  established  by  our  authority 
within  our  colony  of  Virginia,  we  do  hereby  especially  provide  and  require 
that  the  auditor  general  of  Virginia  for  the  time  being  do  from  time  to 
time  transmit  and  deliver",  etc.) 

22564.  "  A  Discourse  of  Newfoundland  ",  by  Capt.  Richard  Whitbourne. 
About  1620. 

22616.  f.  129.  Letters  from  and  to  Francis  Nicholson,  governor  and  com- 

mander-in-chief  of  the  royal  forces  at  Annapolis,  in  Nova  Scotia 
and  Newfoundland,  and  commissioner  for  examining  into  the 
public  accounts  of  N.  America. 

(Nicholson  seems  to  have  been  at  Cork.  These  particular  letters  have 
nothing  to  do  with  the  plantations  as  such.) 

22617.  f.  134.  Papers    regarding   packet-boat    service   and    Ed.    Dummer's 

connection  with  it. 

(There  were  five  boats  under  the  direction  of  the  postmaster-general,  sailing 
to  the  Mediterranean,  Holland,  the  West  Indies,  etc.  Dummer  was 
master  of  the  packet-boats.  See  Hist.  MSS.  Comm.  Report  XV.  MSS.  of 
the  Duke  of  Portland,  VIII.,  and,  post,  documents  listed  under  the  General 
Post  Office.) 

f.  138.  Letter  from  Dummer  to  Thos.  Harley.    1712. 

f.  141.  Copy  of  report  concerning  the  naval  office  in  Barbadoes, 
giving  in  brief  a  history  of  the  office  to  date.  The  report  was 
sent  from  the  London  Custom  House,  and  is  dated,  February  16, 
1693/4. 


108  The  British  Museum. 

f.  143.  Paper  on  the  naval  officers  in  the  plantations,  from  Edward 
Perrie,  London,  December  29,  1713,  sent  to  Charles  Carkesse  of 
the  customs  board. 

f.  145.  Letter  from  Charles  Carkesse  to  Richard  Powers,  stating 
duties  of  the  naval  officer.  Custom  House,  London,  December 


f.  149.  Memorial  of  the  clerks  of  "  the  Navall  or  Navy  Office  "  in 
the  Leeward  Islands,  Barbadoes,  Jamaica,  etc. 

22639.  Regarding  the  Company  of  the  Mines  Royal  in  Jamaica,  1726-1727. 

22676-22678.  Papers  relating  to  the  Island  of  Jamaica,  1662-1791,  among 
which  is  a  paper  on  the  necessity  and  usefulness  of  packet-boats 
(f.  23,  1719),  another  outlining  plan  for  the  same  (f.  24). 

22679.  f.  i.  "  Objections  offered  by  the  Magistrates  of  the  City  of  New 
York  to  his  Honor  the  Lieutenant  Governor  in  Council,  against  a 
Commission  of  the  Peace  being  issued  for  the  city  and  county  of 
New  York." 

(Read  in  council,  December  20,  1764.  The  paper  was  drawn  up  on  the 
igth  and  signed  by  Cruger,  Johnson,  Jilkin,  Bogerth,  Jr.,  Nich.  Roosevelt, 
Brewerton,  Hicks,  Van  Wyck,  Corn.  Roosevelt.) 

f  .  4.  Petition  to  Gov.  Moore  of  New  York  from  a  number  of  Indians 
of  the  Mohheekunnuck  tribe  residing  on  the  Housatonic  River 
regarding  claim  to  lands  on  the  Hudson  River.  Stockbridge, 
April  i,  1765. 

f.  7.  Dr.  John  Gordon,  on  account  of  Sir  Henry  Moore,  for  orders 
of  Council.  1763-1766. 

f.  8.  Letter  from  J.  Ingersoll  to  Gov.  Moore.  New  Haven,  January 
3,  1766. 

(Ingersoll  requests  the  governor  to  receive  into  the  fort  at  New  York  the 
stamp  papers  consigned  to  him.) 

f.  9.  Letter  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Gov.  Moore,  Boston,  February 
23,  1766,  telling  about  the  rioting  at  New  London  because  of  the 
stamps. 

(F.  ii  contains  an  unsigned,  undated  statement  in  Bernard's  handwriting 
telling  of  the  same.) 

f.  12.  Letter  from  Lieut.  Colville  to  Gov.  Moore.    Halifax,  April  17, 

1766,  promising  aid  in  case  of  need. 
f.  14.  Letter  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Gov.  Moore,  Boston,  May  29, 

1766,  regarding  Gov.  Colden's  letter  about  Bernard  communicated 

to  the  newspapers,  and  adding,  "  The  popular  madness  has  not 

abated  here  so  much  as  I  could  wish  ". 
f.  16.  Formal  communication  from  Gov.  Wm.  Pitkin  of  Connecticut, 

Hartford,  June  4,  1766,  regarding  selling  liquor  to  the  Schaticook 

Indians. 
f.  17.  Protest  addressed  to  Follerker  Dow,  mayor  of  Albany,  against 

the  late  unwarranted  proceedings  of  a  number  of  people  under  the 

influence  of  Col.  John  Van  Ransler  at  a  place  called  Noble  Town. 

Signed  by  Indians  of  Stockbridge,  June  30,  1766. 

(Similar  communication,  dated  July  I,  1766,  follows.) 
f.  21.  Letter  from  J.  Ingersoll  to  Gov.  Moore,  New  Haven,  July 

14,  1766,  asking  that  he  and  Lieut.-Gov.  Colden  will  see  that  the 

stamps,  which  are  to  be  taken  back  to  England,  be  put  safely  on 

board  ship  bound  for  London. 


Additional  Manuscripts.  109 

£.23.  Indian  sale  to  Rev.  John  C.  Hardwick.    July  15,  1666. 

f.  25.  Letter  from  Wm.  Gilliland  to  Col.  Bird,  Willsborough,  Sep 
tember  19,  1766,  regarding  his  title  to  lands  on  Lake  Champlain. 

f.  29.  "  Some  sensible  remarks  on  Canada  boundaries  ",  in  the  hand 
writing  of  Edward  Long. 

f.  31.  State  of  the  paper  currency  at  New  York,  dated  November  14, 
1766,  contained  in  a  letter  from  Abraham  Lott,  merchant  of  New 
York,  to  Gov.  Moore. 

f.  33.  Address  of  the  general  assembly  of  New  York  to  Gov.  Moore, 
December  15,  1766,  in  reply  to  the  governor's  message  of  November 
17,  1766. 
(F.  35  is  a  duplicate.) 

f.  36.  Letter  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Gov.  Moore,  December  18,  1766, 
regarding  his  own  claim  to  lands  in  New  York. 

f.  38.  Letter  from  Peter  Hasenclever  to  Gov.  Moore,  New  York, 
May  n,  1768,  regarding  money  and  business  matters. 

f.  42.  Letter  from  Sir  William  Johnston  to  Gov.  Moore,  Johnston 
Hall,  July  20,  1768,  regarding  money  matters. 

f.  44.  Id.  August  5,  1768. 

f.  46.  Id.  Fort  Stanwix,  September  20,  1768. 

f.  50.  Letter  from  Capt.  Sam.  Holland  to  Gov.  Moore.  Quebec, 
October  9,  1768. 

f.  52.  Copy  of  proclamation  regarding  religion. 

f .  56.  Communication  from  Gov.  Moore,  addressed  to  "  My  Lord  ", 
regarding  the  state  of  the  chancery  court  at  New  York.  n.  d. 
Unfinished. 

22680.  f.  5.  "  A  Brief  Relation  of  the  expedition  to  Cartaxena  being  an 
extract  of  a  letter  wrote  by  a  Spanish  officer  (that  was  in  the  said 
siege)  to  his  Friend  at  the  Havana." 

f.g.  Minutes  of  council  of  war  held  at  camp  at  Cuba,  October  31- 
November  7,  1741. 

f.  ii.  "Reasons  humbly  offered  for  fortifying  Port  Royal  harbour 
in  So.  Carolina  and  for  erecting  an  Hospital  and  Store  house 
there." 

f.  13.  List  of  shippings  in  Port  Royal  harbor  on  the  fifteenth  of 
April,  1729. 

f.  14.  "  A  short  abstract  of  the  contract  for  transporting  a  number 
of  Swiss  to  South  Carolina." 

f.  16.  "  Proposals  for  paying  off  all  plantation  bills  or  paper  cur 
rency  in  his  Majestie's  colonies  and  plantations  in  America;  and 
for  the  due  application  of  the  money  granted  by  Parliament  to 
the  four  New  England  provinces  and  colonies  for  reimbursing 
their  expence  in  the  Cape  Breton  expedition." 
(Endorsed  "A  sensible  plan".) 

22781.  Treatise  to  prove  England  by  its  trade  and  commerce  is  equivalent 
in  wealth  and  strength  to  a  far  greater  territory  (France)  ;  that 
taxes  rather  increase  than  diminish  the  commonwealth;  that  Eng 
land  has  stock  sufficient  to  drive  the  trade  of  the  whole  world. 

(Ch.  v.   contains   remarks  on   the  plantations.     A  true  mercantilist   docu 
ment.    About  1675.) 


110  The  British  Museum. 

22851.  ff.  65,  170.  Letters  from  Elihu  Yale  to  Thos.  Pitt,  governor  of  Fort 
St.  George,  Madras,  February  4,  1701/2,  February  12,  1701/2. 
Chiefly  about  money  and  business. 

22875.  Plans,  etc.,  of  fortifications  in  British  North  America.     1750. 

Small  book,  finely  bound  and  tooled,  entitled  "  Plans  ",  containing  plans 
of  fortifications.  A  few  of  Newfoundland  and  Nova  Scotia  but 
none  of  the  plantations  southward. 

22919,  22920.  Collection  of  letters  of  Sir  George  Downing.  On  f.  51  is  a 
letter  from  Holies  to  Downing  about  the  "  Duch  ",  Paris,  October 
17  and  27,  1669.  "  By  a  state  of  the  case  now  sent  me  by  this 
post  it  appears  the  fort  belonged  to  us  and  they  were  intruders." 
Ff.  195, 207, 209  contain  letters  from  merchants  regarding  the  Dutch ; 
f.  236  is  a  letter  from  Sir  Richard  Ford.  22920  contains  claims  of 
merchants  against  the  Dutch.  Note  ff.  6,  8,  1 1 ;  also  letter  from  the 
East  India  Co.,  London,  September  25,  1663,  signed  by  Ford, 
Martin  Noell  and  others. 
(Ford  was  on  the  "  private  committee "  of  the  East  India  Company.) 

23122.  f.  27b.  Letter  from  Lord  Bellenden  to  Lord  Lauderdale.  May  7, 
1664. 

(Rather  important  for  the  customs.  Contains  this  sentence  "  Dear  My  Lord 
do  what  you  can  to  prevent  a  war  with  Holland  for  we  shall  be  sunk 
by  it".) 

23206.  f.  77.  Letter  from  Benjamin  Franklin  to  David  Hartley,  London, 
dated  Passy,  April  14,  1782,  regarding  the  general  treaty  of  peace. 

23242-23251.  Papers  and  Correspondence  of  John  Maitland,  second  earl 
of  Lauderdale,  created  duke  of  Lauderdale  in  1672  and  earl  of 
Guildford  in  1674. 

(The  papers  have  been  rearranged  in  a  chronological  series  and  are  indexed 
in  the  Index,  1854-1875.  The  classified  catalogue,  British  Museum  Manu 
script  Room,  is  not  to  be  depended  on  for  this  series.  The  volumes  con 
tain  but  little  relating  to  colonial  history.  Cf.  23108-23138  and  35125.) 

23615.  State  of  America.  Representation  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  September 
8,  1721,  with  map  of  the  English  and  French  possessions  on  the 
continent  of  North  America,  1727.  H.  Popple.  Original,  colored. 

23618.  14.  Plan  of  engagement  between  the  British  and  French  at  Do 
minica,  April  12,  1782. 
17.  Plan  of  siege  of  Havana.    1762. 

22.  Sketch  of  part  of  the  Island  of  St.  Lucia,  with  the  operations 
between  the  Dutch  and  French.     1768. 

23651.  Rainsford  Papers,  relating  to  the  Hanau  and  Anspach  troops. 
1776-1778. 

(Rainsford  was  aide-de-camp,  and  commissary  of  George  III.  to  receive  the 
German  troops  and  transport  them  to  America.  The  volume  contains  com 
missions,  instructions,  various  memoranda,  remarks,  etc.,  concerning  trans 
portation  of  troops  to  America.  Also  lists  of  necessaries,  equipment,  oaths 
of  loyalty,  summaries  of  costs,  accounts  of  expenses  and  much  correspond 
ence,  including  letters  from  Lord  Suffolk,  G.  Cressener,  Gen.  Faucitt  and 
Sir  Joseph  Yorke.) 

23678.  Narrative  and  remarks  on  the  siege  of  Havana,  1761-1762,  by  Adm. 
Sir  Charles  Knowles. 

(Ff.  36-end  is  a  journal  of  the  siege  of  Havana,  June  6,  1762,  printed  in 
the  London  Gazette,  September  n,  30,  1762,  and  reprinted  by  Rev.  E.  E. 
Hale,  in  1898,  in  a  pamphlet  entitled  An  Authentic  Journal  of  the  Siege 
of  the  Havanna,  by  an  Officer.) 


Additional  Manuscripts.  Ill 

23725.  ff.  3,  5.  Letters  from  John  Smibert  to  Mr.  Arthur  Pond,  Painter, 
London,  dated  Boston,  March  15,  1744/5  and  April  6,  1749. 

(The  first  letter  mentions  expedition  to  Cape  Breton,  but  is  chiefly  about 
paintings  and  materials  received.  The  second  speaks  of  £63  to  be  laid  out 
in  colors,  cloths,  gold  frames,  colored  mounts,  etc.) 

f.  49.  Letter  from  John  Moffatt  to  the  executors  of  the  will  of  the 

late  Mr.  Arthur  Pond.     Boston,  July  2,  1759. 

24131-24138.  "Abstracts  of  English  State  Papers  in  the  collection  formed 
by  William,  Earl  of  Shelburne,  Ist  Marquis  of  Lansdowne,  and 
now  preserved  at  Lansdowne  House."  The  papers  concern  the 
peace  of  1763,  the  American  war,  the  general  pacification  in  1783, 
navy,  trade,  customs,  etc. 

24320.  Papers  relating  to  the  surrender  of  Ft.  Sackville   (Vincennes)   by 

Lieut.-Gov.  Henry  Hamilton,  to  George  Rogers  Clark,  February, 
1779. 

(  (i)  Gov.  Henry  Hamilton's  Diary,  August  6,  1778-October  6,  1778;  (2) 
dates  of  March,  February  24,  1779,  copy  of  parole,  March  I — Start  for 
Richmond,  May  27 ;  (3)  reasons  for  not  making  an  attempt  on  the  Illinois 
this  winter,  Vincennes,  December  19,  1778;  (4)  copy  of  proposals  to  Col. 
Clark,  February  24,  1779;  (5)  letter  regarding  Gov.  Hamilton,  April  18, 
1779;  (6)  letter  from  Gov.  Hamilton  to  Maj.-Gen.  Wm.  Phillips,  speaking 
of  his  misfortune  in  having  to  sign  the  capitulation  of  February  25,  dated 
May  21,  1779;  (7)  terms  of  the  capitulation,  signed  G.  R.  Clark,  together 
with  Hamilton's  reasons  for  capitulating;  (8)  letters  from  Phillips  to 
Hamilton,  Charlpttesville,  May  29,  July  5,  1779;  (9)  letter  from  Hamilton 
to  Phillips,  Williamsburg  Jail,  July,  1779 ;  ( 10)  letter  from  Gen.  J.  Hamil 
ton  to  Gov.  Hamilton,  July  19,  1780;  (n)  letter  from  Gov.  Hamilton  to 
the  governor  and  council  of  Virginia,  July  30,  1779;  (12)  Phillips  to  Maj. 
Hay  regarding  exchange  of  prisoners,  August  19,  1779;  (13)  Phillips  to 
Gov.  Hamilton,  August  19,  August  25,  1779;  (14)  Wm.  Collier,  writing 
for  Phillips,  to  Hamilton,  September  il,  1779;  (15)  Phillips  to  paymaster- 
general,  David  Geddes,  September  4,  1779;  (16)  Hamilton's  parole,  ten 
dered  to  all  the  prisoners  of  war,  October  2,  1779;  (17)  Phillips  to  Hamil 
ton,  Bethlehem,  Pa.,  November  2,  1779;  (17)  copy  of  letter  from  Gen. 
Hamilton  to  Gen.  Haldimand,  Jermyn  St.,  London,  July  6,  1781,  giving 
report  of  the  whole  affair. 

Hamilton's  report  to  Gen.  Haldimand  has  been  printed  in  Michigan  Pioneer 
Collections,  IX.) 

24321.  Letters  in  cipher  (deciphered)  relating  to  American  affairs.     1777- 

1781. 

(  (i)  Victor  Amadeus  IL,  king  of  Sardinia,  to  Marquis  de  Cordon,  Turin, 
April  26,  1777.  "  Should  the  colonies  win  their  independence  it  would  be 
difficult  for  England  to  regain  her  superiority  over  the  navies  of  France 
and  Spain";  (2)  D.  H.  [David  Hartley]  to  Franklin,  London,  February  20, 
1778,  hoping  to  see  a  treaty  begun,  "  It  is  demidium  facto " ;  (3)  letters 
from  Samuel  Wharton  to  Mr.  Benson,  London,  February  24,  March  13,  21, 
April  28,  1778;  (4)  Gerard,  French  envoy  to  the  U.  S.  to  (a  frag 
ment)  ;  (5)  Vergennes  to  Gerard,  June  26,  1778;  (6)  James  McMasters  to 
Robert  Ellison,  Paris,  September  8,  1777;  (7)  F.  Lewis  to  the  same,  Sep 
tember  n,  1777;  (8-9)  keys  to  the  cipher.  The  despatches  from  Vergennes 
to  Lucerne  were  taken  up  by  British  seamen  after  being  thrown  overboard 
when  the  vessel  that  carried  them  was  captured.  Endorsements  are, 
"  Secret,  Read  by  the  King ".  The  papers  were  deciphered  by  Francis 
Willes,  one  of  the  king's  chief  decipherers,  who  afterward  petitioned  for 
some  recompense  or  douceur.) 

24322.  Miscellaneous  Letters,  etc.,  relating  to  American  Affairs,  1718-1796. 

((i)  Copy  of  Gov.  Robert  Hunter's  letter  to  the  justices  of  Westchester  on 
the  complaint  of  the   inhabitants   of  Rye  being   distrained   upon  by  the 
officers  of  Connecticut,  April  19,  1718;   (2)  order  for  payment  of  £400  to 
8 


112  The  British  Museum. 

Gov.  Robert  Johnson  of  South  Carolina  for  expenses  of  seven  Cherokee 
Indians  then  in  England;  receipt  of  Robert  Johnson  on  the  back;  (3) 
copies  of  letter  from  Earl  Percy  to  Gen.  Gage,  April  20,  1775  (the  original 
is  in  the  P.  R.  O.)  ;  (4)  letter  from  John  Staples  to  Lord  Rochford, 
Stepney  Green,  September  20,  1775',  (5)  extract  of  a  letter  from  Alderman 
William  Lee  to  Nathan  Rumsey  at  Nantes,  London,  October  25,  1776; 
(6)  copy  of  letter  from  S.  Deane,  Paris,  December  9,  1776;  (7)  copy  of 
letter  to  Mr.  George  Carlting,  Paris,  April  24,  1777  [from  Carmichael?] 
about  the  American  situation  and  the  attitude  of  France;  (8)  letter  from 
E.  Gerry  to  Joseph  Gardoqui  &  Sons,  Philadelphia,  September  I,  1777, 
regarding  Burgoyne's  movements;  (9)  Capt.  Stanhope's  account  of  his 
seizure  of  the  ship  Rittenhouse,  December  27,  1775;  (ip)  extract  of  letter 
from  Capt.  Chester  of  Pensacola  to  Lord  George  Germain,  October  6,  1777 ; 
copy  of  letter  from  the  same  to  the  governor  of  Louisiana,  Pensacola, 
May  28,  1778;  (n)  De  Brahm's  petition  for  his  salary  as  provisional  sur 
veyor  of  East  Florida,  1775-1777;  (12)  copy  of  letter  from  Lord  George 
Germain  to  Sir  Henry  Clinton,  January  23,  1779  (secret  and  confidential, 
outlining  the  future  conduct  of  the  war  in  N.  America)  ;  (13)  copies  of 
various  letters  from  Maj.-Gen.  Prevost,  Sir  Henry  Clinton,  Gov.  Tonyn, 
J779 !  ( !4)  letter  to  Curzon  and  Gouverneur,  St.  Eustatius,  from  W.  Savage, 
Edenton,  North  Carolina,  November,  1780;  (15)  copy  of  letter  to  Adm. 
Rodney  from  the  Lords  of  the  Admiralty;  December  7,  1780;  letter  from 
Baron  Steuben  to  Benjamin  Walker,  merchant,  New  York,  regarding  the 
sale  of  property  in  Virginia;  (17)  copy  of  letter  from  Cornwallis  to  Phil 
lips,  April,  1781 ;  ( 18)  letter  from  Sir  Henry  Clinton  to  Lord  George  Ger 
main,  New  York,  April  30,  1781  (duplicate)  ;  (19)  letters  from  Susanna 
Riddell  to  William  Innes,  dated  Williamsburg,  Virginia,  October  5,  1781, 
August  7,  1782,  January  12,  August  10,  1783 ;  the  papers  of  date  later  than 
1783  relate  to  Canada,  the  Western  Forts  and  the  Indians,  and  the 
Bahamas.) 

24323.  Letters  from  Sir  William  Johnson,  Sir  J.  Johnson  and  Col.  Guy 

Johnson  to  John  Blackburn,  merchant,  Cannon  St.,  London,  chiefly 

relating  to  Canada.     1770-1780. 
24456.  "  Puritan   families   emigrating-  to   New   England   in   the   reign   of 

Charles  I.,  from  Harleian  6071,  followed  by  notes  on  Winthrop's 

History  of  New  England." 

(Part  of  the  Hunter  Collection.    See  24516,  25463,  25466.) 

24516.  f.  115.  "Emigration  in  1635.  From  a  Record  of  the  time  in  the 
custody  of  the  Queen's  Remembrancer.  I  have  copied  every 
name  of  persons  going  to  New  England.  Those  to  Virginia  are 
in  a  greater  number  than  to  Barbadoes,  St.  Christopher,  New 
Providence  and  Bermudas." 
(The  book,  which  contains  about  100  leaves,  is  entitled,  "  A  Register  of 

the  names  of  all  the  passengers  that  passed  through  the  port  of  London, 

in  one  year,  1635  ".) 

24666.  Collection  of  printed  tracts  relating  to  the  English  church  at  Am 
sterdam.     1634,  1635. 

24982.  Memoirs  and  other  papers  relating  to  the  English  and  French  pos 
sessions  in  America  and  the  West  Indies. 
"  Repertoire  de  ce  qui  est  contenu  dans  ce  livre  " : — 
"  Etat  present  des  isles  et  Territoires  du  Roy  de  France,  et  d'Angle- 
terre  en  Amerique,  avec  1'histoire  ancienne  et  modernes  de  leur 
Colonies  et  des  Takes  Astronomiques  qui  montrent  le  levee  et  le 
couche  du  soleil,  &c,  dans  les  dites  colonies,  et  un  Traite  historique 
des  Vents  et  des  Moussons,  par  M.  E.  Hallei." 

1.  Martinique. 

2.  "  Estat  present  des  Isles  et  Territories  du  Roy  d'Angletterre  en 
Amerique." 


Additional  Manuscripts.  113 

25115.  A  volume  containing  copies  of  various  petitions  presented  to  the 
Council  of  Trade,  earliest  dated,  November  13,  1660,  and  latest, 
March  12,  1661/2. 

25117-25125.  The  Coventry  Papers  (Henry  Coventry,  Secretary  of  State, 
1672-1680)  were  presented  by  the  Duke  of  Northumberland  in 
1863.  Consist  of  letter-books  chiefly.  Only  25120  is  of  import 
ance  here.  This  is  entitled  "  Letters  to  Governors  of  Plantations 
in  North  America  and  the  West  Indies,  1674-1679 ".  Some  of 
these  letters  are  calendared  in  Cal.  Col.,  but  a  number  of  them 
are  not  calendared  and  supplement  the  documents  in  the  Public 
Record  Office. 

5.41-151.  Letters  from  Henry  Coventry  to  Gov.  Atkins  of  Barba- 
does,  Gov.  Vaughan  of  Jamaica,  Sir  Henry  Morgan  of  Jamaica, 
the  buccaneer,  knighted  by  Charles  II.,  chiefly  in  connection  with 
the  enterprises  at  Panama,  etc.  (Cf.  11268,  11410.)  Some  of  the 
letters  to  Atkins  are  calendared.  Letter  to  Gov.  Berkeley  of  Vir 
ginia,  July  10,  1676,  about  sending  troops  to  put  down  Bacon's 
rebellion  (ff.  82-83,  n°t  cal.);  another,  July  14,  1676,  about  the 
same,  (f.  88,  not  cal.);  a  third,  November  15,  1676  (f.  94,  cal.). 
Letters  to  Mr.  Witham  at  Barbadoes,  and  to  the  Earl  of  Carlisle. 
Important  letter  to  Jeffreys,  Berkeley's  successor  as  governor  of 
Virginia,  dated  December  5,  1678,  contains  this  suggestive  state 
ment  (f.  136,  not  cal.),  "The  difficulties  we  are  in  at  present  by 
reason  of  a  late  Conspiracy  discovered  of  the  utmost  consequence, 
and  the  combined  and  long  sittings  of  Parliament,  have  given  us 
so  little  time  to  consult  at  the  Committee  of  Plantations,  that  you 
will  want  many  directions  which  else  you  would  have  had."  Cf. 
also  f.  138  (not  cal.).  Letter  to  Sir  Henry  Chicheley,  governor  of 
Virginia,  April  I,  1679,  is  calendared.  Another  to  Maj.  Andrews 
(Andros),  governor  of  New  York,  September  26,  1679,  bidding 
him  receive  Mr.  Randolph  kindly,  is  not  calendared.  Letter  to 
the  governor  of  New  Plymouth,  same  date,  brought  as  was  that 
to  Andros  by  Randolph,  is  calendared. 

25302.  f.  96.  Regarding  a  suit  at  law,  between  Cecil  Calvert,  Lord  Balti 
more,  Sir  Thomas  Reynell  and  others.  1639  [  ?] . 

25463.  f.  78.  Founders  of  New  Plymouth,  in  the  Hunter  Collection.  Cf. 
25466. 

25466.  "  Collections  concerning  the  Early  History  of  the  Founders  of  New 
Plymouth  "  by  Joseph  Hunter. 

(An  imperfect  draft  of  the  work  published  by  Hunter,  London,  1849,  with 
slightly  different  title.  Differs,  also,  in  some  respects  from  the  printed 
version.) 

25490.  f.  31.  Observations  upon  the  attack  made  by  Commodore  Sir  Peter 
Parker  upon  Fort  Sullivan,  South  Carolina,  June  28,  1776. 
(Evidently  written  by  some  one  connected  with  the  land  forces.) 

25699.  Chronicles  of  the  Indians  of  North  America,  by  S.  G.  Drake.  Boston, 
1836. 

25893-25895.  "Extracts  for  a  fair  and  impartial  history  of  Paul  Jones." 
In  ten  copy-books,  lettered  A-K,  partly  printed,  manuscript  auto 
graph,  by  Dr.  Richard  Filkin. 


The  British  Museum. 

26052.  Code  of  law,  civil  and  criminal,  for  the  province  of  Quebec,  by  Sir 
James  Marriott.    Doctors  Commons,  December  30,  1772. 
(Cf.  P.  R.  O.,  A.  W.  L  516,  old  reference.) 

27382.  f.  191.  "  The  present  State  of  Justice  in  the  American  plantations 
and   particularly   in   the   Isle   of   Barbados,   with   some  thoughts 
how  the  same  may   (in  a  great  Measure)   be  amended  for  the 
future." 
(Relates  solely  to  Barbadoes.    No  date  but  probably  before  1660.) 

f.  197.  An  Account  of  the  Present  State  of  Virginia,  signed  Hen. 
Hartwell,  James  Blair,  E.  Chilton. 

(An  excellent  clear  copy  of  this  well-known  work.  Printed,  Mass.  Hist.  Soc. 
Coll.,  first  series,  vol.  5.) 

f.  256.  Two  letters  recommending  liberty  of  conscience.     1662. 
27392.  k.  Map  of  the  Mosquito  Shore  on  the  Bay  of  Honduras.    1784. 
27402.  f.  124.  Copy  of  commission  from  Charles  II.  to  Sir  George  Carteret. 
1649. 

(Mutilated.  To  the  commission  the  following  autograph  note  is  added: 
"  Carteret,  I  will  add  this  to  you  under  my  owne  hand  that  I  can  never 
forgett  the  good  services  you  have  done  to  my  father  and  to  me,  and  if 
God  pleas  me  you  shall  find  I  doe  remember  them  to  the  advantage  of  you 
and  yours :  and  for  this  you  have  the  word  of  Your  very  loving  friend, 
Charles  R.") 

27578.  Correspondence  of  Rev.  W.  Butler.    Vol.  II.,  1763-1771. 

f.  109,  114,  116.  Letters  from  Rev.  Tho.  John  Claggett,  July  i,  1768, 

September  i,  1769,  September  19,  1769.    Maryland. 
27777.  f.  10.  Letter  on  the  appointment  of  Charles  and  William  Wyndham 

secretaries  of  Jamaica. 

27856.  Notes  on  voyages  and  the  discovery  and  geography  of  America. 
27859.  f.  22.  Petition  of  Alexander  (self-styled),  earl  of  Stirling,  claiming 

the  lordship  of  Nova  Scotia  and  Canada,  with  printed  copies  of 

original  charts.     1831. 

(See  Brymner's  Report,  1882,  where  a  history  of  this  grant  is  given.) 

27891.  Sailing  directions  for  different  parts  of  the  eastern  coast  of  the 
North  American  seaboard.  1772-1778. 

27916.  ff.  5-1 1.  "A  Short  Hint  to  both  sides  of  the  Atlantic",  written  by 
Francis  Godolphin  Osborne,  Secretary  of  State,  before  the  Decla 
ration  of  Independence. 

27918.  This  volume  contains  many  memoranda  of  the  career  of  Francis 
Osborne,  Secretary  of  State,  in  Parliament  with  occasional  refer 
ences  to  American  matters. 

(For  example,  f.  87,  memorandum,  with  the  following:  "  [Lord  Shelburnel 
told  me  he  knew  we  agreed  about  America  and  declared  that  if  he  was 
forced  to  acknowledge  her  independence,  it  should  not  be  for  nothing,  but 
upon  condition  of  a  Federal  union  between  the  two  countries.") 

27957.  Various  directions  for  navigating  the  Gulf  of  St.  Lawrence.     1755. 
28076.  Register  of  Treasury  Warrants.     1673-1674. 

ff.  3,  100.  Warrant  to  Edmund  Andros,  of  his  Majesty's  bounty  for 

his  service  in  the  recovery  of  "  Tyn  at  Ostend  ". 
ff.  43.  Warrant  for  payment  of  five  ministers  at  Jamaica.     March  6, 
1674. 


Additional  Manuscripts.  115 

ff.  78,  iQob,  409.  Warrant  for  payment  of  Lord  Culpeper  for  one  year 

of  allowance  as  vice-president  of  his  Majesty's  Council  for  Foreign 

Plantations.     January  13,  1673/4. 
ff.  in,  125.  Warrant  to  Maj.   Edmund  Andros  for  pay  of  arrears 

due  the  officers  and  soldiers  of  the  Barbadoes  regiment.    June  22, 

1674. 
ff.  211,377.  Warrant  for  payment  of  charges  of  Plantation  Council. 

February  13,  1674. 

28079.  f.  n.  Report  to  the  king  on  the  state  of  the  revenues,  signed  Albe- 

marle,  Ashley,  Clifford,  Coventry,  Duncome.     Endorsed   "  Recd. 
Oct.  8,  1661  ". 

f .  2.6.  Proposal  for  encouragement  of  trade  by  resettling  the  admi 
ralty  courts  and  giving  them  power  to  settle  all  differences  concern 
ing  trade  and  navigation.     Tempus,  William  and  Mary. 
(Only  indirectly  of  interest  for  colonial  history.    Cf.  S.  37,  38.) 

f.  39b.  Account  of  Mr.  Michael  Wicks,  receiver  of  the  plantation 
receipts.  Richard  Mounteney,  mentioned  as  collector. 

28080.  f .  84.  Some  observations  about  the  plantations  in  relation  to  the 

several  acts  of  Parliament. 

(Without  name  or  date.     Contains  reference  to  Virginia  act  of  assembly 
imposing  ten  shillings  per  hogshead  on  all  tobacco.) 

f.  244.  Table  giving  average  value  of  British   linens   exported   in 

seventeen  years,  1698-1714;  and  average  value  of  foreign  linens 

exported  in  the  same  years  "  to  our  colonies  ". 
28089.  f.  i.  Proposals  of  Ferdinando  Gorges,  for  the  sale  of  the  province 

of  Maine  in  New  England  to  his  Majesty.     Signed  February  24, 

1675/6. 

(For  £1000  down  and  £10,000  when  in  possession,  at  £2000  a  year.) 
f.  3.  "  What  is  to  be  done  with  the  New  Englanders  trading  directly 

from  France  and  other  places."     Endorsed  "  Notes  upon  N.  E. 

trade,  August  i,  76  ". 

(The  last  note  is  "The   New  Englanders  can  revolt  to  no  other  nation 
because  they  can  have  no  plantations  to  trade  with  all".) 

f.  6.  "  The  Present  State  of  New  England.  To  the  Right  Hon.  the 
Lords  of  his  Maj.  most  Hon.  Privy  Council  appointed  a  Committee 
for  Trade  and  Plantations",  by  Edward  Randolph.  October  12, 
1676. 

f.  21.  Continuation  of  Randolph's  narrative  "  touching  the  delivery 
of  your  Maties  Letters  to  the  Magistrates  of  Boston  in  New  Eng1 ". 
September  20,  1676.  Badly  mutilated. 

f .  24b.  "  A  Petition  signed  by  one  hundred  of  the  principal  Inhabi 
tants  of  Massachusetts  and  presented  October  1666." 

f.  31.  Instructions  from  the  Commission  for  managing  his  Majesty's 
Customs  in  England  to  ....  the  Collector  of  his  Majesty's  Cus 
toms  in  Virginia  "  in  pursuance  of  the  direction  of  the  Rt  honble 
Thos.  Lord  Viscount  Latimer,  Ld  Hgh  Treas.  of  Engl ". 

f.  34.  Instructions  to  the  Surveyor  from  the  same.  Date  is  after 
1672. 

ff.  41-46.  Papers  regarding  farming  of  the  Four  and  a  half  per  cent, 
duty  in  Barbadoes. 


116  The  British  Museum. 

28103.  f.  117.  Letter  from  Adm.  Rodney.  H.  M.  S.  Sandwich,  Barbadoes, 
June  30,  1781. 

(Speaks  of  the  French  in  the  West  Indies  and  adds  "If  they  make  the  least 
movement  I  follow  them  and  if  the  proper  opportunity  offers  will  cer 
tainly  attack  them".) 

28140.  f.  34b.  General  Description  of  the  American  Coasts  and  Seas,  with 
bearings  and  distance  of  capes  and  headlands,  observations  on  cur 
rents,  etc.,  translated  from  a  Spanish  manuscript  written  by  Capt. 
Domingo  Gonzales  Caranza.  1718. 

(The  same  work,  with  a  different  title,  etc.,  is  in  P.  R.  O.  Colonial  Office, 
A.  W.  I.  450,  old  reference.) 

28218.  f.  14.  Two  letters  from  Gov.  Wm.  Berkeley  of  Virginia,  to  "  My 

Deare,  Deare  General ".    Green  Spring,  May  26,  1666,  and  May  4, 

1667. 
28269.  Copies  of  four  letters  from  William  Penn  to  George  Fox  and  others, 

dated  20,  9,  1674;  21,  9,  1674;  4,  8,  1681 ;  12,  n,  1694;  one  from 

Hannah  Penn,  Philadelphia,  6,  I,  1700. 
28323.  Establishment  of  the  land  forces  ....  at  home  and  in  the  colonies. 

1739- 

(Ff.  61-70  relate  to  the  colonies.) 
28456.  Papers  relating  for  the  most  part  to  the  Spanish  and  Portuguese 

colonies  in  America  and  in  Tangier,  1624-1688.     See  also  volume 

28457  which  relates  to  South  America  and  to  trade  and  commerce. 

In  Spanish. 
28605.  Journal  of  John  Lees  of  Quebec  from  London  in  1768. 

(Journey  was  from  London,  April,  1768,  to  Boston,  Rhode  Island,  New 
York,  Albany,  Mohawk  River,  Fort  Stanwix,  Fort  Oswego,  Fort  Niagara, 
Lake  Erie,  Detroit  and  thence  to  Montreal,  which  was  reached  in  October 
of  the  same  year.) 

28609.  Nova  plantarum  Americanarum  genera,  by  P.   C.  Plumier,   1703, 

with  pencil  drawings. 
28620.  Journal  of  the  Dividing  Line  drawn  between  the  Colonies  of  Virginia 

and  North  Carolina,  begun  March  5,   1728,  by   Col.   Byrd  and 

others. 

(Printed  in  The  Westover  Manuscripts,  1841,  again  with  other  of  Byrd's 
papers  in  1866,  and  finally  in  Bassett's  edition,  1901.  In  P.  R.  O.,  Colonial 
Office,  Class  5,  1323—5.  T.,  Virginia,  R,  f.  124,  old  reference,  is  Byrd's 
letter  of  June  27,  1729,  regarding  "the  difficulties  attending  the  service 
and  the  pay  of  the  persons  employed  therein "  and  in  R,  f.  125  is  the 
"Journal  of  the  Commissioners  for  settling  the  Bounds  between  Virginia 
and  North  Carolina,  with  a  chart  of  the  dividing  line".  This  chart  with 
others  will  be  found  in  B.  T.  Maps,  12,  nos.  2,  10,  15,  for  which  see  cata 
logue  of  Maps  in  Government  Search  Room.  There  can  be  little  doubt 
but  that  the  copper  plate  in  Bodleian  Library,  "  Copper  Plates,  C.  29 ", 
represents  the  beginning  of  this  dividing  line ;  the  date  of  the  plate,  March 
6,  1727/8,  seems  to  bear  this  out.) 

28727.  ff.  118-123.  Letters  from  John  Bartram  to  Peter  Collinson.  1768- 
1772. 

28749.  f.  170.  Paper  on  the  granting  of  offices  to  non-residents  in  Barba 
does.  About  1700. 

28788.  "  Journal  du  voyage  de  Guinee,  Cayenne,  et  Illes  Antilles  de 
L'Amerique  ",  1678-1679,  by  Jean  Barbot. 

(The  catalogue  says  that  this  work  formed  the  basis  of  the  author's  History 
of  Guinea,  published  in  Churchill's  Collection  of  Voyages.) 


Additional  Manuscripts.  11 Y 

28851.   (i)   Narrative  of  secret  negotiations  with  Spain,  1780-1781. 

(This  book  was  written  by  R.  Cumberland  before  April  2,  1789,  and  read  by 
the  king  and  by  Lord  Walsingham  when  nominated  ambassador  to  Spain. 
The  narrative  itself  was  addressed  to  Lord  Shelburne  and  is  dated  May 
20,  1782.  It  narrates  the  efforts  which  Great  Britain  made,  from  April, 
1780,  to  June,  1781,  to  break  up  the  "  family  compact "  between  France 
and  Spain  and  to  prevent  Spain  from  aiding  France  in  the  American 
cause.  An  appendix  contains  a  large  number  of  documents,  ff.  49-120. 
After  f.  121  there  are  a  few  miscellaneous  documents,  such  as  copies  of 
orders  of  John  Parr,  lieutenant-governor  of  Nova  Scotia,  for  payments  to 
R.  Cumberland,  agent  for  that  province,  1786-1791.) 

28943.  f.  72.  Orders   for   treatment   of   the   Indians   living  between   New 

York  and  Canada.     1700,  1701.    French, 
f.  101.  Letter  from  William  III.  to  the  governor  of  Antigua.     1699. 

28944.  f.  132.  Address  from  the  inhabitants  of  the  Bermuda  Islands  to  the 

governor,  1701-1702. 

28946.  f.  459.  List  of  proprietary  governments  in  America  in  1703. 
29237.  Original  letters  and  papers  of  the  family  of  Johnson,  Johnson  Hall, 

New  York,  relating  chiefly  to  transactions  with  the  Indians  and  to 

the  American  Rebellion.     1774-1783. 

(This  volume  contains  a  number  of  letters  from  Gen.  Haldimand,  ff.  24-32, 
34,  36,  that  supplement  the  larger  Haldimand  collection.) 

29256A-29259L.  "Returns  of  his  Majesty's  forces  at  home  and  abroad." 
Monthly  tables  extending  from  November,  1768,  to  September, 
1775.  Forty-three  volumes  in  four.  Series  is  imperfect. 

29263.  "  An  enlarged  and  improved  survey  of  the  British  Customs ;  con 
taining  the  rates  of  merchandize  as  established  by  the  Acts  of 
12th  Car.  2dus  and  the  IIth  Geo  I.  cap.  7,  and  other  statutes,  with 
particular  states  of  all  the  branches  of  duties,  drawbacks,  bounties, 
etc,  payable  thereon  under  all  circumstances  of  importation  and 
exportation ;  the  whole  continued  to  the  end  of  the  session  23d  Geo. 

3d-" 

(Worth  noting,  though  not  of  special  value  for  colonial  history.) 

29268.  Establishment  of  guards,  garrisons  and  land  forces  in  Great  Britain, 
etc.,  including  the  plantations.  1727-1728. 

29446.  Particular  State  of  the  Receipts  and  Issues  of  the  Public  Revenue, 

November  5,  i688-March  25,  1702. 
(Duplicate  of  Add.  MSS.  10122.) 

29447.  Particular  State  of  the  Receipts  and  Issues  of  the  Public  Revenue 

from  Lady  Day,  1702,  to  Michaelmas,  1710. 
29495.  f.  2ib.  (In  "  Profitable  Poems  "  by  W.  Lodington,  1653-1698.)    "  To 

Wm  Pen  author  of  England's  present  Interest,  printed  1675  ". 
29546.  f.  67.  Letter   from   Robert   Browne  to   his   uncle,  Flower. 

December  31,  1588. 
29549.  f.  io9b.  Letter  from  Cotton  Mather  to  Lord  Hatton,  Boston,  New 

England,  November  26,  1703. 

(Mather  asks  Lord  Hatton  to  obtain  the  governorship  of  Massachusetts  for 
Charles  Hobby,  late  of  Jamaica.  Hatton  had  showed  great  kindness  to 
Increase  Mather  when  in  England.) 

f.  in.  Letter  from  Increase  Mather  to  Lord  Hatton.     December  8, 
1703. 

(Handwriting  of  a  secretary.  Note  in  Mather's  hand  is  added:  "If  yor 
Lordship  shall  be  instrumental  in  procuring  a  charter  for  our  colledge  you 
will  bring  this  whole  province  under  the  greatest  obligation  and 
gratitude  ".) 


118  The  British  Museum. 

29553.  f.  208.  Letter  from  Lord  Baltimore.    June  3,  1671. 
f.  272.  Id.  London,  July  22,  1671. 

f.  397.  Id.  March    7,  1671/2. 
£.421.  Id.  April  10,  1672. 

(All  written  evidently  to  Lord  Hatton.     Baltimore  speaks  of  his  daughter 
Blackiston.    The  last  two  letters  are  autographs.) 

29554.  f.  65.  Letter  from  Lord  Baltimore  to  Lord  Hatton.     London,  Jan 

uary  6,  1672/3. 
29557.  f.  46.  Early  letter  of  Sir  Edmund  Andros.     September  22,  1678. 

(See  also  29559,  ff.  298,  442;  29563,  f.  213;  29568,  f.  170,  for  later  letters 
to  Lord  Hatton,  1682-1704.) 

29563.  f.  213.  Letter  from  Sir  Edmund  Andros  to  Lord  Hatton. 

(Contains  this  sentence,  "Nothing  new  to  trouble  yr  Lord?  from  this  distant 
and  generally  plenty  but  otherwise  poor  place  much  obliged  to  fishermen  ".) 

29587.  f.  79.  Case  of  the   prescripts   from   Surinam   against   Gov.   Byam, 
about  1660-1670.    Address  to  the  Privy  Council  by  R.  Sanford. 

ff.  101-106.  Draft  instructions  to  Adm.  Sir  David  Mitchell  proceed 
ing  to  Holland  to  induce  the  Dutch  to  join  a  naval  expedition  to 
the  West  Indies.     September  29,  1702. 
29589B.  ff.  19, 20, 22.  Letters  from   Adm.   Francis  Holbourne.     H.   M.   S. 

Newark,  Halifax,  etc.,  August,  September,  1757. 

29591.  Papers  relating  to  the  naval  campaign  of  1702-1704,  including  cam 
paign  in  the  West  Indies. 

29600.  Papers  relating  to  America,   1725-1776,  chiefly  about  the  iron  in 
dustry  in  America  (Maryland). 

f.  i.  Letter  to  Mr.  Chetwynd,  Birmingham,  February  27,  1725, 
speaks  of  Thos.  Mabrey  who  wants  to  go  to  America  because  of 
scarcity  of  pigs  (iron)  in  England  "  for  want  of  which  several 
other  forges  as  well  as  that  at  which  he  worked  stand  still ".  The 
writer  thinks  that  Mabrey  is  likely  to  be  useful  in  the  Jerseys 
where  plans  for  erecting  forges  are  under  way.  Chetwynd,  his 
brother,  Russel,  and  Gee  were  all  interested  in  the  undertaking. 

f.  3.  Letter  from  same,  April  17,  1725,  says  "  We  shall  have  men 
sufficient  to  make  a  quantity  of  iron,  if  we  can  but  run  pigs  suffi 
cient  which  we  need  not  fear  if  there  be  no  want  of  a  mine." 

f.  5.  Letter  from  the  same  to  Jno.  England,  October  5,  1725,  urging 
him  to  begin  a  forge  or  two  both  at  Camp  Washington  and  also 
"  at  the  land  in  the  Jerseys.  The  iron  masters  here  being  resolved 
to  put  a  stop  to  the  building  any  more  forges  in  America." 

f.  6.  Letter  from  the  same  to  the  same,  Grendon,  August  19,  1726, 
regarding  progress  of  the  work,  with  some  notes  on  ff.  7  (re 
versed)  and  7b. 

f.  8.  Letter  from  Russell  to  Chetwynd  regarding  financing  of  the 
company. 

f.  9.  Statement  showing  Russell's  share,  and  also  proportions  to  be 
paid  for  Principle  works  in  Maryland  and  Potomack  works  for 
Jno.  England's  share.  Other  financial  statements  follow. 

f.  13.  Copy  of  letter  from  William  Smith,  Annapolis,  March  17, 
1729,  to  John  Wightwick,  about  the  Maryland  mine. 

f.  14.  Letter  from  [the  Company?]  to  Mr.  Chapman,  London,  De 
cember  — ,  1736.  "  The  works  at  Principio  entirely  thro  Mis- 


Additional  Manuscripts.  119 

management  have  cost  us  a  large  sum  ",  etc.  Evidently  the  com 
pany  wishes  Chapman  to  manage  both  works. 

f.  1 6.  Principio  Company's  Quarterly  Accounts  to  December  31, 
1769.  Gives  many  names,  mentions  Mr.  Osgood  Gee,  the  late 
Col.  A.  Washington  (younger  brother  of  Geo.  Washington),  etc. 
Shows  value  of  pig  and  bar  iron  exported  by  this  company  to 
London,  Bristol  and  Liverpool. 

f.  20.  Letters  enclosed  in  Mr.  Thos.  Russell's  letter  of  June  22, 
1772:  (i)  letter  from  Anne  Washington  regarding  her  husband's 
share  in  the  iron-works,  May  28,  1772;  (2)  answer  from  Thos. 
Russell,  North  East  Forge,  June  15,  1772,  to  Mrs.  Washington 
at  Wakefield  near  Leed's  Town,  Virginia.  (The  old  Washington 
plantation  on  the  Potomac.) 

(Principio  and  North  East  are  near  Port  Deposit,  Md. ;  Leed's  Town  is  on 
the  Rappahanock,  Va.) 

f.  22.  Letter  from  Thos.  Russell  to  Messrs.,  the  Widow  Wightwick, 
Wm.  Pillas,  Wm.  Russell  and  Co.,  regarding  the  company  and  the 
business.  June  22,  1772. 

f.  25.  Letter  from  the  same  to  Michail  Harris,  agent  at  no.  16  Cul- 
lum  St.,  London,  dated  New  York,  July  4,  1772. 

f .  27.  Letter  from  the  same  to  same,  regarding  the  condemnation 
of  one  of  the  company's  sloops  before  the  court  of  admiralty. 
Williamsburg,  August  4,  1772. 

f.  29.  Letter  from  the  same  to  the  same,  regarding  the  same  busi 
ness.  Norfolk,  August  14,  1772. 

f.  31.  From  same  to  the  Widow  Wightwick,  Wm.  Pillas,  Wm.  Rus 
sell  and  Co.,  about  the  business,  giving  list  of  bills  of  exchange 
drawn  on  the  company  for  the  use  of  the  works  in  1772. 

f.  39.  Short  note  from  Russell  to  Harris  referring  to  enclosures  that 
are  missing.  Philadelphia,  February  24,  1773. 

f.  40.  Letter  from  Geo.  Randell  to  Thos.  Russell  regarding  some 
difficulties.     Lancaster  Furnace,  May  22,  1773. 
(Possibly  this  is  the  enclosure  referred  to  above.) 

f .  42.  Letter  from  Russell  to  Harris,  on  business.    North  East,  May 

26,  1773. 
f.  44.  Letter  from  Nath.  Martin  to  Harris.     Back  River,  Maryland, 

June  8,  1773. 
f.  46.  Balance  Sheet.  June  30,  1776. 

(This  collection  supplements  the  papers  on  the  Principio  works  used  in  the 
article  on  "  Principio  Iron  Works  ",  Pa.  Mag.,  XI.  63,  190,  288.) 

29613.  Register  of  Custom  Officials  for  1768. 

(Relating  solely  to  England  and  probably  duplicate  of  register  for  that  year 
in  P.  R.  O.,  Custom  House,  Registers,  Series  I.,  Establishments.) 

29800.  Entry-Book  of  Cases  of  Chancellor  Finch.     1673-1682. 
no.  136.  Case  of  Sir  Thomas  Modyford. 

(Modyford  was  arrested  and  committed  to  the  Tower  in  1671  "  for  several 
misdemeanors  committed  during  the  time  of  his  government  of  Jamaica  ", 
1672-1673.) 

29869.  "  Memoirs  of  Sir  John  Berkeley." 

(Covers  years  1647-1649,  speaks  of  Mr.  Peters,  a  preacher  and  a  powerful 
person  in  the  army.) 


120  The  British  Museum. 

29973.  "  A  Short  Description  of  the  Province  of  South  Carolina,  by  Sur 
geon  General  George  Milligen  Johnston,  M.  D.     1763." 
(Printed  work,  with  some  corrections  and  notes  by  the  author.) 

29975.  ff.  63-64.  Commission  to  Sir  William  Jones,  Sir  Nicholas  Fortesque, 
Sir  Thomas  Gofton,  Sir  Richard  Sutton,  Sir  William  Pitt,  Sir 
Henry  Bourchier  and  Sir  Henry  Spiller  or  any  four  of  them  to 
investigate  condition  of  disputes  in  Virginia  and  report  method  of 
procedure.  May  9,  1623. 
(To  be  printed  in  Rec.  Va.  Co.,  III.) 

29990.  Gross  and  net  produce  of  his  Majesty's  customs.     1710-1713. 

(Contains  statistics  regarding  the  Enumerated  Commodities  or  Plantation 
Duty  and  the  Four  and  a  half  per  cent.) 

30089.  f.  70.  Spanish  ships  taken  in  the  West  Indies.     1762. 
30094.  f.  149.  Letter  from  Benjamin  Franklin  to  Capt  Dawson.     Craven 
St.,  London,  May  29,  1772. 

(Contains  advice  as  to  proper  placing  of  lightning  rods  on  gunpowder  maga 
zine  at  Purfleet,  and  speaks  of  the  writer's  electrical  experiments.  Note 
added,  signed  H.  S.  C,  May  29,  1772,  orders  that  Capt.  Dawson  cause  the 
same  to  be  executed.) 

f.  238.  Paper  regarding  the  Royal  Society  and  its  relation  to  Frank 
lin's  electrical  conductors  before  and  after  the  Revolution. 
30163.  "An  inquiry  into  the  causes  of  the  present  scarcity  of  money  and 
the  bad  consequences  of  it "  to  the  island  of  Jamaica,  "  with  a 
remedy ".     1750. 
30200-30201.  General  and  particular  state  of  the  public  revenue.     1693- 

1694,  1688-1710. 

30218.  Opinions  of  the  law  officers  of  the  Crown  upon  matters  connected 
with  the  revenue,  1673-1707.  This  book  formerly  belonged  to 
James  West,  and  contains  360  cases  with  the  opinions  of  the 
attorney  and  solicitor  general  and  others  thereon.  Of  these  a 
large  number  relate  to  the  colonies. 

p.    65.  Ships  built  in  Ireland  are  English  built. 

p.    73.  Concerning  the  discharge  of  plantation  goods  in  Ireland. 

pp.  187-211.  Goods  to  and  from  the  plantations  ;  many  cases  under  the 
Navigation  Acts. 

p.  229.  Case  of  ships  giving  bond  according  to  Act  of  Navigation. 

p.  261.  Case  of  Muscovado  sugar  from  plantations. 

p.  272.  Case  of  sugar  from  the  French  plantations  brought  to  France, 
there  refined,  and  afterward  the  molasses  or  dregs  imported  to 
England. 

p.  463.  Abraham  Mendez  born  of  Jewish  parents  in  Barbadoes  trades 
as  merchant  in  the  port  of  London.  Is  he  to  be  esteemed  an  alien 
in  point  of  customs  and  other  duties? 

p.  492.  Scotsman  who  had  lived  five  or  six  years  in  England  or  the 
plantations  or  for  five  or  six  years  been  employed  by  Englishmen 
in  English  shipping  as  a  mariner  navigating  from  England  to  the 
plantations ;  is  he  not  qualified  according  to  Act  of  Navigation,  to 
be  master  of  an  English  ship  from  England  or  from  plantation  to 
plantation  ? 

P- 555-  Should  snuff  pay  as  tobacco? 

p.  591.  No  enumerated  commodity,  in  this  case  tar,  to  be  imported  in 
Swedish-built  ships. 


Additional  Manuscripts.  121 

p.  604.  May  a  merchant  ship  coal  to  plantations  on  a  French-built  ship 
on  equal  advantages  with  an  English-built  ship? 

p.  666.  Case  of  Dantzig-built  ship  importing  potash  into  England : 
master  a  Dutchman,  ship  manned  with  Swedes  or  Dutch.  For 
feited  by  10  Car.  II. 

p.  678.  Revenue  cases,  drawbacks  and  debenture  on  tobacco,  see  pp. 
219,  226,  247,  255,  301,  358,  428,  436,  628,  645,  674. 
(Add.  MSS.  36109,  duplicate  of  this  volume.    36110  is  a  continuation.) 

30262.  f.  52.  Letter  from  Gen.  Benedict  Arnold  to  Col.  Beverly  Robinson. 

Headquarters,  Robinson  House,  September  18,  1780. 
f.  54.  Answer    from    Col.    Robinson.      Vulture   off   Teller's    Point, 

September  19,  1780. 
30307.  Prince  Rupert's  voyage  to  the  West  Indies,  1649-1653,  narrative  by 

one  of  his  followers. 

(Published  in  Warburton's  Memorials  of  Prince  Rupert,  1849.) 

30372.  "  Abstract  of  the  Commissions  and  Instructions  formerly  and  at 
this  time  given  to  the  governors  of  his  Majesty's  Plantations  in 
America  with  References  to  the  Books  and  Papers  shewing  the 
Alterations  that  have  been  made  therein,  as  also  Observations  on 
the  most  remarkable  Occurrences  in  each  Government  especially 
before  the  Establishment  of  the  Office  in  1696." 

(A  valuable  volume,  though  probably  containing  little  that  is  absolutely  new. 
All  that  relates  to  the  titles,  instructions  and  commissions  is  important.  The 
following  references  under  the  head  of  "  Observations  "  are  interesting : 
"  1688.     King  James  granted  the  Northern  part  of  Virginia  to  Lord  Fairfax." 
"  1691/2.     Lord  Effingham  Howard's  '  State  of  Virginia '." 
"  Connecticut.    The  Crown  has  no  revenue  in  this  government,  nor  is  it 

known  here  how  they  support  their  government." 
"  Rhode  Island."  Id. 
The  volume  is  dated  MDCCXL.) 

30567.  f.  207.  Letters  patent  of  James  I.  for  the  colonization  of  Virginia 

in  1606. 
30868-30875.  Correspondence  of  John  Wilkes  containing  letters  from  John 

Almon  (1764-1769),  John  Adams  (1768-1769),  B.  Church  (1769), 

Samuel  Adams    (1770),  Joseph  Warren    (1769-1770),  chiefly  in 

volumes  30870,  30871. 
30999.  f.  100.  Directions  for  the  capes  of  Virginia  and  the  channel  up  to 

Hampton  Road.     i8th  cent. 
31043.  f.  64.  Receipts  and  Expenses.     1664. 

(Accounts  often  go  into  minute  details,  difficult  to  decipher.) 
31321.  Map  of  Western  Europe,  Africa,  and  America,  by  Joseph  da  Costa 

e  Miranda.    London,  1688. 
31357.  Collection   of  maps,   transferred   from   the   department   of  printed 

books  in  1881.    Each  map  is  mounted  on  cardboard  or  linen,  those 

noted  below  are  in  india  ink  or  pencil. 
P.  Narragansett  Bay  with  the  lower  part  of  Rhode  Island  and  all 

Conanicut. 
Q.  Lower  part  of  Lake  Champlain  and  all  of  Lake  George  with  trail 

routes. 
R.  Eastern  end  of  Long  Island  showing  Oyster  and  Montauk  Points. 

Extends  west  to  junction  of  these  two  points. 


122  The  British  Museum. 

31858.  Map  of  the  eastern  coast  line  of  N.  America  from  the  Gulf  of  St. 
Lawrence  and  of  the  coasts  of  Central  America  and  the  northern 
part  of  South  America,  with  the  West  Indies.  Vellum  roll,  with 
out  date. 

31866.  Collection  of  maps  sent  over  by  General  Haldimand. 

A.  Southwestern  part  of  New  Brunswick  including  the  St.  John  River 
as  far  up  as  the  "  Great  Falls  ".    Gives  boundaries  of  counties  and 
parishes,  of  the  grants  and  allotments  made  before  1786.     Com 
piled  from  actual   surveys  made  by  order  of  Gen.   Carleton  by 
George  Sproude,  surveyor  general.     1786. 

B.  Portage  from  St.  John  River  to  St.  Lawrence  River,  that  is  from 
Lake  Madowasca. 

C.  Territory  from  Bay  of  Fundy  to  St.  Lawrence  River,  including  the 
course  of  St.  John  River. 

D.  Plan  of  River  St.  John.     1792. 

E.  Lower  part  of  St.  John  River,  showing  the  allotments  to  pro 
vincial  regiments,  beginning  at  the  lower  boundaries  of  the  towns  of 
Sunbury  and  Newtown. 

F.  Bay  of  Fundy  from  Fredericton  to  Halifax,  including  towns  and 
roads. 

G.  Minas  Basin,  Nova  Scotia.    1791. 

H.  Nova  Scotia — the  entire  peninsula  with  post  roads. 

I.  Route  of  Canadian  couriers  from  Montreal  to  Skenesborough. 

J.  New  Settlements  above  Montreal,  showing  connections  by  land 

and  water  with  Lake  Huron.     1789. 
31981.  B.  Plan  of  mouth  of  Cape  Fear  River  in  North  Carolina.     1749. 

32093.  f.  365.  Proposals  for  better  trade  with  Spain.     1654-1658. 

(Also  f.  368.) 

f.  370.  Letter  from  James  Howell  to  the  Council  of  State  offering 
to  compose  a  new  treatise  "  touching  the  primitive  and  inalienable 
right  that  Great  Britain  claims  to  the  sovereignty  of  her  own 
seas  ",  notwithstanding  change  effected  by  overthrow  of  the  mon 
archy  and  establishment  of  the  commonwealth,  n.  d. 

32094.  f.  17.  Considerations   relating  to  a  vote   about  the   Dutch.     Copy 

delivered  to  his  Royal  Highness,  April  24,  1664.    Endorsed  "  Con 
siderations  in  order  to  a  Dutch  war  ". 

f.  50.  Paper  about  the  Dutch  war  "  showed  over  to  my  Lord  Fal- 
mouth  and  to  no  one  else  ".    No  date  and  no  signature. 
(According  to  this  writer  the  plantation  trade  will  suffer  by  the  war  "be 
cause  they  cannot  be  supplied  with  least  people  or  commodities  soe  freely 
or  soe  cheape  and  their  own  commodities  will  not  be  taken  of  them  at  soe 
good  rates  as  in  peace  and  this  will  probably  make  them  over  to  the 
French  plantations  and  soe  our  plantation  trade  will  be  in  worse  condition 
than  before  the  war".) 

f.  65.  From  the  Duke  of  York  to  Adm.  Sir  William  Penn,  to  fit  out 
a  squadron  against  the  Dutch.  Oxford,  October  3,  1665. 

f.  1 60.  From  Sir  T.  Clifford.     1666. 

32096.  This  volume  contains  copies  of  letters  from  and  to  William  Penn,  as 
follows : 

(1)  May  n,  1703,  signifying  his  willingness  to  surrender  the  govern 
ment  of  Pennsylvania  to  the  Crown. 

(2)  May  12,  1703.    Answer  of  the  Board  of  Trade  thereto. 


Additional  Manuscripts.  123 

(3)  May  18,  1703.    Perm's  reply. 

(4)  May  21,  1703.     Letter  to  the  Earl  of  Nottingham  on  Penn's 
proposal. 

(5)  May  22,  1703.    Letter  to  Penn  from  the  Board  of  Trade. 
32303.  Deciphers  of  Diplomatic  Papers,  vol.  51.    America,  1780-1841. 
32413.  "  Some  Account  of  the  American  war  between  Great  Britain  and 

her  colonies,  in  the  form  of  a  diary  by  Lieut.  William  Digby,  53d 
Regiment  serving  under  Gen.  Guy  Carleton  in  the  campaign  from 
8  April  to  1 6  November,  1776,  and  under  Gen.  John  Burgoyne  in 
the  campaign  from  6  May  to  the  surrender  at  Saratoga,  17  Oct. 
1777." 

32420.  f.  147.  Observations  on  present  state  of  the  Germans  in  Pennsyl 
vania,  by  Benjamin  Franklin.  1753. 

32450.  Y.  Town  of  Porto  Rico,  West  Indies,  with  soundings  of  the  harbor. 
1 8th  century. 

32496.  ff.  44b-47b.  "  A  copy  of  a  letter  from  Major  Chr.  Gale,  dated  from 
Charles  Town  in  N°  Carolina,  November  2,  1711,  followed  by  a 
memorial." 

(Narration  of  a  "bloody  tragedy",  the  murder  of  Baron  and  Lawson,  Sep 
tember  22,  1711.) 

32523.  ff.  222-268.  "  A  Digest  of  the  Book  of  Rates  and  some  other  lawes 
relating  to  the  Customs.    1682." 
(Useful  digest.    On  f.  250  are  the  laws  relating  to  the  plantations.) 

32627.  Journal  of  Alexander  Chesney,  endorsed,  "  Memo,  by  my  Father 
of  some  of  the  events  of  his  life.  F.  R.  C." 

(See  Life  of  Gen.  F.  R.  Chesney  by  Stanley  Lane-Poole,  1885.  Alexander 
Chesney  was  born  in  Ireland  in  1755,  emigrated  to  South  Carolina  in  1772, 
served  as  a  loyalist  in  the  War  of  Independence  and  returned  to  Ireland 
in  1782.  His  diary  gives  lively  picture  of  life  in  Carolina,  1772  and  follow 
ing  years.) 

32681.  f.  209.  Letter  from  William  Penn  to  Henry  Sydney  at  The  Hague, 
dated  "  From  me  at  one  Fords  in  Bow  Lane,  London  ".  Before 
September,  1682. 

("I  perceive  the  Dutch  air  is  taking  and  that  thou  art  resolved  to  keep  out 
of  harm's  way.  So  shall  I,  too,  when  I  am  got  to  my  new  granted  province 
in  America  where  the  change  of  the  voyage  will  secure  me  from  the 
revenge  of  my  enemies."  Signed  "  thy  very  true  old  friend,  Wm  Penn  ".) 

32686-33057.  Newcastle  Papers.  Official  Correspondence  of  Thomas  Pel- 
ham  Holies,  Duke  of  Newcastle,  1697-1768.  The  correspondence  is 
arranged  chronologically  in  307  volumes.  To  the  end  of  the  year 
1723  it  is  contained  in  one  series ;  from  1724  to  1754  it  is  divided 
into  two  series :  Home  Correspondence  and  Diplomatic  Correspon 
dence  ;  from  1755  to  1768,  it  is  again  contained  in  one  series.  The 
volumes  are  not  listed  in  the  Add.  MSS.  Catalogue,  1882-1887,  but 
are  indexed  very  fully.  Volumes  33028-33030  are  a  part  of  the 
Newcastle  Papers,  and  relate  wholly  to  the  affairs  of  the  American 
and  West  Indian  colonies,  1701-1802.  Papers  other  than  letters 
are  listed  below  under  the  volume  number.  Letters  are  arranged 
alphabetically  under  the  name  of  the  writer,  as  follows : 
Abercrombie,  Maj.-Gen.,  to  W.  Pitt,  1758,  32881,  f.  279;  to  J. 
Abercrombie,  1758,  32884,  f.  360. 


124  The  British  Museum. 

Amherst,  Maj.-Gen.,  to  Newcastle,  1756,  1757,  32863,  £.234;  32876, 

f.  449 ;  to  W.  Pitt,  1760,  32906,  f .  143. 
Banyar,    Goldsborow,    deputy   clerk   of   council   of    New    York,    to 

Marchand  de  Ligneris,  1749,  32818,  ff.  49,  55. 
Belcher,  Jonathan,  to  Newcastle,  1739-1753,  32692,  f.  54;  32704,  f. 

547 ;  32706,  ff.  292,  314 ;  32707,  f.  413 ;  32711,  f.  81 ;  32731,  f.  503 ; 

to  Lord  Hardwicke  32707,  f.  298. 

Belcher,  Jonathan,  Jr.,  to  Hon.  T.  Townshend,  1741,  32696,  f.  430. 
Bladen,  Col.  Martin,  Commissioner  of  Trade,  to  Newcastle,   1738, 

1740,  32691,  f.  374;  32694,  f.  165. 
Blenham,  Jonathan,  attorney  general  of  Barbadoes,   to  J.   Sharpe, 

1745,  1746,  32705,  f.  454;  32706,  ff.  69,  131.    Cf.  32921,  f.  27. 
Bollan,  William,  to  Newcastle,  1751-1766,  32725,  f.  182;  32861,  £.98; 

32974,  f.  364;  to  Col.  Amyand,  1751,  32725,  f.  75;  to  the  Board  of 

Trade,  1759,  32890,  f.  496. 
Braddock,  Gen.  Edward,  to  Newcastle,  1758,  32853,  ff.  346,  356,  388; 

32854,  f.  188 ;  32855,  f .  338 ;  to  the  governor  of  Pennsylvania,  1755, 

32853,  f.  356;  to  Sir  T.  Robinson,  1755,  32853,  f .  346. 
Brown,  Capt.  Charles,  commander-in-chief  of  English  ships  in  Ja 
maica,  1739,  instructions  for,  32692,  f.  142. 
Calvert,  Cecil,  32708,  f.  371. 
Calvert,  Fred.,  32726,  f.  100. 
Cathcart,  Lord,  general  and  commander-in-chief  in  America,   1740, 

various  papers  of  and  instructions  for,  etc.,  32694,  ff.  1-71,  258, 

261-272,  274. 
Choiseul,  French  minister  of  Foreign  Affairs,  to  Pitt,  Newcastle  and 

others,  see  B.  M.  Cat  Add.  MSS.,  1882-1887.    Index. 
Clinton,  Geo.,  governor  of  New  York,  to  Gen.  Shirley,  32818,  ff.  82, 

84,  86,  90. 

Clinton,  Sir  Henry,  to  Newcastle,  1749,  32719,  f.  61. 
Golden,  Cadwallader,  32698,  f.  383. 
Corbiere,  Anthony,  naval  officer,  Jamaica,  to  Newcastle,  1741,  32696, 

f.  225 ;  32697,  f.  222. 
Gushing,  speaker  of  assembly,  Mass.,  to  Newcastle,  1766,  32975,  f. 

475;  32977,  ff.  113,  115. 
Dawes,  J.,  member  of  assembly  in  Jamaica,  memorandum  regarding, 

1755,  32852,  f.  250. 
De  Lancey,  James,  governor  of  New  York,  32735,  f.  147 ;  32858, 

f .  22. 

Dinwiddie,  Gov.,  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  1753,  32732,  f.  452 ;  to  Lord 

Holdernesse,  1754,  32735,  f.  186;  32850,  f.  221 ;  to  Sir  T.  Robinson, 

1754-1755,  32736,  f.  85;  32850,  f.  227;  32853,  f.  321 ;  to  Messrs. 

J.  and  C.  Hanbury,  1754,  32850,  f.  229;  to  Newcastle,  1755,  32853, 

£.325;  to  J.  Hanbury,  1755,  32854,  f.  378. 
Dobbs,  afterwards  governor  of  North  Carolina,  to  A.  Stone,  1749, 

32718,  f.  51 ;  to  Newcastle,  1752,  32730,  f.  301. 
Duquesne,  Marquis,  to  Newcastle,  1758,  32884,  f.  55. 
Earnshaw,   Rich.,   late   receiver  general,   Guadalupe,   to   Newcastle, 

1766,  32974,  f.429;  32975,  f .  470. 
Fuller,  Stephen,  agent  for  Jamaica,  chiefly  to  Newcastle,  1760-1766, 

32912,  1.487;  32917,  ff.6i,  106;  32921,  ff .  88,  146;  32923,  £.292; 


Additional  Manuscripts.  125 

32925,   f.  107;   32926,   £.386;   32927,   ff.  224,   265;   32948,   £.79; 

32975,  £.400. 
Galissoniere,  Marquis  de  la,  governor-general  of  New  France,  to 

Gov.  Geo.  Clinton  of  New  York,  1749,  32818,  ff.  21,  30,  37,  41,  61 ; 

commission  of,  32819,  f.  236. 
Gage,  Gen.,  to  Newcastle,  1755,  32857,  f.  342;  to  Lord ,  1755, 

32857,   £.338;  to  Lord   Gage,   1757,   32870,   ff.  345,  393;  32871, 

f.  125 ;  petition  of,  to  George  II.,  1755,  32857,  f.  340. 
Gooch,  Gov.,  to  Newcastle,  1735,  32789,  f.  353. 
Gregory,  John,  chief  justice  of  Jamaica,  to  C.  Delafaye,  1734,  32689, 

f.  465;  to  Newcastle,  1748,  32714,  £.229. 
Grenville,  Gov.,  of  Barbadoes,  see  B.  M.  Cat.  Add.  MSS.,  1882-1887. 

Index. 
Haldane,  Gov.,  of  Jamaica,  see  B.  M.  Cat.  Add.  MSS.,  1882-1887. 

Index. 
Hammerton,  John,  secretary  and  treasurer  of  South  Carolina,  1744- 

1760,  see  B.  M.  Cat.  Add.  MSS.,  1882-1887.    Index. 
Hardy,  Gov.,  of  New  York,  to  Newcastle,  1756,  32868,  f.  606;  to  the 

Board  of  Trade,  1759,  32890,  f.  507. 
Holland,  Capt.  Hitchin    (Fort  Oswego),  to  governor  of  Virginia, 

1755,  32853,  f.  359. 
Hopson,   Gov.,   of   Cape   Breton,    1746-1748,   to  Newcastle,   32709, 

f.  194;  32713,  f.  507;  32716,  f.  299;  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  32733, 

f-93- 
Howe,  Viscount,  governor  of  Barbadoes,  to  Newcastle,  1732,  1733, 

32687,  ff.  451,  453,  455,  462 ;  32782,  f.  261. 
Howe,  Adm.,  1758,  32880,  f.  369;  32881,  ff.  145,  147. 
Hunter,  John,  of  Virginia,  to  J.  and  C.  Hanbury,  1755,  32853,  f.  29. 
Hunter,  Robt,  governor  of  Jamaica,  1728-1733.    See  B.  M.  Cat.  Add. 

MSS.,  1882-1887.     Index. 
Johnson,  Col.  Wm.,  to  Gov.  Clinton,  1749,  1752,  32818,  ff.  75,  79,  91 ; 

32833,  f.  404. 
Johnston,  G.,  governor  of  North  Carolina,  to  Newcastle,  1740,  32693, 

f.  45 ;  to  J.  Courand,  1747,  32711,  ff.  364. 

La  Jonquiere,  Gov.,  of  Canada,  to  E.  Cornwallis,  1750,  32822,  ff.  5,  8. 
Lawrence,  Gov.,  of  Nova  Scotia,  32861,  f.  140. 

Lee,  Egerton,  of  South  Carolina,  to  Newcastle,  32894,  ff.  436,  438. 
Leech,  vendue  master  of  Jamaica,  32731,  f.  323 ;  32733,  f .  140 ;  33066, 

ff.  211,  271,  272,  278,  290. 

Littleton,  Gov.,  of  South  Carolina,  32859,  f.  18 ;  32866,  f.  227. 
Long,  Beeston,  chairman  of  West  Indian  merchants,  correspondence 

with  Newcastle,  1760,  1766,  32902,  £.458;  32975,  ff.  416,  430. 
Loudoun,  Lord,  commander-in-chief  in  N.  America,  to  Newcastle, 

1742-1754,  32699,  f.  525 ;  32700,  f.  268;  32703,  f.  186;  32712,  ff.  51, 

133;  32727,  f.  140;  32735,  f.  262. 
Lowther,  Kath.,  widow  of  R.  Lowther,  governor  of  Barbadoes,  to 

Newcastle,  1753,  1759,  32731,  f.  49;  32894,  f.  109. 
McCulloh,  Henry,  to  Newcastle,   1753,   1756,   1757,  32731,   ff.  177, 

338,  410;  32732,  f.86;  32862,  £.394;  32863,  £.316;  32864,  £.536; 

32866,  ff.  156,  357;  32874,  f.  308. 
Martyn,   Benjamin,   secretary   of   Georgia   Trustees,   to   Newcastle, 

1737,  32794,  f.  252. 


126  The  British  Museum. 

Mathew,  Gen.  Wm.,  governor  of  Leeward  Islands,  correspondence, 
1735-1750,  see  B.  M.  Cat.  Add.  MSS.,  1882-1887.  Index. 

Moore,  Gov.,  of  New  York,  to  Newcastle,  1758,  32880,  f.  497. 

Munro,  Geo.,  late  comptroller  of  customs,  Antigua,  correspondence, 
1756-1759,  see  B.  M.  Cat.  Add.  MSS.,  1882-1887.  Index. 

Murray,  Alex.,  naval  officer,  South  Carolina,  to  A.  Brett,  1743,  1745, 
32700,  f.  121 ;  32705,  f.  199. 

Murray,  Gov.,  of  Quebec,  correspondence,  1758-1767,  including  in 
structions,  memorial  to  Sir  John  Ligonier  and  letters  and  memo 
randum  to  Gen.  Amherst.  See  B.  M.  Cat.  Add.  MSS.,  1882-1887. 
Index. 

Oglethorpe,  Sir  James,  to  Newcastle,  1738-1755,  32702,  f.  347; 
32797,  ff.  52,  292 ;  32859,  f .  185. 

Penn,  John,  1738,  1741,  32691,  f.  in;  32696,  f .  69. 

Penn,  Thomas,  1747-1756,  32710,  f.  511 ;  32737,  f.  236;  32862,  f.  159; 
32868,  f.  7. 

Pinckney,  Charles,  of  South  Carolina,  to  Col.  A.  Van  der  Dussen, 
1743,  32700,  f.  42. 

Pinfold,  Gov.,  of  Barbadoes,  to  Newcastle,  1756,  32867,  f.  446. 

Pitt,  Wm.,  correspondence  of,  with  Newcastle,  Hardwicke,  Holder- 
nesse,  Choiseul,  etc.  See  B.  M.  Cat.  Add.  MSS.,  1882-1887. 
Index. 

Popple,  Gov.,  of  Bermuda,  to  Newcastle,  1747-1761,  32710,  f.  138; 
32861,  f.  251 ;  32864,  f.  401 ;  32919,  f.  497;  32926,  f.  173 ;  to  Messrs. 
Hunt,  Mitford  and  Adams,  1725,  32744,  1.641. 

Pownall,  John,  secretary  to  Board  of  Trade,  1758-1765,  32881,  f.  170; 
32884,  f.ox5;  33087,  ff .  366,  374-376. 

Pownall,  Thos.,  1761-1765,  32927,  f.  301 ;  32928,  ff.  274,  278,  286, 
294;  32968,  f.  258. 

Remsen,  Hendrick,  of  New  York,  to  Newcastle,  1753,  32733,  f.  100. 

Robinson,  John,  to  Newcastle,  1756,  32864,  ff.  237,  257,  259,  462. 

Robinson,  Thos.,  governor  of  Barbadoes,  letter  and  papers  of,  1744- 
1756.  See  B.  M.  Cat.  Add.  MSS.,  1882-1887.  Index. 

Russell,  Lord  John,  Secretary  of  State,  to  governor  of  Leeward 
Islands,  1750,  32822,  f.  15. 

Sawco,  Robt.,  of  Jamaica,  to  Newcastle,  1758,  32489,  f.  340. 

Sharpe,  H.,  governor  of  Maryland,  32858,  f.  1 10. 

Sharpe,  J.,  treasury  solicitor,  colonial  agent,  and  M.  P.  for  Calling- 
ton,  Cornwall.  See  B.  M.  Cat.  Add.  MSS.,  1882-1887.  Index. 

Shirley,  Gen.  Wm.,  governor  of  Mass.  Bay,  correspondence  of,  with 
Newcastle,  Bedford,  Holdernesse,  Sir  T.  Robinson,  Lincoln,  etc. 
See  B.  M.  Cat.  Add.  MSS.,  1882-1887.  Index. 

Thomas,  Sir  Geo.,  governor  of  Pennsylvania,  to  Newcastle,  1752- 
1767,  32730,  ff.  275,  289;  32979,  f.  359;  32980,  f.  22;  32984,  ff.  102, 
281. 

Trelawny,  Ed.,  governor  of  Jamaica,  to  Newcastle  and  others,  1738- 
1751.  See  B.  M.  Cat.  Add.  MSS.,  1882-1887.  Index. 

Tubieres-Grimoard,  Marquis  de  Caylus,  governor  of  Windward  Is 
lands,  correspondence,  1749-1750.  See  B.  M.  Cat.  Add.  MSS., 
1882-1887.  Index. 

Verelst,  Harman,  to  Newcastle,  1756,  32866,  f.  363;  32868,  f.  558; 
32881,  f .  102 ;  also  32884,  f.  240. 


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Wager,   Sir  Charles,  correspondence,   1727-1742.     See  B.  M.   Cat. 

Add.  MSS.,  1882-1887.     Index. 
Ware,  Nath.,  to  Newcastle,  1758,  32881,  f.  82. 
Webb,  Gen.  Daniel,  commander-in-chief  in  N.  America,  1754,  32851, 

f.  114. 
Wentworth,  Benning,  governor  of  New  Hampshire,  to   S.  P.   G., 

1745,  32704,  f.  135 ;  to  J.  Thomlinson,  1745,  32705,  f.  308. 
Wilks,  Francis,  agent  for  Connecticut  and  Mass.  Bay,  to  Newcastle, 

1741,  32696,  f.  109. 

Worseley,  Gov.,  of  Barbadoes,  to  Newcastle,  1730,  32770,  f.  32. 
Ximenes,  Gov.,  of  St.  lago  de  Cuba,  to  Adm.  Stewart,  1731-1732, 

32773,  f.  loo ;  32778,  f.  335. 

(In  addition  to  the  correspondence  noted  above  and  the  documents  listed 
below,  the  Newcastle  Papers  contain  a  great  number  of  minor  documents 
and  references  relating  to  America,  particularly  to  the  West  Indies.  A 
list  of  such  items  has  been  prepared,  but  it  is  too  long  and  the  items  of 
too  little  individual  importance  to  be  all  inserted  here.  The  character  of 
the  information  may  be  gathered  from  a  brief  survey  of  a  few  volumes. 

32691.  f.  34,   Delaware — death   of  Capt.   Dick  of   Independent   Company  at 
Albany — asks  post  for  his  brother,  Justin  MacCarthy;  f.  61,  Capt.  Dand- 
ridge    (of  Virginia   Regiment)    to   Albemarle;    f.   95,   petition    (by  John 
Dpuneker)  on  behalf  of  two  free  black  men  of  Antigua;  ff.  109,  in,  Hard- 
wicke  to  Newcastle,  April  4,   1738,  about  Mr.   Charles,  naval  officer  of 
Pa.;  f.  206,  Gashry  to  Wager,  about  the  squadrons;  f.  208,  Hosier's  and 
Brown's    squadrons ;    f.   284,    Kinnoul — asks    government    of    Barbadoes ; 
f.  362,  Egmont — in  favor  of  James  Glen  for  government  of  S.  Carolina; 
f.  425,  John  Savy,  London,  October  27,  for  H.  M.  pardon  and  to  return  to 
Carolina;  f.  427,  Wm.  Wood  to  Crouand   [?] — French  and  Spanish  cap 
tures;  f.  429,  memorandum   (enclosure)    re  the  Scipio  and  other  ships; 
f .  458,  directors  of  the  South  Sea  Co.  to  Mr.  Keene,  re  Spanish  reprisals ; 
f.  462,  list  of  papers  sent  to  Sir  Robert  Walpole;  f.  472,  Sir  Robert  Wai- 
pole,  November  16— returning  the  packets;  f.  533,  J.  Frontin — applies  for 
government  of  Bahama  Islands;  f.  535,  Earl  of  Essex — forwarding  above; 
f.  544,  rough  draft  to  "  H.  R.  H.  the  Duke  " — mentions  French  squadrons 
gone  to  W.  Indies,  1738. 

32692.  f.  7,  copy  of  letter  from  Capt.  May,  commander  of  Loyal  Charles, 
dated  from  his  confinement  on  board  same  in  harbor  of  Havana,  August 
14/25,  1737  (ship  stated  to  be  a  prize)  ;  f.  118,  Hardwicke — mentions  Ver- 
non's  going  to  W.  Indies,  July  10,   1739;   f.   126,  Newcastle  to  Vernon 
(draft) — sending  H.  M.'s  instructions,  July  16,  1739;  f.  128,  instructions  to 
Vernon ;  f.  134,  separate  instructions ;  f.   140,  secret  instructions ;   f.  142, 
instructions  for  Brown,  commander  of  ships  and  vessels ;  f.  168,  T.  Stowe 
to  "  Sir  " — asks  commission  in  Island  of  New  Providence  for  James  Howe ; 
f.   194,  Admiralty  to  Newcastle,  August  3,   1739 — transmitting  the  three 
following  papers ;  f.   196,  extract  of  Capt.  Brown's  letter  from  Jamaica, 
June  3 ;  f.  198,  extract  from  a  Gentleman  at  Carthagena  re  the  treasure 
fleet;   f.  200,  South  Sea  Co.'s  factors  at  Carthagena  to  their  agents  at 
Jamaica;  f.  220,  Newcastle  to  Vernon   (draft),  August  13,  1739;  f.  288, 
Wm.  Wood  to  Newcastle,  September  12,  on  conduct  of  war  with  Spain; 
ff.  290,  291,  extracts   (same  hand)   from  papers  of  observations;  f.  294, 
Sharpe  to  Newcastle,  September  13,  on  the  following  paper;  f.  296,  state 
of  the  nature  and  value  of  the  office  of  receiver  general  in  Jamaica ;  f.  316, 
George  Clinton;  ff.  340,  342,  Newcastle  to  Vernon  (draft),  September  28, 
1739   (W.  Indies);  f.  346,  intelligence  sent  to  Vernon;  f.  387,  T.  Lyon, 
intelligence  apparently  of  W.  Indian  affairs  and  the  war,  "  Recd  26  Oct." ; 
f.   426,    [Wm.]    Douglas — suggests   attack  on   Cuba,   October  26;   f.   475, 
J.  Windham  Ashe,  November  23 — recommends  Benning  Wentworth  for 
N.  H. ;  f.  502,  Thomas  Innes,  Boyne,  Nore,  December  4 — war  in  W.  Indies ; 
f.  510,  Hardwicke — on  conduct  of  war — orders  (December  10)  to  be  given 
to  American  governors;  f.  521,  Robt.  Monro — to  obtain  for  Wm.  Mackay 
the  post  of  clerk  of  assembly  of  N.  Carolina  in  place  of  Amyand ;  f.  523, 
Hardwicke — on   the   war;    f.    534,    Jno.    Marchant,    December   26— fraud 


128  The  British  Museum. 

intended  in  plantation  paper  money — (memorandum  enclosed  as  to  print 
ing  above  paper  money)  ;  f.  536,  Thos.  Coram — same  subject;  f.  538,  Hard- 
wicke,  December  27 — the  war — mentions  Florida  and  Louisiana ;  f.  540, 
j.  Windham  Ashe,  December  30 — about  Wentworth;  f.  544,  Lord  Cath- 
cart  [n.  d.,  probably  1740] — about  the  war;  f.  546,  Newcastle  to  Lord 
President  (draft)  ;  f.  548,  id.  to  Sir  Robert  Walpole. 

32693.  f.  9,  draft  to  Col.  Spotswood,  January  5,  1739/40 — war  in  W.  Indies; 
f.  15,  id.  to  lieutenant-governor  of  Va.,  January  5,  1739  [40]  ;  f.  21,  id. 
(circular)  to  governors  of  America,  same  date;  f.  90,  R.  Fitzwilliam, 
March  8— wishing  to  retire  from  post  held  in  the  Bahamas;  ff.  109,  112, 
Newcastle  to  Vernon  (draft),  March  26,  re  Portobello;  f.  121,  Ch[auncy] 
Townsend,  March  28,  about  America;  f.  125,  instructions  to  Col.  Blakeney, 
April  2,  to  go  to  N.  Y. ;  f.  130,  schedule  of  papers  he  is  to  carry ;  f.  134, 
draft  to  Spotswood,  April  5,  1740 ;  f.  141,  instructions  to  Spotswood ;  f .  150, 
royal  order  to  governor  of  N.  Y.,  April  2 ;  f.  152,  schedule  of  money,  arms, 
etc.,  carried  by  Blakeney;  f.  154,  draft  to  lieutenant-governor  of  Va., 
April  5;  f.  156,  instructions  to  Gooch,  April  2  [at  end  is  "  Mch  1741/2"]; 
f.  158,  draft  to  governor  of  Mass.,  April  5 ;  f.  161,  instructions  to  Belcher, 
April  2 ;  f.  169,  secret  instructions  to  same,  April  2 ;  f.  171,  memoranda  for 
Blakeney,  April  5 ;  f.  175,  considerations  by  Henry  McCulloh  about  en 
listing;  f.  177,  letter  to  Shirley;  f.  180,  instructions  to  Gooch,  April  2; 
f.  182,  schedule  of  papers  delivered  to  Blakeney,  April  7;  f.  188,  draft  to 
governor  of  Mass.,  April  5 ;  f.  190,  id.  to  lieutenant-governor  of  Va.  and 
Spotswood;  f.  192,  original  letter  to  Vernon;  f.  210,  Eunice  Wharton, 
April  14,  1740,  about  lands  in  Boston ;  ff.  217,  223,  225,  227,  drafts  (mostly 
private)  to  Vernon;  f.  241,  draft  to  Gen.  Mathew,  Leeward  Islands, 
April  30;  f.  281,  H.  Walpole,  Cockpit,  May  13 — sends  papers  about  Vera 
Cruz;  f.  289,  Hy.  Frankland,  Boston,  May  19 — asks  collectorship  for 
B.  Pollard;  ff.  294,  296,  drafts  to  Vernon,  May  29;  f.  298,  A.  Stone  to 
Vernon;  ff.  309,  313,  drafts  to  the  Lord  Chancellor,  June  4  and  5 — dispute 
over  prizes ;  f.  326,  Hardwicke,  June  8,  about  prizes ;  f.  330,  Tankerville, 
June  9,  about  the  government  of  N.  Y. ;  f.  332,  draft  to  the  Lord  Chan 
cellor — prizes ;  f.  334,  draft  to  Lord  Harrington,  June  10,  about  an  "  expedi 
tion";  f.  336,  rough  draft  to  Lord  Har[rington]  ;  f.  341,  id.  to  Lord 
Harrington — part  only  about  W.  Indies ;  f.  348,  id.  to  same  (private)  ; 
f-  359.  rough  draft  again  to  Harrington — private  and  particular  (W. 
Indies)  ;  f.  398,  Geo.  Clinton,  June  17,  about  government  of  N.  Y. ;  f.  408, 
H.  Pelham,  June  24 — mentions  Cathcart' s  expedition;  f.  410,  draft  to 
Harrington,  June  24,  about  same;  f.  412,  id.  to  Cathcart,  June  26;  f.  414, 
G.  Clinton,  June  26  (about  ships)  ;  f.  443,  draft  to  Harrington,  July  4 — 
part  about  Cathcart ;  ff.  448,  450,  drafts  to  Vernon ;  f.  483,  H.  Osborn, 
July  13 — pineapple  shoots  from  the  governor  of  Barbadoes. 
32695.  f.  i,  G.  Clinton,  dated  " Pr.  Frederick  off  St.  Helens",  September  17, 
1740 — sends  horses;  f.  5,  Newcastle  to  Harrington  (draft,  and  on  private 
business),  September  6— mentions  W.  Indies;  f.  24,  G.  Clinton,  September 
7 — his  ship  ordered  to  W.  Indies ;  f.  30,  draft  to  Cathcart,  September  9 ; 
f.  32,  G.  Clinton,  September  9,  about  ships;  f.  47,  draft  to  Vernon,  Sep 
tember  12 ;  f.  53,  paper  containing  extracts  of  letters  from  Belcher,  Clarke, 
Gooch,  etc.,  April  30,  etc. ;  f.  56,  Hardwicke,  September  12,  about  the  fleet ; 
ff.  69,  71,  84,  drafts  to  Cathcart,  September  15,  16  and  18;  f.  134,  draft  to 
Sir  C.  Ogle,  September  25 ;  f.  136,  secret  instructions  for  same  by  the 
Lords  Justices;  f.  140,  draft  to  Cathcart,  September  26;  f.  142,  id.  to 
Vernon;  f.  144,  additional  instructions  for  Vernon;  f.  174,  draft  to  Cath 
cart,  September  30 ;  f.  186,  A.  Stone  to  Cathcart,  October  2 ;  f.  190,  extract 
of  letter  from  Pinckney,  August  20;  f.  192,  draft  to  Cathcart,  October 
[2?];  ff.  196,  217,  id.  to  Vernon,  October  2  and  7;  ff.  219,  221,  id.  to 
Cathcart;  f.  223,  observations  of  Richard  Farrish — W.  Indies — his  capture 
by  the  Spaniards;  ff.  227,  229,  245,  247,  drafts  to  Cathcart,  October  8-10; 
f.  249,  id.  to  Vernon,  October  n;  f.  251,  account  of  naval  stores  sent  to 
Jamaica,  October  10;  f.  253,  tonnage  of  stores,  October  8;  f.  261,  Hard 
wicke,  October  12,  on  the  war  in  the  W.  Indies;  f.  267,  draft  to  Ogle, 
October  15;  f.  280,  James  Knight,  October  17,  about  the  fleets;  f.  284, 
Richard  Farrish  to  T.  Hyam,  October  18;  f.  309,  observations  on  St. 
Domingo — Mr.  Knight,  October  21;  f.  319,  draft  to  Ogle,  October  23; 
f-  359.  Capt.  James  Adair  to  "  Dear  brother  ",  October  30;  f.  411,  Benjamin 


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Pemberton,  Boston,  November  15;  f.  427,  Wm.  Bull,  Charles  Town, 
November  22;  f.  435,  Wm.  Trelawny  to  John  Sharpe,  Jamaica,  November 
25 — long  letter  apparently  about  a  council  dispute;  f.  448,  J.  Sharpe  to 
"  Dear  Sir ",  Wednesday — on  the  enclosure  [enclosure  450,  see  below] ; 
f.  457,  draft  to  Cathcart,  December  4;  f.  460,  id.  to  Vernon;  f.  465,  Capt. 
Mitchell  of  the  Buckingham,  Spithead,  November  16 — damage  sustained; 
f.  467,  extract,  Mr.  Thompson,  December  7 — a  few  lines  about  French 
fleet;  f.  469,  id.  Ab.  Cayley,  October  25;  f.  471,  draft  to  Cathcart,  Decem 
ber  4;  f.  473,  id.  to  governors  of  America,  December  4;  f.  475,  id.  to  other 
governors ;  f.  507,  Lieut.  Wilmot,  Dominica,  December  20 — death  of  Cath 
cart;  f.  529,  Dupplin,  December  20 — recommends  Kinnoul  for  government 
of  Barbadoes;  f.  535,  John  Gray,  December  30 — is  going  to  W.  Indies; 
f.  552,  draft  of  letter  to  be  written  to  various  counties  by  Mr.  Stone — part 
about  the  victory  in  the  W.  Indies,  n.  d. 

32720.  f.  5,  John  Russell,  Falcon  at  Spithead,  January  2,  1749/50 — has  arrived 
from  Jamaica  and  asks  to  be  continued  in  command  of  the  sloop;  f.  15, 
John    Eadie    (his    mark),    S.    Carolina,    January    5 — ends   by    asking    for 
£2000;  f.  74,  Lord  Colvill  of  the  Success  to  Capt.  Holbourne  [copy],  Car 
lisle  Bay,  February  5,  1749/50 — fired  at  by  the  French;  f.  84,  Ab.  Cayley, 
February  8— sends   "  thoughts "   on  trade  to   Spanish  W.   Indies ;   f.  85, 
paper — same  hand;  f.  151,  Thos.  Graham  (enclosure),  n.  d. — complains  of 
having  been  "  divested  by  the  Assembly  of  Jamaica  from  the  office  of 
Receiver  " — his  deputy  also  is  dead ;  f.  156,  Bishop  of  London,  March  23 — 
sends  representation  of  the  Church  of  England  in  America,  etc.  [not  here] ; 
f.   160,  Newcastle — answer  March  25;  f.  311,  H.  Pelham  to  his  brother 
(Duke  of  Newcastle),  May  n — sends  for  H.  M.'s  signature,  warrants,  one 
for  Sir  T.  Robinson — mentions  his  residence  in  Barbadoes — no  dishonesty 
in  his  conduct — rest  of  letter  English  affairs;  f.  405,  Hardwicke,  May  25, 
1750 — one  paragraph  relates  to  the  S.  P.  G.'s  entering  on  consideration  of 
bishoprics  in  America ;  f .  409,  proceedings  of  the  S.  P.  G. 

32721.  f.  39,  H.  Pelham,  June  5 — on  f.  42b  is  a  mere  mention  of  letters  from 
Nova  Scotia — does  not  like  them;  f.  47,  Hardwicke,  June  6 — a  paragraph 
on  f.  49  refers  to  the  S.  P.  G.  and  the  Bishop  of  London   [America?] ; 
f.  58,  H.  Walpole,  Cockpit,  June  7,  about  the  following  paper;  ff.  60-68, 
long  letter  to  Bishop  of  London,  May  29,  about  bishoprics  in  America; 
f.  79,  Newcastle  to  Pelham,  Hanover,  June  9/20 — ff.  816-82  are  about  the 
Duke  of  Bedford  and  the  Nova  Scotia  business;  ff.  85,  87,  id.;  ff.  9i-93b, 
Dupplin,    Bath,  June  9 — ff.   92b,  93b   refer  to   the   letters   received   from 
Gov.  Cornwallis  concerning  Nova  Scotia  and  the  French ;  f.  109,  Bishop 
of  Salisbury,  June  14/25 — has  a  paragraph  on  the  meeting  of  the  S.  P.  G. 
[American  business?] ;  f.  113,  Pelham  to  his  brother,  June  15 — one  sentence 
is  noticed  in  which  he  says  he  likes  not  the  situation  of  affairs  in  the 
W.  Indies;  f.  119,  Newcastle  to  Pelham,  Hanover,  June  17/23 — one  or  two 
references  to  Nova   Scotia;   f.   145,  Hardwicke,  June  22 — f.   145!)  has  a 
paragraph  on  Nova  Scotia ;  f.  153,  Newcastle  to  Pelham,  June  23/July  4 — 
long  letter — f.  I57b,  is  about  same;  f.  167,  Newcastle  to  Horatio  Walpole, 
June  24/July  5 — answer  to  f.  58;  f.  185,  H.  Pelham,  June  26 — has  a  men 
tion  of  Nova  Scotia;  f.  192,  Newcastle  to  Pitt,  June  26/July  7 — partly  on 
the  same  business;  ff.  248,  251,  id.,  July  4/15;  f.  254,  H.  Pelham,  July  2 — 
f.  256  is  about  Nova  Scotia ;  f.  283,  W.  Pitt,  July  6— has  some  words  about 
the  same;  f.  341,  Newcastle  to  Pelham — postscript  [July  11/22]   has  fol 
lowing  sentence,  "  I  think  the  King  is  for  bishops  in  the  W.   Indies " ; 
f.  369,  H.  Walpole,  July  14 — first  few  lines  are  about  episcopacy  in  the 
W.  Indies;  f.  386,  Newcastle  to  Pelham,  July   18/29 — ff.  3906-391,  about 
Nova  Scotia;  f.  394,  duplicate;  f.  406,  Dunk  Halifax,  July  20,  about  Nova 
Scotia;  f.  449,  Wm.  Mathew  [from  the  Leeward  Islands],  July  26 — asks 
continuance  of  support.) 

32692.  f.  31.  Letter  from  councillors  and  others  of  New  Hampshire  to  J. 

Thomlinson.     1739. 

32693.  f.  37.  Letter  from  Lord  Carteret  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle  regard 

ing  his  proprietary  rights  in  Carolina.    Arlington  St.,  January  25, 

1739/40. 

(Gives  history  of  the  case.) 


130  The  British  Museum. 

32694.  ff.  3-100.  Papers  relating  to  the  Spanish  Possessions  in  America  and 

the  West  Indies,  1727-1740. 
ff.  101-118.  Minute  of  what  is  to  be  found  in  the  office-books  upon 

the  expedition  against  Canada  in  1711 ;  id.  in  1709. 
ff.  101-152.  Papers   relating  to   expeditions   against  Havana,    1695- 

1711.     Copies   made   in    1740.     Ff.   72-100  contain   accounts   of 

Havana, 
f.  119.  Instructions  to  Col.  Vetch. 

32695.  f.  309.  Observations  by  James  Knight  on  San  Domingo  or  Hispan- 

iola.    1740. 

(See  also  letter  on  the  commerce  of  San  Domingo  in  1751,  32828,  f.  72.) 
f.  450.  Regarding  conduct  of  Jonathan  Belcher,  governor  of  Mas 
sachusetts  Bay  and  of  New  Jersey,  in  1740. 
32700.  f.  19.  Petition  to  the  Treasury  from  holders  of  bills  drawn  by  Gen. 

James  Oglethorpe  for  the  King's  service.  1743. 

32702.  f.  320.  Robert  Auchmuty  on  the  importance  of  Cape  Breton  to  Eng 
land.    1744. 
32705.  f.  157.  Letters  from  the  assembly  of  Barbadoes  to  J.  Sharpe.     1745. 

f.  296.  Petition  from  the  same  to  George  II.     1745. 
32707.  f.  121.  Minutes  of  assembly.    Barbadoes,  1746. 

f.  397.  Copy  of  correspondence  between  the  governor  and  speaker 
of  assembly.     Barbadoes,  1746. 

32709.  ff.  123,  125.  Letters,  etc.,  concerning  disputes  of  the  colony  of  South 

Carolina  with  their  agents  in  England.     1728. 

32710.  f.  475.  Description  of  Carthagena. 

f.  513.  Bill   for  naturalization  of  foreign   Protestants   in  America. 

1747- 
32713.  f.  267.  Letter  from  Francis   Fane,  legal  adviser  to  the  Board  of 

Trade.    Bath,  October  15,  1747. 

(Fane  was  brother-in-law  to  the  Dean  of  Wells,  Dr.  Creswicke,  and  mem 
ber  of  Parliament  from  Lynn  Regis,  a  borough  in  the  control  of  the  Duke 
of  Newcastle.  Cf.  32852,  f.  461,  letter  of  February  14,  1755 ;  32857,  f.  145, 
letter  of  July  16,  1755;  and  32867,  letter  of  September  29,  1756.) 

32715.  f.  170.  Complaints  against  Gov.  Gabriel  Johnston  of  North  Carolina. 

1748. 

f.  172.  Observations  on  the  colony  of  North  Carolina.     1748. 
32718.  f.  43.  Letter  of  the  inhabitants  of  Barbadoes  to  J.  Sharpe.     1749. 
32732.  f.  663.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the  governor  of  New  York. 

1753- 

f.  668.  Minutes  of  meeting  of  Gov.  Clinton  with  the  Mohawk  Indians 
at  New  York,  in  June,  1753. 
(Printed,  N.  Y.  Docs.,  VI.  781.) 

32735.  ff.  119, 123,  129.  Papers  relating  to  the  province  of  Massachusetts 

Bay.    1754. 
ff.  152-170.  Papers  relating  to  the  province  of  New  York.     1754- 

32736.  f.  515.  Plans  for  defence  of  the  colony  of  Virginia.     1754. 

32737.  f.  16.  Thoughts  on  supporting  military  force  in  America.     1754. 
32756.  f.  433.  Memorandum  (in  French)  relating  to  Oswego  Fort.     1728. 
32758.  ff.  464,  471,  484,  486,  488,  490,  492,  494,  498.     Correspondence  of 

Capt.  St.  Lo  with  the  governor  of  Cuba.     1728. 

32769.  ff.  228,  232.  Letters  from  the  governor  and  council  of  the  Bermuda 
Islands  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle  and  the  Board  of  Trade.     1730. 


Additional  Manuscripts.  131 

f.  230.  Petition  from  the  same  to  George  II.     1730. 

f.  248.  Letter  from  Jamaica  merchants  to  Adm.  Stewart.     1730. 

f.  251.  Letter  from  Adm.  Stewart  to  the  governor  of  Cartagena. 

1730. 
32770.  ff.  145, 304.  Orders  to  the  governor  of  Barbadoes  to  evacuate   St. 

Lucia,  St.  Vincent  and  Dominica.     1730,  1731. 

(See  also  32771,  f.  85;  and  for  orders  to  Gov.  Grenville  and  Marquis  de 
Caylus  to  evacuate  the  same,  including  Tobago,  in  1749,  32819,  ff.  25,  106, 
135.  For  the  evacuation  of  Tobago  in  1750,  32821,  ff.  52,  56,  58;  and  of 
St.  Martin  in  1751,  32827,  f.  99.) 

32773.  f.Q6.  Letter  from  Capt.  Henry  Reddish  to  the  governor  of  Porto 

Rico,  Joseph  Antonio  de  Mendes  Yarcoa.     1731. 
f.  98.  Letter  from  Gov.  Yarcoa  to  Capt.  Reddish.    1731. 
32775.  f.  206.  Letter  from  Adm.  Stewart  to  the  governor  of  Havana.    1731. 

32778.  ff.  327,  332.  Narration  of  proceedings  at  Havana  in  1732,  by  Capt. 

Wm.  Douglas,  R.  N. 
f.  345.  From  W.  Nicholson,  South  Sea  factor  at  the  Havana. 

32779.  f.  53.  Letter  from  Antonio  de  Salas,  governor  of  Cartagena,  to  Rear 

Adm.  C.  Stewart.     1732. 

f.  75.  Memorial  from  the  governor  of  Porto  Rico.     1732. 
32785.  f.  103.  Memoir  from  Baron  Waldegrave,  ambassador  at  Paris,  con 
cerning  French  establishment  in  Newfoundland.     1731. 

32796.  f .  46.  Letter  from  John  Savy  to  the  trustees  for  establishing  the 

colony  of  Georgia.    1737. 

32797.  f.  246.  Newcastle  to  Keane,  1738,  with  about  fifty  enclosures  refer 

ring  to  depredations  of  Spanish  Guarda  Costas  and  mentioning  a 
petition  of  merchants  to  King  and  Parliament  (see  35909,  f.  82). 
The  enclosures  include,  further,  resolutions  of  the  House  of  Com 
mons,  information  from  the  West  Indies,  etc.,  to  f.  300.  This 
volume  contains  a  great  many  other  letters  and  papers  regarding 
relations  with  the  Spaniards  in  America. 

32816.  f.  374.  Memoir  of  the  pretensions  of  the  French  to  the  island  of 
Tobago.    1749.    French. 
(For  description  of  the  island  in  1752,  see  32840,  f.  367.) 

32818.  ff.  53, 67.  Copies  of  council  minutes  of  council  held  at  Ft.  George  in 

New  York  City,  March  27,  1749,  February  23,  1748,  March  23, 

1748,  March  9,  1748,  March  22,  1748,  March  27,  1749  (duplicate), 

April  4,  1749. 
f.  73.  Extract  of  letter  from  Gov.  Shirley  to  the  Marquis  de  la  Galis- 

soniere,  governor-general  of  New  France.    Albany,  July  29,  1748. 
ff.  75-93.  Copies  of  documents  relating  to  the  French  and  Indians. 

(Printed  in  N.  Y.  Docs.) 

32819.  ff.  25, 106, 135.  Orders  to  Gov.  Grenville  of  Barbadoes  for  evacuat 

ing  St.  Lucia,  St.  Vincent,  Dominica  and  Tobago.    1749. 

ff.  147-181.  Papers  relating  to  the  Assiento  of  negroes.     1749. 

f.  188.  Consideration  on  British  trade  to  the  Spanish  West  Indies. 
1749- 

ff.  258, 271.  Orders  for  the  exchange  of  Indian  prisoners,  with  re 
marks.     1749. 

32821.  f.  52.  Commission  to  Lieut.  Patrick  Drummond  for  evacuation  of 
the  island  of  Tobago.     1750. 


132  The  British  Museum. 

f.  54.  Letter  from  the  same  to  Gov.  Grenville.     1750. 

f.  305.  Memoir  (in  French)  protesting  against  insult  to  the  French 

flag  at  Nevis.     1750. 

f.  345.  Journal  of  detachment  under  command  of  Maj.  Charles  Law 
rence,  governor  of  Nova  Scotia,  in  the  basin  of  the  Chinecto. 
1750. 

32826.  f.  182.  Decree  of  Benjamin  Greene,  judge  of  the  Vice  Admiralty 
Court  in  Nova  Scotia,  concerning  a  French  vessel  seized  by  an 
English  ship.     1751. 
f.  192.  Memoir  from  the  French  ambassador  in  England  concerning 

fishery  off  Nova  Scotia.     1685. 

32828.  f.  142.  Means  of  conciliation  between  France  and  England  in  Amer 
ica.    1751. 

32831.  ff.  231,  233.  Correspondence  of  Comte  Raymond,  governor  of  Louis- 
burg,  with  Gov.  Cornwallis.     1751. 

32833.  f.  402.  Extract  from  the  register  of  Indian  affairs  in  Albany.  1694. 
32835.  f.  156.  Transactions  relative  to  the  boundaries  of  Nova  Scotia.  1752. 
32837.  f.  223.  French  commander's  summons  to  Lieut.  Ward,  April  16,  1754, 

enclosed  in  letter  from  Gov.  Dinwiddie. 
f.  240.  Remarks  on  Crown  Point. 

32850.  f.  231.  Extract  from  the  Gazette  relative  to  action  with  the  French. 

Virginia,  1754. 

32851.  f.  108.  Intelligence  of  French  troops  being  sent  to  the  Mississippi 

River.    1754. 
f.  309.  News-letter  from  New  York.     1754. 

(For  other  similar  letters,  during  years  1755-1760,  see  32854,  ff.  347,  526; 
32860,  ff.  301,  459;  32868,  f.  9;  32880,  f.  273;  32885,  ff.  124,  130;  32892, 
£.233;  32906,  f.  152.) 

f.  370.  Action  of  French  troops  on  the  Ohio.     1754- 

32852.  f.  108.  Address  of  the  assembly  of  Pennsylvania  to  George  III.  1755. 

32853.  f.  13.  Instructions  to  missionaries  in  N.  America,  agreed  on  at  a 

special  meeting  of  the  S.  P.  G.  Document,  not  dated  but  as  it 
was  transmitted  in  a  letter  from  the  Archbishop  of  York  to  the 
Duke  of  Newcastle  dated  March  I,  1755/6,  it  probably  was  drawn 
up  in  1755  or  1756. 

32854.  f.  252.  Proposals    concerning   French    ships    trading    to   the   West 

Indies.     1755. 
f.  379.  News  from  Virginia  from  John  Hanbury.     1755. 

32856.  ff.  195-203.  Papers  relating  to  the  capitulation  of  the  forts  in  Nova 

Scotia  in  1755. 

32857.  f.  218.  Copy  of  letter  from  Col.  George  Washington  to  Gov.  Din 

widdie.     1755. 

32859.  f.  235.  Memorial  from  Joseph  Whipple  of  Rhode  Island  to  the  Duke 

of  Newcastle,  1755,  asking  to  be  appointed  comptroller  of  New 
port. 

32860.  f.  301.  News  from  Newberry  in  South  Carolina.     1755. 
32864.  f.  68.  On  opening  the  French  West  India  trade.     1756. 

ff.  107,  109.  Papers  relating  to  Royal  American  regiment.     1756. 

(See  also  33055,  f.  143.) 
32868.  f.  ii.  Information  concerning  state  of  Niagara  Fort.     1756. 


Additional  Manuscripts.  133 

32873.  f.  332.  Letter   from   Mr.   Acklorn,   dated   from   Wyseton    (Wiston, 

Eng.,  possibly  in  Pembrokeshire),  asking  that  the  collectorship  of 
New  Haven,  Connecticut,  be  given  to  Mr.  Jos.  Harrison  of  New 
port,  Rhode  Island.    August  28,  1757. 
(See  also  32905,  f.  107.) 

32874.  ff.  280-286.  Petitions  from  Gov.  Wm.  Shirley  to  George  II.     1757- 

1758. 

(See  also  32877,  f.  317.) 

32882.  ff.  149-177.  Papers  relating  to  Newfoundland.     1758. 
f.  245.  Resolution  as  to  carrying  on  the  war.     1758. 
32888.  f.  252.  Proposals  for  stamp  duties.    1759. 

(In  two  columns,  one  having  query  marks  or  memoranda.) 
32895.  ff.  89-94.  Papers  relating  to  the  town  of  Quebec,  from  Gen.  Wolfe. 

1759- 

ff.  449-457.  Account  of  battle  before  Quebec.     1759. 

32900.  f.  86.  List  of  troops  at  Quebec.     1759. 

32901.  f.  219.  Petition  of  inhabitants  of  the  Mosquito  Coast  to  the  governor 

of  Jamaica.     1760. 

f.  417.  Account  of  free  schools  in  Pennsylvania.     1760. 
(See  also  32932,  f.  68.) 

32902.  f.  460.  Memorial  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle  on  the  sugar  trade.  1760. 
32906.  f.  96.  Notes  of  occurrences  at  Quebec.     1759-1760. 

32911.  f.  373.  Affidavit  of  Jeronomy  Clifford  relating  to  his  estate  in  Suri 
nam.     1760. 
(See  P.  R.  O.,  Foreign  Office,  Holland,  588;  Massie's  Catalogue,  no.  62.) 

32931.  f.  350.  Memorandum  as  to  the  patent  of  vendue-master  in  Jamaica. 
1761. 

(For  letters  of  William  Leech,  vendue-master,  see  32731,  f.  323;  32733, 
f.  140;  33066,  ff.  211,  271,  272,  278,  290.  See  also  32930,  f.  250.) 

32933.  f.  430.  British  investment  of  island  of  Martinique  in  1762. 

(See  also  32936,  ff.  36,  247;  32937,  f.  282,  and  map  of  siege,  1762,  33231, 
O  O  6.) 

32934.  f.  283.  List  of  those  holding  money  for  the  German  emigrants.  1762. 

Printed  paper. 

32938.  f.  356.  Reflections  on  British  interests  in  the  Caribbee  Islands,  by 
a  Barbadoes  planter.     1762. 

32941.  ff.  289,  293.  News-letters  from  Havana.     1762. 

(See  also  32942,  f.  206.) 

32942.  f.  215.  Notice  of  naval  attack  on  Cuba  in  1762. 

32969.  f.  380.  Circular  letter  of  Charles  Lowndes  of  the  Treasury  to  the 
governors  in  America  and  the  West  Indies.     1765. 

32971.  ff.  16-68,93-128.  Many  papers;  endorsed  "Mr.  —  thoughts  on 

American  Trade ",  regarding  importation  of  bullion  in  foreign 
vessels  to  the  plantations  and  the  bringing  of  bullion  by  the 
Spaniards  into  the  West  Indies. 

(The  first  paper  is  evidently  a  commentary  on  some  memoir  of  the  war  of 
1739.  Additional  papers  relate  to  the  same  subject  such  as,  "  Considera 
tions  on  the  laws  made  for  the  increase  of  navigation  and  for  the  regula 
tion  of  the  plantation  trade  so  far  as  they  relate  to  the  bullion  trade " ; 
"  Memoir  on  the  treaty  with  Spain  " ;  "  Reflections  upon  trade  in  general 
and  upon  the  trade  with  the  Spanish  West  Indies  in  particular."  F.  18 


134  The  British  Museum. 

says,  "  As  to  the  French,  Dutch,  and  Danes  he  would  make  the  law  stricter 
against  their  importing  or  exporting  any  goods  to  and  from  our  colonies 
for  they  are  the  great  smugglers  of  European  goods  into  our  colonies". 
Dated  1765.  Cf.  also  13-15,  69-70,  81.) 

f.  64.  "  An  Acc*  of  Bullion  imported  and  brought  to  the  Bank  from 
the  several  colonies  in  North  America  from  1748  to  1765  inclusive." 

(Total  £287,236.     Chiefly  from  Virginia  and  South  Carolina.     The  figures 
for  the  West  Indies  follow.) 

f.  93.  Copy  of  letter  from  the  British  government  to  Gov.  Bernard, 
taking  him  to  task  for  not  suppressing  tumults  in  Massachusetts. 
Other  similar  letters  follow  to  other  colonial  governors  (to  f.  128), 
October  24,  1765.  Many  copies  of  documents  relating  to  the 
tumults,  etc.,  in  the  colonies,  owing  to  the  Stamp  Act,  follow. 
32973.  ff.  246, 332.  Resolutions  as  to  affairs  in  America.  1766. 

(F.  332  is  a  letter  from  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  followed  by  a  similar 

set  of  resolutions.) 
32975.  f.  250.  Resolution  of  the  House  of  Commons  respecting  imports  into 

America.     1766. 

f .  477.  Vote  of  thanks  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle  from  the  House  of 
Representatives  of  Massachusetts  Bay.  1766. 

32980.  f.  116.  Protest  of  the  House  of  Representatives  of  Massachusetts 

Bay  against  the  Stamp  Act.     1767. 

32981.  ff.  48,  51.  Extracts  from  Journals  of  the  Upper  House  of  Assembly 

of  Georgia.     1767. 

32982.  ff.  1 6,  21,  29,  79,  225.  Papers    relating   to   the    province    of    Quebec. 

1764,  1767- 

f.  25.  Copy  of  report  of  the  law  officers  on  the  Roman  Catholic 
inhabitants  of  Canada.  1765. 

ff.  62, 64, 66, 68,  71,  73, 97,  121,  134, 198.  Papers  relating  to  the  prov 
ince  of  Massachusetts  Bay.    1767. 
32992.  f .  1 14.  Libellous  letter  on  Gen.  James  Oglethorpe,  addressed  to  the 

Duke  of  Newcastle,    n.  d. 
33028-33030.  Newcastle   Papers.     "Papers   relating  to   America   and   the 

West  Indies." 

33028.  ff.  10, 16.  Instructions  to  Gov.  Selwyn  of  Jamaica,  on  Adm.  Ben- 
bow's  expedition  to  the  W.  Indies.    1701-1702. 

f.  22.  Copy  of  New  York  act  for  raising  a  revenue  within  the  prov 
ince.    March  3,  1710. 
(At  the  end  is,  "We  approve  the  draught,  Edw  Northey,  Rob.  Raymond".) 

f.  47.  "  A  schedule  of  such  losses  as  have  been  sustained  by  British 
subjects  in  their  shipping  and  effects  taken  from  them  by  the 
Spaniards  between  the  Peace  of  Utrecht  and  the  Treaty  of  Han 
over  in  1725,  so  far  as  they  have  come  to  the  knowledge  of  the 
Lds  Comnrs  for  Trade  and  Plant"8." 

f.  177.  Instructions  for  Adm.  Edward  St.  Lo,  for  his  proceeding  to 
the  West  Indies.  1727. 

f.  185.  Calculation  of  the  revenue  of  South  Carolina,  November  29, 
1728. 

f.  187.  List  of  officers  to  be  appointed  for  South  Carolina  with  sala 
ries.  Same  date. 

f.  188.  Extracts  of  orders  given  to  his  Majesty's  ships  stationed  at 
Jamaica  since  the  Peace  of  Utrecht  for  guarding  trade  and  cruiz 
ing  against  pirates  and  enemies. 


Additional  Manuscripts.  135 

f.  192.  Order  in  Council  concerning  Newfoundland  fisheries.    April 

19,  1729. 
f.  198.  Report  of  the  king's  advocate,  attorney  and  solicitor  general, 

concerning  the  Anne  Galley  taken  by  the  Spanish,    n.  d. 
f.  209.  Memorial  regarding  the  Camberwell  seized  by  the  Spanish. 

In  French, 
f.  221.  Extracts  of  letter  from  the  president  of  the  council  of  New 

York  concerning  erection  of  fort  at  Crown  Point  by  the  French  in 

1730  or  1731. 

f .  227.  "  A  bill  entitled  an  act  for  the  better  securing  and  encourag 
ing  the  Trade  of  his  Majesty's  Sugar  Colonies  in  America." 

(Commonly  called  the  Molasses  Act.) 

f.  246.  Copy  of  Representation  of  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Parliament 

in  1733. 
f.  275.  Extracts   from  treaty   of   1729  between   Great  Britain   and 

Spain  relating  to  commerce. 

(Whole  document  from  ff.  275  to  329  shows  state  of  the  depredations  com 
mitted  by  the  Spanish  Guarda  Costas  on  British  ships  and  subjects  since 
the  treaty  of  Seville  in  1729.) 

f.  330.  Copy  of  list  of  the  several  representations  of  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  the  king  and  of  letters  written  or  other  representations 
made  by  them  to  the  secretaries  of  state  since  March  25,  1715,  so 
far  as  they  relate  to  N.  America,  concerning  state  and  condition 
of  any  of  the  British  colonies  in  America,  trade,  commerce  and 
dangers  of  the  colonies  from  the  growing  power  of  the  French  in 
America. 

(Copies  of  these  representations  were  laid  before  Parliament  on  February 
20,  1735/6.) 

f .  344.  Continuation  of  subject  dealt  with  on  ff.  275-329,  carrying 
it  to  the  year  1737. 

f.  354.  Copies  of  Proceedings  in  Privy  Council  regarding  petitions 
of  merchants  who  have  suffered  from  depredations  of  the  Span 
iards.  October  15,  1737,  October  21,  26,  February  15,  February 
27,  March  14,  April  10,  1738,  November  12,  1739. 

f.  374.  "  Proposals  for  reducing  Cape  Breton  and  Canada  whereby 
his  Britanic  Majesty  may  acquire  the  sole  sovereignty  of  North 
America." 

f.  376.  "  Reasons  Humbly  Offered  in  Support  of  a  Proposal  lately 
made  to  extend  the  Duties  on  Stampt  Paper  and  Parchment  all 
over  the  British  Plantations  ",  by  Sir  William  Keith.  December 
14,  1742. 

(Regarding  this  paper,  published  in  London,  see  John  Adams,  Works 
(1856  ed.),  X.  74,  80.) 

f.  378.  Paper  endorsed  "  Extracts  of  Papers  referred  to  in  the  case 
of  Henry  Lacelles  ".  The  "  Case  "  follows :  ff.  382-385. 

(Lascelles  was  collector  at  Bridgetown,  Barbadoes,  and  the  dates  given  are 
from  1733  to  1743.) 

f.  386.  Instructions  to  Lord  Cathcart  for  his  expedition  to  the  West 
Indies  in  1740. 
(See  also  32694.) 


136  The  British  Museum. 

f.  398.  "  Of  the  number  of  trading-  vessels  entered  inwards  in  the 
port  of  New  York  from  and  to  the  distinguished  times  herein." 
1733-1739. 

f.  400.  Account  of  the  number  of  ships  entering  in  and  clearing  out 
from  the  several  ports  in  North  Carolina  for  the  years  1739  and 
1740. 

33029.  f.  i.  Order  in  Council  regarding  defence  of  Newfoundland.     July 
19,  1744. 

f.  3.  Order  in  Council  approving  of  conduct  of  Gov.  Shirley.  Sep 
tember  6,  1744. 

ff.  5-20,  26,  32,  37.  Papers  relating  to  affairs  in  Barbadoes.  1744- 
1746. 

f.  21.  "The  Deplorable  State  of  the  Province  of  Massachusetts  Bay 
in  New  England,  occasioned  by  the  Unjust  Emisions  of  Paper 
Bills  of  all  the  New  England  Colonies."  Endorsed :  "  An  Abridg 
ment  of  a  Treatise  on  the  New  England  Paper  Currency  ". 

f .  34.  Copy  of  commission  for  Robert  Hunter  Morris  to  be  lieu 
tenant-governor  of  New  Jersey.  1746.  Parchment. 

f.  40.  Extract  of  letter  from  the  Rev.  Mr.  John  Barnard  to  his 
brother  in  London.  Marblehead  near  Boston,  March  3,  1746/7. 

ff.  41-45.  Abstract  of  letters   from   Knowles,   Shirley   and   Clinton. 

1747- 

(Knowles  from  Louisburg,  September  4,  1747 ;  Shirley  from  Boston,  October 
20,  1747;  Clinton  from  New  York,  September  27,  October  9,  1747.) 

f.  46.  "  Mr.  Charles'  Proposals  relating  to  the  Indians  in  North 
America."  October,  1747. 

f.  50.  Copy  of  letter  from  Grey  Cooper  to  Gov.  Francis  Bernard, 
regarding  attitude  of  Lords  of  the  Treasury  toward  stamp  trouble 
in  Boston,  October,  November,  1765. 

f.  53.  "  An  Ace*  Stated  which  if  pursued  proves  the  Ruin  and  De 
struction  of  the  Massachusetts." 

(Endorsed:  "A  Debit  and  Credit  Ace*  arising  from  the  issue  of  bills  of 
Credit  and  entitled  '  Dr-  The  Crown  of  Great  Britain  with  the  Creditors 
of  the  Massachusetts  Bills  of  Credit,  Cr."  "This  Ace*  was  stated  to 
prove  to  the  Inhabitants  of  New  England  their  danger  of  Ruin  in  being 
Reimbursed  for  the  Cape  Breton  expedition  &  bills  of  Exchange  ".) 

f.  54.  "  An  Acomnt  Stated  proving  the  Method  to  secure  and  safe 
guard  New  England." 
(The  people  of  New  England  must  be  reimbursed  in  silver.) 

f.  56.  Note  unsigned  and  undated  regarding  Richard  Corbin,  of 
York  River,  Virginia,  "  to  become  one  of  upper  house  of  assembly 
in  Virginia  ". 

ff.  57-62.  Extract  of  Act  of  Parliament  regarding  allowance  of  six 
pence  per  every  pound  weight  of  indigo  of  the  growth  of  the  Brit 
ish  Plantations  in  America  imported  into  England  from  and  after 
March  25,  1749. 

f.  63.  "  The  State  of  the  Ecclesiastical  Jurisdiction  in  the  Planta 
tions  in  America."  n.  d. 

f.  65.  For  the  Ecclesiastical  Jurisdiction  in  the  Plantations. 

(Repeats  proposal  made  on  f.  63  to  divide  the  care  of  the  plantations  among 
bishops  other  than  the  Bishop  of  London.) 


Additional  Manuscripts.  137 

f.  67.  Extract  of  papers  relating  to  releasing  prisoners  of  war  at  New 

York  and  Canada.     1748/9. 

f.  71.  Regarding  expiration  of  Trusteeship  in  Georgia.     1751. 
f.  72.  Copy  of  Memorial  of  Trustees  for  establishing  the  Colony  of 

Georgia  in  America, 
f.  76.  Extracts  from  Charter  of  Georgia, 
f.  77.  Contract  for  victualling  the  forces  in  Nova  Scotia, 
f.  83.  Memorial  of  Peter  Schuyler  sent  to  Gov.  G.  Clinton  of  New 

York,  July  19,  1751.    Clinton's  reply  thereto. 

f.  85.  Schuyler's  commission  as  colonel  "  upon  the  intended  expedi 
tion  against  Canada  ".    Attested  copy, 
ff.  88-90.  Papers  relating  to  the  Board  of  Trade  sent  by  Lord  Holder- 

nesse  to  "  my  Lord  President ".    January  22,  1752. 

(Endeavoring  to  bring  about  a  reorganization  of  the  board.) 
f.  92.  "  Memorandum  of  the  State  of  the  Naval  Offices  in  America 

that  are  not  filled  up  from  home,  most  humbly  submitted  to  the 

consideration  of  his  Grace  the  Duke  of  Newcastle." 
f .  94.  Abstract  of  a  letter  from  Gov.  Knowles  of  Jamaica  to  the  Earl 

of  Holdernesse,  March  26,  1753,  re  Mosquito  Shore.    On  the  back 

is  a  list  of  the  papers  enclosed. 
5.96-103.  "The  Proceedings  of  the  French  in  America  of  which 

Great  Britain  has  cause  of  complaint." 

(Endorsed  "from  Lord  Halifax".) 
f.  104.  "  Considerations  with  respect  to  the  manner  of  appointing  a 

secretary  of  state  for  Plantation  affairs." 

(Speaks  of  revival  of  the  Board  of  Trade  and  its  new  powers  in  1752.    Cf. 

Add.  MSS.  33030,  f.  295.) 
f.  106.  Abstract  of  letter  from  Gov.  Dinwiddie.    Virginia,  March  12, 

1754. 
f.  109.  Proposal  for  building  forts,  etc.,  upon  the  Ohio  and  other 

rivers  to  put  a  stop  to  hostile  encroachments  of  the  French, 
f.  113.  Proceedings  of  the  French  in  America,  delivered  by  the  Earl 

of  Halifax  to  Sir  Thomas  Robinson.     April,  1754- 
f.  119.  "  Heads  of  Gov.  Shirley's  despatches.    April  19,  and  May  I." 

[1754?] 
f.  122.  "  An  Estimate  of  the  Charges  of  the  Civil  Establishment  of 

his  Majesty's  colony  of  Georgia  and  other  incidental  expenses 
attending  the  same  from  June  24,  1754,  to  June  21,  1755." 

f.  124.  Minute  of  a  [Council?]  meeting  at  Newcastle  House  regard 
ing  the  French  in  N.  America.  June  26,  1754- 

f.  126.  Draft  of  the  king's  warrant  authorizing  application  of  £3544 
10  s.  5  d.  of  Virginia's  revenue  to  defence  of  the  frontiers. 

f.  128.  Draft  of  similar  warrant. 

f.  130.  Extract  of  letter  to  Messrs.  John  and  Capel  Hanbury.  Vir 
ginia,  July  23,  1754. 

f.  132.  Extract  from  the  Virginia  Gazette,  Williamsburg,  July  19, 
1754,  regarding  conflict  with  the  French. 

f.  136.  Schedule  of  papers  relating  to  N.  America  in  letter  from 
Lord  Halifax,  August  15,  1754. 

f.  138.  "  Methods  of  disappointing  the  French  encroachments  in 
North  America."  Delivered  by  Lord  Halifax,  November  7,  1754. 


138  The  British  Museum. 

f.  144.  "  Sketch  for  the  Operations  in  North  America."    November 

16,  1754. 
f.  152.  Extract  of  letter  from  Bristol  containing  information  given 

by  certain  persons  from  New  York  regarding  Spanish  attacks  on 

the  Mosquito  Shore.    December  16,  1754. 

f.  156.  Copy  of  representation  of  state  of  the  colonies  in  N.  Amer 
ica.    1754. 
f.  165.  Estimate  of  charges  of  supporting  and  maintaining  settlement 

of  his  Majesty's  colony  of  Nova  Scotia  for  the  year,  1755. 
f.  167.  "  Lord  Halifax'  observations  on  Thomas  Robinson's  paper 

of  Points."    February,  1755  [?]. 

(Series   of  observations   on   English  and   French   settlements   in   America, 
probably  drawn  up  about  1755.) 

f.  172.  "  Extract  of  private  letter,  dated  New  York,  March  19,  1755." 

f.  174.  "At  a  council  held  at  the  Camp  at  Alexandria  in  Virginia, 

April  14,  1755  ",  contained  in  Gen.  Braddock's  letter  of  April  19, 

1755. 

f.  178.  Id. 

f.  182-196.  Extracts  of  various  letters  and  other  papers  relating  to 
Jamaica. 
(See  also  32852,  ff.  200,  250-258.) 

f.198.  (i)  Account  of  Braddock's  defeat;  (2)  plan  of  operations 
for  destroying  the  French  settlements  on  the  Lakes,  from  Maj.- 
Gen.  Shirley. 

f.  202.  "  Plan  for  the  Reduction  of  Canada  ",  from  Maj.-Gen.  Shir 
ley.  Oneida,  August  15,  [1755]. 

f.  204.  Extracts  of  letters — Pres.  Phips,  August  30,  Massachusetts ; 
Mr.  Fitch,  August  I,  Connecticut;  Gov.  Dobbs,  August  25,  North 
Carolina;  Rhode  Island,  April  17,  1755,  and  Agent's  petition  in 
July,  1755. 

f.  206.  "  A  Representation  of  the  Case  of  his  Maj.  province  of  Mas 
sachusetts  Bay,  contained  in  a  letter  from  the  General  Assembly 
to  their  agent,  dated  Boston,  September  25,  1755." 

f.  210.  Letters  from  Gov.  Dinwiddie  of  Virginia,  August  17,  20, 
September  6. 

f.  212.  Regarding  disputes  between  Gov.  Shirley  and  Gen.  Johnson. 
September  3. 

f.  219.  From  Gov.  Lawrence,  of  Nova  Scotia,  regarding  forts,  and 
French  inhabitants. 

f.  223.  From  Maj.-Gen.  Shirley.    Oswego,  September  19. 

f.  227.  From  Deputy  Governor  Morris.    October  28. 

f.  229.  From  Gov.  Fitch  of  Connecticut.    October  30. 

f.  232.  From  Gov.  Lawrence.    Nova  Scotia,  November  10. 

f.  234.  From  Gov.  Dinwiddie.    November  15. 

f.  238.  From  Sir  C.  Hardy.    New  York,  November  27. 

f.  242.  Mr.  Hanbury's  paper  containing  proposal  regarding  employ 
ment  of  Indians  and  formation  of  men. 

f.  243.  "  Information  prealable,  pour  servir  d'lntroduction  au  Narre." 

(The  Narration  follows  beginning  f.  255.     "  Narre  des  Hostilites  commises 

sur  rOhio  en  Amerique,  par  les  Frangois,  et  de  la  Negociation  que  s'en 

est  suivie  entres  les  couronnes  de  la  Grand  Bretagne  et  de  France  ",  from 

April,  1754,  to  1755.    On  f.  272  begins  translation  of  the  Narration.) 


Additional  Manuscripts.  139 

f.  289.  "  Upon  the  Four  Points  to  be  discussed  relating  to  America." 
(The  only  one  of  importance  here  is  point  3,  "the  Course  and  Territory  of 
the  Ohio",  ff.  300-309.) 

f.  313.  Memorandum  relating  to  French  project, 
f.  315.  Project  for  proper  separation  of  the  British  and  French  do 
minions  in  N.  America,  endorsed  "  from  Alderman  Baker,  North 
America  ". 
f.  318.  "Draft  of  a  preamble  to  an  order  granting  general  reprisals 

against  France." 

f .  322.  Extract  of  letter  from  New  England,  without  date  or  signa 
ture. 

(Important  from  point  of  view  of  New  England's  trade  with  Canada. 
"  There  are  few  ports  here  that  scarce  serve  to  any  other  purpose  than  to 
screen  a  clandestine  trade",  etc.,  referring  to  illegal  trading  under  the 
Sugar  (Molasses)  Act.) 

f .  324.  State  of  New  England  and  French  forts,  garrisons  and  militia 
in  Nova  Scotia. 

f.  330.  Advertisement  to  be  prefixed  to  English  and  French  memo 
rials. 

f.  332.  State  of  Actual  Possessions  of  the  Crown  of  Great  Britain ; 
inquiry  into  state  of  the  actual  possessions  of  the  Crown  of  Great 
Britain  in  N.  America  at  time  of  the  treaty  of  Utrecht  in  order  to 
discover  "whether  all  the  encroachments  or  most  of  them  com 
plained  of  to  have  been  made  by  the  French  in  North  America 
have  been  since  the  conclusion  of  the  treaty  or  contrary  to  the  con 
ditions  of  the  cessions  made  thereby  ". 

f.  337.  Paper  (imperfect)  on  recruits  for  established  regiments. 

f.  341.  Account  from  Pennsylvania  of  the  raising  of  militia  there 
under  Militia  Act. 

f.  343.  Paper  given  to  Lord  Barrington,  Secretary  at  War,  by  Lieut.- 
Col.  Bouquet  relating  to  the  raising  of  militia  in  Pennsylvania. 

f.  345.  Reflections  on  the  Present  State  of  America. 

f.  349.  Scheme  for  the  taking  of  that  part  of  the  island  of  Dominique, 
etc.,  by  Thos.  Cole. 

(Followed  by  other  similar  papers.  Documents  relating  to  the  same  subject 
may  be  found  in  Add.  MSS.  33030.) 

f.  354.  "  Members  of  the  House  of  Assembly  in  Philadelphia  as 
they  stood  October  14,  1756." 

f.  355.  Extract  of  letter  from  Christopher  Wilson  and  John  Hunt, 
dated  Philadelphia  4  of  nmo  1756. 

f.  357.  "  Plea  for  protection  of  Carolina  and  Georgia  and  for  con 
quest  of  Louisiana."  1756. 

f.  372.  "  Instructions  for  Dan.  Webb,  Esq.,  General  and  Commander 
of  all  our  forces  in  North  America."  March  n,  1756. 

f.  378.  "  To  his  Grace  the  Duke  of  Newcastle.  Some  thoughts  on 
the  French  scheme  and  the  importance  of  the  country  on  the  river 
Ohio  to  Great  Britain  "  by  Peter  Collinson.  February  25,  1757. 

f.  385.  Memorial  of  William  Bollan,  agent  for  Massachusetts  Bay, 

to  Lords  of  the  Admiralty. 

33030.  f.  i.  Speculation  regarding  division  of  territory  after  the  war  between 
England  and  France.    April  13,  1761. 


140  The  British  Museum. 

f.  3.  Complaints  of  colonels  of  battalions   in   the   Royal  American 
regiment,  their  widows  and  executors  upon  accounts  with  the  agent, 
f.  5.  Concerning  French  rights  to  catch  fish  at  Newfoundland. 

(Extracts  from  other  documents  of  similar  character  follow,  all  endorsed, 
"collection  relating  to  fishing".) 

f.  15.  State  of  duties  on  rum,  etc.,  imported  into  America.     1763. 

f.  47.  Query  regarding  the  importation  of  coin  into  the  plantations 
in  foreign  bottoms.  Answer,  which  is  from  York  and  de  Grey, 
attorney  and  solicitor  generals,  is  dated  November  u,  1765,  and  is 
favorable.  See  also  f.  69. 

f.  54.  "  Precis  of  the  American  Correspondence  from  August  31  to 
November  9,  1765." 

f.  74.  Various  papers  belonging  to  or  coming  from  a  committee  [of 
the  House  of  Commons  or  of  the  Privy  Council?]  on  American 
Papers.  January  31;  February  n,  12,  13,  17,  1766.  Copy  of 
"  resolution  proposed  "  by  the  committee,  January  31,  1766,  regard 
ing  the  "  tumults  and  insurrections  "  in  America. 

f.  78.  Account  given  at  the  hearing  on  January  31,  by  Dr.  Moffatt 
of  Rhode  Island  of  riots  at  his  house,  etc.  Long  accounts  of  riots 
in  New  York  (f.  84)  and  Virginia  (f.  86b). 

f.  88.  Petition  of  the  Merchants  of  London. 

f.  206.  Agreement  reached  at  a  meeting  of  committees  of  West  In 
dian  and  North  American  merchants  at  the  Kings  Arms  tavern, 
March  10,  1766. 

f.  208.  Petition  of  merchants  trading  to  N.  America  to  Parliament. 

f.  210.  Petition  of  London  merchants. 

f.  214.  Allegations  in  petition  of  London  merchants  with  Mr.  Treco- 
thick's  proofs  and  observations. 

f.  318.  Observations  on  the  Trade  of  Great  Britain  to  her  American 
colonies  and  on  their  trade  to  Foreign  Plantations  with  plan  for 
retrieving,  extending  and  securing  thereof.  Endorsed  "  Mr. 
Huske's  scheme  for  free  ports  in  America  ".  Undated,  but  prob 
ably  between  1764  and  1766. 

(An  exposition  of  conditions  of  trade  and  scarcity  of  ready  money  in  the 
colonies.) 

f.  334.  Plan  for  raising  a  fund  in  America  to  be  applied  in  defraying 
necessary  expenses  attending  the  defence  and  protection  of  the 
British  possessions  in  America.  Without  signature  or  date. 

(Contains  this  recommendation:  "That  the  use  of  stamps  on  paper  and 
parchment  be  introduced  in  America  by  the  authority  of  Parliament  to  be 
adapted  to  the  several  negotiations  there".) 

f-  339-  Albany  Plan  of  Union.    1754. 

(Though  often  printed  the  scheme  of  union  here  given  is  important  as  con 
taining  marginal  comments  in  another  hand.  It  is  followed  by  a  paper  by 
Lord  Dupplier  on  the  same  subject.) 

f.  346.  Regarding  governorship  of  South  Carolina,  salary  of  which 

was  to  be  made  up  to  £2400. 
f.  351.  Extract  of  act  for  establishing  agreement  with  seven  of  the 

Lords   Proprietors  of  Carolina,  for  surrender  of  their  title  and 

interest  in  that  province  to  his  Majesty. 


Additional  Manuscripts.  141 

f-  353-  "  Observations  on  a  petition  to  the  king  now  lying  before  the 
Lords  of  his  Majesty's  Privy  Council,  from  some  merchants  and 
others  trading  to  and  interested  in  the  province  of  So.  Carolina." 

(Original  petition  may  be  found  in  the  original  papers  in  the  Privy  Council 
office.) 

f-  355-  Note  from  Lord  Lyttelton  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle,  regard 
ing  demand  for  cannon  from  Gov.  Lyttelton  of  South  Carolina,  n.  d. 

f.  357.  Statement  apparently  by  the  Earl  of  Lincoln,  of  what  is  to 
be  written  to  Gov.  Clinton  of  New  York  by  the  Council  or  by  the 
Duke  of  Newcastle,  n.  d. 

(Clinton  cannot  be  permitted  to  return;  is  to  be  authorized  to  form  one  of 
the  council  of  military  operations  in  his  government ;  as  Gen.  Gooch  is  in 
firm  it  may  be  urged  that  the  command  should  devolve  on  Gov.  Clinton,  it 
being  advisable  that  the  command  of  the  American  corps  be  given  to  one 
of  the  governors.) 

f-  359-  Statement,  unsigned  and  undated,  regarding  the  Indians,  en 
dorsed  "  From  Mr.  Penn  ". 

f.  364.  "  Account  of  what  the  agents  in  America  had  in  store  and 
were  providing  in  April  last." 

f.  365.  "  Notes  regarding  certain  things  that  ought  to  be  done." 

f.  372.  State  of  the  crown's  title  to  Nova  Scotia. 

f.  384.  Description  of  the  Havana. 

f.  392.  "  Consideration  on  the  laws  made  for  the  increase  of  naviga 
tion  and  for  the  regulation  of  the  plantation  trade  so  far  as  they 
relate  to  the  Bullion  trade." 

f.  394.  Draft  of  letter  to  New  England  concerning  the  violation  of 
the  plantation  laws. 

f.  401.  "State  of  an  illegal  and  clandestine  trade  carried  on  by  the 
British  Northern  Colonies  in  America  with  the  French  and  other 
foreign  nations  both  in  Europe  and  America  destructive  to  our 
own  sugar  settlements  and  greatly  detrimental  to  the  Navigation, 
Trade,  and  Manufacturers  of  Great  Britain."  Without  name  or 
date. 

(Deals  chiefly  with  the  Sugar  (Molasses)  Act  and  is  written  from  the 
standpoint  of  the  upholders  of  that  act.) 

f.  404.  Draft  of  bill  "  for  repealing  certain  duties  in  the  British  colo 
nies  and  plantations  granted  by  several  acts  of  Parliament  and 
also  the  duties  imposed  by  an  act  made  in  the  last  session  of  Par 
liament  upon  certain  East  India  goods  exported  from  Great  Bri 
tain  and  for  granting  other  duties  instead  thereof  and  for  further 
encouraging,  regulating  and  securing  several  branches  of  the  trade 
of  this  kingdom  and  the  British  Dominions  in  America,  as  relates 
to  the  Exportation  of  non-enumerated  Goods  from  the  British 
colonies  in  America  ". 
(6  Geo.  III.,  ch.  52.  Cf.  7  Geo.  III.,  ch.  2.) 

f.  452.  "  Narrative  of  the  circumstances  attending  General  Dalrym- 
ple's  taking  possession  of  his  employment  as  quarter  master  general 
in  America." 

f.  464.  Memorandum  of  Lord  Sheffield  on  the  West  Indies.     1802- 

1821. 

33046-33048.  These  volumes  contain  a  great  deal  of  information  and  many 
statistics  regarding  the  army  and  navy  arrangements  of  the  years 


142  The  British  Museum. 

33046.  f.  180.  List  of   all    the    king's    ships    in    their   respective    stations. 
November  25,  1746. 

(Giving  names  of  ships,  commanders,  guns,  men,  station  and  service  in  the 
West  Indies  and  the  plantations,  as  well  as  elsewhere.) 

f.  212.  Memorandum,  that  the  post  of  naval  officer  for  the  South 
Potomac  was  granted  to  William  Crouch  and  Richard  Lee,  Novem 
ber  30,  1747;  and  that  Crouch  being  dead  it  was  desired  for  Wil 
liam  Griffin. 

f.  214.  Bond  given  by  Mr.  John  Hanbury  to  William  Crouch, 
November  30,  1747,  promising  to  pay  him  a  fixed  sum  of  £7  a  year 
in  lieu  of  salary  and  perquisites.  As  payments  were  continued  to 
1748,  probably  Crouch  died  soon  after. 

f.  240.  An  account  of  Captain  Henry  Clinton's  services  in  the  army. 
(Clinton  in  June,  1745,  was  appointed  lieutenant  in  one  of  the  Four  Com 
panies,    New    York.     He   afterward    went   to    Cape    Breton,    Louisburg, 
Canada.     On  February  23,   1748,  he  was  made  captain-lieutenant  to  the 
Four  Companies.) 

ff.  293,  295, 299-301,  315.  Various  data  concerning  Shirley  and  Pep- 
perrell's  regiments  in  the  Louisburg  expedition. 

f.  321.  Estimate  of  charge  of  officers  to  go  on  expedition  with  Brad- 
dock.  1755. 

f.  361.  List  of  his  Majesty's  ships  in  commission,  including  those  in 
American  waters,  1755,  1756. 

33047.  f .  22.  Data  concerning  Shirley  and  Pepperrell's  regiment ;  ff.  45,  47, 

61,  101  contain  lists  of  ships  in  American  waters ;  f.  65  is  an  ac 
count  of  the  French  and  English  army  and  fleet,  dated  1756; 
ff.  108-109  containing  lists  of  troops  destined  for  Louisburg  and  of 
troops  remaining  with  Lord  Loudoun,  sent  by  Ligonier;  f.  127  is 
"  augmentation  of  plantation  forces  ",  and  ff.  205-207  deal  with 
forces  in  America,  1757,  1758.  See  also  ff.  239-304. 

33048.  Of  character  similar  to  preceding  volume.    F.  14  contains  list  of  ex 

penses  of  the  fleet,  including  ships  in  American  waters. 

33054.  f .  1 10.  Memorial  of  Wavell  Smith,  secretary  of  the  Leeward  Islands, 

to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle.    1736. 

f.  376.  Petition  of  captains  who  raised  companies  for  Canada  in  1748. 
(This  volume  contains  a  large  number  of  petitions  relating  to  the  American 
service,  many  of  which  are  not  dated.) 

33055.  ff.  27,  286,  310.  Various  memorials  from  John  Hammerton,  secretary 

and  treasurer  of  South  Carolina,  to  be  reinstated  in  the  council. 

f.  33.  Memorandum  of  state  of  naval  offices  of  the  colony  of  Virginia, 
before  they  were  filled  up  by  the  crown.  About  1752. 

f.  143.  Paper  relating  to  the  Royal  American  regiment.     1756. 

f.  240.  Memorial  from  Gov.  Shirley  of  Massachusetts  Bay  for  repay 
ment  of  expenses.  About  1759. 

f.  294.  Memorial  from  Lieut.  Robert  Hodgson  to  succeed  his  late 
father  as  superintendent  of  the  Mosquito  Shore.  About  1760. 

f.  340.  Memorandum  by  Capt.  Prescott,  aide-de-camp  to  Gen.  Am- 
herst,  of  his  expenses  in  the  public  service.  About  1761. 

33056.  ff.  54, 202.  Appointment  of  William   Tryon   as  governor  of   North 

Carolina,  and  warrant  for  salary.     1765,  1766. 

f.  56.  Appointment  of  Henry  Moore  as  governor  of  New  York. 
1765- 


Additional  Manuscripts.  143 

f.  350.  Recommendation  of  Lieut.  Johnson  for  a  vacant  company  in 

America. 

ff.  404,  405.  Petition  of  hat  makers  and  others  to  the  Duke  of  New 
castle  to  support  their  projects  for  encouragement  of  the  hat  trade. 
Date  is  uncertain,  probably,  1730-1740. 
33057.  f.  93.  Memorial  from  Geo.  Clarke,  lieutenant-governor  of  New  York, 

regarding  his  losses  from  the  rebels,  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle, 
ff.  87, 91.  Memorials  from  Geo.  Clarke,  son  of  the  above,  regarding 

promotion  of  his  brothers,  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle. 
f.  435.  Memorial  from  Gov.  Shute  of  Massachusetts  Bay  to  the  Privy 

Council.    1728. 
f.  501.  Memorial  from  Francis  Whitworth,  secretary  of  Barbadoes, 

to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle.    1728. 

33118,  33119.  Papers  relating  to  Ireland  on  the  defence,  trade  and  general 

business  of  the  country.    For  the  most  part  the  official  papers  of 

Thomas  Pelham,  2d,  when  Irish  secretary.     1656-1679,  17701812. 

(These  papers  contain  very  little  relating  to  the  colonies  or  colonial  trade.) 

33231.  G.  G.  Canada:  plan  of  Wolfe's  attack  on  Quebec  in  1759,  and  other 

(13)  unidentified  plans. 

H.  H.  Chart  of  the  coast  of  Newfoundland,  New  Scotland,  New 
England.  1711. 

(Shows  the  St.  Lawrence  to  Montreal  and  the  New  England  coast  to  Cape 
Cod.) 

1. 1.  1-16.  Map  and  charts  relating  to  Newfoundland,  etc. 

N.  N.  i.  Sketch  of  action  between  the  British  forces  and  the  Amer 
ican  provincials,  June  17,  1776. 
(Engraved  by  Jeffreys  and  Faden.) 

N.  N.  2.  Plan  of  the  city  of  Albany  shewing  the  several  works  and 
buildings  made  there  in  the  year  1756-1757. 

N.  N.  3.  Detailed  map  of  Crown  Point  showing  woods,  roads,  look 
outs,  etc. 

N.  N.  4.  Id.  Ft.  Ticonderoga.    1759. 

N.  N.  5.  Id.  Ft.  George,  Lake  George,  with  barracks,  etc.,  erected 
in  1759;  also  road  to  Fort  Edward  through  the  woods  south' 
ward. 

N.  N.  6.  Id.  New  Fort  at  Pittsburg.     1759. 

N.  N.  7.  Id.  Fort  Ligonier  (Loyalhanna  Creek,  Pa.). 

N.  N.  8.  Rough  sketch  plan  of  the  Delaware  River  and  islands  from 
Chester  to  point  above  Philadelphia,  showing  some  partic 
ular  operations  there  on  the  part  of  a  fleet  (November  15, 

1777). 
N.  N.  9.  Fort  Bedford  on  Juniata  Creek,  Pennsylvania. 

O.  O.  i.  Map  of  West  Indies. 

O.  O.  2-5.  Plans  of  forts  in  Carlisle  Bay.    Barbadoes. 

(The  majority  of  the  maps  were  handed  over  to  Lieut.  Monier  Skinner,  R.  E., 
by  his  father  in  1872.  For  the  forts  see  Frontier  Forts  of  Pennsylvania 
and  Hulbert's  Historic  Highways.) 

33275.  f.  20.  Reissue  of  Edward  Slaney's  map  of  Jamaica,  in  1678,  by  P. 

Buache.    i8th  cent. 
33316,33317.  Brief  diary   (1758-1794)    and  account-book    (1758-1810)    of 

James  Pinnock,  a  Jamaica  barrister. 

10 


144  The  British  Museum. 

33350.  f.  13.  Instructions  for  Lord  Vere  Beauclerk,  captain  R.  N.,  as  com- 
mander-in-chief  of  the  convoy  appointed  for  the  preservation  of  the 
fishery  of  Newfoundland.  June  3,  1729. 

33411.  f.  96b.  Produce  of  Europe  and  America,  n.  d.  Probably  nineteenth 
century. 

33440.  "  Correspondence  of  Louis  Phelypeaux,  Comte  de  Pontchartrain, 
French  Secretary  of  State,  with  Camille  d'Hostun,  Comte  de  Tal- 
lard,  and  Antoine  Frangois  Phelypeaux,  Marquis  d'Herbault,  am 
bassadors  in  England,  chiefly  on  negotiations  concerning  North 
America ",  July  23-August  13,  1698,  January  28- June  25,  1699 
(in  French).  Pontchartrain's  letters  are  originals;  the  others  offi 
cial  copies. 

ff.  1-26  contain  the  correspondence ;  ff.  27-61  contain  copies  of  replies 
from  London. 

33763.  "  Idea  di  una  nuova  Istoria  Generale  dell'  America  Settentrionale." 
Translation  in  Italian  by  MacEgan,  colonel  in  the  Neapolitan 
service,  from  a  Spanish  work,  Idea  de  una  nueva  Historia  General 
de  la  America  Septentrional,  of  Lorenzo  Boturini-Benaduci  (Mad 
rid,  1746). 

33845.  Notes  relating  to  Barbadoes,  including  extracts  from  some  memoirs 
of  the  first  settlement  of  the  island,  1741.  Reversing  the  volume 
we  find  matters  of  a  legal  character  of  date  about  1750. 

33923.  ff.  510-521.  Wolfe-Amherst  Correspondence,  June- August,  1758.  A 
series  of  copies  evidently  made  in  the  interest  of  a  monument  to  be 
erected  to  Wolfe  in  the  parish  of  Westerham,  Kent.  April  5,  1760. 
The  letters  addressed  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  Streatfield,  Charts  Edge, 
Westerham,  Sevenoaks. 

(Following  the  letters  are  a  few  notes  of  value  regarding  Wolfe's  life,  the 
monument  and  epitaph,  to  f.  526.) 

33929.  ff.  60-62.  Extracts  from  letters  of  Gen.Wolfe  to  his  parents.  1749-1759. 
(Letters  relating  to  Wolfe,  of  later  date,  follow,  ff.  44-48,  582.) 

33964.  f.  7.  Letter  from  William  Penn  to  E.  Southwell.     1704. 

33983.  f.  324.  Depositions  relating  chiefly  to  Florida  and  Terra-Nova. 
Madrid,  1568. 

34015.  Vol.  II.  "  A  Book  contayning  the  names  as  well  of  all  such  persons 
as  have  come  from  beyond  the  seas  and  made  their  personal  ap 
pearances  at  this  office,  as  also  of  the  places  from  whence  they 
came  and  where  they  intend  to  lodge,  together  with  their  business 
and  the  correspondents  of  such  of  the  said  persons  as  are  for- 
raigners."  1655-1657. 

(The  persons  are  chiefly  from  Barbadoes  and  Virginia;  four  from  New 
England  and  one  from  Nevis.  Those  from  Virginia  are  chiefly  merchants 
and  planters  engaged  in  selling  tobacco  and  other  commodities.  For  ex 
ample  : 

"Hugh  Stanford  of  London,  Mchant,  landed  at  Dover  the  4*h  p'sent  out 
of  the  Honor  of  London,  Capt  John  Price,  commander,  from  Virginia  and 
came  to  London  on  the  6th  and  lodgeth  at  the  White  Swan  in  Shoe  Lane 
in  the  p'ish  of  Bride,  and  saith  that  his  buisines  is  to  make  sale  of  tobacco 
by  him  imported  and  to  negotiate  his  affairs  in  order  to  his  intended 
return  to  Virginia.") 

34079.  f.  58.  Letter  on  Jamaica  from  the  governor  to  the  Prince  of  Wales. 
1723. 


Additional  Manuscripts.  145 

f.  68.  Letter  from  Capt.  Hood  to  Commissioners  of  the  navy,  giving 

account  of  a  hurricane  in  Halifax  harbor,  April  4,  1768. 
34097.  f.  37.  Journal  of  Col.  William  Burrard  when  on  an  expedition  to  the 

West  Indies,  May  19,  i74O-September  21,  1742. 
34121.  Parliamentary  diary  of  John  Smith  of  Nibley,  Gloucester  County. 

1621. 
34181.  ff.  upb  and  175.  Copy  of  abstract  of  wills  proved  in  Jamaica,  between 

1625  and  1792. 
In  the  latter  part  of  the  volume  are  entered  copies  and  abstracts  of 

other  documents,  including: 

f.  i83b.  Losses  sustained  by  proprietors  and  inhabitants  of  St.  Chris 
topher,  with  the  abatements,  February,  March,  1705. 
f .  2O7b.  Baptisms  and  burials,  1721-1730,  from  the  parish  registers 

of  St.  Christopher. 

ff.  218-223.  Various  titles  of  documents  relating  to  early  history  of 
Carolina.     1630-1673. 

(Merely  modern  copies  of  titles  in  Cal.  Col.  and  the  Shaftesbury  Papers.) 
34187.  Letters  addressed  to  George  Jackson,  second  secretary  of  the  Admi 
ralty  and  judge  advocate.     The  first  series  relates  chiefly  to  the 
American  Revolution,  1776-1777;  the  second  to  suits  arising  from 
the  capture  of  property  in  the  island  of  St.  Eustatius  in  1781. 
(The  letters  are  from  Adm.  Arbuthnot;  William  Vaughan,  Lord  Lisburne, 
Lord  of  the  Admiralty ;  Capt.  Jervis,  Capt.  Hood,  Samuel  Barrington,  etc. ; 
are  of  a  private  character  but  contain  comments  on  affairs  in  America. 
See  Egerton  2136,  2137.) 

34207.  Letters  from  Col.  William  Burrard  to  his  brother,  Sir  Harry  Bur 
rard,  written  chiefly  from  the  West  Indies,  1740-1766,  including: 
f.  9.  Description  of  the  attack  on  Carthagena,  April  9,  1741. 
f.  28.  Description  of  the  taking  of  Fort  Louis,  March  8,  1748. 
f.  39b.  Plan  of  Santiago  de  Cuba,  1748,  and  many  papers  relating  to 

his  case,  1748-1766. 

34217.  f.  14.  "  That  there  may  be  free  trade  of  buying  and  selling  ",  remedy 
for  decay  in  the  cloth  trade. 
(Cf.  also  34324,  nos.  38,  39-) 

f.  26b.  Letter  from  James  I.  to  Sir  George  Cal  vert.    1621. 
34324.  f.  290.  Letter  from  Sir  George  Calvert  to  Sir  Julius  Caesar.    1621. 
34335.  f.  101.  Proclamation  (in  French)  prohibiting  the  importing  of  Vir 
ginia  tobacco  into  Spain.    Issued  at  Seville,  August  2,  1701. 
f.  in.  "Concerning  the  trade  of  the  Spaniards  about  the  Assiento 

and  Galeons."     n.  d. 

f.  146.  "  Losses  sustained  by  Spanish  depredations  at  sea  and  in  port 
in  the  years  1718,  1719,  1720,  of  which  the  necessary  proofs  and 
vouchers  were  delivered  into  the  Commissaries." 

(Over  the  page  are  added  losses  to  1727.     Ships  and  goods.     No  plantation 
vessels.) 

34348.  ff.  114-135.  Various  letters  to  J.  Vernon,  Secretary  of  State,  from 
correspondents,  governors  and  others,  in  the  West  Indies.  1693- 
1701. 

34412-34471.  The  Auckland  Papers.  Correspondence  and  papers,  political 
and  private,  of  William  Eden,  first  baron  Auckland,  together  with 
a  few  earlier  diplomatic  papers  collected  by  him.  William  Eden 
was  under  secretary  of  state  (northern  department),  1772-1778; 


146  The  British  Museum. 

member  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  1776-1782;  joint  commissioner  to 
treat  with  the  revolted  colonies,  1778-1779.  During-  the  period 
from  1772  to  1779  the  papers  "  deal  largely  with  the  American 
rebellion  and  the  proceedings  of  American  spies  and  agents  in 
France  and  England  ".  Eden  married,  September  26,  1776,  Elea 
nor,  second  daughter  of  Sir  Gilbert  Elliot,  of  Minto.  She  was 
niece  of  Andrew  Elliot,  collector  and  later  lieutenant-governor  of 
New  York,  1780-1783.  For  the  career  of  Andrew  Elliot  and 
references  to  his  family  based  in  part  on  the  Minto  and  Cathcart 
MSS.,  see  Pa.  Mag.,  XI.  129.  Many  of  the  documents  are  of  a 
family  character,  and  many  relate  to  Eden's  career  as  peace  com 
missioner.  Only  vols.  34412  to  34418  concern  us  here.  The  papers 
were  purchased  of  Lord  Auckland  in  1893. 

34412.  f.  29ff.  Copies  of  Pitt's  correspondence  with  Dr.  Benjamin  Keene, 

relative  to  Gibraltar.     1757. 

f.  269b.  Statistics  showing  duty  on  tobacco  imported  into  Holland. 

f.  320.  Printed  list  of  goods  prohibited  to  be  imported  into  or  ex 
ported  from  Great  Britain.  January  i,  1775. 

ff.  321,  322.  Id.  With  references  to  the  Acts  of  Prohibition. 

f.  345.  Draft  of  proclamation  suppressing  rebellion  and  sedition. 
1771.  With  marginal  notes. 

if.  366-368.  Paper  headed  "  Minutes  ",  i.  e.,  notes  of  a  speech  to  be 
delivered  by  Eden  against  the  American  Revolution.  October  26, 

1775- 

34413.  The  letters  in  this  volume  contain  occasional  reference  to  affairs  in 

America.    A  few  are  from  Lord  George  Germain. 

f.  25.  Letter  from  Gen.  Amherst  to  W.  Eden.    1776. 

f.  29.  Copy  of  warrant  to  pass  the  Great  Seal,  appointing  Lord 
Viscount  Howe  and  Gen.  Howe  commissioners  for  restoring  peace. 
April  27,  1776. 

f.  45.  Copy  of  orders  and  instructions  for  the  same.     May  6,  1776. 

f.  52.  Copy  of  additional  instructions  for  the  same.    May  6,  1776. 

f.  54.  Minutes  of  a  speech.    May  23,  1776. 

f.  56.  Copy  of  letter  from  Adm.  Howe  to  Benjamin  Franklin,  dated 
Eagle,  June  20,  1776,  with  copy  of  Franklin's  reply,  dated  Phila 
delphia,  July  30,  1776,  directed  to  Adm.  and  Gen.  Howe. 

f.  94.  Copy  of  letter  from  Lieut.  Hugh  Lamont  of  the  7ist  regiment, 
Banners  Island,  October  22,  1776,  with  account  of  the  situation  in 
America. 

f.  103.  "  Cipher  settled  with  Mr.  Wentworth,  Oct.  5  ",  for  corre 
spondence  on  the  American  question.  (Cf.  f.  107.) 

f.  109.  Copy  of  Sir  William  Howe's  orders.    December  13,  1776. 

f.  in.  Copy  of  letter  from  Robert  Morris  to  Silas  Deane,  with  post 
script  narrating  events  from  December  20,  1776,  to  January  29, 
1777. 

f.  121.  Id.,  differing  in  the  matter  of  additions  and  omissions. 

f.  130.  Copy  of  letter  from  Benj.  Harrison,  Richard  Henry  Lee,  Jno. 
Witherspoon.  Baltimore,  December  21,  1776. 

f.  149.  Letter  from  Sir  Joseph  Yorke  to  William  Eden,  with  a  num 
ber  of  references  to  American  affairs  and  to  Franklin.  The  Hague, 
January  3,  1777. 


Additional  Manuscripts.  147 

f.  152.  Copy  of  letter  from  New  York  unsigned.    January  3,  1777. 

f.  158.  Communication  to  Franklin,   Deane   and  Lee  from  Robert 
Morris,  enclosing  resolves  of  Congress.    Philadelphia,  January  14, 
1777. 
(An  original,  somewhat  mutilated.) 

f.  161.  Letter  from  Went  worth  with  account  of  the  reception  of  the 
American  commissioners  in  Paris.  Poland  Street,  January  25, 
1777. 

f.  165.  Fragment  regarding  the  defeat  of  the  Hessians  at  Trenton. 

f.  1 66.  "  Transcript  of  a  warrant  in  the  handwriting  of  Mr.  Arthur 
Lee  and  supposed  to  be  an  extract  copy  of  that  which  was  signed  by 
the  three  commissioners  in  Jan?  last." 

ff.  169-196.  Many  papers  relating  to  negotiations  with  France.  1777. 
Entirely  copies. 

f.  202.  Letter  from  Lord  George  Germain  on  the  defeat  at  Trenton. 
Pall  Mall,  February  10,  1777. 

f.  294.  Letter  from  Wentworth  regarding  Arthur  Lee's  journey  to 
Madrid.  March  3,  1777. 

£.311.  Communications  from  the  commissioners  apparently  to  Con 
gress.  March  12  and  April  9,  1777. 

f.  330.  Paper  regarding  sailing  of  Lafayette  with  list  of  those  who 
accompanied  him.  Also  copy  of  a  tobacco  contract  with  France, 
signed  by  the  three  commissioners. 

ff.  338-359.  Papers  relating  to  the  commissioners  in  France,  contain 
ing  narrative  of  events  in  France  by  Col.  Smith. 

f.  361.  Extract  of  letters  from  Congress,  October  i,  1776,  to  Feb 
ruary  19,  1777,  and  of  letter  from  the  Massachusetts  assembly, 
March  28,  1777. 

ff-  390,  396,  404-405,  408-409,  4H,  433,  435,  439-442,  444,  45O,  45^, 
466  are  letters  from  Wentworth,  Geo.  Lupton  and  others.  Of 
interest  for  American  affairs. 

f.  462.  Letter  from  Silas  Deane  to  John  Hancock.    1777. 

f .  468.  Letter  from  George  Chalmers  to  Mr.  Geo.  Carlting,  regard 
ing  the  war  in  America.  May  26,  1777. 

f.  477.  Id.,  without  signature.     1777. 
34414.  f.  4.  Letter  from  Silas  Deane  to  Capt.  Hynson.    Paris,  June  I,  1777. 

(Capt.  Hynson  who  had  the  confidence  of  the  American  commissioners 
and  to  whom  they  gave  their  packets  of  despatches  for  conveyance,  was  in 
the  pay  of  the  English  government.  He  conveyed  the  papers  entrusted 
to  him,  or  a  portion  of  them,  to  intermediaries,  Lieut.-Col.  Smith,  Car- 
michael  and  others,  who  placed  them  in  the  hands  of  the  under  secretary. 
Hynson  was  an  American  and  the  commissioners  did  not  suspect  him  until 
late  in  1777.  A  number  of  papers  in  previous  volume  relate  to  the  same 
matter.  It  is  impossible  to  tell  whether  all  of  these  intercepted  papers  are 
in  the  Auckland  collection  or  not.) 

f.  10.  "  Etats  et  divers  articles  de  marchandize  a  fournier  par  le 

Sieur  de  Montien  pour  le  service  des  colonies  unies  de  I'Amerique 

Septentrionale." 
ff.  15,  22,  27,  43,  56,  85,  90,  116,  176,  488  are  letters  from  George 

Lupton,  and  deal  with  American  affairs. 

f.  20.  Letter  from  Carmichael  to  Capt.  Hynson.    June  18,  1777. 
f.  29.  Letter  from  Silas  Deane  to  Capt.  Hynson.    Also  ff.  149,  173, 

193,  225,  261. 


148  The  British  Museum. 

ff.  31,  58,  92,  95,  1 10,  122,  162,  166,  200,  234,  400,  410,  423,  433  (long 
despatch  from  Paris),  448  (despatch  from  Paris),  463,  520,  522, 
534  are  letters  from  Wentworth. 

f.  41.  Letter  from  Lambert  Wickes  to  Capt.  Hynson.    St.  Malo,  July 

8,  1777. 
f.  52.  Copy   of  memorial   from   Deane   and   Franklin   to   Portugal. 

1778. 
f.  60.  Minute  of  intelligence  "  from  a  very  undoubted  authority ", 

concerning  many  questions  of  importance  in  the  negotiations  with 

the  colonies. 

ff.  73,  78,  136,  191  are  letters  from  Sir  Joseph  Yorke  to  Eden, 
f.  74.  Extract  of  letter  from  the  Count  of  Hastang  [Count  d'Es- 

taing?]  to  the  Count  of  Seinsheim,  July  n,  1777  (reed), 
f.  108.  Letter  from  W.  G.  to  Franklin.    Jamaica  Plains,  August  13, 

1777. 

(W.  G.  is  William  Gordon.) 
f.  142-144.  Abstract  and  extract  of  letters  from  the  Commissioners 

to  the  Committee  of  Foreign  Affairs,  sent  by  the  Lexington. 
f.  151.  Instructions  to  commanders  of  ships  of  war  and  other  Amer 
ican  vessels  to  allow  the  ship  Harriot  to  pass.     Signed  Franklin, 

Deane  and  Lee. 
f.  152.  Papers   (incomplete)   on  the  course  of  events.     Two  letters 

from  America  follow. 

f.  158.  Letter  from  Silas  Deane  to  Benj.  Harrison,    n.  d. 
f.  172.  Letter  from  Simeon  Deane  (brother  of  Silas)  to  Capt.  Hyn 
son.     Passy,  September  21,  1777. 
f.  193.  Letter  from  Silas  Deane  to  Capt.  Hynson.     September  27, 

1777. 

(Accompanying  this  letter  are  extracts  from  despatches  brought  to  the  com 
missioners  by  various  ships  from  America.) 

f.  207.  Letter  from  Arthur  Lee.    Paris,  October  4,  1777. 
f.  211.  Letters  from  Arthur  Lee. 

(These  letters  were  apparently  to  Richard  Henry  Lee  and  Robert  Morris. 
Upon  one  of  the  letters  is  a  note  by  Hynson,  or  one  of  the  intermediaries, 
dated  October  4,  1777,  "  The  uppermost  of  the  enclosed  papers  was  in  a 
separate  sealed  cover  and  directed  to  Rd.  H.  Lee  Esqre,  member  of  Con 
gress  from  the  state  of  Virginia.  The  other  was  also  in  a  separate  unsealed 
cover  and  directed  to  Robert  Morris  Esqre  Philadelphia".) 

f.  218.  Letter  to  H.  Lee  in  America  from  his  son  Ludwell  Lee,  who 
was  with  his  uncle  in  Paris.  October  5,  1777. 

f.  219.  Letter  from  George  Carlting.    Paris,  October  6,  1777. 

f.  221.  Letter  from  Arthur  Lee.    Paris,  October  6,  1777. 

f.  225.  Letter  from  Silas  Deane  to  Capt.  Hynson. 
(The  following  note  was  added.  "  Hynson  received  this  at  Havre  with  the 
despatches  in  a  large  bundle  of  private  letters,  the  whole  directed  either 
to  the  care  of  Capt.  Folger  or  Capt.  Hynson.  He  contrived  to  take  out 
the  despatches,  made  up  the  bundle  again  so  as  to  avoid  the  discovery  and 
Folger  sailed  with  it".) 

f.  228.  Letter  from  Carmichael  to  Capt.  Hynson. 

f.  230.  "  Letters  from  Mr.  A.  Lee  and  others  October  7,  1777.  Sent 
under  different  covers  in  a  packet  directed  to  the  Honble  the  Chair 
man  of  the  Committee  for  Foreign  Correspondence,  Philadelphia." 
(This  packet  was  brought  by  Hynson  to  Lieut.-Col.  Smith,  October  20,  and 
by  him  delivered  unopened  the  same  day  to  Mr.  Eden.) 


Additional  Manuscripts.  149 

£.231.  "  The  'Packet  contains  the  whole  correspondence  of  the  Rebel 
agents  at  Paris  with  the  Committee  of  Congress  at  Philadelphia, 
from  March  12  to  Oct.  7,  1777,  and  was  brought  by  Hynson  to 
Lt.  Col.  Smith,  Oct.  20,  and  by  him  delivered  to  Mr.  Eden." 
(The  various  memoranda,  letters,  etc.,  which   follow   relate  chiefly  to  the 

work  of  the  commissioners  at  Paris,  the  intercepting  of  their  letters  and 

the  Burgoyne  campaign  in  America.) 

f.  261.  Letter  from  Silas  Deane  to  Capt.  Hynson,  after  he  had  heard 
of  the  latter's  treachery.    October  26,  1777. 

(Hynson  offered  to  betray  the  English  government  but  Deane  refused  to 
have  anything  more  to  do  with  him.) 

Many  extracts  follow  of  intercepted  letters  sent   from  France  to 

America  and  England.    Nearly  all  comment  on  affairs  in  America. 

The  papers  here  and  there  give  information  about  the  secret  service. 

There  are  also  narratives  of  intelligence  or  post-news  from  Lup- 

ton  and  others, 
f.  302.  Printed  news-sheet,  with  account  of  Burgoyne's  surrender. 

Baltimore,  November  2,  1777. 
f.  309.  Letters  from  Lord  North. 

(Note  the  following:  "My  pen  is  wretched  and  I  am  very  melancholy  not 
withstanding  our  victory.  My  idea  of  American  affairs  is  that  if  our 
success  is  as  great  as  the  most  sanguine  politician  wishes  or  believes  the 
best  use  we  can  make  of  it  is  to  get  out  of  the  dispute  as  soon  as 
possible".) 

f.  337.  Letter  from  Eden  to  Lord  North,  with  a  draft  of  the  king's 

speech  "  on  the  supposition  of  goodish  news  ". 
f.  361.  Intelligence  from  Wentworth  in  Paris.    November. 

(Wentworth  was  sent  to  Paris  by  Lord  North  for  the  purpose  of  getting 
information  before  Parliament  met.) 

f.  395.  Letter  from  Eden  to  Lord  North,  regarding  the  question  of 
North's  resignation  because  of  Burgoyne's  surrender.     December 

7,  1777- 

(This  letter  probably  had  something  to  do  with  Eden's  selection  as  peace 
commissioner.) 

f.  406.  Letter  from  Capt.  Hynson,  from  Paris.    December  10,  1777. 
f .  447.  Regarding  Vardell  as  professor  of  history  in  "  the  New  York 
College  ".    December  23,  1777. 

ff.  497-5O3>  5°7~5O9-     Letters   exchanged  between  Eden  and  Lord 
North. 

At  the  end  of  the  volume  are  some  of  Eden's  memoranda  and  some 

of  the  original  covers  of  the  packets. 

34415.  The  documents  in  this  volume  lead  up  to  and  concern  the  work  of 
the  peace  commission  in  America.  Advice  from  America  seemed 
to  show  that  there  were  many  there  who  were  averse  to  inde 
pendence.  While  the  British  agents  were  watching  the  American 
commissioners  at  Paris,  the  British  government  was  preparing  its 
peace  commission  at  home.  Will  France  "  take  off  the  Mask  "  and 
join  America? — that  was  the  great  question.  The  documents  in 
clude  letters  from  Eden's  brother-in-law,  Hugh  Elliot,  at  Berlin, 
his  brother,  Morton  Eden,  at  Munich,  Sir  Joseph  Yorke  at  Amster 
dam  and  other  official  representatives  of  Great  Britain  on  the  Con 
tinent. 


150  The  British  Museum. 

f .  92.  Letter  from  Lord  North,  containing  a  line  about  the  appoint 
ment  of  Adam  Smith. 

f.  108.  "  Copy  of  proposed  Act ",  regarding  the  peace  commission 
and  its  powers,  endorsed,  "  The  first  sketch  of  an  idea  for  a  con 
ciliatory  act",  with  important  comments  by  Eden.  (Cf.  ff.  117, 
122,  126.)  Further  draft  of  bill  for  the  purpose  (f.  134).  The 
whole  is  endorsed,  "  Correspondence  and  original  drafts  relative  to 
the  two  conciliatory  bills  on  Feb.  17,  1778."  On  f.  163  we  have 
letters  and  drafts  regarding  the  bill  itself  and  the  men  to  be  sent, 
etc.  Following  these  papers  and  to  f.  192  are  drafts  of  speeches, 
statements  of  existing  conditions  in  America,  men  and  parties  there, 
a  long  paper  on  each  colony  taken  singly  (ff.  170-184)  ;  also  the 
resolutions  of  the  Committee  of  Parliament  (f.  186),  printed  copy 
of  the  Declaratory  Act,  with  written  statements  of  various  acts, 
commissions,  etc. 

f.  199.  "  Negotiations  for  a  new  arrangement  in  March,  1778  which 
failed"  to  f.  231.  (Cf.  f.  246.)  Then  follow  papers  relating  to 
Eden's  going  to  America,  etc.,  with  abstract  of  Lord  George  Ger 
main's  "  most  secret "  letter  to  Sir  Henry  Clinton,  March  8,  and 
the  king's  secret  notification,  March  21. 

(Eden  went  to  America  with  his  wife,  who  was  Miss  Elliot.  "Little 
Eleanor  "  was  left  behind.  Various  letters  follow  from  old  correspondents 
on  his  appointment  (note  f.  305).  The  question  arose  as  to  whether  his 
appointment  vacated  his  seat  in  Parliament  (ff.  317-322).  Copies  of  re 
solves  in  Congress  regarding  a  treaty  that  Eden  sent  to  Lord  North 
between  Great  Britain  and  the  United  States;  Eden's  own  letters,  ff. 
325,  327-331,  regarding  the  extent  of  the  commission's  authority,  f.  344, 
about  the  commission  and  the  intended  voyage;  hints  from  someone 
regarding  America  and  the  Americans,  dated  April  n,  1778  (ff.  339-343)  ; 
the  king's  instructions  received  April  13,  1778,  from  Lord  George  Germain 
(ff.  358-388)  ;  other  miscellaneous  papers,  personal  and  private  regarding 
trip  to  America  (ff.  389-391). 

Eden  sailed  in  the  Trident,  April  16,  and  his  letters  to  his  brother  Morton 
are  full  of  interesting  details.  F.  398,  letter  from  Lord  North  with  en 
closures  ;  f.  410,  copy  of  address  to  Congress  "  to  be  enclosed  in  a  short 
line  to  his  Excellency  the  president".  Other  papers  follow  connected  with 
the  mission:  draft  of  note  to  Washington  (f.  420),  letters  to  his  brother 
Morton  from  Philadelphia  telling  of  the  voyage,  giving  first  impressions 
(f.  424,  June  15,  1778),  copy  of  letter  from  Henry  Laurens,  president  of 
Congress  (f.  428),  draft  of  a  long  letter  from  Sir  Henry  Clinton  to  Lord 
George  Germain  (sent  to  the  commissioners  before  being  sent  to  England) 
dated  July  29,  letters  from  Lord  Suffolk  to  Eden,  July  30,  1778  (f.  450), 
from  Lord  George  Germain  to  Eden  (ff.  448-452).  This  volume  should 
be  used  with  P.  R.  O.  Colonial  Office,  Class  5,  180,  181— -A  W.  I.  299,  300, 
old  reference.) 

34416.  This  volume  continues  the  subject  of  the  preceding. 

F.  7.  Brief  itinerary  of  events  from  June  4  to  August  2,  1778.  Further 
papers  concern  the  W9rk  of  the  commission  to  f.  25;  one  or  two  private 
letters  (ff.  26,  39)  ;  printed  proclamations,  New  York,  September  26,  1778; 
another,  October  3,  1778;  letter  from  Clinton  who  has  taken  Gov.  John- 
stone's  place,  October  12  (f.  51)  ;  printed  manifesto  of  Congress,  October 
J3,  J778,  with  printed  answer.  Then  follow  letters,  etc.,  received  by  Eden 
in  New  York  during  October,  with  papers  and  statistics  concerning  sus 
pension  of  the  intercourse  act;  letter  from  Eden  to  Lord  Suffolk,  New 
York,  October  25,  and  Lord  George  Germain's  despatch,  to  f.  77;  pro 
ceedings  of  the  commissioners  with  occasional  comments  by  Eden; 
letters  and  other  documents  (f.  123,  Richard  Harrison,  intelligence  on 
affairs  in  America)  bearing  on  the  proceedings,  to  f.  133.  The  commission 
prepares  to  embark  for  England  (f.  134). 


Additional  Manuscripts.  151 

Eden  writes  from  "  off  coast  of  England ",  November  19,  about  the  return 
voyage;  other  personal  letters  follow,  to  f.  152.) 

f.  153.  "  Estimate  of  Rebel  property  on  York  Island  ",  and  "  Notes 
of  Sir  Henry  Clintons  relation  to  the  campaign  of  1778  ". 

f.  173.  "  On  the  mode  and  terms  of  a  treaty  of  peace  with  America  ". 
London,  1778. 

f.  188.  "  Proposed  appendix  to  the  several  publications  "  relating  to 
the  proceedings  of  the  commissioner. 

f.  192.  "  To  the  People  of  America  ",  signed  "  A  British  Officer  ". 

f.  233.  Draft  of  letter  from  Eden  to  Lord  North  regarding  the  work 
of  the  commission. 

f.  235.  Printed  broadside  issued  by  Adm.  Hyde  Parker  from  Savan 
nah.  January  4,  1779. 

f .  236.  Printed  oath  of  allegiance  to  King  George ;  followed  by  draft 
of  letter  to  Sir  Henry  Clinton  regarding  matters  of  trade  with  New 
York.  January  9,  1779.  (No  signature.) 

f.  241.  Letter  from  Eden  to  the  attorney  general  on  the  general  situa 
tion,  criticizing  the  government  and  stating  his  forebodings;  fol 
lowed  by  copy  of  attorney  general's  reply  to  Lord  North. 

f .  246.  Copy  of  letter  from  Lieut-Col.  Arch.  Campbell.  Savannah, 
January  19,  1779. 

f.  249.  Letter  from  Sir  Henry  Clinton.    June  21. 

f.  250.  Draft  of  letter  to  Campbell,  and  another  to  "  My  Lord " 
[George  Germain?].  On  f. 253,  copy  of  Eden's  letter  to  Lord 
George  Germain,  January  31,  1779,  and  of  two  letters  to  the  Treas 
ury  on  the  application  of  the  merchants  relative  to  exportation  of 
stores  and  ammunition. 

f.  261.  Letter  from  Sir  Henry  Clinton,  February  5,  1779,  regarding 
the  Georgia  campaign.  One  from  Eden  to  Lord  North  (f.  264) 
and  from  North  to  Eden  (f.  265)  regarding  inquiry  into  American 
affairs,  which  he  opposes,  and  a  motion  which  Eden  proposed  to 
make  in  Parliament. 

f.  271.  Letter  from  Sir  Henry  Clinton,  February  14,  1779,  and  an 
other  dated  February. 

f.  276.  Drafts  of  Eden's  letters  to  various  persons,  chiefly  about  the 
government. 

f.  291.  Accounts  of  American  affairs  sent  to  Eden  by  Clinton.  They 
give  a  consecutive  narrative. 

f.  296.  Extracts  of  several  letters  from  New  York.  On  f.  305,  letter 
from  the  Admiralty.  On  f .  308,  letter  from  headquarters,  New 
York,  about  the  engagement  of  Mrs.  Eden's  niece,  daughter  of  her 
brother,  Andrew  Elliot,  of  New  York,  from  her  fiance,  Lord  Cath- 
cart  (also  1423). 

f.  311.  Letters  from  Sir  Henry  Clinton,  April  2,  1779.  Another  from 
W.  C.  T.  and  copy  of  Lord  George  Germain's  letter  to  Clinton,  of 
April  22,  1779. 

f .  329.  Regarding  the  inquiry  into  Howe's  conduct,  and  other  papers 
relating  to  the  same  matter. 

f.  339.  Letter  from  Sir  Henry  Clinton,  May  4,  1779.  Many  similar 
letters  follow.  The  inquiry  into  Howe's  conduct  was  the  issue  of 
the  moment. 


152  The  British  Museum. 

f.  368.  "  Extracts  of  letters  from  General  Washington  to  Major  Tal- 
madge  taken  upon  him  ".  May,  June,  1779. 

f.  370.  Letter  from  Sir  Henry  Clinton  saying  "  July  and  no  rein 
forcements  ". 

f.  381.  Letter  dealing  with  the  situation  in  the  West  Indies,  dated 
Havana,  August  u,  1779,  and  written  to  Secretary  of  State  Galvez, 
in  Madrid.  See  also  the  next  letter,  and  ff.  402,404. 

f.  391.  Letter  from  Eden  giving  his  views  on  the  situation. 

f.  398.  Letters  from  Clinton  and  copies  of  letters  from  Adm.  Arbuth- 
not  to  f.  457.  On  f.  460  is  Clinton's  letter  of  October  26,  1779,  with 
intelligence  and  letter  from  Clinton  to  Elliot  (f.  465). 

f .  472.  Letter  from  Adam  Smith  to  Lord  [  ?]  on  free  trade  to  Ireland. 
November  I,  1779. 

f.  478.  Letter  from  Sir  Henry  Clinton.    November,  1779. 

f.  481.  Letter  from  A.  S.  Hamond.  "  Roebuck  at  New  York  ",  Nov 
ember  20,  1779. 

f .  486.  Letter  from  Sir  Henry  Clinton.    December  n,  1779. 

34417.  ff.  3-1  ib.  Letter   from   Adam   Ferguson,   the   distinguished   Scottish 

metaphysician,  who  had  been  secretary  of  the  peace  commission  in 
America.  There  are  a  number  of  his  letters  in  the  previous  volumes 
but  largely  of  a  clerical  character.  The  present  letter  was  written 
from  Edinburgh  after  his  return  from  America  and  is  dated  1780. 
References  to  the  other  letters  can  be  found  in  the  index  to  the  cata 
logue,  1888-1893. 

f.  47.  Letter  from  Sir  Henry  Clinton.    April  25,  1780. 
f.  49.  Copy  of  intercepted  letter  from  B.  Smith  to  Mrs.  B.  Smith, 
Charleston,  April  30,  1780,  with  a  broadside  dated  May  n,  1780. 
f.  50.  Copies  of  letters  from  the  commander-in-chief  of  the  British 

armies  in  America,  also  from  the  admiral  of  the  fleet, 
f.  52.  Letter  from  Sir  Henry  Clinton.    Charleston,  May  12,  1780. 

(Cf.  ff.  59,  61,  124,  223,  342.) 
ff.  80-89.  Copies  of  letters  and  papers  dealing  with  the  campaign  in 

the  south,  chiefly  from  Arbuthnot,  Patterson  and  Clinton, 
f.  108.  "  Notes  on  the  Campaign,  Aug.  2,  1780." 

(Apparently  by  the  chief  justice  and  historian,  William  Smith,  at  this 
time  in  New  York  where  he  remained  until  the  evacuation.  The  narrative 
which  is  in  Smith's  handwriting  is  followed  by  letter  dated  August  3, 
1780;  another  dated  August  26,  1780,  is  on  f.  142.  He  seems  to  have  sent 
over  a  number  of  enclosures  with  his  letter  to  Eden  such  as  f.  162,  "  Mr 
Heron's  Information  at  a  Conversation  in  New  York,  Monday,  Sept.  4, 
1780".  (Printed,  N.  Y.  Docs.,  VIII.  804-808.)  Intelligence  from  New 
York,  September  14,  19,  October  4,  1780,  the  last  named  of  which  (f.  217) 
is  a  valuable  account  of  the  Arnold-Andre  affair,  written  by  Andrew 
Elliot,  Eden's  brother-in-law  and  lieutenant-governor,  between  the  dates 
of  Andre's  capture  and  execution ;  further  intelligence  is  sent  October  26, 
1780  (f.  242).  Smith's  letters  are  dated  from  New  York,  September  12, 
19,  October  26,  November  20,  endorsed  "  Ch.  J  (Chief  Justice)  Smith", 
f.  245  (Cf.  P.  R.  O.  Colonial  Office,  Class  5,  265— A.  W.  I.  430,  old  refer 
ence),  December  18,  1780,  January  21,  1781.  On  f.  152  is  a  writing,  without 
signature  or  address  or  other  clue  to  authorship,  dated  Philadelphia,  Sep 
tember  i,  1780,  and  f.  282  is  "  The  Present  State  of  the  American  Rebel 
Army",  endorsed  "Heads  of  Arnold's  information".) 

34418.  As  Eden  in  October,  1780,  became  secretary  to  the  Earl  of  Carlisle, 

governor-general  of  Ireland,  we  meet  with  almost  no  further  papers 
relating  to  American  affairs.  In  this  volume  the  only  documents 


Additional  Manuscripts.  153 

that  are  of  interest  are  two  letters  from  Sir  Henry  Clinton,  dated 
December  7,  1781  (f.  209)  and  1781  (f.  282). 

34419.  f.  103.  Letter  from  George  Johnstone,  governor  of  West  Florida,  to 

William  Eden.     1783. 

f.  276.  Letter  from  William  Knox  to  W.  Eden.    1785. 
(See  also  34413,  f.  389;  34414,  ff.  445,  447;  34417,  f.  263;  34420,  ff.  280, 
3Si.) 

34428.  f.  162.  Losses  sustained  by  British  settlers  in  Honduras  from  the 
Spaniards.  1779. 

34444.  f .  374.  Letter  from  Sir  Henry  Clinton  to  Lord  Auckland. 
(See  also  34460,  f.  252,  and  34416-34418,  passim,  1778-1792.) 

34461.  ff.  302-328.  "  General  Reflexions  and  Remarks  on  the  state  and  dis 
position  of  the  country  and  people  of  New  England,  and  particular 
descriptions  of  Worcester  in  the  province  of  Massachusetts  Bay, 
and  other  parts  of  the  four  Provinces,  tending  to  furnish  ideas  and 
hints  toward  a  plan  for  its  speedy  reduction  to  the  legal  authority 
of  Parliament." 

(The  "  ideas  "  in  48  sections  follow  the  "  description ",  etc.  There  appears 
to  be  no  clue  to  author  or  date.) 

f.  331.  Pen  and  ink  map,  folio,  of  part  of  Pennsylvania,  all  Maryland, 
part  of  Virginia.     1778  [?]. 

(The  name  "Virginia"  covers  Maryland  as  well  as  Virginia.) 
f.  332.  Memorandum  of  goods  shipped  to  N.  America  from  Great 
Britain,  with  marginal  note  regarding  the  manufactures  of  France. 
About  1778. 
f.  334.  Notes  of  what  appears  to  have  been  a  speech  on  the  subject 

of  the  troubles  in  America,    n.  d. 

f .  336.  "  State  of  Facts  to  prove  against  popular  and  received  opin 
ions." 

(Sketch  of  colonial  history  from  the  British  point  of  view.) 
34599.  Spelman  Correspondence.     1600-1633. 

(Contains  number  of  letters  referring  to  intended  departure  in  the  Virginia 
fleet  of  Henry  Spelman,  "  cognatus  "  of  Sir  Henry  Spelman,  the  scholar  and 
antiquary,  as  follows:  f.  24b  (1611),  f.  29  (1612),  f.  31  (April  19,  1612), 
ff.  34,  36,  38,  39  (May  9,  1612).  See  also  f.  61  for  a  letter  from  the  same, 
Toulon,  November  22,  1619.) 

34712.  f.  218.  Proceedings  in  Council  on  new  charter  for  Massachusetts 

Bay.    1691. 

f.  235.  Legal  opinion  on  address  from  the  Independent  ministers  in 
New  England.    1725. 

34727.  f.  157.  Letter  from  Thomas  Mariett  to  William  Penn.     1688  [?]. 

34728.  f.  10.  Account  of  the  cruise  of  the  Mermaid  in  the  West  Indies  and 

N.  America.    1745. 

ff.  21,  36,  52,  54.  Letters  from  Peter  Razer  to  Hon.  James  West,  Lin 
coln's  Inn  Fields.  Dated  Philadelphia,  May,  1754,  October  6,  1755, 
December  i,  1756,  March  i,  1757. 

(Razer  was  appointed  searcher  in  the  port  of  Philadelphia.  His  letters 
which  contain  a  good  deal  of  local  color  and  give  an  account  of  the  system 
of  collection  are  evidently  a  bid  for  the  office  of  surveyor.) 

34729.  f.  112.  Constitution  of  the  Council  of  Trade.    November,  1660. 
f.  263.  Regarding  English  title  to  St.  Lucia.     1700. 

(See  also  34712,  f.  273;  36219,  f.  i.) 


154  The  British  Museum. 

f.  348.  Petition  of  William   Shobrook  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle. 
About  1754. 

(Shobrook  wishes  the  office  of  comptroller  and  gives  account  of  illicit  trade 
in  New  England.) 

f.  350.  Humble  petition  of  the  subscribing  planters  and  merchants  in 
terested  in  and  trading  to  his  Majesty's  sugar  colonies.     About 

1754- 

(Complains  of  illicit  trade  in  French  sugars.  Petition  is  followed  by  draft 
of  bill  to  prevent  "  the  importing  of  British  sugars  from  any  other  place 
but  the  British  sugar  colonies,  with  the  reasons  in  support  of  the  bill.) 

f .  360.  Inquisitio  post  mortem  of  Patrick  Smith  who  died  intestate  in 
New  York.    The  case  came  before  the  court  of  chancery  in  New 
York.     1759. 
(Number  of  papers,  all  copies.) 

34730.  ff.  87-95.  Letters  from  Lord  Bellomont  to  T.  Mariett.     1683,  1684. 

34756.  f.  60.  Extracts  from  the  Madrid  Gazette  of  March  19  and  May  14, 
1776,  translated  by  Dr.  Thomas  Percy,  bishop  of  Dromore,  refer 
ring  to  naval  expeditions  to  California. 

34813.  f.  68.  Statement  of  "  the  sufferings  of  Arthur  Rowland  "  and  Eliza 
beth,  his  wife.  Plymouth  Jail,  June  6,  1684.  Photograph.  Pre 
sented  by  D.  W.  Rowland  of  Boston. 

f.  88.  Letter  from  Mathew  Pope  to  John  Jacob.    York  Town,  Vir 
ginia,  August  25,  1775. 

(On  the  sheet  is  a  clipping  from  an  American  newspaper  and  on  the  next 
sheet  three  samples  of  linen.  Writer  does  not  believe  independency  is 
desired  in  the  colonies.) 

34990.  f.  156.  Address  to  Prince  William,  Duke  of  Clarence,  from  Virgin 
Islands,  West  Indies,  1783. 

35105.  f.  20.  Letter  from  Dr.  John  Robinson,  afterward  Bishop  of  London, 
to  William  Blathwayt,  in  which  it  is  stated  that  the  latter  had  ob 
tained  the  post  of  secretary  of  Virginia  for  Robinson's  brother, 
Christopher  Robinson.  January  n,  1693. 

35124.  Memoranda  of  John  Winthrop  as  attorney  in  the  court  of  wards  and 

liveries,  1623-1630,  including: 
ff.  8-9.  List  of  cases  and  clients. 
(Presented  by  R.  C.  Winthrop.) 

35125.  f.  74.  Copy  of  Licence  from  Charles  II.  to  John  Browne,  for  four 

Scottish  ships  to  trade  contrary  to  acts  of  navigation,  "  provided 
always  the  said  ships  return  directly  either  into  Scotland  or  Eng 
land  ".  January  16,  1662/3. 

(Attest  is  as  follows:  "This  is  a  true  copy  of  his  Maj.  warrant  examined 
by  me  and  given  to  Captaine  Tennant,  who  commands  one  of  the  four 
ships  employed  by  Mr.  John  Browne,  signed,  Lauderdaill ".) 

35155.  ff.  13-20.  Various  papers  relating  to  the  West  Indies,  Grenada,  Do 
minica,  St.  Vincent.  1764-1774. 

35192.  ff.  1-18, 49.  Letters  from  William  Pitt,  earl  of  Chatham,  to  Adm. 
Hood.  1773-1777. 

(There  are  many  Pitt  letters  among  the  Hardwicke  papers,  for  which  the 
index  should  be  consulted.) 


Additional  Manuscripts.  155 

35251.  f.  39.  Protestation    of    loyalty    to    the    Protector's    government   by 
Thomas  Modyford  of  Barbadoes,  1656,  addressed  to  Maj.  Thomas 
Noell,  brother  of  Martin  Noell,  and  secretary  of  Barbadoes. 
(Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1574-1660,  p.  408.) 

35335.  f.  47.  Poem  on  Walpole  by  Mathew  Concanen,  appointed  attorney 
general  of  Jamaica,  1732. 

(Cf.  Pownall's  letter  on  Walpole,  f.  65.  There  are  many  letters  from  Gov. 
Pownall  to  the  second  Lord  Hardwicke  among  the  Hardwicke  papers, 
written  between  1778  and  1789,  for  which  one  should  consult  the  index. 

f.  62.  Letter  from  Holdernesse  regarding  West  Indies. 
35349-36278.  Hardwicke   Papers.     Correspondence  and  collections  of  the 
first  four  earls  of  Hardwicke  and  other  members  of  the  Yorke 
family  in  the  eighteenth  and  nineteenth  centuries.     Divided  into 
A.  Correspondence,  35349-35813;  B.  Papers,  35814-36278.     The 
following  documents  relate  to  colonial  affairs  before  1783. 
35374,35375.  Letters  of  Hon.  Joseph  Yorke  to  Lord  Hardwicke.     1747- 
1787. 

(These  volumes  contain  occasional  references  to  American  affairs,  as  in 
vol.  I.,  ff.  129,  156,  164,  etc.,  and  would  probably  repay  a  careful 
examination.) 

35376.  f.  127.  Letter  from  Elizabeth  Yorke,  Lady  Anson,  to  her  brother 
Philip  Yorke,  Lord  Hardwicke,  giving  long  account  of  Braddock's 
defeat.  July  9,  1755. 

35406.  f.  193.  Draft  of  instructions  given  to  Lord  Cathcart,  leader  of  expe 

dition  against  Spanish  America.    1740. 

35407.  f.  21.  News-letter  from  South  America  on  the  taking  of  Carthagena. 

1741. 

35414.  f.  155.  "  Plan  for  a  concert  of  the  colonies."    1754.    Albany  plan. 

35415.  f.  55.  "  Considerations  of  what  may  be  necessary  to  be  done  in  con 

sequence  of  the  late  defeat  in  North  America,  upon  same  discourse 

with  my  Lord  Anson,  Sir  Thomas  Robinson,  and  Sir  John  Ligo- 

nier."    Claremount,  August  25,  1755. 
35421.  f.  18.  Notes  concerning  Louisiana.     1761. 

(See  also  35913,  f.  73.) 
35427.  Letters  to  Philip  Yorke,  second  earl  of  Hardwicke,  from  Thomas 

Hutchinson.    1774-1778. 

(These  letters  from  Thomas  Hutchinson,  former  governor  of  Massachusetts, 
supplement  the  letters  from  Lord  Hardwicke  in  the  Hutchinson  papers, 
which  are  often  the  answers  to  the  letters  in  this  volume.  We  are  told 
that  "  Lord  Hardwicke  honored  Gov.  Hutchinson  with  his  entire  confi 
dence  on  American  affairs".  The  letters  are  dated  from  St.  James  St., 
New  Bond  St.,  Sackville  St.,  and  contain  a  number  of  enclosures.  At  the 
end  is  a  letter  from  John  Hutchinson,  Blunton  Parsonage,  Saturday, 
October  15,  1825,  speaking  of  his  intended  publication  of  his  grandfather's 
manuscripts.  Also  letter  from  Gov.  Wright  of  Georgia  to  Thomas  Hutch 
inson,  1779,  f.  173.) 

35433.  ff.  174-178,  184-189.  Memoirs  from  the  British  government  to  the 
United  Provinces  to  engage  their  neutrality  in  the  war  with  Amer 
ica  and  to  prevent  the  supply  of  ammunition  of  war  to  the  rebels. 
1775-1778.  (French.) 

ff.  180, 182.  Resolution  of  the  States  of  Holland  on  the  request  by 
George  III.  for  the  loan  of  the  Scottish  brigade  serving  in  the 
Netherlands,  with  protest  by  Baron  Johan  Dirk  van  der  Capellen. 
1776. 


156  The  British  Museum. 

35444.  ff.  163,  168,  334,  336.  Papers  on  the  Dutch  trade  to  Essequibo  in 

Demarara.     1772. 
35478.  ff.  241-266.  Dispute  between  England  and  France  concerning  Nova 

Scotia,  1755. 

(Also  35479,  ff.  57-65,  123,  131-137,  257-273.) 
35504.  f.  in.  Letter  from   Sir  Basil  Keith,  governor  of  Jamaica,  to  his 

brother  Sir  R.  M.  Keith.    1772. 

(See  also  35506,  f.  141,  and  letters  from  his  wife,  1777-1778,  35512,  ff.  198, 
221,  269;  35513,  ff.  153,  188;  35514,  f.  119.) 

35509.  f.  203.  Letters  from  Sholto  Douglas  of  Jamaica  to  Sir  R.  M.  Keith. 

(See  also  35510,  ff.  107,  199;  35512,  f.   159;  35514,  f.   125;  35523,  f.  342; 
35525,  f.  141.    These  letters  are  dated  from  1775  to  1782.) 

35511.  ff.  208,  232,  234,  236,  243,  256.  Copies  of  correspondence  of  George 
Cressener,  British  resident  at  Liege  and  minister  to  Cologne,  with 
Count  Metternich  and  others,  regarding  the  stoppage  of  the  Hes 
sians  at  Coblentz,  1777.  (French.)  These  copies  were  transmit 
ted  to  Sir  R.  M.  Keith. 

35513.  f.  180.  Copy  of  "  L'ambassadeur  soussigne  de  la  Majeste  tres  Chre- 
tienne  a  regu  1'ordre  expres  de  remettre  a  la  cour  de  Londres  la 
declaration  suivante."  Then  follows,  in  French,  a  declaration  of 
France  regarding  a  treaty  with  America,  signed,  by  de  Noailles, 
London,  March  13,  1778. 

35525.  ff.  94,  99.  Letters  describing  Rodney's  victory  over  De  Grasse  in  the 
West  Indies.  1782. 

35588.  ff.  33, 224.  Letters  from  Jonathan  Belcher,  Jr.,  chief  justice  of  Nova 
Scotia,  to  Lord  Hardwicke.  1742-1755. 

35590.  ff.  251,273, 407.  Letters  from  Count  Zinzendorf,  founder  and  bishop 

of  Herrnhut  sect  of  Moravian  brethren,  to  the  first  Lord  Hardwicke. 
1749. 

35591.  f.  258.  Letter  of  Richard  Rigby,  paymaster  of  the  Forces,  to  W. 

Sharpe,  1757.    For  additional  letters  from  the  same  to  Sir  R.  M. 

Keith,  see  Catalogue  Index. 

35593.  f.  234.  Narrative  of  the  defeat  of  Gen.  Braddock.     1755. 
35597.  f.  153.  News-letter  from  Havana.    1762. 

(Also  35898,  f.  276.) 

35606.  f.  150.  Letter  from  Gov.  Benning  Wentworth  of  New  Hampshire 

to  Sir  T.  Robinson.    1755. 
35609.  f.  36b.  Letter  from  Thomas  Yorke  of  Philadelphia  to  the  second 

Lord  Hardwicke.    1771. 
35613.  f.  277.  Letter  from  Robert  Auchmuty,  late  judge  of  admiralty  in 

Massachusetts,  to  the  second  Lord  Hardwicke. 

(See  also  35614,  ff.  7,  n,  15,  30,  32,  36,  58;  35620,  ff.   135,   160,  181-185; 
35621,  ff.  38,  61,  63.     1777-1782.) 

35616.  f.  9.  Intelligence  from  Gov.  Hay  of  Barbadoes  regarding  movements 
of  the  fleet  in  the  West  Indies.  1779. 

35621.  f.  364.  "  Extract  of  a  letter  from  an  American  at  New  York."  No 
name  is  given  and  no  date  is  attached  but  it  speaks  of  "  Col.  Tarle- 
ton  not  leaving  us  "  as  good  news. 

35639.  f.  202.  Memorial  from  Edward  Dismore,  postmaster-general  of  Ja 
maica,  to  Lord  Leicester,  postmaster-general.  1758-1759. 


Additional  Manuscripts.  15T 

35640.  if.  211,  301.  Letters  from  Dr.  Samuel  Cooper  to  Charles  Yorke,  Lord 

Hardwicke.    1767,  1768. 

35641.  f.  252.  Declarations    (in  French)    by  Charles   IV.,  king  of  Spain, 

concerning  Nootka  Bay.     1790. 

35655.  Correspondence  of  Walter  Pollard  with  his  father,  Dr.  Thomas  Pol 
lard  of  Barbadoes,  and  others  chiefly  in  the  West  Indies  and 
America.  Vol.  I.,  1771-1778. 

(The  earlier  portion  of  this  volume  is  taken  up  with  correspondence  of 
Walter  Pollard  with  his  brother  Thomas.  But  one  letter  from  Barbadoes 
before  1781.  Beginning  with  f.  205  are  letters  from  Walter  Pollard  to  his 
father  dated  from  Charleston,  Philadelphia  and  Trenton.) 

35838.  f.  233.  "  Analise  et  reflexions  pour  mon  usage  sur  1'etat  des  colonies 

angloises  et  franchises  en  Amerique."    1755  [?]. 
(Brief  account  with  reflections.) 

35839.  f.  363.  Declaration  of  Louis  XVI.  concerning  the  United  States  of 

America.     1778. 

35865.  f.  247.  "  Tobaccoes  entered  in  the  porte  of  London  in  fower  years 
from  Lady  Day,  1637",  [to  1640]. 
(Tobaccos  noted  are  from  Virginia,  Barbadoes,  St.  Christopher  and  Spain.) 

35870.  f.  222.  Minutes  by  Lord  Hardwicke  of  cabinet  council,  on  "  sending 

a  further  sea-force  to  Nova  Scotia",  March  28,  1751. 
ff.  280,  284.  Minutes  of  cabinet  relating  to  the  war.    September  5  and 
October  7,  1757. 
(There  are  other  minutes  of  cabinet  councils  in  this  volume.) 

35872,  35873,  35874.  Warrants  addressed  to  Philip  Yorke,  as  Lord  High 
Chancellor,  regarding  passes  prepared  by  the  Secretary  of  State  for 
ships  exporting  American  tobacco  from  England  to  France.  1745- 
1748,  1756. 

(The  ships  were  not  to  be  of  less  than  150  tons  burden.  In  vol.  35873 
there  are  great  numbers  of  these  warrants,  all  couched  in  the  same  form.) 

35877.  f.  38.  Bill  relating  to  bequests  of  real  estates  in  America.    1752. 

35893.  f.  90.  "  Account  of  the  extra  services  in  Georgia  for  the  preservation 

and  defence  of  his  Majesty's  dominions  on  the  continent  of  North 
America,  from  September  22,  1738  to  July  22,  1743,  when  Gen. 
Oglethorpe  sailed  for  England." 
(Concerning  services  of  the  Georgia  Rangers.) 

ff.  232-237.  Copies  of  correspondence  of  Gen.  Wolfe  with  his  brig 
adiers  relating  to  plan  for  the  attack  on  Quebec,  August-September, 
1759.  Also  letter  from  Capt.  Alexander  Schomberg  to  Adm.  For 
bes,  Boston,  September  5,  1759. 

f.  245.  Lists  of  troops  serving  in  America.    1759. 

35894.  f.  28.  Minutes  of  court  martial  of  Lieut.  Charles  Lord  Hay  for  muti 

nous  speeches  in  N.  America  in  1757.     1760. 

35898.  f.  105.  Copy  of  Journal  by  Patrick  Murray,  Lord  Elibank,  "  of  the 
expedition  that  sailed  from  Spithead  to  the  West  Indies  under  the 
command  of  Lord  Cathcart ",  October,  1740. 

f.  264.  Extract  of  a  letter  from  Adm.  Rodney.    Martinique,  February 
10,  1762. 
(For  other  Rodney  letters,  see  ff.  27,  28,  32,  33,  35.) 


158  The  British  Museum. 

f.  276.  Intelligence  from  Havana,  endorsed  in  Lord  Halifax's  letter, 
August  1 8,  1762. 

f.  278.  Letter  from  Adm.  Cornish  to  Lord  Anson  on  operations  at 
Manila.  November  I,  1762. 

f.  291.  Account  of  the  number  of  merchant  ships,  with  special  men 
tion  of  the  fisheries. 

f.  292.  Letter  from  the  collector  of  customs,  Rhode  Island,  regarding 
burning  of  the  Gaspee.  July  23,  1772. 

(Other  evidence  follows :     Lieut.  Dudingston's  account ;  midshipman  Dick- 
erson's  account;  also  that  of  Aaron  Biggs,  a  free  negro.    All  copies.) 

f.  300.  List  of  ships  that  sailed  with  ordnance  stores  for  America, 

I775>  1776. 
ff.  304-310.  List  of  ships  in  America  under  command  of  Lord  Howe. 

35907.  Hardwicke  Papers  relating  to  America.     1721-1736. 

f.  i.  Map  of  British  empire  in  N.  America  by  Henry  Popple,  being 

key-map  to  his  large  map  in  20  sheets.     (1733.) 
f.  2.  Report  of  committee  of  the  Board  of  Trade  to  George  I.  on  the 

American  Plantations.    September  8,  1721. 
f.  50.  Printed  Representation  of  the  Board  of  Trade.     January  23, 

1734/5- 

f.  61.  Id.  January  14,  1734/5. 
f .  70.  "  Some  Observations  relative  to  the  Boundarys  of  Florida  and 

Carolina,  to  be  discussd  by  Plenipotentiarys  in  consequence  of  the 

late  Convention  with  Spain."     1739  [?]. 
f.  76.  Memorials  presented  by  the  Deputies  of  the  Council  of  Trade 

in  France  to  the  Royal  Council  in  1701.    Printed. 

35908.  Hardwicke  Papers.    Law  Officers'  Opinions  on  American  Trade  and 

Plantations.     1720-1733. 

f.  I.  Popple  to  Yorke,  sending  him  patent  for  curing  sturgeon.    1720. 

f.  3.  Cadogan  to  Yorke,  with  Gookin's  petition  for  islands  in  the 
Delaware.  1721. 

ff.  17-24.  Carteret  to  Yorke  regarding  complaint  that  Massachusetts 
was  encroaching  on  the  king's  prerogative.  1723/4. 

ff.  26-3ob.  Notes  by  Yorke  touching  the  Massachusetts  question. 

£.31.  Communication  from  the  solicitor  general,  Sir  Clement  Wearg, 
on  the  same. 

f.  33.  Newcastle  to  Yorke,  regarding  dispute  between  the  provincial 
judge  and  the  judge  of  admiralty  in  South  Carolina.  1724. 

f .  43.  Board  of  Trade  to  Yorke,  regarding  grants  of  land  by  Spots- 
wood  in  Virginia.  1724.  (Cf.  f.  114.) 

f.  45.  Newcastle  to  Yorke,  regarding  the  Massachusetts  matter. 

£.49.  Id. 

f.  50.  Copy  of  representation  to  the  Lords  Justices  in  Council  re 
garding  Massachusetts. 

f.  63.  From  the  Bishop  of  London  begging  to  submit  to  Yorke's 
consideration  a  few  thoughts  relating  to  ecclesiastical  jurisdiction 
in  the  plantations.  May  20,  1725. 

f.  64.  Regarding  non-juring  clergymen  in  the  West  Indies. 

ff.  68-74.  Regarding  synod  in  New  England,  September  25,  1725, 
with  letter  from  Ch.  Delafoye  asking  if  such  synod  could  be  called. 
(Cf.  Cross,  Anglican  Episcopate,  pp.  67-70.) 


Additional  Manuscripts.  159 

f .  80.  Newcastle  to  Yorke,  regarding  the  Earl  of  Sutherland's  peti 
tion  for  the  three  lower  counties  of  Pennsylvania,  "  which  his 
Lordship  apprehends  to  be  in  his  Maj.  disposal ".  November  18, 

1725- 

ff.  82-86b.  Earl  of  Sutherland's  petition,  with  Yorke's  notes  thereon. 

ff.  95-102.  "The  Several  Methods  of  establishing  an  ecclesiastical 
jurisdiction  in  the  plantations." 

f.  103.  Lords  of  Admiralty  to  Yorke,  regarding  case  of  vice-admi 
ralty  court  in  New  England,  as  stated  in  a  letter  from  Mr.  Menzies, 
May  25,  1726. 

f.  116.  Popple  to  Yorke,  regarding  Massachusetts  matter.  Septem 
ber  14,  1726. 

f.  154.  Committee  of  Privy  Council  to  Yorke,  asking  in  whom  the 
nomination  of  a  governor  in  South  Carolina  is  vested  and  how  the 
right  ought  to  be  exercised.  November  21,  1727.  (Cf.  f.  214.) 

f.  156.  Copy  of  petition  from  the  proprietaries  of  Carolina.  St. 
James,  June  14,  1726. 

ff.  181-188.  Copy  of  bill  for  the  better  regulation  of  the  charter  and 
proprietary  governments  in  America  and  of  his  Majesty's  planta 
tions. 

f.  196.  Newcastle  to  Yorke,  regarding  trial  of  pirates  in  the  plan 
tations.  October  4,  1728.  Also  f.  206. 

f.  237.  Popple  to  Yorke,  saying  that  the  Board  of  Trade  wishes  to 
know  if  Connecticut  under  her  charter  has  the  right  of  making 
laws  that  affect  property.  August  21,  1730. 

f.  241.  Popple  to  Yorke,  regarding  Carolina  question.    June  5,  1730. 

f.  244.  Popple  to  Yorke,  saying  that  Board  of  Trade  wishes  to  know 
whether  any  fine  or  recovery  levied  in  England  will  cut  off  entail 
of  land  in  America.  December  8,  1730. 

f.  246-251.  Petitions  from  London  merchants  for  grants  of  land  in 
New  York  province.     Also  letter  from  Board  of  Trade  to  Privy 
Council  and  order  in  Council,  March-April,  1731. 
(Cf.  36129,  f.  174.) 

f.  258.  Popple  to  Yorke,  regarding  paper  money  in  Rhode  Island. 
April  13,  1732. 

f.  262.  "  Some  Short  Observations  humbly  laid  before  Mr  Attorney 
and  Mr  Solicitor  General  in  behalf  of  the  pioneers  of  Rhode  Island 
and  Providence  Plantations." 

f .  264.  Popple  to  Yorke,  regarding  surrender  of  charter  of  North 
Carolina.  June  30,  1732. 

(Many  cases   relating   to   the   West   Indies,   particularly  Jamaica,   are   not 
listed.    On  f.  293  is  copy  of  charter  of  the  Bahama  Islands,  1670.) 

35909.  Hardwicke  Papers.    Papers  relating  to  American  Plantations.    1710- 

1758. 

ff.  1-7.  Letter  from  Wm.  Penn  to  "  My  Ould  Friends  "  in  Pennsyl 
vania.  London,  29th,  1710. 

(Gives  a  history  of  the  settlement.    The  letter  is  a  severe  indictment  of  the 
colony.) 

f.  9.  Brief  of  Sir  Philip  Yorke  on  petition  of  inhabitants  of  South 

Carolina  against  the  proprietors.     1721. 
f.  24.  Various  extracts  of  papers  from  records  of  the  Board  of  Trade 

regarding  French  encroachments  in  America.     1726-1732. 
ii 


160  The  British  Museum. 

f.  54.  Articles  of  agreement  between  Lord  Baltimore  and  the  Penns, 
regarding  boundary.  May  10,  1732.  Printed.  (See  ff.  129,  131.) 

f.  66.  Petition  of  Richard  Penn  regarding  disputes  with  Lord  Bal 
timore.  December  19,  1734- 

(See  also  36054,  f.  i;  36063,  ff.  46b,  54;  36068,  f.  51;  36179,  f.  138;  36182, 
f.  194-) 

f.  70.  Petition  of  Sir  William  Chapman  and  35  others,  for  commis 
sion  to  establish  a  new  colony  in  S.  America.  Before  1737. 

f.  74.  Papers  relating  to  Georgia.     1737. 

f.  82.  Petition  of  merchants  and  others  interested  in  the  colonies  for 
redress  against  Spanish  depredations,  with  other  documents.  1737. 

f .  88.  Answers   to   queries   of   Lord    Cathcart   relating   to    city   of 

Panama.    1740. 

ff.  96-104,  107-109,  112,  114,  140,  150,  217,  271.  Letters  from  Jona 
than  Belcher,  his  son  Jonathan  Belcher,  Jr.  (£1.92,94,172,206), 
Capt.  John  Reynolds,  governor  of  Georgia  (for  many  other  letters, 
see  Index  to  Catalogue) ,  and  the  Bishop  of  London,  to  Lord  Hard- 
wicke.  1743-1758. 

f.  119.  Papers  relating  to  dispute  between  Lord  Baltimore  and  the 
Penns  together  with  Hardwicke's  autograph  notes,  printed  papers 
and  maps.  1750. 

f.  137.  Resolutions  of  the  S.  P.  G.  concerning  bishops  in  America. 
1750. 

f.  156.  Abstract  of  negotiations  at  Paris  about  limits  of  Nova  Scotia. 

1752. 
ff .  168, 169.  Statements  of  annual  expense  [about  1765  ?]  and  debts 

[about  1772?]  of  the  British  American  colonies, 
ff.  176-278.  Various  papers  relating  to  defence  of  the  colonies.    1754- 

1756. 

(Valuable  series  of  letters,  despatches,  plans,  projects  and  accounts.) 

35910.  Hardwicke  Papers  relating  to  America.     1759-1764. 

ff.  i,  3,  32,  34,  no.  Correspondence  of  Philip  Yorke,  Lord  Hard 
wicke,  with  Capt.  John  Reynolds  and  Capt.  Edward  Smith.  1760. 

f.  5.  Memorial  relating  to  bounties  on  linen. 

f.  9.  Memorial  against  Hudson's  Bay  Company. 

f.  14.  Memorial  about  naturalizing  foreigners  with  a  view  to  their 
holding  military  commissions  in  the  colonies. 

f.  16.  Plan  by  Earl  of  Morton  for  settlement  of  troubles  with  France 
in  N.  America.  January  15,  1760. 

f.  36.  Draft  reports  by  solicitor  general,  Charles  Yorke,  to  the  com 
mittee  of  the  Privy  Council,  on  report  of  Board  of  Trade  concern 
ing  nineteen  acts  passed  in  Pennsylvania.  August  19,  1760. 

f.  108.  Copy  of  letter  from  Gov.  Bull  of  South  Carolina  to  Board  of 
Trade.  September  9,  1760. 

f.  116.  Notes  "of  the  Pretence  set  up  by  France  of  a  Ballfance]  of 
power  in  America  ". 

f.  118.  "  State  of  the  case  relating  to  importation  of  American  iron." 
n.  d. 

ff.  130,229,231,292.  Copies  of  letters  from  Sir  William  Johnson,  to 
Board  of  Trade.  1763,  1764. 


Additional  Manuscripts.  161 

f.  134.  Order  in  Council  relating  to  alteration  of  boundaries  of  Geor 
gia.  October  5,  1763. 

ff.  136-205,  310-323.  Papers  relating  to  Stamp  Act,  particularly  the 
proposals  by  Henry  McCulloh,  October  10,  November  8,  1763,  and 
Mr.  Whately's  plan  of  a  stamp  act  (f.  311). 

(For  McCulloh's  proposals  and  other  matter  bearing  on  the  subject,  see 
32888,  f.  252;  33028,  f.  376;  33030,  f.  334;  36226,  ff.  353,  357.  Also 
introduction  by  W.  A.  Shaw  to  McCulloh's  Miscellaneous  Representa 
tions  relative  to  our  Concerns  in  America,  1761.  Reprinted  1905.  There 
is  a  large  amount  of  McCulloh  material  elsewhere  in  England  and  in 
North  and  South  Carolina.  That  McCulloh  was  solely  responsible  for  the 
proposal  to  tax  the  colonies,  as  Dr.  Shaw  contends,  needs  further 
consideration.) 

f.  1 60.  Extract  of  act  "  granting  to  his  Majesty  several  duties  upon 
vellum  ",  etc.,  28  Geo.  I.,  1754,  ch.  7. 

f.  164.  Act  for  erecting  stamp  office  in  New  York.    1757. 

ff.  166-203.  List  of  stamp  duties  intended  to  be  used  in  America  and 
the  West  Indies. 
(Ff.  206-215  are  extracts  from  colonial  laws  which  show  the  fees  imposed.) 

f.  2 1 8.  Papers  regarding  Lord  Hardwicke's  appointment  as  chancel 
lor  of  William  and  Mary  College.  1764. 

ff.  224,  225.  Papers  relating  to  establishment  of  an  admiralty  court 
in  America.  May  18,  1763,  June  18,  1764. 

ff.  229,  231.  Treaties  with  Indians  in  America.     1764. 

f.  233.  Papers  relating  to  disputes  between  Gov.  Boone  and  the  as 
sembly  of  South  Carolina.  1763-1764. 

f.  292.  Copies  of  various  letters  including  extracts  of  letters  from 
Gen.  Gage  to  the  Earl  of  Halifax.  1764. 

f.  302.  Letter  of  the  House  of  Representatives  of  Massachusetts  Bay 
to  I.  Mauduit,  their  agent  in  England.  1764. 

35911.  Hardwicke  Papers  relating  to  America.     1765.     Incompletely  cata 

logued. 

(These  papers  relate  to  jurisdiction  of  the  admiralty  court  and  to  Stamp  Act, 
with  copies  of  letters  from  the  colonies  concerning  the  discontent  and  the 
outrages  on  account  of  the  Stamp  Act,  printed  folios  containing  proclama 
tions,  extracts  of  letters,  etc.,  the  importation  of  bullion  into  the  planta 
tions,  trade  from  the  Spanish  plantations,  Georgia  and  the  Cherokee 
Indians,  closing  with  large  printed  folio,  entitled,  "  Copies  and  extracts 
of  several  newspapers  printed  in  New  England  in  the  months  of  Septem 
ber,  October  and  November,  1765,  and  referred  to  in  the  letters  transmitted 
from  Francis  Bernard,  Esq.,  governor  of  Massachusetts,  to  the  Lords  Com 
missioners  for  Trade  and  Plantations".  On  f.  60  is  copy  of  letter  from 
Benjamin  Franklin  to  William  Shirley,  December  4,  1754,  from  Boston, 
written  apropos  of  the  Albany  convention  and  discussing  question  of 
colonial  taxation.) 

35912.  Hardwicke  Papers  relating  to  America.     1766-1783. 

(Contains  many  papers  relating  to  the  Stamp  Act  and  letters  regarding  its 
repeal,  manuscript  and  printed.  On  f.  158,  printed  copy  of  William  Bol- 
lan's  "  An  Appeal  to  the  World  or  a  Vindication  of  the  Town  of  Boston  ", 
1769.  On  f.  221,  Lord  Camden's  speech  in  the  House  of  Lords,  May  II, 
1774,  and  other  proceedings  in  the  House  of  Lords  concerning  America, 
ff.  76,  108,  112,  151,  221.  The  papers  after  f.  223  relate  to  the  war.  See 
catalogue.) 

35913-35915.  Hardwicke   Papers   relating  to   Canada  and   Newfoundland. 
1712-1773.    Three  volumes.    Well  catalogued. 


162  The  British  Museum. 

35913.  f.  67.  Intelligence  from  Col.  Peter  Schuyler,  of  the  New  Jersey  regi 

ment,  taken  at  Oswego  and  now  prisoner  at  Quebec,  by  Joseph 

Morse,  who  left  that  place,  October  4,  1757. 

(Information  regarding  the  French  forces  in  Canada.) 
169.  Paper  by  Baron  Lyttelton  on  the  war  in  America.     1758  [?]. 
f.  73.  Considerations  regarding  the  colonies  in  view  of  approaching 

peace  between  France  and  Great  Britain.    April  19,  1761. 

35914.  f.  i.  Appointment  of  Fowler  Walker  as  agent  for  Quebec. 

(See  also  35915,  ff.  20,  258;  36226,  f.  396  and  Catalogue  Index.) 
f.  47.  Papers  relating  to  Prince  Edwards  Island.     1765. 
35916.  Hardwicke  Papers  relating  to  the  West  Indies.     1734-1803.     Well 
catalogued. 

35932.  List  of  passengers  sailing  from  Ireland  to  America,  with  particulars 

of  age,  occupation  and  place  of  abode,  as  sworn  by  the  masters  of 
the  several  vessels.     1803-1806. 

35933.  ff.  11-30.  Memorials  and  correspondence  relating  to  settlement  of  800 

Protestant  Palatine  or  German  families  in  Ireland.    1710-1718. 
36054.  f.  i.  Notes  in  Chancery  relating  to  Maryland.     1743-1755. 

(Also  36063,  ff.  46b,  54;  36068,  f.  51;  38179,  f.  138;  36182,  f.  194.) 
36063.  ff.  89, 91.  Suit,  Attorney  General  vs.  Jonathan  Belcher.     1750. 

(Also  36184,  f.  75,  I753-I754-) 

36109.  This  volume  is  a  duplicate  of  Add.  MSS.  30218. 

36110.  (Continuation  of  30218  and  36109.) 

p.  n.  Case  of  cocoanuts  from  New  York,  growth  of  Africa  or  Asia. 
Are  cocoanuts  and  ship  forfeited? 

p.  20.  Past  offences  of  informers  against  the  Navigation  Acts  not 
pardoned. 

p.  117.  Dues  of  wharfingers  and  coopers  in  case  of  tobacco  seized  on 
board  ship  from  Virginia.  How  can  they  be  collected  ? 

p.  123.  Case  of  Michael  Miller,  whose  tobacco  bonds  were  burned  in 
fire  at  court  house,  Annapolis,  1704. 

pp.  149, 159.  Case  of  French  ship  with  sugar  from  Martinique  com 
pelled  to  put  in  at  Bideford.  Was  the  special  duty  of  2$%  ad  valo 
rem,  imposed  by  act  7,  8,  William  III.  due  in  this  case  ? 

p.  163.  Case  of  land  (Turkey  Point)  in  Maryland,  sold  by  Wright  to 
Chilton  and  by  Chilton  to  Gov.  Copley,  1692,  with  later  sales  in 
volving  payment  of  debts  and  title.  Last  purchaser  Richard  Ben 
nett. 

pp.  165, 173.  Should  duty  on  sugar  of  the  French  plantations  brought 
to  England  be  the  same  as  that  on  sugar  from  English  plantations, 
or  shall  it  pay  the  higher  duty  on  French  sugars? 

36125-36133.  Hardwicke  Papers,  containing  warrants  to  the  attorney  or 
solicitor  general  for  patents  for  public  officials,  etc.,  with  accom 
panying  papers,  1720-1733,  1756-1766.  Signed  by  the  king  or  lords 
justices  and  countersigned  by  the  secretaries  of  state.  The  follow 
ing  concern  colonial  officials,  etc. 

36125.  f.  i.  Viscount  Howe,  governor  of  Barbadoes.    1720. 
f.  19.  John  Carter,  secretary  of  Virginia.     1722. 
f.  54.  John  Anthony  Balaguier,  under-secretary  of  state,  reversion 
of  secretaryship  of  Jamaica.     1724. 


Additional  Manuscripts.  163 

f.  260.  College  in  the  Bermudas.     1725. 

f.  365.  Explanatory  charter  for  Massachusetts  Bay.  1725. 

36126.  f.  135.  Thomas  Pitt,  governor  of  Leeward  Islands.  1727. 
f.  157.  A.  Henderson,  attorney  general  of  Jamaica.  1727. 

f.  159.  Jon.  Blenham,  attorney  general  of  Barbadoes.    1727. 
f.  209.  Bryan  Wheelock,  cleric  of  markets,  Jamaica.     1727. 

36127.  ff.  189,  198.  John  Montgomery,  governor  of  New  Jersey  and  New 

York.    1727. 

36128.  f.  17.  Arch.  Kennedy,  receiver  of  revenues.    New  York,  1728. 

ff.  32,  42.  William    Burnet,    governor    of    Massachusetts    and    New 
Hampshire.     1728. 

f.  54.  Jonathan  Blenham,  attorney  general  of  Barbadoes.    1728. 

f.  56.  Geo.  Clarke,  secretary  of  New  York.     1728. 

f.  58.  A.  Henderson,  attorney  general  of  Jamaica.    1728. 

f.  64.  Josiah  Willard,  secretary  of  Massachusetts.     1728. 

f.  95.  Henry  Worsley,  governor  of  Barbadoes.    1728. 

f.  141.  Col.  Rich.  Phillips,  governor  of  Nova  Scotia.    1728. 

f.  261.  Adm.  Osborn,  governor  of  Placentia,  Newfoundland.     1729. 

f.  335.  Robt.  Johnson,  governor  of  South  Carolina.     1729. 

f-  343-  Wm.  Forbes,  governor  of  Leeward  Islands.     1729. 
ff.  354,  362.  Jonathan  Belcher,  governor  of  Massachusetts  and  New 
Hampshire.    1729. 

36129.  f.  6.  George  Burrington,  governor  of  North  Carolina.     1730. 

f.  144.  Edward   Bertie,   secretary  and   register  of  South   Carolina. 


ff.  156,  170.  Thomas  Robinson,  governor  of  Barbadoes,  baronetcy  and 
discharge  of  fees,  1731.    For  Robinson  letters,  see  Catalogue  Index. 
f.  190.  William  Cosby,  governor  of  Leeward  Islands.    1731. 

36130.  f.  23.  William  Cosby,  governor  of  New  York.    1732. 
f.  69.  Colony  of  Georgia,  charter.    1732. 

f.  103.  Leonard  Thompson,  register  of  servants  for  the  plantations. 

1732. 

f.  107.  Viscount  Howe,  governor  of  Barbadoes.    1732. 
f.  240.  Robert  Burnett,  secretary  of  New  Jersey.    1733. 

36131.  f.  50.  Maj.-Gen.    Abercrombie,    commander-in-chief,    N.    America. 

1757- 

f.  61.  Henry  Ellis,  governor  of  Georgia.    1758. 
f.  82.  Francis  Bernard,  governor  of  Massachusetts.     1759. 
f.  94.  Thomas  Boone,  governor  of  South  Carolina.     1759. 
f.  118.  Lord  Amherst,  commander-in-chief,  N.  America.     1760. 
f.  237.  James  Webb,  governor  of  Newfoundland.     1761. 

36132.  f.  125.  William  Franklin,  governor  of  New  Jersey.     1762. 
f.  259.  Thomas  Graves,  governor  of  Newfoundland.     1763. 

ff-3I3>3I5-  Percy  Charles  Wyndham,  secretary  of  Barbadoes  and 
register  of  Jamaica  in  reversion.     1763. 

36133.  f.  21.  Edward  Bishop,  clerk  of  naval  office  in  Canada.    1763. 
f.  25.  Edward  Horn,  attorney  general  of  Grenada.    1763. 

f.  51.  James  Murray,  governor  of  Quebec.     1763. 
f.  61.  James  Grant,  governor  of  East  Florida.     1763. 
f.  71.  George  Johnstone,  governor  of  West  Florida.    1763. 
f.  151.  Lord  Charles  Grenville  Montague,  governor  of  South  Caro 
lina:.    1766. 


164  The  British  Museum. 

£.241.  John  Wentworth,  governor  of  New  Hampshire.     1766. 

36134.  f.  61.  Notes  concerning  boundary  between  New  Jersey  and  Penn 
sylvania.  1721. 

36156.  f.  129.  Case  of  appeal  from  Jamaica  relating  to  gold  and  silver  mines 
there.  1747. 

36194.  f.  93.  Lawsuit  of  Francis  Tench  of  Philadelphia.     1767. 
(See  also  36225,  f.  309.) 

36196.  f.  52.  Suit,  attorney  general  vs.  Elihu  Yale.    About  1720. 

(See  also  suit,  Katherine  Yale,  widow  of  Elihu  Yale,  vs.  Regem,  1721, 
36147,  f.  116.) 

36216-36220.  Printed  statements  of  cases  on  appeal  from  the  plantations  to 
the  Privy  Council,  first  of  plaintiff  or  appellant  and  then  of  defend 
ant  or  respondent.  The  case  was  heard  before  the  Council  Com 
mittee  on  Appeals  from  the  Plantation  (see  Privy  Council  Office). 
These  printed  documents,  probably  not  readily  accessible  elsewhere, 
are  full  of  valuable  information,  and  many  of  them  bear  marginal 
notes  (difficult  to  read)  by  Yorke  as  attorney  general. 

36216.  f.  8.  Isaac  and  Abraham  Mendez.    Barbadoes,  July  25,  1722. 
f.  19.  William  Moore.    Barbadoes,  March  n,  1723/4. 

f.  24.  Richard  Morris.    Barbadoes,  1730. 
f.  53.  Nathaniel  Carpenter.    Antigua,  1729/30. 
f.  81.  John  Humphrey.    Jamaica,  1734. 
f.  90.  John  Lewis.    Jamaica,  1736. 

f.  103.  Lemuel  Gulliver,  Lancaster,  Virginia,  appeal  from  judgment 
of  court  in  Virginia  rendered  in  1736.    Appeal  heard,  1739. 

36217.  f.  i.  James   MacSparran,   of   St.    Paul's   Church  in   Petequamscut, 

Rhode  Island.     1752. 

(On  this  famous  case  see  Talcott  Papers,  Conn.  Hist.  Soc.  Coll.,  V.  462. 
Important  endorsement  on  the  respondent's  brief  reads  as  follows :  "  On 
the  word  Orthodoxy,  whether  a  Church  of  England  or  a  dissenting  min 
ister  should  be  understood  by  it  ....  affirmed  the  sentence  in  favor 
of  a  dissenter.  It  seemed  agreed  the  word  shod  give  it  to  a  Church  of 
England  minister,  if  other  circumstances  had  not  shown  a  contrary  intent 
in  the  Donors".) 

f.  25.  Bontien,  naval  officer.    Jamaica,  1753. 

(Case  of  ship  seized.    Also  ff.  27,  30.) 
ff.  34,  38.  Antigua  case.    February  6,  1753. 

(John  Dunbar  vs.  attorney  general  of  Leeward  Is.) 

f.  46.  William  Vassall.    New  England,  January  22,  1754. 
(Case  of  defamation  of  character.) 

f.  70.  Vassall's  petition  with  notes  by  Yorke  on  the  back  of  last  folio. 

(Manuscript.) 

f.  103.  St.  Christopher  case.    January  n,  1757. 
f.  123.  Jamaica  case.    March  22,  1757. 
f.  139.  Jamaica  case.    n.  d. 
f.  152.  St.  Christopher  case.    May  19,  1757. 
f.  161.  Dunbar.    Virginia,  June  24,  1757. 

(Charles  Dunbar,  of  Antigua,  vs.  Daniel  Parke  Custis,  [first  husband  of 
Martha  Washington?]  appellant.) 

f.  172.  Barbadoes  case.    July  8,  1757. 


Additional  Manuscripts.  165 

f.  185.  Jamaica  case.     n.  d. 

f.  199.  Lidderdale.    Virginia,  February  27,  1758. 

(Lidderdale  and  Harmer,  merchants  of  Bristol,  vs.  John  Chiswell  of  Vir 
ginia,  planter.) 

f.  208.  Jamaica  case.    March  6,  1758. 
36218.  f.  i.  Stanton.    Rhode  Island,  March  2,  1759. 

(Daniel  Stanton  of  Philadelphia  vs.  Elias  Thompson,  a  case  of  land  owner 
ship  in  Misquamacuck.) 

f.  ii.  Jamaica  case.    Rev.  John  Poole  vs.  Bayley.    March  8,  1759. 
f.  38.  Important  series  of  notes  by  Yorke  on  various  colonial  acts 

declared  null  by  the  king-.     Beginning  with  Rhode  Island  acts  of 

1703.    (Manuscript.) 
f.  40.  Jamaica  case.    July  7,  1760. 
f.  44.  Bering.    New  England,  July  10,  1760. 

(Thomas  Bering  vs.  Thomas  Packer,  a  New  Hampshire  case.) 
f.  66.  Jamaica  case.    n.  d. 
f.  78.  Nevis  case.    n.  d. 

(An  admiralty  case.) 

f.  86.  Jamaica  case.    January  20,  1761. 
f.  90.  Barbadoes  case.    July  5,  1761. 
f.  101.  Larkin.    Rhode  Island,  June  26,  1761. 

(John  Larkin,  yeoman,  of  Westerly,  Rhode  Island,  vs.  Edward  York,  mari 
ner,  of  North  Kingston.  Difficulty  over  land.) 

ff.  105,  113,  121.  Jamaica  cases.    June,  1761. 
f.  133.  Nevis  case.    March  16,  1762. 

(Chollett  of  St.  Eustatius  vs.  Mackay.    Interesting  case  of  smuggling.) 
f.  138.  Burwell.    Virginia,  March  16,  1762. 

(Lewis  Burwell  estate  vs.  Philip  Johnson  and  others.    Endorsed  "affirmed".) 
f.  144.  Jamaica  case.    March  16,  1762. 
f.  147.  Sherburne.    New  Hampshire,  March  16,  1762. 

(John  Sherburne  vs.  Samuel  Sherburne.    A  will  case.) 
f.  151.  Trecothick.    New  Hampshire,  March  16,  1762. 

(Trecothick  of  London,  merchant,  vs.  Wentworth  of  New  Hampshire.) 
f.  154.  Jamaica  case.    April  6,  1762. 

(A  number  of  Jamaica  and  Barbadoes  cases  follow,  April-July,  1762.) 
f.  181.  Rolfe.    New  Hampshire,  December  17,  1762. 

(Rolfe  et  als.  vs.  the  proprietors  of  the  common  and  undivided  lands  of 
Bow.  This  appears  to  be  the  old  Rumford  case  again.  15487,  ff.  96-103. 
Depositions  and  an  engraved  map  accompany  the  respondent's  brief.) 

f.  199.  Rickards.    Virginia  (probably  1763). 

(Samuel  Rickards,  Archibald  Maclane  and  others,  merchants  and  factors, 
vs.  John  Hudson  and  Anne  his  wife.  Notes  by  Yorke  and  on  f.  202  is 
written  "  Lord  Mansfield's  reasons  for  revising  the  Decree  of  the  Court 
below".) 

f.  2 1 8.  Richard  Crosse,  planter  in  Jamaica,  vs.  Atkins.     1763. 

(See  also  36226,  f.  39.) 
f.  223.  Camm.    Virginia,  March  12,  1763. 

(John  Camm,  clerk,  vs.  the  Rector,  Visitors,  and  Governors  of  William  and 
Mary  College.  Camm  had  been  appointed  professor  of  divinity  on  May  5, 
1749,  and  was  "without  any  reasonable  cause"  removed.) 


166  The  British  Museum. 

£.225.  Graham.    Virginia,  1763. 

(Similar  case,  Richard  Graham  had  been  appointed  professor  of  natural 
philosophy.  These  briefs  throw  valuable  light  on  the  history  of  William 
and  Mary  before  1763.  John  Camm,  the  date  of  whose  appointment  Pro 
fessor  Adams  gave  as  1752,  and  whose  chair  he  did  not  know  (The  Col 
lege  of  William  and  Mary,  p.  20),  was  afterwards  commissary  and  presi 
dent  of  the  college.  Adams  does  not  mention  Richard  Graham.) 

f.  236.  Case  of  illegal  importation  of  Irish  goods  into  Newfoundland 

from  Ireland.    1763. 
f.  240.  Potter.    Rhode  Island,  1763. 

(John  Potter  of  South  Kingston  vs.  George  Hazard  of  Newport.  Land 
difficulty.) 

£.248.  Tabb.    Virginia,  December  17,  1763. 

(William  Tabb  of  Virginia  vs.  Thomas  and  John  Edmundson.) 

36219.  f.  ii.  Petition  of  the  Earl  of  Cardigan  and  others  regarding  the 

islands  of  St.  Lucia  and  St.  Vincent. 

(Many  papers  in  manuscript,  to  f.  74.) 
f.  75.  Freebody.    Rhode  Island,  1764. 

(John  Freebody  and  bros.  vs.  Jahleel  Brenton.) 
f.  85.  Cleeve  and  Huide.    Virginia,  July  27,  1764. 

(Richard  Cleeve  and  John  Huide  vs.  James  Mills,  William  Bird  and  others.) 

ff.  94-114, 140-226.  Jamaica  and  Barbadoes  cases.    1764. 
f.  227.  McMurterie.     Pennsylvania,  1765. 

(David  McMurterie  and  William  McMurterie,  merchants  and  insurers  of 
the  brigantine  Providence,  vs.  John  Brown  of  Providence,  Rhode  Island, 
surviving  owner  of  the  Providence.  Statements  contain  a  great  deal  of 
information  about  the  commerce  of  Philadelphia  at  this  date.) 

f.  269.  Parsons.    Virginia,  1765. 

(John  Parsons  vs.  William  Parsons.) 
f.  273.  Howlett.    Virginia,  1765. 

(Thomas  Howlett  vs.  Thomas  Osburn.) 

36220.  ff.  1-50.  Brief  on  the  part  of  the  crown,  in  regard  to  establishment 

of  officers  at  Guernsey,  Jersey  and  Alderney.  To  be  heard  before 
the  Committee  of  the  Council,  Thursday,  June  19,  1766;  postponed, 
November  29,  1766. 

(Many  manuscript  papers,  especially  report  of  commission  appointed  Sep 
tember  4,  1764,  to  inquire  into  illicit  trade  carried  on  by  the  Channel  is 
lands.  Report  is  dated  July  4,  1765,  and  recommends  the  appointment  of 
custom  officers  much  to  the  disgust  of  the  islanders  who  deny  the  exist 
ence  of  illicit  trading.  These  papers  have  much  to  do  with  the  plantation 
trade.) 

f.  52.  Camm.    Virginia,  1765,  1766. 

(John  Camm,  clerk,  vs.  Charles  Hansford.  This  is  the  appeal  of  the  well- 
known  "parson's  cause.") 

f.  59.  Extract  of  order  in  Council,  dated  March  7,  1753,  approving 
report  made  by  the  Committee  of  the  Council,  dated  March  I,  1753, 
which  stated  that  it  was  not  advisable  for  the  king  to  authorize  a 
colony  (in  this  case  Virginia),  to  repeal,  alter  and  amend  laws 
after  they  had  received  the  royal  approbation  without  inserting  a 
suspending  clause  therein. 


Additional  Manuscripts.  167 

f.  73.  The  Pennsylvania  Land  Co.     Pennsylvania,  July  8,  1766. 

(Pennsylvania  Land  Co.  vs.  Christian  Stover.  Many  marginal  notes  by 
Yorke.  Appendix  to  the  appellant's  brief  contains  plot  of  the  survey. 
The  respondent's  brief  also  contains  charts.) 

f.  80.  Dominique  case.    July  8,  1766. 

(Breach  of  Act  of  1763,  tried  first  in  the  vice-admiralty  court,  Antigua.  The 
case  was  between  four  London  merchants  and  Thomas  Knowles,  com 
mander  of  the  ship  Milford,  and  was  famous  in  its  day.  Judgment  of 
forfeiture  was  affirmed,  December  n,  1766.) 

f.  105.  Long.    Pennsylvania,  July,  1766. 

(John  Long  and  William  Plumstead,  of  Philadelphia,  merchant  freighters, 
vs.  Thomas  Harper,  John  Nixon  and  Co.,  owners  of  the  ship  Molly.  Many 
printed  papers,  giving  considerable  information.) 

f.  115.  Shearman.    Rhode  Island,  July  8,  1766. 

(Thomas  Shearman,  of  Portsmouth,  vs.  Gideon  Cornell,  of  Newport.  Con 
cerning  a  mortgage.) 

f.  117.  Corbin.    Virginia,  July  8,  1766. 

(Gawin  Corbin  vs.  Lunsford  Lomax.  Case  of  ejectment.  Judgment  af 
firmed,  June  10,  1767.) 

f.  127.  Lewis.    Rhode  Island,  1766. 

(Robert  Lewis  and  Ellis  Lewis  of  Philadelphia,  merchants,  vs.  Benjamin 
Wilkinson.  Case  of  mortgage  on  land  sold  to  respondents.) 

f.  135.  Barbadoes  case.    June  10,  1767. 

(Breach  of  act  of  1763  tried  first  in  vice-admiralty  court  of  Barbadoes.  Rear- 
Adm.  Tyrrell,  of  H.  M.  S.  Greyhound,  as  deputy  officer  of  customs,  seized 
vessel,  vice-admiralty  court  decided  against  the  seizure,  but  Privy  Council 
reversed  the  decision.) 

f.  142.  Antigua  case.    June  10,  1767. 

(Smuggling  case,  vice-admiralty  court  condemned  the  vessel,  Privy  Council 
reversed  judgment  on  the  ground  that  the  vessel  had  been  employed  as 
passage  not  trading  boat.) 

f.  148.  Grenada  case.     1767. 

(Case  where  vessel  broke  the  law  without  intending  fraud.  Vice-admiralty 
court  in  Grenada  condemned  the  vessel,  but  Privy  Council  reversed  the 
judgment.) 

f.  155.  Lieut-Gen.  Christie  vs.  Knipe.     1768. 
ff.  156-217.  Jamaica,  Barbadoes  and  St.  Christopher  cases  of  local 

interest, 
f.  218.  Freebody.     Rhode  Island,  March  15,  1769. 

(Second  appeal,  Freebody  and  bros.  vs.  Jahleel  Brenton,  36219,  f.  75.  The 
judgment  was  affirmed.) 

36223.  f.  60.  Letter  from  Thomas  Penn  to  Charles  Yorke.    1759. 

36225.  f.  179.  Papers  relating  to  court  martial  in  Martinique.     1763. 

36226.  f.  132.  "  Copy  of  a  paper  containing  the  opinion  of  a  gentleman  of 

the  law  in  New  York." 

(The  paper  contains  this  clause,  "  It  often  happens  that  merchants  offending 
against  the  laws  respecting  commerce  rather  than  contend  chuse  to  com 
pound  with  the  prosecutor".) 

f.  353.  "Mr.  Curuy's  [Thomas  Augustus  Cruwys?]  scheme  for  an 
American  stamp  bill,  presented  to  the  Commissioners  of  Stamps." 
Dated  September  30,  1763. 

(Four  folios  with  tabulated  lists  of  articles,  etc.,  to  be  stamped,  together  with 
the  amounts.  Should  be  compared  with  proposals  of  Keith  and  of 
McCulloh,  33028,  f.  376;  35910,  f.  137;  and  with  33030,  f.  334.) 


168  The  British  Museum. 

f.  357.  "  Draft  of  conference  with  Mr.  M'Culloh  12th  October,  1763. 

Copy  for  the  Board  [of  Stamps]." 
36270.  ff.  104-1  lob.  Sketch  of  life  of  Sir  John  Berkeley. 

(Hostile  to  Berkeley.  "  From  the  hour  of  the  king's  coming  into  England 
the  new  Lord  [Berkeley]  set  his  heart  upon  nothing  but  getting  money  for 
himself  by  all  the  ways  imaginable".  Refers  to  Sir  Ralph  Hopton.) 

ff.  104-1 14b.  Character  of  Sir  John  Berkeley,  of  Stratton.    i8th  cent. 

36592.  ff.  34,  36.  Papers  regarding  Whitefoord's  services  in  the  West  Indies. 

(See  Hewins,  The  White foord  Papers,  1739-1810,  Clarendon  Press,  1898.) 

36593.  f.  53.  Letter  from  Benjamin  Franklin.     Philadelphia,  December  9, 

1762. 

(Refers  to  his  son's  marriage  and  to  the  taking  of  Havana,  and  adds, 
"  Painting  has  yet  scarce  made  its  appearance  among  us  but  poetry  has 
some  votaries ".  Also  210,  227.  In  36596  are  memoranda  concerning 
Franklin  by  W.,  and  in  36593,  ff.  165,  202,  214,  36595,  f.  116,  letters  to  W. 
from  W.  P.  Franklin.) 

36596.  ff.  1-13.  Preliminary  articles  of  the  peace  of  1783,  said  to  be  in  Caleb 

Whitefoord's  handwriting. 

ff.  22-27.  Notes  of  conversations  on  the  subject  of  the  peace  and  kin 
dred  matters,  particularly  regarding  alleged  disagreement  at  the 
council  over  question  of  compensation  to  the  loyalists. 

36731,  36732,  36733,  36734.  Revenue  Receipts  and  Issues,  1710-1720;  1720- 
1732;  1732-1743;  1743-1753. 

(Important  volumes  showing  yearly  revenue  from  the  plantation  duty  and 
uses  for  which  it  was  appropriated  each  year:  annuities,  interest  on  loans, 
ordnance,  navy,  army,  for  raising  naval  stores  in  plantations,  allowances 
for  colonial  governors,  agents,  presents  to  the  Indians,  auditor  general's 
salary  and  sundry  colonial  expenses.  Also  revenue  from  the  Four  and  a 
half  per  cent.,  much  of  which  was  appropriated  for  purposes  named  above. 
Also  revenue  from  Virginia  quit-suits,  for  which  see,  for  example,  36732, 
ff-  39,  45b,  6ob,  74b,  etc.) 

36806.  Letters  to  Viscount  Montstuart,  ambassador  to  Spain.    1783-1784. 
ff.  130-139.  Copy  of  first  operation  of  Spanish  fleet  in  So.  America, 

1776-1777;  account  of  insurrection  in  Peru,  1781 ;  hints  given  by  E. 
Barre  regarding  Mediterranean  passes. 

f.  145.  Some  observations  on  probability  of  success  in  case  attack 
should  be  made  on  the  island  of  Trinidad,  Santa  Fe,  Cumana,  Car 
acas,  Nicaragua,  Honduras,  Guatemala,  by  Gen.  John  Dalling.  n.  d. 

(Two  papers  follow,  the  first  on  Trinidad,  1781,  and  the  second  on  Caracas 
and  the  province  of  Cumana,  November  16,  1782,  written  by  an  inhabitant 
of  Trinidad,  Louis  Flislale,  a  native  of  Tuscany.) 

ff.  183-226.  Papers  on  Honduras  Bay  and  the  Mosquito  Shore ;  letter 
from  Gov.  Dyer  to  Alexander  Murry,  March  17,  1783;  with  addi 
tional  remarks  on  same  subject,  and  on  trade  carried  on  there. 

36807.  Volume  entitled  "  Negotiations  with  Spain,  1672-1762  ". 

f.  i.  Letter  from  Sir  Wm.  Godolphin  to  Lord  Arlington,  Madrid, 
May  10  and  20,  1672,  regarding  logwood  or  Campeche  trade. 

f.  1 8.  Copy  of  draft  of  letter  from  W.  P.  to  the  Earl  of  Bristol, 
August  i,  1758,  summing  up  England's  relations  with  Spain  chiefly 
in  Honduras  and  the  West  Indies.  Cf.  another  despatch,  December 
J3>  J759»  in  French  (f.  30). 

f .  46.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Bristol  to  William  Pitt,  December  19, 
T759>  regarding  the  King  of  Spain  as  mediator,  and  other  papers 


Additional  Manuscripts.  169 

regarding  Honduras  and  the  right  of  Biscayans  to  fish  at  New 
foundland.  Notice  Pitt's  despatch  of  September  26,  1760. 
The  volume  contains  many  copies  of  Pitt's  despatches  to  the  Earl  of 
Bristol  at  Madrid  and  the  earl's  replies.  The  subjects  are  Bristol's 
disputes  with  Spain,  efforts  of  the  King  of  Spain  to  act  as  mediator, 
Honduras  question,  Newfoundland  fisheries. 

On  f .  225  points  in  dispute  are  summed  up  as  follows :  ( I )  right 
of  cutting  logwood  and  having  settlements  at  Honduras ;  (2)  right 
of  fishing  at  Newfoundland;  (3)  offences  pretended  to  have  been 
committed  by  the  English  men  of  war  and  privateers  in  violation 
of  Spain's  neutrality.  The  first  of  these  disputes  had  existed  since 
the  treaty  of  1670,  the  second  since  Utrecht,  the  third  arose  out 
of  exigences  of  the  war. 

36859-36865.  Minute  Books  of  the  Commissioners  for  Public  Accounts. 
Six  volumes.  1702-1704. 

(Vol.  I.  contains  many  references  to  William  Blathwayt  and  to  plantation 
accounts.  Mention  is  made  of  papers  and  accounts  not  contained  in  the 
volume.  Indexed. 

Vols.  II.  and  III.  contain  no  papers  relating  to  the  colonies. 

Vol.  IV.,  ff.  20,  25  (special  collector  of  plantation  duty)  ;  f.  41  mentions  the 
office,  clerks  and  papers  of  the  auditor  general ;  ff.  183,  214,  242  are  estab 
lishments  of  guards,  garrisons  and  land  forces,  beginning  June  i,  1690, 
probably  duplicates  of  the  same  in  War  Office  papers;  ff.  248,  277  (relating 
to  the  Four  and  a  half  per  cent,  of  the  Caribbee  Islands)  ;  ff.  284,  287, 
290  (mention  of  plantation  accounts  and  journals  of  the  Four  and  a  half 
per  cent.)  ;  f.  296  (regarding  the  Four  and  a  half  per  cent.).  Index 
missing.  Vol.  V.,  ff.  348,  421,  461,  475,  497,  498,  502  are  the  weekly  ac 
counts  of  Haler,  who  was  one  of  the  six  collectors  in  the  Custom  House, 
London,  having  charge  of  the  plantation  duty.  Vol.  VI.,  ff  669,  676,  685, 
787,  id.  Vol.  VII.  Entry  book  of  copies  of  the  various  reports  of  the 
commissioners.) 

36995.  Letters  and  papers  relating  to  the  secret  expedition  under  Gen.  Stud- 
holme  Hodgson  for  the  capture  of  Belleisle.  1761. 

37021.  f.  27.  Letter  from  Benjamin  Franklin  to  Peter  Collinson.  Phila 
delphia,  April  30,  1764. 

37047.  f.  25.  Draft  of  King's  Warrant,  with  corrections,  for  grant  of  part 
of  Virginia  to  Hopton  and  others.  1649. 

("  And  more  special  consideration  of  many  faithful  services  done  to  our 
late  royal  father  of  blessed  memory  and  to  ourselfe ",  etc. ;  after  "  Chesa- 
payake  Bay "  is  inserted  on  the  margin,  "  and  all  islands  within  the  said 
rivers  together  with  the  fishing  of  the  same  " ;  at  the  end,  the  phraseology 
of  the  empowering  clause  has  been  worked  over.) 

f.  135.  Letter  from  Sir  George  Carteret.  May  8-18,  1650. 

(Carteret  says  that  the  castle  at  Jersey  was  so  full  of  the  Duke  of  York's  ser 
vants  "  (which  are  all  lodged  here  except  the  footemen  and  coachmen)  with 
my  lord  keeper  and  Dr.  Steward  that  I  have  scarce  room  to  put  in  that 
little  provision  I  have  into  the  castle.  In  so  much  that  to  show  good 
example  to  others  I  am  sending  all  my  family  out  of  this  castle,  and  those 
4  or  5  rooms  which  I  did  use  for  them  I  do  intend  this  week  to  fill  with 
corn,  a  chamber  excepted  for  me  to  eat  and  sleep  in.") 

37067.  Alphabetical  list  of  surnames,  with  dates  appended,  of  testators  whose 
wills  are  preserved  among  the  records  of  the  Island  of  Barbadoes, 
compiled  by  Edwin  Fitzpatrick,  Pinfold  House,  Bridgetown. 


PRIVY  COUNCIL  OFFICE. 

WHITEHALL,  S.  W. 

Persons  who  wish  to  consult  the  unpublished  Registers  and  other  papers 
of  the  Privy  Council  not  of  a  confidential  character  should  apply  in  writing 
to  the  Clerk  of  the  Council,  stating  the  object  they  have  in  view  and  the 
period  in  respect  of  which  they  desire  to  make  search. 

The  Registers  are  preserved  in  the  office  primarily  for  the  purposes  of 
departmental  reference,  but  by  the  courtesy  of  the  Lord  President  they  are 
open  to  persons  engaged  in  historical  or  family  research  if  application  is 
made  in  due  form.  The  request  should  be  accompanied  by  some  credentials 
sufficient  to  show  that  the  applicant  may  properly  be  accorded  the  privilege, 
and  in  such  cases  permission  will  be  granted,  and  suitable  accommodation, 
so  far  as  possible,  provided. 

Each  volume  of  the  Register  is  well  indexed.  The  volume-indexes,  which 
were  either  made  or  extended  by  Greville  when  Clerk  of  the  Council,  1821- 
1859,  and  are  comparatively  full,  were  classified  and  bound  up  in  1905  in 
twenty-three  typewritten  volumes.  These  volumes,  of  which  fourteen  cover 
the  period  to  December,  1783,  exist  in  duplicate,  one  copy  standing  in  the 
room  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Council,  the  other  in  the  room  of  the  Senior  Clerk. 

As  the  facilities  for  investigation  at  the  Privy  Council  Office  are  limited, 
it  is  desirable  that  the  student  adapt  himself  as  far  as  possible  to  the  conveni 
ence  of  the  officials  in  charge.  The  summer  months,  August  in  particular, 
are  a  better  time  for  pursuing  investigations  at  the  Privy  Council  Office  than 
are  the  winter  months,  inasmuch  as  the  routine  work  of  the  office  is  lightened 
and  officials  being  away  on  vacation  more  space  is  available.  The  hours  of 
consultation  are  from  about  10.30  a.  m.  until  5  p.  m.  Searchers  going  to  the 
Privy  Council  Office  for  the  first  time  should  not  arrive  much  before  1 1  a.  m. 
Copies  of  documents  will  be  made  by  under  clerks  of  the  office  at  the  regular 
rates. 

The  "  Acts  of  the  Privy  Council  (Colonial)",  containing  all  entries  in  the 
Register  relating  to  colonial  history  from  1613  to  1783,  with  cross  references 
to  the  Calendars,  the  Unbound  Papers,  and  the  Plantation  Registers,  are 
now  in  process  of  publication  by  the  British  government,  in  five  volumes. 

THE  PRIVY  COUNCIL  REGISTER. 

The  Privy  Council  Register  is  more  than  a  journal  or  minute  book ;  it  is 
also  an  entry  book  and  register. 

As  minute  book  it  contains  a  record  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Council,  of 
the  character  and  distribution  of  its  business,  and  of  all  references,  instruc 
tions,  approvals,  confirmations  and  orders  in  connection  with  matters  that 
came  into  its  hands  for  final  decision. 

As  entry  book  it  contains:  I.  Entries  of  the  proceedings  of  its  commit 
tees,  often  at  great  length ;  2.  Copies,  extracts,  or  abstracts  of  the  documents 
in  a  given  case,  such  as  laws,  affidavits,  depositions,  memorials,  petitions, 
and  the  like,  which  formed  the  evidence  upon  which  the  committee  based 
its  report;  together  with  maps,  printed  matter  and  engraved  or  printed 

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Privy  Council  Register.  171 

blanks  which  were  occasionally  inserted  between  the  pages;  3.  The  reports 
of  committees,  upon  which  the  Council  based  its  own  decision,  sometimes 
in  full,  sometimes  in  brief,  or  occasionally,  when  the  report  was  particularly 
voluminous,  by  reference  only;  4.  The  reports  and  representations  of  sub 
ordinate  officials  and  departments,  such  as  the  Bishop  of  London,  the  at 
torney  and  solicitor  general,  the  Board  of  Trade,  the  Treasury,  Navy  and 
Ordnance  Boards,  which  were  sent  to  a  committee  or  acted  upon  at  the 
Council  meeting  itself. 

As  register  it  contains  copies  of  a  great  variety  of  official  documents  and 
precedents:  oaths  of  English  and  colonial  officials,  affidavits,  summonses, 
proclamations,  instructions  and  additional  instructions  to  colonial  governors, 
official  forms  designed  to  be  printed,  lists  of  members,  and  the  names  of 
clerks,  keepers  and  others  in  the  service  of  the  Council. 

The  most  important  portions  of  the  Register  are  the  Orders  of  the  Council, 
the  reports  of  its  committees,  and  the  accompanying  papers  and  exhibits. 

1.  The  Orders  contain  the  decision  of  the  ultimate  authority,  the  King  in 
Council,  in  all  matters  relating  to  the  administration  of  the  colonial  system. 
When  the  King  was  not  present  the  Lords  Justices  took  his  place  and  the 
procedure  is  indicated  in  an  entry  of  the  year  1755,  which  says :     "  The 
Lords  Justices  having  resolved  that  the  same  rules  and  methods  be  observed 
touching  the  Privy  Council  as  formerly  concerning  their  manner  of  sitting 
at  the  Council  Board,  vizt.,  that  the  King's  chair  should  not  be  set,  that 
the  Clerks  of  the  Council  should  attend  my  Lord  President  with  the  paper 
or  list  of  business,  and  in  his  Lordship's  absence  one  of  the  secretaries  of 
state  leaving  the  Lords  Justices  out  of  the  summons,  and  that  the  Privy 
Council  be  summoned  to  meet  at  each  time  as  the  Lords  Justices  shall  ap 
point."     Orders  issued  during  the  King's  absence  were  called  Orders  of 
Council  instead  of  Orders  in  Council  and  instead  of  beginning  with  the  usual 
ordering  clause  "  His  Majesty  is  pleased  ",  etc.,  they  begin  "  Their  Excel 
lencies  the  Lords  Justices  are  pleased  to  order  "  or  "  to  approve  ".    In  other 
respects  the  procedure  was  the  same  as  that  followed  when  the  King  was 
present.    If  neither  the  King  nor  the  Lords  Justices  were  present  the  order 
began  "  It  is  ordered  in  Council ".    According  to  an  order  of  1627  no  quo 
rum  was  required  but  three  lords  and  the  clerk  must  be  present. 

Each  order  whether  of  or  in  Council  was  fair  copied,  signed,  and  sealed 
by  the  Clerk  of  the  Council,  and  transmitted  to  the  proper  board  or  official. 
An  entry  of  it  was  also  made  in  the  Register,  but  such  entry  does  not  always 
appear  to  be  a  copy  of  the  complete  order.  The  orders  found  among  the 
Board  of  Trade  papers,  the  Admiralty  and  Navy  Board  papers,  and  else 
where  are,  therefore,  the  original  documents  and  are  in  some  cases  of  greater 
value  than  the  corresponding  entries  in  the  Register. 

2.  As  an  entry  book  of  the  proceedings  of  committees,  the  Register  is 
invaluable.    Though  the  volumes  of  date  earlier  than  1660  contain  a  great 
many  references  to  colonial  affairs,  there  are  no  proceedings  or  reports  of 
committees,  mentioned  as  such   (except  the  subcommittees  of  1638-1640), 
till  1660  (July  16),  in  which  year  (June  4)  was  appointed  the  first  council 
committee  of  foreign  plantations.     The  activities  of  the  committees  of  the 
Council  to  which  were  entrusted  colonial  business  can  be  followed  from  this 
date  continuously  to  the  close  of  the  colonial  period.    On  November  28  a  com 
mittee  for  Jamaica  was  instructed  to  meet  at  9  o'clock  on  Friday  morning, 
and  at  a  later  time  business  relating  to  Algiers,  Tunis,  and  the  Netherlands 


1Y2  Privy  Council  Office. 

was  referred  to  it.  On  May  17,  1661,  a  committee  on  New  England  was 
appointed;  on  August  17  a  committee  on  the  restitution  of  Acadia ;  on 
November  6  a  committee  on  Scottish  trade  with  the  plantations.  On  Sep 
tember  5,  1662,  the  committee  for  foreign  plantations  was  enlarged  and  on 
the  loth  was  instructed  to  meet  every  Thursday  in  the  Council  Chamber,  at 
9  o'clock  in  the  morning,  beginning  on  the  i8th  instant  (the  first  meeting 
was  actually  on  the  I5th),  but  there  is  no  evidence  to  show  that  such  meetings 
were  regularly  held  or  that  such  committee  acted  as  a  standing  committee. 
Occasional  matters  were  referred  to  it  from  time  to  time  till  1666,  though 
the  records  of  its  action  are  few.1  In  the  reorganization  of  the  committees 
which  took  place  in  1668  *  the  committee  system  seems  to  have  been  put  on 
a  more  definite  foundation  and  new  committees  appear,  such  as  for  "  Trade, 
Jersey,  and  Guernsey  ",  "  Trade  and  Plantations  ",  "  Complaints  and  Griev 
ances  ",  which  were  probably  not  stated  committees  but  committees  appointed 
to  consider  some  special  business.  That  the  committees  on  "  Trade  and 
Plantations  "  and  on  "  Complaints  and  Grievances  "  were  unlike  what  we 
know  as  standing  committees  seems  evident  from  the  order  of  February  12, 
"  to  the  two  last  committees  any  of  the  council  may  have  liberty  to  come  and 
vote,  and  that  his  two  principal  secretaries  of  state  be  ever  understood  to  be 
of  all  committees  and  hereafter  three  or  more  to  be  a  quorum  ". 

When  in  1674,  the  Shaftesbury  Council  of  Trade  and  Plantations  was 
dissolved,  "  all  matters  under  their  cognizance  were  left  loose  and  at  large  " 
and  were  entrusted  to  "  the  committee  of  this  Board  appointed  for  matters 
relating  to  Trade  and  his  Foreign  Plantations  ".  This  committee,  familiar 
to  all  students  of  colonial  history  as  the  Lords  of  Trade,  had  charge  of 
colonial  affairs  from  1675  to  1696,  and  continued  to  report  to  the  Council 
as  it  had  done  before.  Its  commission  is  dated  March,  1675,  but  its  first 
recorded  meeting  was  held  in  February.  Its  membership  was  frequently 
changed,  but  it  was  to  all  intents  and  purposes  a  standing  committee  of  the 
Council  during  these  years. 

After  the  appointment  by  Parliament  of  a  permanent  Council  of  Trade 
and  Foreign  Plantations  in  1696,  the  practice  of  referring  colonial  business 
to  committees  of  the  Council  was  resumed  and  continued,  and  the  proceed 
ings  and  reports  of  such  committees  were  duly  entered  in  the  Register.  No 
appointment  of  such  committees  was  made  at  the  beginning  of  the  year  or 
of  a  reign,  but  as  each  matter  came  up  for  consideration,  a  committee  was 
named  to  examine  the  question  and  to  make  report.  Though  two  commit 
tees  stand  out  with  special  prominence  during  the  eighteenth  century — the 
"  Committee  for  Hearing  Appeals,  Complaints,  etc.,  from  the  Plantations  " 
and  the  "  Committee  for  the  Affairs  of  the  Plantations  " — yet  other  names 
of  committees  show  that  colonial  business  was  not  referred  exclusively  to 
these  two  bodies  and  that  committees  were  appointed  only  when  they  were 
wanted  and  did  not  exist  otherwise.  We  read  of  the  "  Committee  for  Jersey, 
Guernsey,  and  the  Plantations  ",  the  "  Committee  for  the  affairs  of  Jersey  and 
Guernsey  ",  the  "  Committee  for  Plantation  and  Other  Affairs  ",  the  "  Com 
mittee  for  Irish  Bills  and  Plantation  Affairs  ",  the  "  Committee  for  Irish  Bills 
and  the  Affairs  of  Carolina  ",  the  "  Committee  for  the  Affairs  of  Carolina  ", 

1  Privy  Council  Register,  Charles  II.,  III.  125,  128,  139,  147 ;  IV.  302 ;  VI.  231 ;  VII.  92. 

"Ibid.,  VII.  176-177,  February  12,  1668.  The  order  of  this  date  mentions  an  earlier 
order  of  January  31,  1668,  but  there  is  no  entry  of  it  in  the  Register.  It  will  be  found 
in  Brit.  Mus.  Egerton  2543,  ff.  205-205^ 


Privy  Council  Register.  173 

the  "  Committee  for  the  Affairs  of  New  England  and  the  Bounding  of  Aca- 
dia  ",  etc.  Sometimes  the  business  of  the  committee  is  not  named,  as  when 
a  reference  of  some  colonial  matter  is  referred  to  a  "  Committee  "  or  to  a 
"  Committee  of  the  Lords  of  his  Majesty's  most  Honorable  Privy  Council ". 
At  times,  it  would  appear  that  the  terms  "  Committee  on  Appeals  "  and 
"  Committee  for  Plantations  "  were  interchangeable.  The  membership  of 
such  committees  was  not  fixed,  even  during  a  single  sitting  of  the  Privy 
Council ;  in  one  case  when  certain  members,  whose  names  are  given,  were 
appointed  a  committee  to  consider  a  plantation  question,  the  record  adds 
"  also  all  others  who  are  in  town,  of  all  of  whom  any  three  could  do 
business  " 

3.  Colonial  matters  could  be  brought  to  the  attention  of  the  Privy  Council : 
either  directly  by  petition  from  the  person  or  colony  concerned,  in  the  latter 
case  generally  through  an  agent;  or  indirectly  through  the  Secretary  of 
State  or  one  of  the  departments  to  whom  the  petition  might  be  sent.  A  copy 
of  the  petition,  when  received,  might  be  referred  at  once  with  proper  in 
structions  to  the  departmental  board  chiefly  interested  in  the  question,  and 
the  report  or  representation  of  such  board  was  sent  to  the  Privy  Council 
or  not  infrequently  sent  directly  to  the  committee  of  the  Council  appointed 
to  review  the  question.  If  the  Council  referred  the  petition  first  to  its  own 
committee,  the  latter  before  considering  it  sent  a  copy  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
were  the  date  later  than  1696,  or  to  one  of  the  departments  with  instructions 
for  a  report.  By  far  the  greater  number  of  references  after  1696  were  of 
course  to  the  Board  of  Trade.  As  soon  as  the  committee  received  the  report 
it  reviewed  the  entire  case,  generally  calling  for  such  evidence  or  witnesses 
as  it  desired  and  finally  drafted  its  own  report  to  the  Council.  The  recom 
mendation  of  the  committee  was  almost  invariably  accepted  by  the  Council 
without  demur  and  embodied  in  an  order.  All  colonial  acts  of  date  later  than 
1696  came  to  the  Board  of  Trade  before  going  to  the  Council  but  the  Board's 
report  was  always  reviewed  in  committee  whose  approval  or  disapproval, 
generally  in  accordance  with  the  decision  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  was  always 
confirmed  by  the  Council.  Thus  a  large  amount  of  the  business  that  came 
before  the  Council  will  be  found  rehearsed  at  length  in  the  proceedings  of 
the  board. 

In  the  case,  however,  of  petitions  of  appeal  from  the  plantations,  first  for 
the  right  to  appeal  and  then  the  appeal  itself,  no  reference  of  the  petition 
was  ever  made  to  the  Board  of  Trade  or  to  any  of  the  departments,  and 
generally  speaking  no  copy  of  such  petitions  will  be  found  elsewhere  than 
in  the  Register  or  among  the  unbound  papers  of  the  Privy  Council.  The 
matter  was  referred  only  to  the  Committee  on  Appeals,  which  took  the  case 
into  a  leisurely  consideration.  It  heard  the  parties  in  the  person  of  their 
learned  counsel,  sent  a  copy  of  the  petition  to  the  crown  lawyers  or  the 
judges  of  the  superior  court  in  England,  sometimes  allowing  three  or  four 
months  for  an  opinion  to  be  returned,  occasionally  recommended  that  a  copy 
of  the  petition  be  sent  to  the  colony  in  America,  generally  allowing  six 
months  or  seven  months  for  a  reply  to  be  sent  back,  and  then  having  re 
ceived  legal  advice  and  having  given  both  sides  a  hearing  it  reported  either 
to  dismiss  the  case  or  to  uphold  the  petitioner.  The  committee  might  send 
to  the  Board  of  Trade  for  information,  which  that  board  would  have  to  get 
from  its  own  records  or  from  the  colony;  it  might  instruct  the  Board  to 
prepare  lists  of  precedents  and  to  have  copies  made  of  colonial  charters ;  it 


174  Privy  Council  Office. 

might  call  witnesses  and  agents  and  listen  to  their  statements ;  it  might  order 
the  solicitor  for  the  appellants  to  bring  forward  books,  accounts,  letters,  and 
other  papers  as  evidence,  but  it  never  referred  an  appeal  from  the  planta 
tions  to  any  other  body  for  report.  Though  minutes  were  kept  of  its  meet 
ings,  probably  no  systematic  attempt  was  made  to  preserve  such  record  after 
it  had  been  entered  in  the  Register,  except  so  far  as  it  might  be  filed  away 
among  the  unbound  papers  in  the  form  of  loose  sheets.  Large  numbers  of 
such  sheets  may  be  found,  which  are  of  value  as  supplementing  the  entry  in 
the  Register.1 

Apart  from  its  intrinsic  value  as  a  journal,  entry  book,  and  register,  the 
Privy  Council  Register  is  an  index  to  nearly  every  important  matter  that 
came  before  any  branch  of  the  British  government  for  adjustment  or  adjudi 
cation.  Though  the  Privy  Council  worked  chiefly  through  committees  whose 
recommendations  it  approved,  though  appeals  were  generally  decided  in 
accordance  with  the  opinions  of  the  crown  lawyers,  and  though  the  Council 
after  1688  had  been  shorn  of  much  of  its  political  and  judicial  power  as  far 
as  Great  Britain  was  concerned,  nevertheless  the  fact  remains  that  during  the 
colonial  era  it  was  the  highest  authority  in  the  Empire  in  all  that  related  to 
colonial  management.  As  it  was  the  only  body  possessing  plenary  powers 
over  the  royal  colonies  it  alone  could  render  the  ultimate  decision  in  all  that 
concerned  the  law  and  administration  of  the  British  dominions  beyond  the 
seas.  It  was  the  court  of  appeal  from  all  the  colonial  tribunals  and  it  alone 
could  give  legal  sanction  to  the  decisions  of  the  Board  of  Trade.  Its  records 
are,  therefore,  of  the  highest  significance. 

With  some  exceptions,  the  volumes  of  the  Register  form  an  unbroken 
series  from  August  10,  1540,  to  the  present  time.  The  earlier  volumes,  23 
in  number,  1540-1598,  were  removed  to  the  Public  Record  Office  in  1905 ; 
one  volume  of  Elizabeth's  reign  is  in  the  British  Museum,  Add.  MSS.  5476. 
Volumes  to  1601  will  be  transferred  to  the  Public  Record  Office  as  fast  as 
calendared.  Those  listed  below  will  be  retained  permanently  in  Whitehall. 
The  volumes  are  arranged  and  numbered  according  to  reigns,  as  follows : 

JAMES  I.  Volumes  for  the  years  1603  to  1613,  together  with  the  last 
four  volumes  of  Elizabeth's  reign,  were  destroyed  by  fire  in 
the  reign  of  James  I.  (1619).* 

I.  May  i,  i6i3-May  31,  1615. 
II.  June  i,  i6i5-March  31,  1617. 

III.  April  i,  i6i7-October  31,  1618. 

IV.  November  i,  i6i8-February  28,  1620. 
V.  March  4,  i62O-May  30,  1623. 

VI.  June  4,  i623~March  28,  1625. 

*In  the  Public  Record  Office,  War  Office,  Class  i,  Vol.  404,  will  be  found  what 
appears  to  be  a  commonplace  book  of  colonial  business  that  came  before  the  committees 
of  the  Council  during  the  years  1763-1766,  kept  by  a  secretary  or  clerk. 

"  The  twelfth  day  of  this  instant,  January  1618  [9]  the  Great  Banquetting  House  at 
Whitehall  was  by  casualty  of  fire  quite  burnt  to  the  ground,  under  which  the  Records 
of  Council  were  kept,  which  being  not  possible  to  bee  all  saved  from  so  furious  and 
suddaine  a  conflagration  All  the  bundles  papers  and  also  all  the  Registers  and  Books 
of  Councill  from  part  of  the  year  1601  inclusive  until  May  1613  were  quite  consumed." 
P.  C.  R.  James  I.,  Vol.  IV.,  p.  73.  List  given  on  p.  36. 


Privy  Council  Register.  175 

CHARLES  I.     Volumes  for  years  1645-1649  are  missing. 

I.  March  27,  i625-July  17,  1626. 

II.  Pt.  i.  July  1 8,  i626-December  30,  1626. 

II.  Pt.  n.  January  i,  1627- June  i,  1627. 

III.  June  i,  i627-February  28,  1628. 

IV.  March  i,  i628-December  19,  1628. 

V.  December  24,  i628-May  31,  1630. 
VI.  June  i,  i630-May  31,  1631. 

VII.  June  i,  i63i-April  30,  1632. 
VIII.  May  i,  i632-April  30,  1633. 
IX.  May  i,  i633-May  30,  1634. 
X.  June  i,  i634-June  30,  1635. 
XI.  July  i,  i635-February  28,  1636. 
XII.  March  i,  i636-November  27,  1636. 

XIII.  December  4,  i636-May  30,  1637. 

XIV.  June  i,  i637-February  28,  1638. 
XV.  March  i,  i638-December  24,  1638. 

XVI.  January  4,  i639-October  30,  1639. 
XVII.  Pt.  i.  November  2,  i639-March  27,  1640. 
XVII.  Pt.  n.  April  i,  i640-September  25,  1640. 
XVIII.  October  4,  i64O-August  30,  1645. 

CHARLES  II.     The  Council  Books  and  other  proceedings  during  the  time 
of  the  Commonwealth  are  among  the  Records  of  the  State 
Paper  Office  in  the  Public  Record  Office. 
I.  May  3,  i649-September  28,  1660. 
II.  October  3,  i66o-May  30,  1662. 

III.  June  4,  i662-January  29,  1664. 

IV.  February  3,  i664-December  23,  1664. 
V.  January  2,  i665~April  27,  1666. 

VI.  May  4,  i666-September  30,  1667. 
VII.  October  2,  i667~August  28,  1668. 
VIII.  September  2,  i668-October  [September]  28,  1669. 
IX.  October  i,  1669- April  28,  1671. 
X.  May  10,  i67i-April  10,  1673. 
XI.  April  n,  i673-September  30,  1675. 
XII.  October  i,  1675- April  27,  1677. 

XIII.  May  2,  i677-December  31,  1678. 

XIV.  January  i,  1679- April,  1679. 
XV.  April  21,  i679-May  29,  1680. 

XVI.  June  i,  i68o-May  31,  1683. 
XVII.  June  13,  i683-February  4,  1685. 
JAMES  II. 

Part    i.  February  6,  i685-March  18,  1687. 
Part  n.  April  4,  i687-December  16,  1688. 

WILLIAM  III. 

I.  February,  i688-August,  1690. 

II.  September,  i69O-September,  1692. 

III.  October  i,  i692-August  2,  1694. 

IV.  December  2,  1694- April  23,  1697. 
V.  May  5,  i697-December  21,  1699. 

VI.  April  4,  1700-February  19,  1701. 
12 


176  Privy  Council  Office. 

ANNE. 

I.  March  8,  I7oi-January  18,  1703. 
II.  January  20,  i7O3-September  29,  1705. 

III.  October  n,  i7O5-February  29,  1707. 

IV.  March  5,  I7o7-May  2,  1710. 
V.  June,  1 7 10- July,  1712. 

VI.  August,  I7i2-July,  1714. 

GEORGE  I. 

I.  August  i,  I7i4-March  2,  1716. 
II.  March  2,  I7i6-September  13,  1720. 

III.  September  15,  i72O-May  31,  1722. 

IV.  June  i,  1722-August  25,  1724. 
V.  September,  1724-May,  1727. 

GEORGE  II. 

I.  June  14,  1727-May  22,  1729. 
II.  June  i,  1 729- June  16,  1732. 

III.  July,  1732-July,  1734. 

IV.  August  i,  1734-September  23,  1736. 
V.  October  i,  1736-September  4,  1738. 

VI.  October  i,  1738-March  27,  1740. 
VII.  April  i,  i74o-August  7,  1741. 
VIII.  October  I,  I74i-September  29,  1743. 
IX.  October  i,  1743-February  27,  1744. 
X.  March  i,  1744- July  23,  1746. 
XI.  August  i,  1 746- April  26,  1748. 
XII.  May  i,  1748-March  29,  1750. 

XIII.  May  i,  1750-March  20,  1752. 

XIV.  April  i,  1752-December  26,  1753. 
XV.  January  i,  1754-December  31,  1755. 

XVI.  January  i,  1756-December  28,  1757. 
XVII.  January  5,  1758-May  21,  1759. 
XVIII.  May  2,  1759- July  10,  1760. 


vi.  January  i,  i7O»-Apru  27,  1709. 
VII.  May  i,  1769-December,  1770. 
VIII.  January  i,  I77i-December  31,  1771. 
IX.  January  i,  1772-December,  1772. 


J.J-*  |  I**.*  Ml**.  J  JL  y  if     •*        •*-^r^*N*X-iJL*l-»^»A         ^  JL.  y         *.    . 

X.  January  i,  1772-December,  1772. 
X.  January  i,  1773- April  30,  1774. 
CI.  May  i,  1774-May  31,  1775. 


XL  May  i,  1774-May  31,  1775. 

XII.  June  i,  1775-May  31,  1776. 

XIII.  June  i,  1776-May  31,  1777. 

"VTT  T         T  ~-     Tl  T  _    1 


Liu..  June  i,  1770-iviay  31,  1777. 
CIV.  June  i,  1777-March  31,  1778. 

XV.  April  i,  1778-September  30,  1778. 

XVI.  October  i,  1778- June  30,  1779. 


Unbound  Papers.  177 

XVII.  July  i,  1779-February,  1780. 
XVIII.  March  i,  I78o-December  31,  1780. 
XIX.  January  i,  1781 -September  30,  1781. 
XX.  October,  1781 -September,  1782. 
XXL  October  i,  1782-December  31,  1783. 

UNBOUND  PAPERS. 

The  unbound  papers  of  the  Privy  Council  have  been  sorted  and  arranged 
in  chronological  order.  They  are  tied  up  in  packets  of  from  thirty  to  fifty 
papers  each,  ranging  from  one  to  four  packets  to  a  year,  and  are  deposited 
in  one  of  the  rooms  on  the  ground  floor  of  the  building  in  Whitehall.  They 
are  accessible  to  any  one  to  whom  may  be  accorded  the  privilege  of  inspec 
tion.  The  collection  contains  a  few  documents  of  the  seventeenth  century, 
chiefly  after  1690,  though  single  documents,  chiefly  copies,  are  dated  as 
early  as  1624,  1631,  1650,  1673,  1677,  and  1685.  The  earliest  papers  which 
bear  either  directly  or  indirectly  on  colonial  history  are  these:  an  undated 
draft  of  an  act  of  St.  Christopher  regarding  the  Four  and  a  half  per  cent, 
duty;  a  group  of  papers  regarding  pirates  which  bears  somewhat  on  West 
Indian  history,  1694-1696;  papers  relating  to  the  imprisonment  of  Edward 
Randolph  in  the  Bermudas,  1699;  and  a  presentment  by  the  committee  for 
managing  and  causing  to  be  collected  his  Majesty's  customs,  subsidies,  and 
other  duties,  dated  Custom  House,  London,  July  i,  1699. 

The  earlier  papers,  after  1613,  have  not  been  lost  but  are  to  be  found  in 
other  collections.  That  it  was  customary  for  the  Clerk  of  the  Council  to 
keep  such  papers  at  his  own  house  or  to  remove  them  thither  on  the  expira 
tion  of  his  tenure  of  office  is  evident  from  an  order  of  Council,  January  20, 
1636,  instructing  two  councillors  to  view  the  papers  in  the  study  of  the 
house  of  the  late  clerk,  John  Dickinson,  in  the  Strand,  and  to  cause  such  as 
concerned  his  Majesty's  service  to  be  brought  to  the  Council  Table.  (P.  C.  R. 
Charles  I.,  Vol.  XL,  p.  359;  Cal.  State  Papers,  Dom.,  1635-1636,  p.  281.) 
Most  of  the  papers  probably  found  their  way  eventually  into  private  hands 
or  into  the  State  Paper  Office.  An  examination  of  the  Calendars  of  State 
Papers,  Domestic  and  Colonial  of  date  before  1700  discloses  petitions, 
minutes,  notes,  and  other  memoranda  that  were  originally  Privy  Council 
Papers,  undoubtedly  belonging  to  this  collection  of  unbound  papers. 

The  importance  of  the  papers  for  colonial  history  can  best  be  determined 
by  a  survey  of  the  contents  of  certain  selected  packets.  The  years  chosen 
for  description  are  1700-1702,  1724-1727,  and  1765-1774.  Unless  otherwise 
stated  the  date  denotes  the  time  when  the  document  was  received  or  read. 
Frequently  no  other  date  is  given.  Many  Board  of  Trade  reports  are  not 
entered  here. 

1700.  Petition  of  Dorothy  Bishop,  wife  of  Robert  Bishop  of  Barbadoes. 
January  n,  1700. 

Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade  regarding  pirates  in  the  planta 
tions.  January  n,  1700. 

Id.,  regarding  the  pay  of  the  soldiers  at  New  York.    January  16,  1700. 

Presentment  from  the  Commissioners  of  Customs  for  Samuel  Cox  to  be 
councillor  in  Barbadoes.  January  23,  1700. 

Petition  of  Capt.  Elias  Haskett  to  be  confirmed  as  governor  of  Barbadoes. 


178  Privy  Council  Office. 

Petition  of  William  Crouch,  Joseph  Tatem,  Henry  Phillips  and  other 
merchants  of  the  city  of  London  trading  to  New  England  with 
woolens  and  other  manufactured  goods,  in  return  for  which  they 
have  taken  pipe  staves,  deal  boards  and  lumber  which  in  turn  they 
have  shipped  to  Spain  and  Portugal  receiving  there  in  exchange 
silver,  wine,  oil,  fruit,  etc.,  against  Bellomont's  refusal  to  allow  the 
trade  to  be  carried  on.  April  18,  1700. 

Papers  regarding  governorship  of  Bermudas. 

Petition  from  Isaac  Hawkins  of  Barbadoes,  and  other  petitions  regard 
ing  estates  in  Barbadoes.  December,  1700. 

1701-1702.  Order  in  Council  referring  to  the  Bishop  of  London's  communica 
tion  regarding  30  parishes  newly  constituted  in  Maryland  and  pray 
ing  for  Bibles  and  Prayer  Books  to  be  supplied  at  the  cost  of  the 
Maryland  government. 

Letter  from  Gov.  Nicholson,  dated  Virginia,  on  board  the  Southampton 
off  Cape  Henry,  July  29,  1702,  regarding  the  proclamation  of  Queen 
Anne's  succession  to  the  throne. 

Report  of  the  Ordnance  Department  upon  the  memorial  of  Gov.  Dudley 

for  powder,  May  26,  1702. 

1701.  Report  of  the  Committee  for  hearing  appeals  from  the  plantations, 
December  10,  1701,  on  the  petition  of  Samuel  Allen,  proprietor  of 
colony  of  New  Hampshire,  admitting  the  appeal  (another  report, 
December  8,  1702;  the  original  petition  in  packet  1702  (2)  ). 

Petition  of  Micaiah  Perry,  who  is  doing  considerable  building  in  Virginia, 

for  leave  to  sail  despite  the  embargo,  March  26,  1701. 
1702  (i).  Many  petitions  to  sail  despite  the  embargo  to  Virginia  and  Mary 
land  (see  also  1702  (2)  ). 

Papers  relating  to  appeals  from  condemnation  of  ships  in  Barbadoes; 
quarrel  with  collector,  for  the  report  on  which  by  the  Committee  see 
1702   (2). 
1702  (2).  Walker's  and  Taylor's  contracts  for  masts  from  New  England. 

Papers  connected  with  prizes  in  the  West  Indies  and  elsewhere. 

Petition  of  55  merchants  trading  to  Maryland  on  behalf  of  Capt.  Mathew 
Smith  as  governor,  December  10,  1702. 

Petition  and  appeal  of  Nicholas  Bayard  of  New  York,  December  17,  1702, 
against  sentence  of  high  treason. 

1724  (i).  Papers  regarding  Keith  vs.  Moore  in  Pennsylvania  including  an 

original  petition  from  Keith,  marked  "  duplicate  ",  April  16,  1727, 
and  many  other  documents  relating  to  the  same  matter,  all  of  which 
appear  to  have  got  into  the  wrong  bundle. 

Report  from  the  Commissioners  of  Customs,  May  8,  1725,  on  the  Keith 
petition  and  another  original  Keith  paper,  together  with  Keith's 
observations  on  the  commissioner's  report  and  on  Moore's  petition, 
also  many  affidavits  and  other  papers  relating  to  the  same  trouble. 

Papers  relating  to  the  case  of  Gov.  Hope  of  Bermuda  vs.  John  Eveleigh, 
petitions  and  replies,  1724-1725. 

1725  (i).  Petition  from  Mark  Legaur,  mariner,  praying  reward  for  taking 

and  convicting  three  pirates  in  New  York. 
Several  reports  of  Committee  of  Council  on  plantation  affairs. 


Unbound  Papers.  179 

Papers  relating  to  Gov.  Shute's  memorial,  consisting  of  the  report  of  the 
crown  lawyers,  November  7,  1724,  reference  to  the  Committee  of  the 
Council,  petition  of  the  agents  enclosing  the  answer  of  the  Massa 
chusetts  House  of  Representatives,  May  29-October  23,  1723,  peti 
tion  of  Elisha  Cooke,  agent  for  Massachusetts,  January  26,  1724, 
and  copy  of  votes  of  House  of  Representatives,  May  20,  I7i8-July, 
1721. 

Petition  of  George  Mumford  of  South  Kingston,  Rhode  Island,  May  15, 

1725-  . 

1725  (2).  Petition  of  Jonathan  Forward,  merchant  of  London,  under  con 
tract  with  the  government  for  transporting  criminals  to  Maryland 
and  Virginia,  mentioning  150  persons,  October  29,  1725. 

Id.,  on  the  same  subject. 

Petition  of  Col.  Spotswood  on  behalf  of  Sir  William  Keith,  November  20, 

I725- 

Complaint  of  merchants  and  traders  to  South  Carolina  against  Nicholson, 

November  4,  1725. 

1726, 1727  (i).  Petition  of  John  Winthrop,  against  the  governor  and  com 
pany  of  Connecticut,  February  8,  1726. 

Order  referring  to  a  committee  the  answer  of  the  governor  of  Connec 
ticut  to  Mr.  Winthrop's  complaint,  December  4,  1728. 

Gov.  Talcott's  answer,  September  19,  1727. 

Answer  of  Rhode  Island  to  the  objections  of  Connecticut  regarding  the 
boundaries  between  the  two  colonies,  March,  1726. 

Thanksgiving  proclamation  by  Gov.  Talcott,  October  15,  1727. 

Letter  from  Gov.  Talcott,  containing  "  Answer  of  the  Govr  of  the  colony 
of  the  Connecticut  to  Mr  Winthrop's  complaint ",  received  from 
Mr.  Dummer,  November  29,  1728. 

Report  of  Board  of  Trade  with  draught  of  instructions  for  proprietors  of 
Pennsylvania. 

Jamaica  revenue  act,  with  attorney  and  solicitor  general's  report  there 
upon,  June  21,  1726. 

Sundry  committee  reports  on  various  petitions. 

Order  referring  the  petition  of  Winthrop  to  a  committee,  February  18, 
1726. 

Report  of  Board  of  Trade  on  Mr.  Calvert  as  governor  of  Maryland,  De 
cember  1 8,  1726. 

Id.,  touching  Gov.  Shute's  having  a  salary  settled  upon  him  in  New 
England,  August  5,  1726. 

Report  of  committee  on  boundary  dispute  between  Connecticut  and 
Rhode  Island,  February  8,  1727. 

Order  referring  to  a  committee  the  Board  of  Trade's  report  on  Newman's 
petition  regarding  New  Hampshire  boundary,  February  15,  1726. 

Report  of  the  Board  of  Trade  with  draft  of  additional  instructions  to  the 
several  governments  in  the  West  Indies  about  allowing  of  appeals, 
etc.,  November  22,  1726. 

Order  referring  to  a  committee  a  representation  of  the  Board  of  Trade 
about  settling  the  boundaries  between  Virginia  and  Carolina,  Feb 
ruary  22,  1726. 

Collection  of  extracts  from  court  records  regarding  the  distribution  of 
estates  of  Nathaniel  Foot  (November  20,  1644,  December  25, 


Privy  Council  Office. 

1655),  Thomas  Wells  (November  5,  1668),  Richard  Jones  (Sep 
tember  7,  1671)  of  Connecticut,  signed  by  Hezekiah  Wyllys. 

Copy  of  capital  laws  established  by  General  Court  of  Connecticut,  Decem 
ber,  1647. 

Report  of  committee  on  the  complaint  of  John  Winthrop,  March  28,  1727. 
1727  (2).  Many  committee  reports  on  confirmation  of  acts  and  on  gov 
ernors'  instructions  and  many  orders  referring  such  documents  to 
committees. 

Petition  of  Revs.  Timothy  Cutler,  Samuel  Miles,  James  MacSparran,  and 
other  ministers  of  the  Church  of  England,  March  20,  1727. 

Petition  from  planters  and  merchants  of  Jamaica  against  impressment  of 
seamen  out  of  merchant  ships,  May  31,  1727. 

Petition  of  John  Penn,  Thomas  Penn,  and  other  surviving  children  of 
William  Penn  regarding  the  sale  of  their  proprietary  powers  of 
government,  May  27,  1727. 

1765  (i).  Petition  of  Thomas  Wilson,  William  Huggins  and  Ann  his  wife 
of  the  colony  of  Virginia  from  a  decree  made  in  the  court  of 
chancery  there,  July  10,  1765. 

Order  referring  to  a  committee  a  representation  from  the  Treasury  for 
removing  the  vice-admiralty  court  established  at  Halifax  to  Boston 
and  for  establishing  in  like  manner  two  other  vice-admiralty  courts, 
one  at  Philadelphia  and  the  other  at  Charleston,  August  22,  1765. 

Memorial  from  the  Treasury  on  the  subject,  July  5,  1765. 
1765  (2).  Report  of  a  committee  proposing  that  the  secretary  of  state  may 
be  directed  to  appoint  clergymen  to  be  ministers  in  the  provinces 
of  East  and  West  Florida,  March  29,  1765. 

Id.,  relative  to  the  riotous  proceedings  of  several  persons  at  New  York, 
who  seized  and  burnt  a  boat  belonging  to  his  Majesty's  armed 
sloop,  the  Chaleur,  March  19,  1765. 

Petition  of  Robert  Charles,  agent  for  New  York,  September,  1765. 

Many  petitions  for  grants  of  land  in  New  York,  East  and  West  Florida, 
Nova  Scotia,  Prince  Edward's  Island,  New  Hampshire,  etc. 

Petition  of  Thomas  Mant,  in  behalf  of  himself  and  others,  to  make  a 
settlement  at  Detroit,  with  names  of  officers  (among  whom  is 
Israel  Putnam),  the  number  of  families  that  are  to  settle  there,  and 
an  interesting  description  of  Detroit,  May  15,  1765. 

Case  of  Zachary  Bayly  against  James  Ord,  Jamaica. 

1765  (3).  Letter  from  the  secretary  of  the  Treasury  Board  transmitting  a 
copy  of  a  letter  from  John  Temple,  the  surveyor  general  of  the 
customs  in  New  England  (in  this  bundle  are  a  number  of  papers 
relating  to  this  subject  and  an  original  letter  from  Temple,  October 

3,  1764)- 

Copies  of  letters  and  papers  sent  by  the  surveyor  general  and  collector  of 
Rhode  Island  relative  to  the  seizure  and  rescue  of  the  sloop  Polly, 
October  i,  1765. 

1765  (4).  Representation  of  the  Board  of  Trade  with  a  memorial  of  Maj. 
Robert  Rogers  regarding  the  northwest  passage  from  North  Amer 
ica  to  China,  September  24,  1765. 

Many  papers  (chiefly  copies)  relating  to  the  riots  at  Boston,  including 
four  elaborate  representations  of  the  Board  of  Trade. 


Unbound  Papers.  181 

1766  (i).  Report  of  committee  for  approving  the  conduct  of  the  lieutenant 
governor  of  South  Carolina  in  not  suspending  Douglas  Campbell, 
clerk  of  the  court  of  common  pleas,  from  his  office  for  refusing  to 
enter  up  a  judgment  of  the  said  court  on  unstamped  paper  and  for 
remitting  a  fine  imposed  upon  the  same,  September  10,  1766. 
1766  (2).  Representation  of  Thomas  and  Richard  Penn  for  the  king's  ap 
probation  of  John  Penn  as  governor  of  Pennsylvania. 

Petition  of  Dennis  Rolle,  setting  forth  his  discouragement  in  endeavoring 
to  settle  in  East  Florida,  October  30,  1766. 

Petition  of  the  freeholders  and  inhabitants  of  and  dwelling  in  the  several 
townships  called  Kinderhook,  Noble  Town,  and  Spencer  Town 
(so  called)  in  the  county  of  Albany  and  province  of  New  York 
(names  of  subscribers  follow),  August  30,  1766. 

Commission  for  settling  the  boundary  between  New  York  and  New 
Jersey. 

Petition  of  English  Presbyterian  church  in  New  York  regarding  incor 
poration,  etc.,  May  28,  1766. 

Memorial   of   the   auditor   general    of   the    plantations    (Cholmondely) 
relative  to  quit-rents  payable  by  the  inhabitants  of  the  Ohio  river 
(important),  April  17,  1766. 
1766  (3).  Many  lists  of  colonial  acts. 

Report  of  committee  upon  the  memorial  of  John  Thompson  and  others  on 
behalf  of  John  Gordon  of  South  Carolina,  praying  to  be  quieted 
in  the  possession  of  sundry  lands  purchased  from  the  Spaniards  in 
East  Florida,  November  24,  1766  (another  paper  in  next  bundle). 

Petition  of  George  Clarke,  secretary  of  New  York,  complaining  that  the 
governor  has  removed  him  from  a  branch  of  his  office  and  praying 
to  be  restored,  December  3,  1766. 

Report  of  committee  for  dismissing  appeal  of  John  Camm  against  Charles 
Hansford,  jr.  and  William  Moss  of  Virginia,  December  3,  1766. 

Memorial  of  Anthony  Merry  of  London,  merchant,  in  behalf  of  himself 
and  several  merchants  and  inhabitants  of  Canada  relating  to  their 
being  prevented  from  establishing  a  trade  with  the  Indians  at  a 
place  called  the  king's  posts  of  Tadousac  and  Chegotimi  (modern 
Chicoutimi)  on  the  river  Saguenay  in  that  province  and  praying 
relief,  December  3,  1766  (original  petition  with  copies  of  evidence; 
the  report  in  two  papers  in  1767  (3)  ). 

Report  of  committee  on  appeal  of  William  Stead  of  London,  merchant, 
from  a  judgment  given  in  the  superior  court  of  Rhode  Island,  re 
versing  the  judgment  of  the  superior  court  and  upholding  judg 
ment  of  the  inferior  court  of  common  pleas,  (given)  May  28,  1764, 
(read  and  approved)  December  3,  1766. 

Letter  from  the  Treasury  to  the  Council  regarding  the  petition  of  John 
Campbell  and  29  other  reduced  officers  for  lands  on  the  Hudson 
river  near  Kinderhook  (enclosing  papers  submitted  by  the  Board 
of  Trade  and  a  colored  map  of  the  region) . 
1766  (4).  Report  of  committee  on  31  acts  of  Pennsylvania,  1763-1765. 

Map  of  Lake  Champlain  "  including  Crown  Point  and  St.  John's,  on 
which  are  affixed  such  of  the  grants  made  by  the  Crown  of  France 
as  are  at  present  known,  with  sundry  observances  taken  in  order 
to  fix  the  boundaries  between  the  provinces  of  New  York  and 


182  Privy  Council  Office. 

Quebec.  By  order  of  his  Excellency  Sir  Henry  Moore,  by  Mr 
Harper,  professor  of  the  Mathematics  for  the  province  of  New 
York,  and  John  Collins,  Esq.,  deputy  surveyor  general  for  the 
province  of  Quebec",  dated  Quebec,  September  16,  1766  (evidently 
sent  by  Gov.  Guy  Carleton).  Various  references  of  appeals  from 
plantations  to  committee. 

List  of  papers  laid  before  the  House  of  Commons  relative  to  the  estab 
lishment  of  vice-admiralty  courts  in  America,  February  20,  1766, 
prepared  in  pursuance  of  an  address  of  that  house  to  his  Majesty, 
February  15,  1766  (14  papers,  October  4,  1763-May  9,  1764,  with 
another  list  to  December  21,  1765). 

Papers  relating  to  the  riots  in  Rhode  Island  in  1765,  consisting  of  the 
report  of  the  committee,  March  19,  1765,  letters  from  the  Treasury 
transmitting  several  letters  from  the  Admiralty  relating  to  the  riots, 
from  Robinson,  the  collector  of  customs  in  Rhode  Island,  November 
5,  1765,  and  other  papers,  October  26,  1764  (valuable). 

Petition  of  John  Cathcart  and  others  for  grants  of  land  including  the  island 

of  St.  John  (original,  long,  with  information  of  value). 
1767  ( i ) .  Minutes  of  committee,  dealing  with  Massachusetts  act  of  Decem 
ber,  1766,  for  granting  compensation  to  sufferers  (the  committee 
examined  all  colonial  precedents  available,  including  Bacon's  rebel 
lion;  a  valuable  paper). 

Report  of  committee  dismissing  the  petition  of  the  ministers,  elders,  etc., 
of  the  Presbyterian  church  of  New  York,  praying  to  be  created  a 
body  politic  and  corporate,  August  16,  1767. 

Report  of  the  Board  of  Trade  on  the  same,  July  n,  1767. 

Report  of  a  committee  upon  the  North  Carolina  act  passed  May,  1765,  for 
establishing  an  orthodox  clergy. 

Report  of  a  committee  to  prevent  the  governor  of  New  York  from  making 
grants  of  land  on  the  west  side  of  the  Connecticut  river,  July  24, 

1767  (report  from  the  Board  of  Trade  enclosed). 
Petitions  for  land  in  Nova  Scotia  and  the  Floridas. 

Petition  of  the  trustees  of  the  college  of  New  Jersey,  "  commonly  called 
Nassau  Hall ",  for  60,000  acres  of  land  (a  township)  under  the 
name  of  Hanover,  on  the  west  bank  of  the  Connecticut  river,  out  of 
the  unpatented  lands  in  the  province  of  New  York,  March  27,  1767. 
1767  (3).  Report  of  a  committee  upon  acts  of  Quebec,  Nova  Scotia,  New 
Hampshire,  Massachusetts  Bay,  New  York,  Virginia,  North  Caro 
lina,  South  Carolina,  and  West  Indian  colonies,  June  26,  1767. 

Order  referring  to  a  committee  the  appeal  of  John  Bannister,  merchant, 
against  decision  in  Rhode  Island  in  favor  of  Jane  Brown  and  others, 
July  7,  1768  (reported  to  be  dismissed  with  £20  stg.  and  costs). 

Id.  petition  of  David  Jeffries  for  leave  to  appeal  against  Nathaniel  Don- 
nell,  Massachusetts  Bay,  February  23,  1768  (report  in  bundle 

1768  (2)  ). 

Report  of  committee  on  appeal  of  John  Long  and  William  Plumstead 
against  Thomas  Harper  and  others.  Pennsylvania,  June  26,  1767. 

Id.  appeal  of  Gawin  Corbin  against  Lunsford  Lomas,  Virginia,  June  26, 
1767  (ejectment  based  on  patent  to  Sir  Thomas  Lunsford,  knight, 
October  24,  1650;  judgment  of  Virginia  court  (April  26,  1764), 
affirmed). 


Unbound  Papers.  183 

Id.  dismissing  appeal  of  Benjamin  Arnold  and  others  against  Nathaniel 
Greene,  Rhode  Island,  June  26,  1767. 

1767  (4).  Report  of  committee  on  draught  of  a  commission  for  settling  the 

boundaries  between  New  York  and  Pennsylvania,  June  26,  1767. 

Id.  upon  the  appeal  of  Thomas  Shearman  against  Gideon  Cornell,  Rhode 
Island,  June  26,  1767. 

Order  referring  to  committee  the  petition  of  the  agent  of  New  Jersey  for 
altering  the  commissioners  named  in  a  draught  of  a  commission 
for  settling  the  boundaries  named  above,  April  2,  1767. 

Petition  of  Samuel  Robinson,  on  behalf  of  himself  and  other  New  Hamp 
shire  grantees,  March  25,  1767. 

Memorial  of  Samuel  Bowen  regarding  the  manufacture  of  sago  powder, 
and  vermicelli,  March  23,  1767. 

Petition  of  the  S.  P.  G.  praying  that  the  grants  made  by  the  governor  of 
New  Hampshire  of  lands  lying  on  the  west  side  of  the  Connecticut 
river,  with  reservation  of  several  shares  for  pious  uses,  may  be 
ratified  and  confirmed,  March  28,  1767  (sent  from  the  Secretary 
of  State's  office). 

1768  (i).  Report  of  committee  upon  an  extract  of  a  letter  from  the  governor 

of  New  York  for  settling  the  boundary  between  New  York  and 
Quebec,  August  12,  1768. 

Id.  upon  the  memorial  of  Henry  M'Culloh,  George  Augustus  Selwyn, 
and  others  praying  that  a  bond,  given  with  respect  to  the  quit- 
rents  in  North  Carolina  on  escheated  lands  surrendered,  may  be 
cancelled  and  that  the  memorialists  may  be  otherwise  received  in 
respect  of  their  lands,  February  i,  1768. 

Petition  of  William  Gerard  de  Brahm  for  grant  of  land  in  Florida,  Decem 
ber  1 6,  1768. 

Two  copies  of  petition  of  the  Mississippi  Company  for  2,50x3,000  acres 
between  38°  and  42°  n.  1.  (Washington's  name  among  the  signa 
tures). 

1768  (2).  Report  of  committee  for  dismissing  the  appeal  of  John  Ban 
nister  with  £20  and  costs,  July  7,  1768. 

Memorial  from  the  Admiralty  proposing  a  settlement  of  £600  on  each 
of  the  judges  of  the  four  vice-admiralty  courts,  August  25,  1768. 

Report  of  committee  for  dismissing  appeal  of  Charles  Ward  Apthorpe 
against  Richard  Pakshall,  Massachusetts  Bay,  February  17,  1768. 

Representation  of  Frederick  Lord  Baltimore,  recommending  Robert  Eden 

as  governor  of  Maryland,  July  28,  1765. 

1769.  Report  of  the  Treasury  to  the  committee  of  the  Council  regarding  the 
preservation  of  white  pines  in  America  (many  enclosures),  Jan 
uary  28,  1769. 

Report  of  committee  on  boundary  dispute  between  Pennsylvania  and 
Maryland,  January  n,  1769. 

Id.  upon  the  petition  of  Capt.  Jonathan  Carver  praying  for  a  recompense 
for  his  expense  and  trouble  in  exploring  certain  interior  parts  of 
North  America,  November  29,  1769  (read  and  approved). 

Petition  of  Gov.  Bernard  of  Massachusetts  for  a  grant  of  Mt.  Desert  (an 
original,  with  copies  of  grant  of  Mt.  Desert  and  other  enclosures; 
referred  to  the  Board  of  Trade),  November  29,  1769. 


184  Privy  Council  Office. 

1770  (2).  Report  of  Committee  upon  a  state  of  the  disorder,  confusion,  and 
misgovernment  which  have  prevailed  in  Massachusetts  Bay,  July 
6,  1770  (with  a  committee  minute  dated  July  4,  1770,  and  a  number 
of  depositions  relating  to  the  same). 

Report  on  appeal  of  Edward  Dixon  and  others  against  Thomas  Turner 
and  others  from  Virginia,  July  6,  1770. 

Report  of  the  crown  lawyers  regarding  the  power  of  the  crown  to  lay 
embargo  in  times  of  peace  (report  embodied  in  order  in  Council 
of  December,  1770). 

1770  (3).  Report  of  committee  upon  appeal  of  John  Holmes  against  Thomas 

Freebody,  Rhode  Island,  April  7,  1770  (a  long  report  giving  a 
history  of  the  case). 

Id.  on  appeal  of  Jacob  Isaacs  against  William  Stead,  Rhode  Island,  April 
27,  1770. 

Docket  of  fees  for  Dominica. 

Memorial  of  Jonathan  Carver,  with  many  papers  enclosed,  including  a 
report  from  the  Board  of  Trade. 

Two  draughts  of  committee  report  (valuable  as  showing  such  report  in 
process  of  draughting)  on  the  Massachusetts  disorders,  with  long 
statement  from  Pownall,  and  depositions  by  Capt.  James  Scott, 
Benjamin  Hallowell,  John  Robinson,  Bridgeman  (made  before  the 
committee  on  June  26,  1770).  A  valuable  group  of  papers. 

1771  (i).  Report  of  committee  for  dismissing  appeal  of  Alexander  Grant 

against  Charles  Handy,  Rhode  Island,  July  19,  1771. 
Id.  confirming  grant  of  Mt.  Desert  to  Gov.  Bernard. 

1771  (3).  Charter  for  Lake  Superior  Mining  Company  (copper  chiefly,  see 

also  1772  (2)  ). 

1772  (i).  Minutes  of  committee,  April  10,  1772,  regarding  grant  of  islands 

in  the  Delaware  river ;  a  long  meeting,  the  minutes  include  deposi 
tions  of  witnesses  and  interesting  account  of  the  islands  (see  1772 
(2)  for  minutes  of  March  31  and  April  9,  1772,  and  consideration 
of  the  same  subject). 

Order  referring  to  a  committee  the  petition  of  Thomas  Freebody,  Rhode 
Island,  with  other  papers,  including  the  original  petition  from  the 
solicitor  for  the  petitioners,  June  26,  1772. 

Petition  of  Thomas  Walpole,  Richard  Walpole  and  others  (including 
Benjamin  Franklin)  praying  for  a  grant  of  land  "  at  the  back  of 
the  settlements  in  Virginia",  July  24,  1769  (the  original  petition), 
with  a  long  representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade  on  the  subject 
(see  1772  (2),  1773  (i),  1774  (i)  and  Va.  Mag.,  XII.  159-161). 

1773  (i).  Order  for  the  attorney  and  solicitor  general  to  prepare  a  draught 

of  a  grant  of  lands  in  Ohio  to  Walpole  and  others,  to  be  erected 
into  a  province  and  called  Vandalia,  October  28,  1773. 

Petition  of  the  deputies  of  the  townships  on  the  west  side  of  the  Connec 
ticut  river,  now  within  the  government  of  New  York,  praying  to 
be  reannexed  to  the  government  of  New  Hampshire,  October  16, 
J773  ("nothing  further  to  be  done  upon  this  petition,  the  same 
having  been  desired  to  be  withdrawn  by  Mr  Paul  Wentworth,  the 
agent  for  the  petitioner  ",  September,  1775). 

Letter  from  Gov.  Tryon  regarding  his  quarrel  with  Secretary  George 
Clarke  (many  papers). 


Miscellanea.  185 

Petition  of  Uncas  and  the  Mohegan  Indians,  by  John  Mason,  praying 
for  a  grant  of  land  from  the  falls  of  the  Ohio  to  the  entrance  to  the 
Mississippi,   offering  to  remove  the  tribe   thither    (an   unsigned 
original),  March  15,  1773. 
Petition  of  Maj.  Robert  Rogers  for  a  grant  of  land,  June  14,  1773. 

1774  (i).  List  of  council  business. 

Memorial  of  Walpole  and  others  praying  that  the  establishment  of  the 
government  of  the  new  colony  of  Vandalia  may  be  no  longer 
delayed  and  that  the  grant  of  lands  on  the  Ohio  agreed  for  by  the 
memorialists  may  be  expedited,  August  8,  1774  (long  and  import 
ant  paper,  probably  an  original). 

1774  (2) .  Report  of  committee  on  the  boundary  line  between  Massachusetts 
and  New  York,  February  2,  1774. 

1774  (3).  Papers  relating  to  the  Boston  riots,  including  seventeen  deposi 
tions  taken  before  the  Privy  Council    (valuable),   February   19, 

1774- 

Report  of  committee  on  petition  of  the  House  of  Representatives  in  Massa 
chusetts,  complaining  of  the  conduct  of  the  governor  and  lieutenant 
governor  and  praying  that  they  might  be  removed  from  their  posts, 
February  7,  1774. 

Petition  of  the  proprietors  of  Pennsylvania  against  the  intrusion  of  Con 
necticut,  August  19,  1774. 

Id.,  praying  to  have  persons  appointed  to  set  out  the  northern  and  western 
limits  of  Pennsylvania  (original),  March  27,  1774. 

MISCELLANEA. 
PRECEDENT  BOOK. 

This  volume  of  precedents  and  precedent  forms  contains  a  collection  of 
entries  made  by  Mr.  Harrison,  Senior  Clerk  of  the  Privy  Council  Office,  and 
is  kept  by  him  in  his  room.  It  may  be  inspected  on  application  to  him.  The 
list  of  precedents  does  not  pretend  to  be  complete.  The  following  items 
are  of  interest  for  students  of  colonial  history. 
List  of  Precedents. 

Complaints  from  and  against  judges,  etc.,  in  the  plantations,  1737-1815. 
Proceedings  in  Council  upon  divers  complaints  against  governors  in  the 

plantations,  1704-1764. 
Precedent  Forms. 

For   summoning  individual   members   of  committees   of  the   Council, 

such  as  committees  for  plantation  affairs  and  for  hearing  appeals 

from  the  plantations,  stating  in  each  summons  the  object  of  the 

meeting,  1770. 

For  serving  notice  on  parties  concerned  in  a  particular  case,  such  as 

"  appeal  of  Mohegan  Indians  ". 
For  postponing  meeting  of  the  same  committees. 
Of  prosecution  issued  against  rioters;  of  proclamation  issued  for  the 

suppression  of  riots. 

For  appointment  of  councillors  in  the  plantations,  1781. 
For  approval  of  colonial  acts,  1771. 

For  bond  to  be  given  when  any  party  prays  to  be  heard  against  a  rep 
resentation  of  the  Board  of  Trade. 


186  Privy  Council  Office. 

Extracts  of  reports  on  complaints  of  governors  in  the  plantations. 

Instances  in  which  public  bills  passed  in  the  plantations  have  been  con 
tested  before  the  Privy  Council. 

Various  papers  relating  to  embargoes,  1778-1779,  including  dates  of 
orders  laying  general  embargoes,  April  15,  1689,  to  December, 
1795,  directed  to  the  Lord  High  Admiral  and  the  Lord  High 
Treasurer. 

MISCELLANEOUS  VOLUMES  IN  THE  BOARD  ROOM  OF  THE  PRIVY  COUNCIL. 

Irish  Affairs.  Minutes  and  entries  of  the  Committee  for  Ireland,  February 
14,  i688-September  25,  1691. 

Admiralty  and  Naval  Affairs.  Extracts  from  the  Privy  Council  Register, 
May  31,  i66o-March  27,  1674. 

Account  Book  of  Fees  received,  including  many  entries  relating  to  the  colo 
nies,  chiefly  the  West  Indies,  1778-1783. 

Privy  Council  Papers,  1702,  similar  to  those  in  the  unbound  packets. 

The  English  Pilot,  the  Fourth  Book,  describing  the  West  India  Navigation 
from  Hudson's  Bay  to  the  River  Amazones  ....  also  a  New 
Description  of  Newfoundland,  New  England,  New  York,  East  and 
West  Jersey,  Delaware  Bay,  Virginia,  Maryland,  and  Carolina, 
(London,  MDCCLX). 

(A  printed  work,  filled  with  maps  and  charts  of  the  coasts  of  North  America. 
Valuable.  See  P.  R.  O.  C.  O.,  B.  T.  Books  of  Maps  (old  reference). 

Proclamations  in  eight  large  volumes  covering  the  period  from  1613  to  1819, 

as  follows : 

I.  King  James,  vol.  II.     1613-1624. 
II.  Charles  I.     1625-1629. 

III.  Charles  I.    1625-1645. 

(This  large  volume  includes  a  very  fine  series  of  proclamations  relating  to 
the  plantations,  all  but  ten  of  which  are  in  vol.  II.  At  the  beginning 
of  the  volume  is  a  manuscript  list  of  the  contents.) 

IV.  Charles  II.     February,  i664~March,  1684. 
V.  James,  William  and  Mary.    1684-1697. 

VI.  William  and  Anne.    1686-1714. 
VII.  George    II.     1714-1758. 
VIII.  George  III.     1760-1819. 

(Outside  of  the  Privy  Council  Office  copies  of  Royal  Proclamations  may 
be  found  in  the  Public  Record  Office  (S.  P.  Dom.  James  /.,  73,  187; 
Charles  I.,  541 ;  Proclamations,  1-8,  i627-George  III.)  ;  Queen's  College, 
Oxford;  British  Museum;  Society  of  Antiquaries,  Collection  of  Broad 
sides;  Private  Collections:  Earl  of  Crawford  (see  Crawford,  List  of 
Proclamations,  "  Bibliotheca  Lindesiana  ")  ;  Earl  De  La  Warr  (Collection 
Lord  Sackville,  Knole  Park,  Kent).  For  the  procedure  followed  in  issu 
ing  a  proclamation  see  Scargill-Bird,  Guide  to  the  Public  Records,  third 
ed.,  p.  84.  A  volume  containing  reprints  of  all  proclamations  relating  to 
the  colonies  is  in  preparation  under  the  auspices  of  the  American  Anti 
quarian  Society.  The  original  proclamations  will  be  found  in  the  Privy 
Seal  and  Signed  Bill  bundles  in  the  Public  Record  Office.) 

Plantation  Registers.  This  series  of  thirteen  volumes  of  entry  books  covers 
the  period  from  1677  to  1784.  The  volumes  contain  entries  of  a 
great  variety  of  documents,  chiefly  of  a  legal  or  official  character. 
In  many  cases,  particularly  of  colonial  acts — Jamaica,  Barbadoes, 


Miscellanea.  18  7 

Virginia,  Antigua,  Montserrat,  Nevis,  Leeward  Islands,  etc. — 
of  governor's  commissions  and  instructions,  and  of  colonial  chart 
ers,  the  entries  are  duplicates  of  documents  found  elsewhere.  But 
a  very  large  number  of  the  entries  are  of  documents  that  are  no 
longer  in  existence  and  the  entries  have,  therefore,  all  the  value  of 
original  material.  Furthermore,  the  entries  of  colonial  acts  furnish 
considerable  information  regarding  the  procedure  followed  before 
the  Privy  Council  or  in  the  preparation  of  acts  for  a  given  colony 
by  the  Council  committee  and  on  that  account  are  of  value  to  the 
student  of  colonial  legislation. 

The  documents,  of  which  copies  are  entered  in  these  volumes,  con 
sist  of  colonial  acts,  public  and  private,  and  forms  of  confirmation ; 
charters;  commissions,  instructions,  additional  instructions,  trade 
instructions,  circular  instructions,  orders,  letters,  etc.,  issued  to  the 
colonial  governors;  commissions  of  enquiry  and  review,  commis 
sions  to  colonial  officials  of  rank  below  that  of  governor,  and  other 
commissions  in  great  variety ;  orders  of  and  in  council ;  surrenders, 
as  of  the  Carolinas  and  the  Jersies ;  royal  warrants  for  councillors, 
for  leaves  of  absence,  and  warrants  for  the  issue  of  letters  patent 
under  the  Great  Seal,  letters  of  marque,  grants  and  surrenders  of 
land,  etc.  Except  for  volume  eleven  the  books  are  well  indexed. 
I.  February  15,  1677- August,  1700. 
II.  October  22,  1700- August  24,  1702. 

III.  August  24,  i7O2-August  18,  1708. 

IV.  December  25,  i7O9-December  21,  1718. 
V.  May  19,  i72O-July  20,  1725. 

VI.  April  18,  1728-December  14,  1732. 
VII.  May  18,  1732-January  23,  1737. 
VIII.  February  15,  1738- July  30,  1741. 
IX.  February  2,  I74i-March  29,  1750. 
X.  April  11,  1 750- June  21,  1754. 
XI.  August  6,  i754-May  13,  1755. 
XII.  November  18,  1767-June  14,  1771. 
XIII.  April  5,  1771-January  14,  1784. 

Volume  XL  is  largely  blank  and  contains  no  index.     No  en 
tries  appear  for  the  period  from  1755  to  1767. 


WAR  OFFICE  LIBRARY. 

WHITEHALL,  S.  W. 

In  the  parliamentary  and  reference  library  of  the  War  Office,  Whitehall, 
are  four  small  folio  entry  books,  discovered  by  Messrs.  Hodgson  when 
cataloguing  the  books  from  the  library  of  the  Royal  Military  College,  Sand 
hurst.  These  volumes  contain  manuscript  copies  or  extracts  of  orders, 
returns,  and  capitulations  relating  to  the  Revolutionary  War.  They  are 
not  open  to  public  inspection,  but  by  application  to  the  War  Office  permis 
sion  could  probably  be  obtained  to  examine  them. 

Three  of  the  volumes  are  apparently  in  the  same  handwriting,  the  fourth 
(No.  II.)  is  partly  by  another  hand.  The  books  contain  a  number  of  blank 
pages  at  the  end  of  each.  By  whom  the  copies  were  made  is  uncertain.  A 
Hessian  return  in  the  third  volume  is  stated  to  have  been  made  by  Major 
Mackenzie  of  the  23d  or  Royal  Welsh  Fuziliers  and  the  opening  order  in  the 
first  volume  concerns  that  regiment.  It  is,  therefore,  possible  that  the  books 
were  the  property  of  an  officer  of  that  regiment,  perhaps  of  Major  Macken 
zie  himself,  who  as  deputy  adjutant  under  Sir  Henry  Clinton  would  have 
every  facility  of  obtaining  copies  of  the  returns  and  capitulations. 

I.  M.  H.  334.     Lettered: — "Orders,  America,  from   10  June,   1773  to 
1776."    Contains  extracts  of  orders  given  to  the  British  Army  in  America. 
The  book  ends  January  10,  1776.    Some  of  the  orders  are  duplicates  of  those 
preserved  in  the  Royal  Institution,  calendared  by  the  Historical  Manuscripts 
Commission,  but  others  are  not. 

II.  M.  H.  335.    A  similar  book  lettered  "Rhode  Island,  1776-1779",  and 
containing  extracts  of  orders  given  by  the  different  British  general  officers 
who  commanded  at  Rhode  Island  from  the  time  of  taking  possession  of  that 
colony  in  December,  1776,  to  the  final  evacuation  in  October,  1779.     The 
orders  are  by  Clinton,  Lord  Percy,  and  Brig.-Gen.  Smith.    The  volume  ends 
at  January  6,  1778. 

III.  M.  H.  336.     Lettered: — "Returns,  America,   1776-1783."     Among 
the  items  are  the  following : 

State  of  the  corps  under  the  command  of  Ma j. -Gen.  Howe  as  embarked  at 
Boston,  March  17,  1776. 

Returns  of  accoutrements  lost  on  April  19,  1775. 

Various  returns  or  distributions  of  troops  at  Halifax. 

Distribution  of  the  army  in  America  at  various  dates. 

Return  of  drivers,  horses,  and  wagons  furnished  by  Dalrymple,  October  i- 
December  31,  1780. 

Comparative  view  of  expenditures  in  certain  departments  during  the  com 
mands  of  Howe  and  Clinton. 

Table  of  distances  from  Kingsbridge  to  various  places. 

A  list  of  the  troops  of  Hesse  Cassel  cavalry  and  infantry,  showing  the  reg 
iments,  date  when  raised,  commanders,  numbers,  stations,  (Europe  and 
America) . 

(A  copy  of  this  paper  is  in  the  calendar  of  Hessian  papers  in  the  Library  of 
Congress.) 

^  IV.  M.  H.  337.    A  volume  of  copies  of  capitulations  during  the  Revolu 
tionary  War.     Included  are  St.  Johns,  Saratoga,  Pensacola,  St.  Eustatius, 
Pondicherry,  Minorca,  etc.    At  the  end  are  one  or  two  of  subsequent  date. 
188 


HOUSE  OF  LORDS. 

WESTMINSTER,  S.  W. 

The  House  of  Lords  MSS.  are  accessible  to  any  one  desiring  to  use  them 
for  purposes  of  serious  work.  Application  for  permission  to  examine  them 
should  be  made  to  the  Clerk  of  Parliaments.  There  are  no  fixed  rules  regard 
ing  hours  or  days  available  for  searchers.  In  general  MSS.  may  be  in 
spected  from  ii  a.  m.  to  5  130  p.  m.  except  on  Saturdays,  when,  as  a  rule, 
the  messenger  is  in  attendance  only  in  the  morning.  When  the  House  is  not 
sitting  there  are  likely  to  be  more  difficulties  than  at  other  seasons  in  arrang 
ing  for  a  search.  Comfortable  accommodation  is  provided  in  rooms  in  the 
Parliament  Office,  to  which  a  messenger  will  bring  the  desired  documents 
from  their  place  of  deposit  in  the  Victoria  Tower.  As  a  rule  no  charge  is 
made  for  the  inspection  of  documents  for  historical  purposes. 

The  House  of  Lords  MSS.  were  fortunately  preserved  when,  in  1834, 
the  Houses  of  Parliament  were  destroyed  by  fire.  For  many  years  following 
they  were  stored  in  rooms  on  the  basement  story  of  the  House,  in  confusion 
and  practically  lost.  About  the  time  of  the  creation  of  the  Historical  Manu 
scripts  Commission,  however,  an  historical  scholar  obtained  permission  to 
examine  them  and  recognized  their  great  value.  One  of  the  earliest  of  the 
labors  begun  by  the  Commission  was  the  arrangement  of  the  manuscripts 
in  chronological  order,  the  preparation  of  a  MS.  list  that  would  render  them 
accessible,  and  the  publication  in  the  appendixes  to  its  Reports  of  a  calendar, 
which  gives  the  substance,  or  in  many  cases  the  entire  text,  of  papers  not 
printed  in  full  in  the  Journals. 

The  documents  calendared  by  the  Commission  come  down  to  the  year 
1693  and  are  dealt  with  in  the  various  Reports  as  follows : 

App.  i-io. 
"      106-109. 

"      1-36.    ' 

I.  1-170. 

I. 

I. 

I. 


First            Rej 
Second 

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ix, 

Third 

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xi, 

Fourth 
Fifth 
Sixth 
Seventh 

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x-xi, 

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vii-xiii, 

Eighth 
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viii-x, 
v-viii,      ' 

Eleventh 

Twelfth 

Thirteenth 

Fourteenth 

1-134. 

I-22I. 
I-I82. 
I.    IOI-I74. 
II.    I-I25. 

II.  1-373- 
1-507- 
V.  1-557- 
VI.  1-430. 


VI. 


Since  1900,  the  calendar,  entitled  The  Manuscripts  of  the  House  of  Lords, 
has  been  issued  by  order  of  the  House  but  not  under  the  authority  of  the 
Historical  Manuscripts  Commission.  The  fourth  volume  of  this  new  series 
has  been  recently  published  and  comes  down  to  March  1701/2.  No  arrange 
ments  have  been  made  for  printing  MSS.  of  later  date  than  1714. 

189 


190  House  of  Lords. 

The  character  of  the  House  of  Lords  MSS.  may  be  most  readily  indicated 
by  means  of  a  classification  in  which  they  are  grouped  according-  to  their 
origin.  Two  main  groups  may  be  distinguished,  those  that  originated  within 
Parliament  and  those  that  are  not  of  Parliamentary  origin.  The  former 
group  consists  of  documents  emanating  from  the  House  as  a  whole,  or  from 
the  Lords  and  Commons  jointly,  from  a  select  committee  of  the  Lords  or 
from  joint  committees  of  Lords  and  Commons.  Among  the  MSS.  in  this 
group  are  the  records  of  the  proceedings  of  the  House  and  of  its  committees. 
The  proceedings  are  in  part  entered  in  the  printed  Journals  but  the  informa 
tion  contained  therein  is  supplemented  by  a  number  of  MS.  volumes,  the 
most  important  series  of  which,  known  as  "  MS.  Minutes  ",  contains  rough 
minutes  of  the  procedings  of  the  House  kept  by  one  of  the  clerks  of  the 
Table.  Among  the  valuable  classes  of  entries  found  here  are  particulars  of 
proceedings  when  the  House  was  put  in  committee  of  the  Whole  House  and 
proceedings  in  appeals.  Notes  of  debates,  evidence,  opinions  of  judges  and 
legal  assistants,  and  the  numbers  of  those  voting  for  or  against  measures  are 
included.  A  second  series  of  MS.  volumes  contains  minutes  of  the  proceed 
ings  of  select  committees;  the  third,  minutes  of  the  proceedings  of  joint 
committees  of  Lords  and  Commons.  A  more  precise  idea  of  the  character 
of  these  manuscript  books  may  be  obtained  from  the  extracts  printed  in  the 
calendar. 

Besides  these  volumes  many  classes  of  separate  documents  belong  to  this 
group,  such  as  bills,  reports  of  committees,  depositions  of  witnesses,  etc.; 
drafts  of  amendments,  resolutions,  motions,  orders,  reports  of  committees, 
etc.,  are  also  preserved.  Bills  that  became  Acts  were  first  enrolled  sepa 
rately  in  the  time  of  Henry  VII.  and  were  engrossed  on  parchment.  The 
"  Parchment  Collection  ",  however,  to  which  reference  is  made  in  The  Manu 
scripts  of  the  House  of  Lords,  does  not  refer  to  the  enrolled  acts,  but  to 
a  collection  of  documents  engrossed  on  parchment,  such  as  bills  which  passed 
either  the  House  of  Lords  or  the  House  of  Commons  but  did  not  become 
acts  of  Parliament,  prorogation  writs,  lists  of  the  peers,  etc.,  etc.  A  MS. 
list  is  accessible  of  the  acts  both  public  and  private,  numbered  consecutively 
for  each  regnal  year,  in  the  order  in  which  they  are  kept  in  the  Victoria 
Tower.  While  the  public  acts  for  the  period  dealt  with  in  this  report  have 
been  printed,  many  of  the  private  acts  have  not.1  Manuscript  copies  of  many 
private  acts,  taken  from  the  originals  in  the  House  of  Lords,  may  be  con 
sulted  in  the  Newspaper  Room  of  the  British  Museum.  Among  these  are 
copies  of  private  acts  to  make  various  prize  ships  free,  of  which  some  throw 
light  on  American  trade.*  Bills  that  failed  to  become  acts  are  also  preserved 
among  the  papers  in  the  Victoria  Tower.  In  so  far  as  they  fall  within  the 
period  covered  by  The  Manuscripts  of  the  House  of  Lords,  they  are  printed 
therein. 

Addresses,  and  many  resolutions,  motions  and  amendments  to  bills,  are 
printed  in  the  Journals,  while,  as  has  been  said,  additional  papers  of  these 
kinds  are  found  in  the  MS.  volumes  of  proceedings. 

^  *  A  set  of  public  acts,  complete  for  the  colonial  period  except  for  the  years  of  the 
Commonwealth,  is  accessible  in  the  British  Museum  Newspaper  Reading  Room.  A 
collection  of  the  acts  relating  to  America  is  being  prepared  by  Professor  William  Mac- 
Donald  of  Brown  University. 

*An  index,  which  will  contain  a  list  of  the  private  acts  from  the  earliest  times  to 
1800,  is  being  compiled  by  Mr.  Butler,  assistant  librarian  to  the  House  of  Lords  and 
editor  of  the  Statutes,  and  will  be  published  by  the  government. 


Introduction.  191 

The  documents  originating  outside  the  House  may  be  divided  into  two 
classes:  (i)  those  delivered  to  the  House  without  being  ordered  and  (2) 
those  ordered  by  the  House.  The  first  group  includes  royal  speeches  and 
messages,  printed  in  full  in  the  Journals ;  copies  of  treaties  and  other  papers 
of  special  importance,  usually  copies,  which  the  sovereign  desired  to  bring  to 
the  attention  of  the  House,  e.  g.,  the  numerous  papers  relating  to  the  Stamp 
Act  disturbances  (L.  J.  XXXI.  235  ff.).  The  originals  of  many  of  these 
papers  are  doubtless  in  the  Public  Record  Office.  In  the  same  group  are  the 
petitions  and  memorials — original  documents  of  much  value  as  throwing 
light  on  current  opinion  on  economic  and  political  events  and  as  giving  the 
names  of  leading  merchants  and  others  directly  or  indirectly  interested  in 
American  affairs.  Still  other  papers  were  prepared  in  accordance  with 
statutory  requirement  and  sent  to  the  Lords  without  order  from  them,  e.  g. 
the  reports  on  the  state  of  the  African  Company's  forts. 

The  papers  delivered  as  the  result  of  an  order  or  address  came  mostly 
from  the  various  departments  of  the  government — the  Admiralty,  Colonial 
Office  (Board  of  Trade),  State,  Treasury  (Commissioners  of  Customs),  and 
War  Office,  and  include  accounts,  letters,  commissions,  instructions,  reports, 
minutes  of  proceedings,  etc.  Many  of  these  papers  are  doubtless  also  to  be 
found  in  the  Public  Record  Office. 

The  subject-matter  of  the  various  papers  precisely  reflects  the  dominant 
interests  of  the  government  at  different  times.  Before  1765,  the  topics 
chiefly  dealt  with  in  relation  to  America  were  the  state  of  trade,  imports  and 
exports  and  such  allied  subjects  as  the  protection  afforded  to  trade  by  cruisers 
and  convoys,  money,  the  African  trade,  the  South  Sea  Company,  depreda 
tions  of  the  Spaniards  and  proceedings  of  the  English  commanders  in  the 
West  Indies.  The  settlement  of  Nova  Scotia  and  the  encroachments  of  the 
French  in  North  America  are  the  theme  of  many  papers.  After  1765  the 
number  of  MSS.  relating  to  America  greatly  increases.  Through  letters  of 
governors,  distributors  of  stamps,  collectors  and  comptrollers  of  customs, 
and  others,  a  vast  amount  of  detailed  information  on  the  disturbances  and 
their  causes  in  the  colonies,  especially  in  Massachusetts,  was  laid  before  the 
House.  After  1775  the  shipment  of  goods  to  America,  the  transport  and 
maintenance  of  troops,  the  state  of  the  army  and  navy,  the  care  of  prisoners 
of  war,  the  steps  taken  by  the  commissioners  for  restoring  peace,  Burgoyne's 
expedition,  foreign  relations,  and  the  operations  and  capture  of  the  army  of 
Cornwallis  were  particularly  considered. 

The  following  list  of  House  of  Lords  papers  relating  to  America  and  dat 
ing  from  1702  (the  year  in  which  the  fourth  volume  of  The  Manuscripts  of 
the  House  of  Lords  ends),  to  1783,  is  based  upon  an  examination  of  docu 
ments  and  bundles  of  documents  referred  to  in  a  MS.  list  accessible  in  the 
offices  of  the  Clerk  of  Parliaments.1  It  has  not  been  possible  to  test  thor 
oughly  the  completeness  of  this  list.  It  refers  with  but  very  few  exceptions 
to  all  the  American  documents  delivered  to  the  House  and  noted  in  the 
printed  Journals;  also  to  a  small  number  of  bills,  and  of  motions,  resolutions 
and  similar  documents  originating  in  the  House  and  entered  in  the  Journals. 
Many  papers,  however,  originating  in  or  delivered  to  committees  are  not 

1  Many  of  the  papers  up  to  the  year  1709  were  out  of  strictly  chronological  order,  in 
process  of  rearrangement  for  editorial  purposes.  This  involved  difficulties  in  discover 
ing  the  specific  papers  desired,  and  the  MS.  list,  which  is  chronological,  was  not  service 
able.  It  is  supposed,  however,  though  it  is  by  no  means  certain,  that  all  of  the  Ameri 
can  papers  were  seen. 

13 


192  House  of  Lords. 

mentioned  in  the  Journals.  Some  of  these  are  noticed  in  the  MS.  list,  but 
in  what  proportion  it  would  not  be  possible  to  assert  without  an  examination 
of  the  references  to  documents  in  the  MS.  minutes  of  proceedings,  or  an 
examination  of  the  entire  body  of  MSS.  which  it  was  not  practicable  to  make. 
The  editors  of  the  calendar  have  found  a  very  few  MSS.  to  whose  existence 
neither  the  Journals  nor  the  MS.  minutes  afforded  a  clue. 

Of  the  American  papers  referred  to  in  the  MS.  list  some  drafts  of  entries 
in  the  Journals — motions,  amendments  to  bills,  addresses  for  papers,  etc., 
have  been  omitted  from  the  ensuing  pages;  and  many  other  addresses  and 
resolutions  printed  in  full  in  the  Journals  but  not  entered  in  the  MS.  list  are 
not  mentioned  here.  In  many  cases  titles  of  documents  given  in  the  Journals 
appear  in  the  following  list,  but  in  other  cases  a  general  description  of  a  series 
of  papers  has  seemed  sufficient  and  the  several  titles  in  the  Journals  are  not 
repeated  here.  As  a  rule  the  leading  date  is  that  under  which  the  documents 
are  entered  in  the  MS.  list,  and  this  is  generally  the  date  on  which  they  were 
delivered  to  the  House. 

In  the  following  pages,  the  abbreviation  L.  J.  signifies  Journals  of  the 
House  of  Lords.  The  pages  of  the  Journals  referred  to  are  those  on  which 
the  document  is  mentioned.  When  the  document  is  printed  in  the  Journals 
in  extenso,  this  is  stated. 

LIST  OF  DOCUMENTS. 

1702,  November  20.  Account  of  state  of  trade  since  last  session  of  Parlia 
ment,  from  Board  of  Trade.  1 
(Ordered  November  7;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XVII.  162,  169.) 

1702,  November  50.  Army  accounts.  List  of  regiments,  garrisons,  etc.  No 
details.  2 

(Ordered  November  27;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XVII.  174.) 

1702,  November  30.  Papers  from  Board  of  Trade. 

Extract  of  report  from  Board  of  Trade  to  House  of  Commons  concerning 
trade  and  courts  of  justice  in  plantations,  setting  forth  some  of  the 
chief  irregularities  and  abuses  in  the  colonies  under  proprietary  and 
charter  governments.  April  23,  1701. 

Id.  of  report  from  Board  of  Trade  to  House  of  Lords,  relating  to  irregu 
larities  in  proprietary  colonies. 
(Delivered  February  16,  1702.    L.  J.  XVII.  36.) 

Id.  of  a  representation  from  Board  of  Trade  to  his  late  Majesty  upon 
letters  from  the  Earl  of  Bellomont,  relating  to  irregularities  in 
Rhode  Island,  dated  April  8,  1700;  together  with  copy  of  governor 
of  Rhode  Island's  (Cranston's)  speech  to  the  general  assembly, 
August  21,  1699. 

Id.  of  a  representation  from  Board  of  Trade  to  her  Majesty,  upon  letters 
from  Col.  Dudley  relating  to  irregularities  in  Rhode  Island.  Nov 
ember  24,  1702. 

Several  papers  relating  to  irregularities  in  Pennsylvania. 

Irregularities  in  Newfoundland  trade  and  fishery.  3 

1703,  December  21.  Account  of  state  of  trade  since  last  session,  from  Board 

of  Trade.  Contains  many  particulars  regarding  colonies;  Penn's 
proposals  to  Board  of  Trade  about  the  surrender  of  Pennsylvania ; 
state  of  defence  in  colonies ;  convoys ;  governors'  salaries ;  naval 


House  of  Lords.  193 

stores ;  rates  of  coin ;  scheme  for  establishing  packet  boats  between 
England  and  colonies ;  Newfoundland  fisheries,  etc.  4 

(Ordered  November  22;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XVII.  337,  357.  Printed 
in  the  Bulletin  of  the  New  York  Public  Library,  XI.  469-497,  October, 
1907.) 

1704,  January  4.  Address  of  Irish  House  of  Commons  to  House  of  Lords 
asking  liberty  to  export  linen  cloth  made  in  Ireland  directly  to  plan 
tations.  5 
(L.  J.  XVII.  360-361.  In  extenso.) 

1704,  January  18.  Report  of  judges  on  laws  relating  to  exporting  goods 
from  Ireland  to  the  plantations,  etc.  6 

(Ordered  January  4;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XVII.  360,  375.) 

1704,  January  24,  et  post.  Papers  read  relative  to  no.  5. 

Report  of  Board  of  Trade  upon  an  order  of  Council  of  the  I7th  instant, 
relating  to  exportation  of  linen  from  Ireland  to  the  plantations. 
December  23,  1703. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Commissioners  of  Customs  to  attorney-general  relat 
ing  to  same.  January  25,  1704. 

Account  of  East  Country,  Germany  and  Holland  linens  exported  from 
England  to  the  plantations,  Christmas  1700 — Christmas  1702.  7 

1704,  February  8.  Admiralty  papers.  List  of  H.  M.'s  ships  in  sea  service, 
November  i,  1703,  with  their  complements  of  men  and  how  they 
were  employed.  8 

(Ordered  February  i;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XVII.  391,  398.) 

1704,  February  8.  Admiralty  papers.  Vice-Adm.  Greydon's  orders  and  in 
structions  from  the  Admiralty;  with  numbers  of  ships,  rates  and 
complements  under  his  command,  on  his  expedition  to  West 
Indies.  Titles  in  L.  J.  9 

(Ordered  February  i ;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XVII.  391,  399.) 

1704,  February,  March.  Papers  relating  to  Vice-Adm.  Greydon's  expedition 
to  West  Indies,  including  petition  of  merchants  in  Jamaica  to  queen 
praying  for  men-of-war  and  troops  to  defend  island  against  threat 
ened  attack  by  French  and  Spaniards ;  extracts  and  copies  of  several 
letters  from  Jamaica  complaining  against  Greydon  for  not  attack 
ing  French  men-of-war;  for  his  impressment  of  men  at  Jamaica 
and  ill-treatment  of  masters  of  ships  under  his  convoy ;  and  depo 
sitions  of  witnesses  for  Jamaica  merchants  and  for  Greydon.  10 
(Depositions  are  included  in  no.  15.) 

1704,  March  p.  Mr.  Mason's  papers  relating  to  injury  to  trade  from  French 
privateers.  One  paper  is  a  list  of  vessels  taken  by  the  French  with 
names  of  commanders,  ports  where  they  belonged,  ports  to  which 
or  from  which  bound,  date  when  taken,  tonnage,  men  and  guns. 
Many  of  the  vessels  either  belonged  in  American  ports  or  were 
sailing  from  or  to  American  ports.  11 

1704,  March  9.  Account  of  French  ships-of-war  in  West  Indies  since  Octo 
ber,  1703.  States  that  ships  may  be  designed  to  take  Jamaica  or 
"  to  secure  home  the  produce  of  that  unlimited  rich  trade  they  now 
enjoy  in  the  Spanish  West  Indies  uninterrupted  ".  12 

1704,  March  17.  Report  of  committee  appointed  to  consider  nos.  5  and  6.  13 
(L.  J.  XVII.  485-487.  In  extenso.) 


194  House  of  Lords. 

1704,  March  -?j.  Address  of  committee  appointed  to  consider  nos.  5  and  6. 

14 
(L.  J.  XVII.  507.  In  extenso.  Answered  March  27.  Ibid.  535.) 

1704,  March  23.  Report  of  committee  on  Admiralty  papers.  Vice-Adm. 
Grey  don's  expedition,  etc.  15 

(L.  J.  XVII.  507-511.  In  extenso.) 

1704,  March  29.  Address  concerning  Vice-Adm.  Greydon's  expedition  to 
West  Indies  and  other  matters.  16 

(L.  J.  XVII.  550-554.  In  extenso.  Answered  March  31.  Ibid.  557.) 

1704,  June  18.  Proclamation  for  settling  and  ascertaining  current  rates  of 
foreign  coins  in  American  colonies.  17 

1704,  November  50.  Account  of  state  of  trade  from  Board  of  Trade.  Deals 
with  relations  of  plantations  with  Ireland  and  Spanish  trade ;  rates 
of  coin;  prizes  and  admiralty  courts  in  plantations;  piracy;  naval 
stores ;  account  of  number  of  ships,  their  burden,  guns  and  lading 
cleared  from  Virginia  and  Maryland  from  July,  1703,  to  May, 
1704;  laws;  reports  on  conditions  in  each  colony,  with  detailed 
account  of  trade  and  shipping  of  Jamaica  and  Barbadoes;  also 
queen's  proclamation  (no.  17);  proposal  by  Col.  William  Part 
ridge  touching  supplying  her  Majesty  with  tar  from  New  England ; 
act  of  general  assembly  of  Rhode  Island  and  Providence  Planta 
tions  for  an  admiralty  court,  1694.  18 
(Ordered  October  31 ;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XVII.  570,  587.) 

1704,  November  50.  Account  of  what  number  of  ships  and  of  what  rates  have 
been  employed  as  cruisers  and  convoys  for  protecting  the  trade, 
and  in  what  stations  and  for  how  long  upon  each  station,  from  the 
first  of  January  last  to  the  first  day  of  this  instant  November.  As 
also  what  ships  have  been  within  that  time  employed  for  defence 
of  the  plantations,  annoying  the  enemy  and  security  of  the  trade 
in  those  seas,  etc.  19 

(An  Admiralty  paper  prepared  in  pursuance  of  an  order  from  the  special 
committee,  which  was  appointed  November  14,  1704,  and  reported  January 
18,  1705.  L.  J.  XVII.  578-579;  622-625.) 

1706,  January  23.  Petition  of  John  Lesley  and  Thomas  Maxwel,  members 
of  the  late  assembly  of  Barbadoes,  and  of  John  Kirton,  in  behalf  of 
themselves  and  of  many  other  inhabitants  of  said  island  against  the 
oppressions  of  Sir  Beville  Granville,  governor  of  the  island.  20 
(Read  and  committed  this  day.  L.  J.  XVIII.  74.) 

1706,  January  25.  Particulars  of  the  several  grievances  mentioned  in  above 
petition,  no.  20.  21 

1706,  February  7.  Petition  of  agents  for  Barbadoes  relative  to  no.  20,  with 
annexed  order  of  Council  of  July  20,  1705,  in  which  her  Majesty 
approves  proceedings  of  governor  of  Barbadoes.  22 

(Read  this  day  and  referred  to  committee  on  no.  20.  L.  J.  XVIII.  91.) 

1706,  February  8.  Deposition  of  Edward  Cordwent  as  to  what  money  he 
gave  to  the  governor  of  Barbadoes  or  to  any  other  person  to  his 
use  for  stopping  the  convoy  to  the  merchants.  23 

1706,  February  jj.  Answer  of  John  Kirton  to  no.  22.  24 

1706,  February  15.  Answers  of  William  Cleland  and  Mel  Holder,  agents  for 
Barbadoes,  to  a  question  given  them  in  committee  on  the  I3th  in- 


House  of  Lords.  195 

stant,  viz. :  What  money  has  been  remitted  to  you  from  Barbadoes 
since  the  complaints  to  her  Majesty  of  the  governor  of  that  island, 
and  how  have  you  disposed  of  it?  25 

1706,  February  20.  Bill  *  to  make  free  the  ship  L'Amazone,  taken  and  con 
demned  as  prize  and  sold  in  Barbadoes.  26 

(From  House  of  Commons,  February  19;  royal  assent,  March  19.  L.  T. 
XVIII.  112,  164.) 

1706,  February  28.  Petition  of  Joseph  Boone,  merchant,  on  behalf  of  himself 

and  many  other  inhabitants  of  Carolina,  and  of  several  merchants 

of  London  trading  to  Carolina  and  neighboring  colonies.  27 

(Read  this  day.    L.  J.  XVIII.  130.) 

1706,  March  2.  Charles  II.'s  grant  of  the  province  of  Carolina,  and  two  acts 

of  assembly  passed  there : 

Act  for  the  establishment  of  religious  worship,  etc. 
Id.  for  more  effectual  preservation  of  the  government,  etc.  28 

(Delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XVIII.  134.  These  papers  were  not  found.  The 
proceedings  in  the  case  are  recorded  in  the  MS.  minutes.) 

1706,  March  5.  Petition  from  Lord  Craven,  asking  that  hearing  of  Boone's 
petition  (no.  27)  be  deferred.  29 

(Read  this  day.  L.  J.  XVIII.  138.) 

1706,  March  p.  Arguments  of  counsel  for  proprietors  of  Carolina.  30 

(Heard  this  day.  L.  J.  XVIII.  143.) 

1706,  March  12.  Petition  of  John  Graves  relating  to  Bahama  Islands  and 

memorial  relating  thereto.  Shows  why  the  islands  should  be  valued 
but  says  they  are  ruined  because  they  have  never  received  assistance 
from  the  lords  proprietors.  31 

(Read  and  committed  this  day.    L.  J.  XVIII.  152.) 

1707,  November  ip.  Petition   of   merchants   on   behalf   of   themselves   and 

others,  traders  of  the  city  of  London,  praying  for  remedy  against 
losses  through  ill-timing  of  convoys  and  want  of  cruisers.  32 

(Read  and  referred  to  House  in  committee  to  consider  state  of  fleet  and 
trade,  who  reported.  Two  special  committees  appointed,  one  to  consider 
above  petition  and  hear  petitioners,  the  other  to  receive  proposals  for 
encouraging  privateers  in  West  Indies.  L.  J.  XVIII.  341-343.) 

1707,  November  22.  Answer  of  Board  of  Trade  to  order  of  committee  ap 
pointed  to  consider  petition  of  merchants,  complaining  of  losses 
through  ill-timing  of  convoys,  etc.  (no.  32),  containing  copies  and 
extracts  of  various  papers  complaining  against  Commodore  Kerr 
(Jamaica),  etc.  33 

1707,  November  23.  Proposals  for  encouragement  of  privateers  in  West 
Indies.  34 

1707,  November  26.  Thomas  Wood's  complaint  against  Commodore  Kerr 
for  not  convoying  ship  engaged  in  West  India  trade.  35 

1707,  November  28.  Account  of  state  of  trade  from  Board  of  Trade.  36 
(Delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XVIII.  348.  This  paper  was  not  found.) 

1707,  November  28-December.  Depositions,  representations,  accounts  and 
other  papers  relating  to  ill-timing  of  convoys,  want  of  cruisers  and 

1  The  complete  listing  of  bills  of  this  character  has  not  been  attempted.     Cf.  above, 
p.  190. 


196  House  of  Lords. 

loss  of  ships  engaged  in  plantation  trade,  laid  before  committee  on 
merchants'  petition,  no.  32.  37 

(Many  of  these  are  printed  in  report  of  committee,  no.  40.) 

1707,  December  4.  Merchants'  papers  relating  to  privateers  in  West  In 
dies.  38 

1707,  December  15.  Report  of  committee  for  encouraging  privateers  in  West 
Indies.  39 

(L.  J.  XVIII.  361-362.  In  extenso.) 

1707,  December  if.  Report  of  committee  on  petition  of  merchants  complain 
ing  of  losses  for  want  of  cruisers.  40 
(L.  J.  XVIII.  366-392.  In  extcnso.  This  MS.  was  not  found.) 

1707,  December  20.  Accounts  from  the  Admiralty  of  ships  and  goods  taken 

from  the  enemy  from  the  beginning  of  the  war  to  December  I, 
1707.     Some  were  brought  to  American  ports.  41 

(Ordered  December  13;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XVIII.  360,  397.) 

1708,  January.  References  and  reports  from  Ordnance  Office  about  stores 

for  New  York,  1703-1706.  42 

1708,  January  i.  Paper  giving  dates  and  titles  of  representations  from  the 
Board  of  Trade  to  her  Majesty  from  1704  to  1707.  43 

1708,  January  5.  Account  of  what  ordnance  stores  have  been  delivered  out 
of  the  Ordnance  Office  for  service  of  the  Leeward  Islands  since 
November,  1704,  and  also  what  was  left  ashore  by  Sir  John  Jen 
nings.  44 
1708,  January  7.  Report  from  committee  appointed  to  examine  a  State  of 
Trade  of  this  kingdom  received  from  Board  of  Trade.  45 
(L.  J.  XVIII.  403.  In  extenso.) 

1708,  January  8.  Report  from  Ordnance  Office  on  the  fortifications  of  New 
York.  46 

1708,  January  8.  Abstract  of  letters  from  and  to  Secretary  of  State  relating 
to  arms  sent  to  Nevis.  47 

1708,  January  8-28.  Papers  by  Commodore  Kerr  relative  to  complaints 
against  him.  48 

1708,  January  10.  Copy  of  papers  from  Board  of  Trade  relating  to  proprie 
tary  and  charter  governments : 

Extract  of  representation  from  Board  of  Trade  to  her  Majesty,  July  10, 
1704,  upon  Col.  Dudley's  letter  of  April  20,  1704,  relating  to  Rhode 
Island's  refusing  assistance  to  Massachusetts. 

Copy  of  report  of  attorney  general  and  solicitor  general  to  his  late  Ma 
jesty  in  1694  relating  to  Pennsylvania  and  mentioned  in  foregoing 
extract. 

Id.  of  order  in  Council  of  August  3,  1704.  Referring  the  foregoing  ex 
tract  to  attorney  and  solicitor  general  for  their  report  to  the  queen. 

Id.  of  report  of  attorney  and  solicitor  general  in  pursuance  of  foregoing 
order. 

Charge  against  proceedings  of  the  charter  government  of  Connecticut. 

Id.  against  proceedings  of  the  charter  government  of  Rhode  Island. 

Copy  of  representation  from  Board  of  Trade  to  her  Majesty,  December 
20,  1705,  upon  Dudley's  letter  of  July  25  relating  to  Connecticut 
and  Rhode  Island. 


House  of  Lords. 

Id.  of  order  in  Council  on  aforesaid  representation,  directing  Board  of 

Trade  to  lay  before  the  queen  the  misfeasance  of  the  proprieties. 
Id.  of  representation  from  Board  of  Trade  to  her  Majesty,  January  10, 
1706,  touching  the  misfeasance  of  the  proprietary  and  charter  gov 
ernments. 

Id.  of  queen's  order  in  Council  of  February  7,  1706,  directing  said  rep 
resentation  to  be  lodged  with  Secretary  of  State  Hedges. 
Id.  of  letter  from  Sec.  Hedges  to  Board  of  Trade  enclosing  draft  of  bill 

relating  to  the  proprietary  governments.    February  8,  1706. 
Id.  of  letter  from  Board  of  Trade  to  Sec.  Hedges  returning  draft  of  bill 
relating  to  proprietary  and  charter  governments  in  America  with 
some  amendments.     February  19,  1706.  49 

1708,  January  16.  Accounts  relating  to  forces  in  Leeward  Islands,  Jamaica 
and  New  York.  50 

1708,  January  10.  Computation  by  Sir  Isaac  Newton,  master-worker  of  the 
mint,  according  to  which  all  foreign  coins  may  pass  in  the  planta 
tions  in  proportion  to  the  rate  limited  in  her  Majesty's  proclama 
tion  for  pieces  of  eight  of  Seville,  Mexico  and  pillar.  51 

1708,  January  ip.  Papers  relating  to  petition  of  merchants,  etc.,  trading  to 
American  plantations  for  fortifying  Crookhaven  in  the  west  of 
Ireland.  52 

1708,  January  20.  Letter  from  William  Lowndes,  Whitehall,  Treasury 
Chambers,  to  Earl  of  Sunderland,  on  application  of  four  and  a  half 
per  cent,  duty  in  Barbadoes.  53 

1708,  January  21.  Account  of  money  arisen  by  four  and  a  half  per  cent, 
duty  from  March  8,  1702,  until  Michaelmas,  1707,  and  of  application 
thereof;  also  an  account  of  stores  sent  from  Ordnance  Office  to 
Barbadoes  and  the  Leeward  Islands.  54 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XVIII.  432.) 

1708,  January  27.  Memorial  from  Micajah  Perry  and  others  to  committee 
to  consider  bill  of  settling  the  coin  in  the  plantations.  55 

(This  bill  6  Anne  was  reported  from  the  Lords  Committees  and  read  first 
time  February  27;  royal  assent,  April  i.    L.  J.  XVIII.  486,  566.) 

1708,  January  27.  Memorial  of  Samuel  Sandford  and  others  to  committee 
for  inspecting  into,  in  order  for  settling  and  ascertaining,  the  cur 
rent  rates  of  foreign  coins  in  American  plantations.  56 

1708,  January  29.  Depositions  and  other  papers  relative  to  convoys,  includ 
ing  those  to  Virginia,  West  Indies,  etc.  Also  list  of  ships  taken  in 
channel  soundings,  etc.,  since  December  I  last  with  names  of  ships 
and  of  masters,  whence  or  whither  bound  and  their  value.  Some 
were  sailing  from  or  to  Jamaica,  Virginia,  etc.  57 

1708,  February  2.  Answer  of  Admiralty  to  order  of  committee  of  January 
20.  Includes  list  stating  ships  lost  and  in  what  manner;  many  ref 
erences  to  ships  taken  or  destroyed  in  American  waters.  58 

1708,  February  2.  Copy  of  Lord  High  Admiral's  orders  to  Sir  Thomas 
Hardy  relating  to  convoys.  Includes  reference  to  American  con 
voys.  59 

1708,  February  5.  Account  of  time  when  ships  cruising  in  the  Soundings 
did  sail,  how  long  they  continued  cruising  and  the  reasons  of  their 
coming  off.  Contains  such  entries  as  "  brought  in  some  Virginia 
ships  which  he  found  at  sea  separated  from  their  convoys  ",  etc.  60 


198  House  of  Lords. 

1708,  February  17.  Second  report  from  committee  on  merchants'  petition 
complaining  of  losses  for  want  of  cruisers,  etc.  Cf.  nos.  32,  33,  37, 
40.  61 

(L.  J.  XVIII.  466-472.  In  extenso.) 

1708,  March  20.  Petition  of  East  India  Company  against  some  clauses  of 
bill  for  encouragement  of  the  trade  to  America.  62 

(Read  this  day.  L.  J.  XVIII.  545.  This  bill  6  Anne  was  brought  from 
House  of  Commons,  March  19,  1708;  royal  assent,  April  i.  L.  J.  XVIII. 
543,  566.) 

1708,  March  22.  Petition  of  Hudson's  Bay  Company  against  bill  for  en 
couragement  of  the  trade  to  America.  63 
(Read  this  day.  L.  J.  XVIII.  547.  Cf.  no.  62.) 

1711,  January  22.  Estimate  from  War  Office  of  all  the  forces  in  her  Ma 
jesty's  pay  for  1707.  64 
(Ordered  January  15;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XIX.  194,  199.) 

1711,  March  22.  Answer  of  the  Board  of  Trade  to  an  order  of  the  Lords  of 
the  1 7th  instant  requiring  an  account  of  what  has  been  done  pur 
suant  to  the  late  act  of  Parliament  for  encouraging  importation  of 
naval  stores  from  American  plantations.  65 

(Ordered  March  17;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XIX.  259,  264.) 

1711,  June  5.  Petition  of  merchants  trading  to  America  relative  to  prize- 
goods  bill  (bill  for  the  encouragement  of  the  trade  to  America).  66 

(Read  this  day.  L.  J.  XIX.  319.  This  bill  10  Anne  was  brought  from 
House  of  Commons,  June  5;  royal  assent,  June  12.  L.  J.  XIX.  319,  322.) 

1711,  June  12.  Report  of  Commissioners  of  Customs  on  draft  of  bill  for 
encouragement  of  the  trade  to  America.  67 

(Ordered  June  9;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XIX.  321-322.    In  extenso.) 
1713,  May  28.  Papers  from  Board  of  Trade  relating  to  treaties  of  commerce 
with  France  and  the  Barrier  treaties. 

Letter  from  Mr.  Tucker,  by  order  of  Sec.  Trumbull,  to  inquire  about  the 
readiness  of  the  merchant  ships  designed  for  Barbadoes,  Jamaica 
and  the  Leeward  Islands ;  and  to  consider  matters  fit  for  a  treaty  of 
commerce  between  England  and  France.  January  4,  1697. 

Copy  of  a  memorial  from  several  merchants  concerned  in  the  tobacco 
trade;  proposing  that,  by  a  treaty  with  France,  tobacco  may  be 
allowed  to  be  imported  into  that  kingdom  under  an  easy  duty, 
without  farm  or  monopoly.  May  23,  1709. 

Memorial  from  Mr.  Harris,  about  the  French  settlements  at  Hispaniola, 
etc.,  and  the  ill  consequences  to  Jamaica.  May  27,  1709. 

Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth;  enclosing  two  memorials  of  the 
merchants  trading  to  Turkey  and  Hudson's  Bay,  and  desiring  to 
know  what  is  proper  to  be  offered  at  a  treaty  of  peace,  in  relation  to 
those  trades.  December  21,  1711, 

Petition  of  the  governor  and  company  of  adventurers  of  England,  trading 
into  Hudson's  Bay,  to  her  Majesty;  praying,  "That,  at  a  Treaty 
of  Peace,  the  French  may  be  obliged  to  renounce  all  right  to  the 
said  Bay."  December  22,  1711. 

Memorial  from  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company,  containing  what  they  desire 
may  be  stipulated  for  them  at  the  ensuing  Treaty  of  Peace.  Feb 
ruary  8,  1712, 


House  of  Lords.  199 

Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  on  the  petition 
of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company;  containing  what  they  desire  may 
be  stipulated  for  them  at  the  ensuing  Treaty  of  Peace.  February 
25,  1712. 

Memorial  from  several  West  India  merchants  and  planters,  relating  to  a 
treaty  of  commerce  with  France.  January  9,  1713.  68 

(Ordered  May  19;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XIX.  543,  549-552.  A  com 
plete  list  of  these  papers  is  printed  in  the  Journals.  Only  those  that  more 
directly  relate  to  America  are  noted  here.) 

1713,  June  4.  Copies  of  minutes  of  all  proceedings  of  the  Board  of  Trade 
from  May  9,  1712,  to  July  24  following,  inclusive.  69 

(Ordered  June  2;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XIX.  557,  561.) 

1713,  June  15.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade  relating  to  the 
general  state  of  the  trade  of  this  kingdom.  December  23,  1697.  70 
(Ordered  June  10;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XIX.  571,  575.) 

1713,  June  17.  Petition  of  Royal  African  Company  and  of  their  creditors 
united  in  pursuance  of  an  act  passed  the  last  session  of  Parliament 
that  they  may  be  heard  against  the  bill  for  establishing  the  trade  to 
Africa  free  and  open  to  all  her  Majesty's  subjects  of  Great  Britain 
and  the  plantations.  71 

(This  bill  was  brought  from  the  House  of  Commons  on  June  9;  committed 
June  25.  No  further  proceedings  recorded.  Read  June  17  and  June  23. 
L.  J.  XIX.  577,  583,  586.) 

1713,  June  ip.  Petition  of  West  India  planters  against  the  African  Bill.  72 
(Read  this  day  and  June  23.  L.  J.  XIX.  580,  583.) 

1713,  June  24.  List  of  papers  relating  to  the  trade  to  Africa.  73 

(Printed  in  L.  J.  XIX.  584-585.) 

1713,  June  25,  et  post.  Papers  read  in  committee  on  the  African  Bill. 

Reasons  humbly  offered  by  merchants  and  traders  to  Guinea  and  West 
Indies  against  bill  for  settling  the  trade  to  Africa.  Broadside. 

Broadside  stating  what  the  African  Bill  sets  forth.  Undated. 

Planters'  reply  to  African  Company's  answer  to  objections  against  the  bill 
for  settling  the  trade  to  Africa,  wherein  the  errors  and  mistakes  of 
the  company  are  detected  and  laid  open.  Broadside. 

(On  the  back  of  the  paper  is  a  note  dated  Westminster,  June  9,  1698,  stating 
that  certain  members  of  the  African  Company  promised  the  free  traders 
certain  trading  privileges  herein  enumerated.  Signed,  Benjamin  Harrison, 
et  al.) 

Copy  of  some  general  observations  and  particular  remarks  on  report  made 

by  Board  of  Trade,  February  3,  1708,  touching  contents  of  the 

Royal  African  Company's  petition  referred  to  them  by  her  Majesty. 

Presented  to  their  lordships,  January  3,  1709. 
Price  of  several  ships'  cargoes  of  negroes  sold  at  Jamaica,  freight  and  all 

other  charges  thereon  included.     1706,  1707,  1710,  1711.    Signed, 

Isaac  Millner. 

Reasons  for  making  duties  easy  upon  the  trade  to  Africa.    Broadside. 
Reasons  offered  in  behalf  of  the  plantations,  against  bill  for  settling  the 

trade  to  Africa.    Broadside. 
The  humble  proposition  of  the  Royal  African  Company  of  England  and 

of  their  creditors  united  with  them  in  pursuance  of  an  act  passed 


200  House  of  Lords. 

the  last  session  of  Parliament  in  relation  to  the  trade  to  Africa. 
June  26,  1713.  The  Company  "  will  raise  an  additional  stock  for 
the  effectual  carrying  on  the  trade  ....  so  as  the  Company's  ex 
clusive  right  ....  be  made  effectual  and  confirmed  to  them  ac 
cording  to  their  charter  ",  etc. 

Representation  of  merchants  trading  to  Africa  relating  to  that  trade. 
June  29,  1713.  74 

1714,  June  5.  Paper  from  Board  of  Trade  relating  to  the  tobacco  trade. 
States  that  Virginia  and  Maryland  are  "  in  a  very  miserable  con 
dition  by  the  low  price  of  tobacco  here  occasioned  by  the  great 
quantity  and  cheapness  of  European  tobacco  sold  ",  etc.  Details 
regarding  trade  in  Holland.  Quotation  from  observations  by  Col. 
Spotswood  on  Virginia  act  for  preventing  frauds  in  tobacco  pay 
ments  and  for  better  improving  the  staple  of  tobacco.  75 
(Ordered  June  i;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XIX.  699,  705.) 

1714,  June  29.  Papers  from  Board  of  Trade  concerning  trade  with  Spain. 
The  titles  are  given  in  L.  J.  XIX.  734-735.  A  few  and  unimportant 
references  to  the  West  Indies  or  the  Assiento  are  contained  in  the 
following : 

Letter  from  Sec.  Bromley,  September  24,  1713,  referring  to  Board  of 
Trade  several  papers  relating  to  a  treaty  of  commerce  with  Spain, 
enclosing  among  other  papers  a  letter  to  him  from  Mr.  St.  John 
from  Utrecht,  September  20,  1713,  with  some  brief  observations 
on  article  19  of  treaty  of  1670,  and  enclosing  Spanish  ambassador's 
observations  on  article  19  and  other  articles  of  same  treaty. 

Copy  of  Lord  Lexington's  memorial  to  the  King  of  Spain  relating  to 
commerce,  with  his  Majesty's  answer  by  the  Marquis  de  Bedmar, 
July  13,  1713.  76 

(Ordered  June  25,  1732;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XIX.  732,  734-735.) 

1714,  June  30.  Admiralty  papers,  September  1712- June  1714,  concerning 
ships  for  South  Sea  Company,  including  letter  from  Bolingbroke  to 
Lords  of  Admiralty,  July  17,  1713,  signifying  queen's  pleasure  in 
relation  to  fitting  out  men-of-war  for  service  of  South  Sea  Com 
pany.  77 
(Address  for  papers,  June  28;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XIX.  733,  736-737.) 

1714,  June  50.  Book  from  directors  of  the  South  Sea  Company  entitled  "  An 

account  of  all  proceedings  in  the  South  Sea  Company,  relating  to 
the  Assiento  trade;  together  with  all  orders,  directions,  letters  or 
informations,  which  the  directors  or  any  committee  of  directors, 
have  received,  concerning  the  same."  78 

(Ordered  June  28;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XIX.  733,  737.  This  paper  was 
not  found.) 

1715,  May  25.  List  of  land  forces  now  in  Great  Britain,  the  plantations,  etc. 

79 

(Address  for  same,  May  23;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XX.  54,  57.  Paper 
not  mentioned  in  House  of  Lords  MS.  list  and  not  found.  See  P.  R.  O. 
War  Office,  24,  establishments.) 

1716,  March  5.  Petition  of  tobacco  and  wine  merchants  to  be  heard  by  coun 

sel  touching  a  bill  "  for  relief  of  merchants,  importers  of  tobacco 


House  of  Lords.  201 

and  wine,  concerned  in  bonds  given  for  part  of  the  duties  on  the 
same ".  80 

(Read  this  day.  L.  J.  XX.  302.  The  bill  was  received  from  the  Commons, 
August  ii,  1715,  L.  J.  XX.  161;  rejected  March  12,  1716.  Ibid.  306.) 

1717,  July  i. 

Assiento  contract,  1713. 

Assiento  Treaty,  May  15/26,  1716.  81 

(Address  for  papers,  June  19;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XX.  503,  523.) 

1718,  February  18.  Papers  from  Secretary  at  War  concerning  the  Forces. 

82 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XX.  613.    Not  found.) 

1718,  March  10.  Petition  of  West  India  merchants  and  others,  fair-trading 
dealers  in  coffee,  tea  and  other  goods,  together  with  the  sugar- 
bakers  of  London  to  be  heard  in  behalf  of  bill  against  clandestine 
running  of  uncustomed  and  prohibited  goods;  and  for  the  more 
effectual  preventing  of  frauds  relating  to  customs  and  excise.      83 
(Read  and  committed  this  day.    L.  J.  XX.  645-646.    The  bill  was  brought 
from  Commons,  March  7,  L.  J.  XX.  641.    Before  House  at  close  of  session, 
March  20,  1717.    Ibid.  001.) 

1718,  March  10.  Petition  of  masters  and  others  of  the  company  of  distillers 

of  London  in  behalf  of  bill  against  clandestine  running  of  uncus 
tomed  and  prohibited  goods,  etc.  Cf.  no.  83.  84 
(Read  and  committed  this  day.  L.  J.  XX.  646.) 

1719,  March  2.  Petition    of   plantation    merchants,    shipwrights   and    rope- 

makers  against  clauses  in  bill  against  clandestine  running  of  un 
customed  goods,  relating  to  premium  on  importation  of  pitch  and 
tar  from  American  plantations.  85 

(Read  and  committed  this  day.  L.  J.  XXI.  85.  This  bill  5  George  I.  was 
brought  from  House  of  Commons,  February  16,  1719,  and  received  the 
royal  assent,  April  18,  1719.  L.  J.  XXI.  70,  150.) 

1719,  March  5.  Papers  relating  to  bill  5  George  I.  for  giving  further  en 
couragement  for  importing  naval  stores. 

(This  bill  was  brought  from  Commons  this  day,  L.  J.  XXI.  88;  sent  to 
Commons  for  concurrence  in  amendments,  April  13.  Ibid.  128.) 

Extract  from  minutes  of  Board  of  Trade,  January  2,  5,  13,  20,  22,  1719, 
relating  to  subject  of  bill. 

Id.  from  minutes  of  council  and  assembly  of  Massachusetts,  June  6,  1718, 
relative  to  encouragement  of  the  iron  manufacture.  86 

1719,  March  12.  Extracts  of  minutes  of  Board  of  Trade  relating  to  clause  in 
bill  against  clandestine  running  of  uncustomed  goods  concerning 
premium  upon  the  importation  of  pitch  and  tar  from  America. 
Cf.  no.  85.  87 

(Ordered  March  7;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXI.  92,  98.) 

1719,  April  7.  Petition  of  Jeremy  Dummer,  agent  for   Massachusetts  and 

Connecticut,  against  clause  in  Naval  Stores  Bill  (cf.  no.  86)  pro 
hibiting  the  making  of  iron  wares  in  the  plantations.  88 
(Read  and  committed  this  day.  L.  J.  XXI.  120,  121.) 

1720,  April  8.  Petition  of  London  merchants  trading  to  West  Indies  relative 

to  bill  6  George  I.  for  preserving  woollen  manufactures,  etc.  Peti 
tioners  pray  that  since  in  Jamaica,  Barbadoes  and  other  American 


202  House  of  Lords. 

plantations  the  most  common  clothing  and  great  part  of  the  house 

hold  furniture  is  of  calico  printed  in  this  kingdom,  the  printing  and 

selling  of  calicoes  printed  in  Great  Britain  for  exportation  may  be 

excepted  in  said  bill.  89 

(Read  this  day.     L.  J.  XXI.  298.     The  bill  referred  to  was  brought  from 

Commons  on  April  4.    On  May  3  it  was  agreed  to  adjourn  for  six  weeks 

the  debate  on  commitment  of  bill.     No  further  proceedings.     L.  J.  XXI. 

288,  316.) 

1720,  April  n.  Petition  of  mayor,  aldermen  et  al.  of  Weymouth  and  Mel- 

combe  Regis,  Dorsetshire,  together  with  the  merchants,  masters  of 
ships,  master  workmen,  weavers  and  spinners  of  cotton  wool  im 
ported  from  British  plantations  against  the  Calico  Bill.  Cf.  no. 
89.  90 

(Read  this  day.    L.  J.  XXI.  302.) 

1721,  February  2.  Representation  from  Board  of  Trade  relating  to  prohibi 

tion  of  calicoes,  etc.  The  only  reference  to  America  is  the  recom 
mendation  "  to  prohibit  the  importation  of  all  East  India  goods  into 
any  of  the  British  Colonies  in  America,  except  such  as  shall  be  car 
ried  thither  directly  from  Great  Britain,  on  the  same  penalties 
....  as  goods  of  ....  Europe  are  now  prohibited  .,.,.."  91 
(Address  for  representation,  May  3,  1720;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXI. 


1721,  February  25.  Petition  of  manufacturers  of  and  dealers  in  cotton  wool 
in  Manchester  for  the  Calico  Bill  7  George  L,  but  praying  that 
cloths  manufactured  in  this  kingdom  from  cotton  wool  grown  in 
American  plantations  may  be  printed  and  worn  in  Great  Britain.  92 

(Read  and  committed  this  day.  L.  J.  XXL  448.  The  bill  referred  to  was 
brought  from  the  Commons  on  February  21  ;  royal  assent,  March  23, 
L.  J.  443,  483-) 

1721,  February  27.  Petition  of  London  merchants  trading  to  America  against 
the  Calico  Bill  7  George  I.  Cf.  no.  92.  93 

(Read  and  committed  this  day.    L.  J.  XXI.  450.) 

1721,  February  28.  Petition  of  cotton  manufacturers  and  traders  in  and  near 
London  regarding  Calico  Bill  7  George  I.  Cf.  no.  92.  94 

(Read  and  committed  this  day.    L.  J.  XXI.  452.) 

1721,  July  ii.  List  of  demands  remaining  undetermined  by  commissioners 
for  examining  and  determining  debts  due  the  army.  A  few  Amer 
ican  items.  95 

(Ordered  July  6;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXI.  559,  562.) 

1721,  July  13.  List  of  all  signs  manual  which  the  late  commissioners  for 
examining  and  determining  debts  due  to  the  army  and  the  former 
commissioners  have  received,  expressing  what  services  they  were 
for,  and  what  sums  they  have  issued  certificates  for,  thereupon. 
A  few  items  relate  to  America.  96 

(Ordered  July  n;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXI.  562,  566.) 

1721,  July  /j.  List  of  certificates  issued  by  the  late  commissioners  appointed 
to  take,  examine,  state  and  determine  debts  due  the  army.  A  few 
American  items.  97 

(Ordered  July  11  ;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXI.  562,  566.) 


House  of  Lords.  203 

1722,  January  23.  Copy  of  memorial  of  Henry  Newman,  agent  for  New 
Hampshire,  to  Board  of  Trade  in  relation  to  the  bill  8  George  I.  for 
encouraging  importation  of  naval  stores  from  the  plantations ;  and 
copy  of  clause  in  said  bill  ordered  to  be  reported  on  January  10, 
1722.  98 

(This  bill  was  brought  from  House  of  Commons  this  day;  royal  assent, 
February  12.  L.  J.  XXI.  660,  683.) 

1722,  February  23.  Report  from  commissioners  for  examining  and  deter 
mining  debts  due  the  army.  Very  few  American  items.  99 
(Delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXI.  701.) 

1727,  January  21.  Copies  of  correspondence  between  the  courts  of  Great 
Britain  and  Spain  relative  among  other  matters  to  proceedings  of 
Adm.  Hosier's  squadron  in  West  Indies  and  to  alleged  depredations 
committed  by  either  nation  upon  commerce  of  the  other  in  the  seas 
of  America.  July,  1726- January  i,  1727.  100 

(Address  for  papers,  January  19;  answered  January  20;   delivered  this 
day.    L.  J.  XXIII.  n,  14.) 

1729,  March  7.  Bundle  containing  copies  of  instructions  and  letters  to  Vice- 
Adm.  Hosier  and  the  later  commanders-in-chief  in  West  Indies; 
and  copies  of  letters  from  the  vice-admiral  and  commanders-in-chief 
since  1725,  including  considerable  information  regarding  Spanish 
and  English  trade  in  vicinity  of  the  West  Indies.  Titles  listed  in 
L.  J.  101 

(Address  for  papers,  February  27;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXIII.  336, 
344-346.) 

1729,  March  n.  Copies  of  instructions  and  letters  to  and  from  admirals  and 
commanders  in  Mediterranean,  including  some  information  on 
Spanish  treasure-ships  from  West  Indies.  In  same  bundle  as  cor 
respondence  of  March  7.  Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  102 
(Address  for  papers,  February  27;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXIII.  336, 
351-3550 

1729,  May  p.  Return  of  Commissioners  of  Customs  relating  to  drawbacks  or 

premiums  allowed  upon  importation  of  naval  stores  from  America. 

103 
(Ordered  May  8;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXIII.  424,  426.) 

1730,  January  13,  Copy  of  treaty  with  France  and  Spain  concluded  at  Se 

ville,  November  9,  1729,  with  the  separate  articles  thereunto  be 
longing;  together  with  translations  of  the  same.  104 
(Delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXIII.  451.) 

1730,  March  25.  Copies  of  correspondence  between  Duke  of  Newcastle  and 
Gov.  Hunter  of  Jamaica  relative  to  threatened  attempt  of  Spanish 
against  Jamaica,  and  the  embargo  at  Jamaica;  with  other  papers 
referring  to  defence  of  the  island  and  the  embargo.  Titles  listed 
in  L.  J.  105 

(Address  for  papers,  March  19;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXIII.  512,  523.) 

1730,  April  8.  Report  from  Board  of  Trade  relating  to  proposals  made  by 
merchants  or  formed  by  the  board,  regarding  "  furnishing  this 
kingdom  with  naval  stores  from  our  own  plantations  and  also  the 
establishment  of  the  governors  and  governments  of  the  several 
plantations  as  they  were  when  this  office  was  first  established,  the 


204  House  of  Lords. 

variations  that  have  since  been  made  therein,  and  who  are  the 
present  governors  and  when  appointed  ".  Information  regarding 
appointment,  powers  and  salaries  of  governors  and  in  some  cases 
of  other  officers,  and  regarding  state  of  defence.  The  report  is 
accompanied  by  the  following  papers : 

Copy  of  representation  from  Board  of  Trade  to  his  Majesty,  proposing 
taking  off  duty  on  timber. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Board  of  Trade  to  Sec.  Stanhope,  upon  Brig. 
Hunter's  and  Lord  Archibald  Hamilton's  letters,  relating  to  inter 
ruption  of  trade  in  West  Indies,  and  to  naval  stores. 

Copy  of  representation  from  Board  of  Trade  to  his  Majesty,  relating  to 
production  of  naval  stores  in  plantations. 

Id.  of  representation  from  Board  of  Trade  to  the  king,  relating  to  encour 
agement  of  importation  of  naval  stores  and  mineral  ores  from 
plantations. 

Id.  of  letter  from  Board  of  Trade  to  Lords  of  Treasury,  upon  petition  of 
importers  and  dealers  in  tar,  etc. 

Id.  of  letter  from  Board  of  Trade  to  Lords  of  Treasury,  relating  to  de 
struction  committed  in  his  Majesty's  woods  in  New  England,  and 
misconstruction  put  upon  some  of  the  acts  relating  to  importation 
of  naval  stores. 

Id.  of  a  representation  from  Board  of  Trade  to  the  King  for  encouraging 
importation  of  naval  stores  from  America. 

Colonial  establishments.  106 

(Ordered  March  19;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXIII.  512,  528.) 

1730,  May  n.  Two  extracts  of  representations  from  Board  of  Trade  relat 
ing  to  rice,  September  8,  1721,  and  July  24,  1724,  respectively.    107 

(The  second  does  not  relate  to  sugar  and  tobacco  trades  as  stated  in  L.  J. 
(Ordered  May  9;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXIII.  568,  570.) 

1730,  May  12.  Five  papers  relating  to  trade  in  rice  from  Carolina.    Titles 
listed  in  L.  J.  108 

(Ordered  May  9;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXIII.  569,  573.) 

1730,  May  12.  Five  accounts  of  imports  and  exports  of  rice.    Titles  listed  in 

L.  J.  109 

(Ordered  May  9;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  569,  573.) 

1731,  April  22.  Petitions : 

Of  London  merchants  trading  to  New  York ; 

Of  the  same  trading  to  Virginia  and  Maryland  ; 

Of  the  agent  of  New  Jersey  and  Rhode  Island  and  Providence  Plantations ; 

Of  the  agent  of  Massachusetts  and  Connecticut ; 

Of  the  agent  of  South  Carolina ; 

Of  William  Penn  et  al.  for  Pennsylvania ;  all  against  bill  4  George  II.  for 
the  better  securing  and  encouraging  the  trade  of  his  Majesty's  sugar 
colonies  in  America.  110 

(Read  this  day.  L.  J.  XXIII.  682.  The  bill  referred  to  was  brought  from 
House  of  Commons  on  April  14;  proceedings  put  off.  April  30.  L.  T. 
XXIII.  676,  696.) 

1731, April 22.  Papers  from  Commissioners  of  Customs: 

Account  of  value  of  exports  to  Barbadoes,  Jamaica  and  Leeward  Islands, 
Christmas,  1714 — Christmas,  1726. 


House  of  Lords.  205 

Id.  of  value  of  exports  from  England  to  Barbadoes,  Jamaica  and  Leeward 
Islands,  Christmas,  1714 — Christmas,  1726. 

Id.  of  quantity  of  sugar  imported  into  England  from  Barbadoes,  Jamaica 
and  Leeward  Islands,  Christmas,  1714 — Christmas,  1726. 

Id.  of  value  of  exports  to  New  England,  New  York,  Pennsylvania,  Vir 
ginia,  Maryland  and  Carolina,  Christmas,  1714 — Christmas,  1726; 
distinguishing  goods  exported  by  certificate  and  what  were  the 
product  and  manufactures  of  England.  Ill 

(Ordered  April  15;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXIII.  676,  677,  681.) 
1731,  April  27.  Papers  from  Board  of  Trade : 

Extract  of  report  from  Cadwallader  Colden,  his  Majesty's  surveyor  in 
New  York,  so  far  as  the  same  relates  to  the  navigation  of  the  river 
of  Canada. 

Id.  of  report  made  by  Board  of  Trade  to  his  late  Majesty  in  1721,  so  far 
as  the  same  relates  to  trade  carried  on  between  New  England  and 
foreign  sugar  colonies  in  America. 

Copy  of  an  act  passed  in  Massachusetts  in  1693,  entitled,  "  An  Act  for  the 
better  Government  of  the  Indians,  in  their  several  places  and  plan 
tations." 

Id.  of  an  act  laying  an  imposition  on  all  sugars,  molasses,  rum,  cotton  and 
ginger  imported  into  this  island,  which  are  not  the  natural  product, 
growth  and  manufacture  of  some  of  his  Majesty's  colonies ;  passed 
at  Barbadoes,  March  21,  1716. 

Id.  of  an  order  in  Council,  October  17,  1717,  for  confirming  the  above  act 
passed  in  Barbadoes,  March  21,  1716. 

Id.  of  his  Majesty's  96th  instruction  to  Henry  Worsley,  governor  of  Bar 
badoes.  112 
(Ordered  April  15;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXIII.  676,  677,  689.) 

1731,  April  28.  Petition  of  merchants  trading  to  and  interested  in  northern 

colonies  of  America  against  Sugar  Bill.     Cf.  no.  110.     More  than 
one  hundred  signatures  are  attached  to  this  petition.  113 

(Read  this  day.    L.  J.  XXIII.  692.) 

1732,  January  21.  Report  of  Board  of  Trade  to  the  king  on  petition  of  Lon 

don  merchants  for  recovery  of  their  just  debts  in  plantations.     Cf. 
no.  116.  114 

1732,  March  if.  Petition  of  Isham  Randolph,  agent  for  Virginia,  against 
bill  5  George  II.  for  more  easy  recovery  of  debts  in  his  Majesty's 
plantations  in  America.  Petition  states  that  "  provisions  ....  for 
establishing  a  method  of  proofs  to  be  taken  in  England  and  trans 
mitted  to  ....  America  [are]  greatly  defective  and  inconsistent 
with  all  the  rules  and  nature  of  evidence  hitherto  observed  .... 
Bill  will  greatly  affect  the  rights  and  properties  in  the  landed 
interest  of  his  Majesty's  subjects  residing  in  the  said  colony."  115 

(Read  and  committed  this  day.  L.  J.  XXIV.  54.  The  bill  referred  to  was 
brought  from  House  of  Commons,  March  15 ;  royal  assent,  April  3.  L.  J. 
XXIV.  48,  79-) 

1732,  March  20.  Papers  touching  recovery  of  debts  in  America : 
Report  of  Board  of  Trade.    January  21,  1732.    No.  114. 
Copy  of  forty-fifth  clause  of  king's  instructions  to  governor  of  Jamaica 
directing  him  to  recommend  to  the  assembly  the  passing  of  a  law 
for  more  easy  recovery  of  debts. 


206  House  of  Lords. 

Extracts  from  journal  of  assembly  of  Virginia  in  May,  June  and  July, 
1730,  relative  to  bills  connected  with  recovery  of  debts.  116 

(Address  for  papers  this  day;  delivered  March  21.    L.  J.  XXIV.  56,  58.) 

1732,  March  21.  Petitions : 

From  agent  for  Pennsylvania ; 

From  merchants  for  New  York ; 

From  agent  for  Massachusetts  and  Connecticut; 

From  agent  for  South  Carolina ; 

From  agent  for  Virginia ; 

From  agent  for  Rhode  Island  and  Providence  Plantations  and  New  Jersey ; 
all  against  bill  5  George  II.  for  better  securing  and  encouraging  the 
trade  of  his  Majesty's  sugar  colonies  in  America.  117 

(Read  this  day.  L.  J.  XXIV.  58,  59.  The  bill  referred  to  was  brought  from 
House  of  Commons,  March  16;  proceedings  put  off,  May  2.  L.  J.  XXIV. 
52,  107.) 

1732,  March  23.  Account  from  Commissioners  of  Customs  of  importation 
and  re-exportation  of  sugars  from  British  plantations  for  the  last 
fourteen  years,  distinguishing  each  year.  118 

(Ordered  March  21;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXIV.  58,  63.) 

1732,  March  29.  Petition  from  Samuel  Hyde,  London  merchant,  that  counsel 
may  be  heard  for  Maryland  against  Sugar  Bill.  Cf.  no.  117.  119 
(L.  J.  XXIV.  69.) 

1732,  March  29.  List  of  acts  passed  in  New  York,  New  England  and  Vir 
ginia  which  have  been  transmitted  to  Board  of  Trade  for  prevent 
ing  sale  of  rum  to  Indians,  and  other  papers,  viz.: 

Printed  journal  of  assembly  held  at  Cambridge  on  May  27,  1730,  and 
thence  adjourned  to  Boston  on  December  16,  following. 

Extract  of  representation  from  Board  of  Trade  to  his  Majesty,  September 
8,  1721,  relating  to  trade  from  New  England  to  the  French  Islands. 

Extract  of  a  memorial  presented  to  Gov.  Burnett  by  Cadwallader  Colden, 
dated  November  10,  1724,  so  far  as  the  same  relates  to  navigation 
of  the  river  [of]  Canada.  120 

(The  listed  papers  were  ordered  March  27  and  delivered  on  March  29,  L.  J. 
XXIV.  67^69,  and  were  returned,  "  being  originals ",  May  8  following. 
Only  the  list  remains  in  House  of  Lords'  archives.) 

1732,  April  4.  Returns  of  Commissioners  of  Customs : 

Accounts  of  exports  of  sugar,  1710-1720. 

Customs  paid  for  sugar  imported,  1720-1730. 

Annual  account  of  number  of  ships  with  their  tonnage  entered  at  the 
several  ports  of  Great  Britain  from  the  sugar  colonies,  1720-1730. 

Id.  of  number  of  ships  with  their  tonnage  that  have  been  entered  at  the 
several  ports  of  Great  Britain  from  the  northern  colonies,  1720- 
1730.  121 

(Ordered  March  29;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXIV.  69,  81.) 
1732,  April  4.  Returns  of  Commissioners  of  Customs : 

Account  of  value  of  exports  to  New  England,  New  York  and  Pennsyl 
vania,  1714-1726,  distinguishing  each  country,  what  were  the  goods 
exported  by  certificate,  and  how  much  thereof  was  the  produce  and 
manufacture  of  England. 

Id.  of  exports  to  sugar  colonies,  1714-1726. 


House  of  Lords.  207 

Id.  of  value  of  exports  to  Africa,  1714-1726.  122 

(Ordered  March  30;  delivered  this  day.  (?)     L.  J.  XXIV.  74.) 
1732,  April  6.  Papers  from  Board  of  Trade : 

Copy  of  order  in  Council,  October  17,  1717,  confirming  act  passed  in 
Barbadoes  in  1716,  laying  duties  on  sugar,  molasses,  rum,  cotton 
and  ginger  (not  the  product  of  British  colonies)  imported. 

Id.  of  oXSth  article  of  his  Majesty's  instructions  to  governor  of  Barbadoes. 

Id.  of  an  act  passed  in  Barbadoes,  1715-1716,  laying  duties  on  sugar, 
rum,  etc.  [This  act  was  not  found,  though  listed  in  House  of 
Lords  MS.  index.]  Cf.  no.  112.  123 

(Ordered  April  5;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXIV.  82,  85.) 

1732,  April  6.  Return  of  Commissioners  of  Customs.  Account  of  rum  im 
ported  into  England,  1720-1730.  124 
(Ordered  April  5;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXIV.  82,  85.) 

1732,  April  25.  Petition  of  merchants,  ironmongers  and  others  of  London 

for  clause  to  prevent  the  exportation  from  America  of  any  wrought 
or  manufactured  iron  to  be  added  to  bill  5  George  II.  to  prevent 
the  exportation  of  hats  from  America.  125 

(Read  and  committed  this  day.  L.  J.  XXIV.  97.  The  bill  referred  to  was 
brought  from  House  of  Commons,  April  17;  royal  assent,  June  I.  L.  J. 
XXIV.  86,  155-) 

1733,  April  J.  Papers  from  Commissioners  of  Customs : 

Account  of  gross  receipts,  payments  and  net  produce  of  duties  on  tobacco 
for  seven  years  to  Christmas,  1731. 

Id.  of  the  quantities  of  tobacco  imported  into  and  exported  from  England 
together  with  gross  and  net  produce  of  duties,  Christmas,  1716- 
Christmas,  1731,  distinguishing  each  year. 

Return  of  Commissioners  of  Customs  with  account  of  the  quantities  of 

tobacco  seized  and  condemned  with  money  paid  into  the  exchequer 

thereon,    Christmas,    1724 — Christmas,    1731,    distinguishing   each 

year.  126 

(Ordered  March  20  and  21;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXIV.  218,  219,  223.) 

1733,  April  4.  Account  of  money  annually  paid  into  the  exchequer  for  import 

duty  on  tobacco  from  1717  to  1732.  127 

(Address  for  account  March  20;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXIV.  218,  225.) 

1733,  April  5.  Petitions : 

Of  agent  for  Massachusetts  and  Connecticut  ; 

Of  Samuel  Baker  et  al.  for  New  York ;  both  against  bill  6  George  II.  for  the 
better  securing  and  encouraging  the  trade  of  his  Majesty's  sugar 
colonies  in  America.  128 

(Read  this  day.  L.  J.  XXIV.  227.  The  bill  referred  to  was  brought  from 
House  of  Commons,  April  3;  royal  assent,  May  17.  L.  J.  XXIV.  223,  269.) 

1733,  April  p.  Petitions : 
Of  agent  for  Pennsylvania ; 

Of  agent  for  Rhode  Island  and  Providence  Plantations ;  both  against  Sugar 
Colony  Bill.  Cf.  no.  128.  129 

(Read  this  day.    L.  J.  XXIV.  228.) 

1733,  April  12.  Petition  of  agent  for  South  Carolina  against  Sugar  Colony 
Bill.  Cf.  no.  128.  130 

(Read  this  day.    L.  J.  XXIV.  231.) 
14 


208  House  of  Lords. 

1733,  April  12.  Papers  from  Commissioners  of  Customs : 

Account  of  gross  and  net  produce  of  duties  arising  from  tobacco  imported 
into  Scotland  from  Michaelmas,  1721,  to  Michaelmas,  1731. 

Id.  of  quantities  of  tobacco  imported  into  and  exported  from  Scotland 
from  Michaelmas,  1721,  to  Michaelmas,  1731.  131 

(Ordered  March  20;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXIV.  218,  231.) 

1733,  April  16.  Papers  from  Board  of  Trade : 

Conference  between  Jonathan  Belcher,  governor  of  Massachusetts,  and 
the  chiefs  of  Indian  tribes  at  Falmouth,  July,  1732.  Printed,  23 
pages. 

Journal  of  House  of  Representatives  of  Massachusetts,  November  i,  1732- 
November  4,  1732.  132 

(Ordered  April  10;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXIV.  229-230,  234.) 

1734,  January  23.  Representation  of  Board  of  Trade  relating  to  laws  made, 

manufactures  set  up  and  trade  carried  on,  in  his  Majesty's  planta 
tions  in  America.  Printed  copies  in  British  Museum,  nos.  357.  c. 
2.  (38.)  and  102.  k.  41  (1734)  and  8223.  e.  5.  (15.)  (1749)-  133 
(Address  for  paper,  June  13,  1733;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXIV.  309, 
328.) 

1734,  March  n.  Copies  of  charters : 

Of  Massachusetts,  3  William  and  Mary. 

Of  Connecticut,  14  Charles  II. 

Of  Rhode  Island,  15  Charles  II. 

Grant  of  Maryland  to  Lord  Baltimore,  8  Charles  I. 

Grant  of  Pennsylvania  to  Penn,  33  Charles  II.  134 

(Address  for  charters,  March  7;  delivered  March  n.  L.  J.  XXIV.  368,  372.) 
1734,  April  2.  Account  of  what  ships  or  vessels  of  the  Royal  Navy  have  been 
sent  from  Great  Britain  to  his  Majesty's  several  plantations  in 
West  Indies,  for  their  defence  since  1720,  with  times  when  sent, 
and  when  they  returned.  Includes  ships  to  South  Carolina,  New 
York,  New  England,  Virginia  and  Maryland,  as  well  as  to  West 
Indies.  135 

(Address  for  account,  March  26;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXIV.  393,  405.) 

1734,  April  5.  Report  from  Lords  Committees  appointed  to  consider  repre 

sentation  of  Board  of  Trade  (no.  133).  136 

(L.  J.  XXIV.  411-412.    In  extenso.    Not  found.) 

1735,  February  /j.  Representation  from  Board  of  Trade  relating  to  state  of 

British  islands  in  America,  with  regard  to  their  trade,  strength 
and  fortifications;  and  to  what  may  be  further  necessary  for  en 
couragement  of  their  trade  and  security  of  those  islands ;  as  like 
wise  to  encouragements  of  the  British  continental  colonies  to  culti 
vate  naval  stores  of  all  kinds  and  such  other  products  as  do  not 
interfere  with  the  trade  or  produce  of  Great  Britain.  In  MS.  and 
also  printed.  There  are  printed  copies  of  same  in  British  Museum, 
nos.  8223.  e.  5.  (4.)  and  102  k.  42.  137 

(Addresses   for  representation,  April    I   and  5;   delivered  this   day.     L.  J. 
XXIV.  404,  412,  458.) 

1735,  February  13.  Annexes  to  representation  of  Board  of  Trade.     Cf.  no. 
137. 


House  of  Lords.  209 

Copy  of  representation  of  the  general  assembly  of  Barbadoes  to  Board  of 
Trade,  August  27,  1731,  complaining  of  trade  between  foreign 
sugar  colonies  and  British  northern  colonies  and  proposing  restric 
tion  of  such  trade. 

Id.  of  representation  from  the  lieutenant-governor,  council  and  assembly 
of  Antigua  to  Board  of  Trade  complaining  of  trade  between  New 
England  and  French  and  Dutch  plantations.  Undated. 

Id.  of  representation  of  the  president,  council  and  assembly  of  St.  Chris 
topher  to  Board  of  Trade,  September  24,  1731,  relating  to  trade 
from  some  of  his  Majesty's  northern  plantations  to  the  French 
islands,  in  prejudice  to  our  sugar  colonies. 

Observations  on  and  reasons  in  answer  to  the  representations  from  Bar 
badoes,  Antigua  and  St.  Christopher  relating  to  trade  between 
northern  colonies  and  French  and  Dutch  settlements.  For  and  on 
behalf  of  several  of  the  northern  colonies.  Undated. 

Copy  of  reasons  offered  to  Board  of  Trade  on  behalf  of  Pennsylvania, 
against  the  representation  and  request  of  some  of  the  sugar  islands. 
Undated. 

Id.  of  representation  to  his  Majesty  from  the  president,  council  and 
assembly  of  New  York  against  request  of  sugar  colonies,  dated 
September  15,  1731. 

"  The  Case  of  the  British  Northern  Colonies."    Undated.    Broadside. 

Case  of  Massachusetts,  New  Hampshire,  the  colonies  of  Rhode  Island 
with  Providence  Plantations,  Connecticut  and  New  Jersey,  with 
respect  to  bill  now  depending  in  the  House  of  Commons,  entitled, 
"  A  Bill  for  the  better  securing  and  encouraging  the  Trade  of  His 
Majesty's  Sugar  Colonies  in  America."  Broadside. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Gooch  of  Virginia  to  Board  of  Trade, 
September  8,  1731,  against  Sugar  Bill. 

Extract  of  report  from  the  council  of  Virginia  to  Board  of  Trade  in 
answer  to  petitions  from  sugar  islands,  n.  d. 

Copy  of  reply  in  behalf  of  Leeward  Islands  and  Jamaica  to  paper  entitled 
"  some  short  observations  on  and  reasons  in  answer  to  the  three 
representations  from  the  Assembly  of  Barbadoes  and  the  Island  of 
Antigua  and  St.  Christopher  complaining  of  the  trade  between 
the  Northern  Colonies  and  the  French  and  Dutch  Plantations,  for 
and  on  behalf  of  several  of  the  Northern  Colonies." 

Reply  on  behalf  of  Island  of  Barbadoes  to  observations  on  their  petition 
and  to  address  from  the  northern  colonies,  n.  d. 

Copy  of  address  and  representation  of  council  of  Jamaica,  November  27, 
1731,  complaining  of  the  unhappy  situation  of  [their]  affairs. 

Id.  of  address  and  representation  of  assembly  of  Jamaica,  undated,  com 
plaining  of  the  declining  condition  of  the  island.  Undated. 

"  The  Case  of  the  British  Sugar  Colonies."    n.  d.    Broadside.  138 

1735,  May  /j.  Copies  of  commissions,  instructions,  letters  and  other  papers 
relating  to  depredation  of  Spaniards  in  Europe  or  the  Indies. 
Bundle  containing  one  hundred  and  twenty  documents,  including 
papers  relating  to  South  Sea  Company,  duties  on  negroes,  ships 
taken  in  America,  Spanish  claim  of  fishing  on  coast  of  Newfound 
land,  cutting  of  logwood,  etc.  Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  139 
(Address  for  papers,  March  28;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXIV.  505,  552- 
553-) 


210  House  of  Lords. 

1736,  May  3.  Petition  of  the  several  agents  for  Barbadoes,  Jamaica,  Anti 
gua,  St.  Christopher  and  Nevis  and  of  merchants,  planters  and 
others  trading  to  and  interested  in  the  British  sugar  colonies  in 
America  against  bill  9  George  II.  for  laying  a  duty  on  retailers  of 
spirituous  liquors.  Arguments  presented  at  length.  140 

(Read  this  day.    L.  J.  XXIV.  657.    The  bill  referred  to  was  brought  from 
House  of  Commons  April  21 ;  royal  assent,  May  5.    L.  J.  XXIV.  653,  660.) 

1738,  April  25.  Fifty-five  papers  relating  to  depredations  of  the  Spaniards 

on  English  shipping  and  including  accounts  of  captures  of  various 
ships ;  several  affidavits  and  depositions  concerning  losses,  etc. ;  let 
ters  from  Mr.  Keene,  Duke  of  Newcastle,  Mons.  de  la  Quadra, 
Consul  Cayley,  Luke  Jefferson,  Francis  Musgrove,  James  Peutron 
and  the  governor  of  Porto  Rico;  two  petitions  from  merchants; 
and  three  memorials  relating  to  depredations  in  America.  Titles 
listed  in  L.  J.  141 

(Addresses  for  papers,  April  17  and  24;  delivered  this  day.     L.  J.  XXV. 
216,  225,  227-228.) 

1739,  February  8.  Copy  of  convention  between  Great   Britain  and   Spain, 

concluded  at  the  Pardo,  January  14,  1739;  also  of  two  separate 
articles  and  the  ratifications  of  the  conventions  and  articles;  with 
translations.  142 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXV.  287.) 

1739,  February  ip.  Extracts  and  copies  of  letters,  with  translations  of  the 
same,  relating  to  the  signing  of  the  convention  of  Pardo;  also 
copy  of  papers  signed  by  Mr.  Stert,  stating  sums  total  of  his  Ma 
jesty's  subjects'  demands  upon  the  crown  of  Spain,  including  de 
mands  on  account  of  vessels  taken  in  America  since  June  22,  1728. 
Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  143 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXV.  295.) 

1739,  February  22.  Copy  of  a  letter  from  Board  of  Trade  to  Lord  Carteret, 
with  a  representation  to  his  late  Majesty  upon  the  Spanish  ambas 
sador's  complaint  relating  to  a  fort  lately  built  by  the  governor  of 
South  Carolina,  dated  December  20,  1722. 

Id.  of  a  letter  from  Board  of  Trade  to  Duke  of  Newcastle,  with  a  rep 
resentation  and  state  of  British  possessions  in  America,  disputed 
by  the  King  of  Spain,  dated  June  20,  1728. 

Id.  of  representation  to  his  Majesty  from  the  governor,  council  and 
assembly  of  South  Carolina,  relating  to  state  of  that  province.  April 

9,  1734- 

Id.  of  representation  of  William  Bull,  president  and  commander-in-chief 
of  South  Carolina,  to  Board  of  Trade,  May  25,  1738,  setting  forth 
his  Majesty's  title  to  that  province.  144 

(Ordered  this  day;  delivered  March  i.     L.  J.  XXV.  298,  307.     Two  other 
papers  ordered  at  same  time  were  apparently  not  delivered.) 

1739,  February  23.  Petition  of  merchants,  planters  and  others  trading  to  and 
interested  in  the  British  plantations  in  America  to  be  heard  against 
Spanish  depredations.  One  hundred  and  eighty-eight  signatures. 

145 
(Read  this  day.    L.  J.  XXV.  300.) 


House  of  Lords.  211 

1739,  February  23.  Petition  of  common  council  of  the  city  of  London  against 
Spanish  depredations.  146 

(Read  this  day.    L.  J.  XXV.  300.) 

1739,  February  23.  Papers  relating-  to  South  Sea  Company : 

Copy  of  address  of  court  of  directors  of  the  South  Sea  Company  to  the 

king.    June  30,  1737. 

Id.  of  letter  from  Duke  of  Newcastle  to  sub-governor  and  deputy  gov 
ernor  of  the  South  Sea  Company.  July  29,  1737. 

Id.  of  address  of  court  of  directors  of  the  South  Sea  Company  to  the 
king.  December  21,  1737.  The  above  relate  to  a  plan  for  accom 
modating  the  matters  concerning  the  Assiento  in  dispute  between 
the  court  of  Spain  and  the  company.  147 

(Addresses  for  papers,  February  19  and  20;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXV. 
295,  296,  299.) 

1739,  February  26.  Petition  of  trustees  for  establishing  the  colony  of  Geor 
gia  in  America,  for  protection  on  behalf  of  the  colony.  148 
(Read  this  day.  L.  J.  XXV.  304.) 

1739,  February  26.  Copies  of  papers  relating  to  Spanish  depredations  and  to 
Georgia,  1736-1738.  Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  149 

(Delivered  this  day.    XXV.  303,  304.) 

1739,  February  27.  Admiralty  papers.  Extracts  and  copies,  numbered  1-143, 
of  which  titles  are  given  in  schedule  included  in  bundle  and  en 
titled  as  follows :  "  Schedule  of  all  representations,  memorials  or 
petitions;  also  copies  or  extracts  of  any  letters  from  any  of  the 
British  Governors  in  America,  His  Majesty's  Minister  in  Spain, 
and  Consuls  in  Europe ;  as  also  copies  or  extracts  of  any  letters 
from  any  Commander-in-Chief,  or  Captains  of  His  Majesty's  ships 
of  war;  to  the  Commissioners  for  executing  the  Office  of  Lord 
High  Admiral  of  Great  Britain,  relating  to  any  losses  sustained  by 
His  Majesty's  subjects,  since  the  Treaty  of  Seville,  by  depredations 
committed  by  the  Spaniards  in  Europe  or  America."  150 

(Address  for  papers,  February  23 ;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXV.  300,  301, 
305.) 

1739,  February  27.  An  estimate  of  demands  upon  Great  Britain  made  by  the 
Spanish  commissaries,  relating  mostly  to  seizure  of  ships,  of  which 
some  were  taken  in  American  waters.  151 

1739,  May  J.  Papers  from  Commissioners  of  Customs : 

Account  of  quantity  of  raw  sugars  imported  into  England  from  the  sugar 
islands,  and  also  the  quantity  of  raw  sugars  reexported  to  foreign 
countries,  Christmas,  1708 — Christmas,  1737,  distinguishing  each 
year,  the  quantity  imported  from  each  island  and  to  what  places 
exported. 

Id.  of  quantity  of  refined  sugar  exported  from  England,  Christmas,  1708- 
Christmas,  1737,  distinguishing  each  year  and  to  what  places  ex 
ported. 

Id.  of  what  quantity  of  rum  has  been  imported  from  any  of  the  British 
sugar  islands  into  England,  Christmas,  1727 — Christmas,  1737,  dis 
tinguishing  each  island  and  year.  152 
(Address  for  papers,  April  19;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXV.  360,  366.) 


212  House  of  Lords. 

1739,  May  15.  Return  of  Commissioners  of  Customs  with  account  of  the 
quantity  of  rum,  molasses  and  sugar  imported  into  his  Majesty's 
northern  colonies  in  America  from  any  of  the  British  sugar  islands, 
for  seven  years,  distinguishing  each  year  and  each  colony  and 
island.  The  returns  1728-1735  are  extant  and  not  "  wanting  "  as 
stated  in  the  MS.  list.  153 

(Address  for  paper,  April  19;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXV.  360,  383.) 
1739,  M ay  28.  Petitions: 

Of  several  merchants  and  others  of  the  city  of  London  concerned  in  trade 
and  navigation ; 

Of  sugar  refiners  in  London  and  parts  adjacent ;  both  against  Sugar  Colony 
Bill  12  George  II.  for  carrying  sugars  of  the  growth,  produce  or 
manufacture  of  sugar  colonies  in  America  directly  to  foreign 
parts.  154 

(Read  this  day.  L.  J.  XXV.  400.  In  MS.  list  both  petitions  are  dated  May 
25.  The  bill  referred  to  was  brought  from  House  of  Commons,  May  24; 
royal  assent,  June  14.  L.  J.  XXV.  395,  418.) 

1739,  May  jo.  Petition  of  merchants  and  traders  of  Bristol  against  Sugar 
Colony  Bill.  Cf.  no.  154.  155 

(Read  this  day.  L.  J.  XXV.  401.  In  MS.  list  this  petition  is  dated  May  25.) 

1739,  May  50.  Petition  of  merchants,  owners  of  ships,  shipwrights,  sail- 
makers,  ropers  and  others  of  Liverpool  concerned  in  trade  and  navi 
gation  against  Sugar  Colony  Bill.  Cf.  no.  154.  156 
(Read  this  day.  L.  J.  XXV.  401.  In  MS.  list  this  petition  is  dated  May  25.) 

1739,  May  50.  Petition  of  several  merchant  adventurers  and  others  of  the 
city  of  Bristol,  trading  to  and  interested  in  the  British  sugar  colo 
nies,  for  Bill.  Cf.  no.  154.  157 
(Read  this  day.  L.  J.  XXV.  401.  In  MS.  list  this  petition  is  dated  May  25.) 

1739,  May  50.  Papers  relating  to  colonial  trade : 

Copy  of  letter  from  Mr.  Torriano  to  Board  of  Trade.    August  8,  1724. 

Account  from  London  victualling  office,  May  31,  1739,  of  prices  of  sugar 
and  rum  which  have  been  paid  by  his  Majesty's  subjects,  either  by 
contract  or  otherwise,  purchased  in  the  several  British  islands  for 
the  use  of  the  British  ships  that  have  been  there  stationed  for  thirty 
years  past,  distinguishing  each  year  and  island. 

Copy  of  representation  from  Board  of  Trade  relative  to  cutting  of  log 
wood  near  Lake  de  Terminos  in  Yucatan,  dated  September  25, 
1717.  158 

(Address  for  papers  i  and  2,  May  25 ;  delivered  this  day  and  June  5.  L.  J. 
XXV.  397,  401,  408.) 

1740,  January  14.  Petition  of  court  of  directors  of  the  governor  and  com 

pany  of  merchants  of  Great  Britain  trading  to  the  South  Seas  and 
other  parts  of  America,  praying  to  be  heard  by  their  counsel  against 
bill  13  George  II.  for  the  more  effectual  ....  encouraging  the 
trade  of  his  Majesty's  British  subjects  to  America,  etc.  159 

(Read  and  committed  this  day.     L.  J.  XXV.  447.     This  bill  was  brought 

from  House  of  Commons,  December  20,    1739;   royal  assent,   March   19, 

1740.    L.  J.  XXV.  445,  487-) 

1740,  March  28.  Report  and  accounts  from  Board  of  Trade  (14)  concerning 
paper  currency  and  rates  of  gold  and  silver  in  American  colonies. 
Report  is  accompanied  by  the  following  papers: 


House  of  Lords.  213 

Account  of  what  bills  of  credit  have  from  time  to  time  been  admitted  in 
New  York,  pursuant  to  the  several  acts  of  general  assembly  of  said 
colony;  and  how  much  of  said  bills  have  been  sunk,  1709-1737. 

Id.  of  value  of  money  in  New  York,  1700-1739. 

Report  of  Committee  of  Council,  concerning  paper  currency  and  value  of 
gold  and  silver  coin  in  New  Jersey. 

Account  of  bills  of  credit  made  and  issued  by  the  government  of  Massa 
chusetts  for  support  of  said  government,  1700-1738;  and  of  pro 
vision  made  for  the  sinking  and  discharging  of  such  bills  on  their 
emission,  by  taxes  upon  polls  and  estates  and  duties  of  impost  and 
excise. 

Account  of  province  of  Massachusetts  bills,  made  by  order  of  General 
Court  and  delivered  to  treasurer  of  the  province,  for  which  also 
he  gives  credit  in  the  several  years  set  against  the  sums;  also 
account  of  what  bills  have  been  burnt,  with  the  times  when,  and 
price  of  silver  and  exchange,  1701-1739. 

Account  of  paper  currency  in  New  Hampshire  and  of  rate  of  silver. 

Id.  of  the  several  acts  passed  in  Pennsylvania  for  creating  or  issuing 
paper  bills,  or  bills  of  credit;  with  amount  of  those  bills,  value 
thereof  in  money  of  Great  Britain  and  provision  made  for  sinking 
or  discharging  same,  together  with  sum  of  bills  that  have  been 
sunk  or  discharged;  also  sum  of  bills  subsisting,  or  passing  in 
payment  at  this  time,  with  amount  of  value  thereof  in  money  of 
Great  Britain,  and  of  the  rates  of  gold  and  silver. 

Id.  of  the  several  acts  of  assembly  passed  in  the  government  of  Delaware, 
for  creating  or  issuing  paper  bills  of  credit ;  with  amount  of  those 
bills,  value  thereof  in  money  of  Great  Britain  and  provision  made 
for  sinking  or  discharging  same,  together  with  sum  of  bills  that 
have  been  sunk  or  discharged ;  also  sum  of  bills  subsisting,  or  pass 
ing  in  payment  at  this  time,  with  amount  of  value  thereof  in  money 
of  Great  Britain,  and  of  the  rates  of  gold  and  silver. 

Report  from  two  members  of  council  of  Antigua,  to  William  Mathew, 
governor  of  the  Leeward  Islands,  concerning  value  of  gold  and 
silver  in  that  island,  dated  January  2,  1740. 

Id.  from  president  of  council  of  St.  Christopher  to  William  Mathew, 
governor  of  the  Leeward  Islands,  concerning  value  of  gold  and 
silver  in  that  island,  dated  December  12,  1739. 

Letter  from  Mr.  Wiske,  president  of  council  of  Montserrat,  to  William 
Mathew,  governor  of  the  Leeward  Islands,  concerning  value  of 
gold  and  silver  coin  in  that  island,  dated  December  14,  1739. 

Account  of  paper  currency  in  Maryland. 

Letter  from  Mr.  Dottin,  president  of  council  and  commander-in-chief  of 
Barbadoes,  concerning  rates  of  gold  and  silver  coins,  and  the  paper 
currency  in  that  island,  dated  November  9,  1739. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Mr.  Popple,  governor  of  the  Bermuda  Islands,  con 
cerning  rates  of  gold  and  silver  coins  in  those  islands,  dated  De 
cember  20,  1739.  160 

(Address  for  papers,  June  13,  1739;  delivered  this  day.     L.  J.  XXV.  417, 
.500.) 

1740,  April  16.  Account  from  Board  of  Trade  of  rise  and  progress  of  the 
paper  bills  of  credit  in  South  Carolina  from  1700  to  this  present 
time,  together  with  computed  value  in  money  of  Great  Britain  of 


214  House  of  Lords. 

such  bills  at  the  respective  times  of  their  creating  and  issuing  and 
value  of  such  bills  in  money  of  Great  Britain  at  this  time,  and  also 
an  account  of  rates  and  prices  of  gold  and  silver  coin  in  South 
Carolina  in  1700,  1710,  1720,  1730,  and  at  this  present  time.  161 
(Address  for  papers,  June  13,  1739;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXV.  417,  515.) 

1740,  c.  The  relation  of  John  Smith,  planter,  of  Jamaica,  touching  an  en 

gagement  between  Thomas  Swanton  and  the  rebellious  negroes.  162 
(This  paper  was  not  found.) 

1741,  January  12.  Correspondence  between  Lords  of  the  Admiralty  and  Vice- 

Adm.  Vernon,  then  in  West  Indies,  relating  to  ship  supplies,  etc., 
1739-1740.  Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  under  Schedule  I.  163 

(Address  for  papers,  December  i,  1740;   delivered  this  day.     L.  J.  XXV. 
547,  562.) 

1741,  January  12.  Extracts  from  letter  from  Vice-Adm.  Vernon  to  Navy 
Board,  Jamaica,  January  18-31,  1740,  relating  to  ship  supplies.  164 
(Address  for  paper,  December  i,  1740;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXV.  547, 

563.) 

1741,  January  12.  Correspondence  between  Duke  of  Newcastle  and  Vice- 
Adm.  Vernon,  1739-1740.  Titles  given  in  L.  J.  under  List  I.  In 
Newcastle's  correspondence  with  Admiral  Haddock,  listed  in  L.  J. 
XXV.  563-564,  there  are  a  few  references  to  the  West  Indies.  165 
(Addresses  for  papers,  December  i  and  8,  1740;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J. 

XXV.  547,  SSL  563-564-) 
1741,  March  5.  Papers  from  Board  of  Trade  relating  to  paper  currency,  etc., 

in  America: 

Extract  of  letter  from  Maj.  Gooch,  lieutenant-governor  of  Virginia,  Feb 
ruary  9,  1740,  relating  to  paper  currency,  etc. 

Account  of  state  of  paper  currency  of  North  Carolina  from  the  first  emis 
sion  of  any  bills  of  credit  to  1740. 
Letter  from  Samuel  Ogle,  deputy  governor  of  Maryland,  April  20,  1740, 

relating  to  paper  currency,  etc. 
Id.  from  Joseph  Talcott,  deputy  governor  of  Connecticut,  January  12, 

1740,  relating  to  paper  currency,  etc. 

Account  of  gold  and  silver  coin  as  it  currently  passed  in  Nevis,  1700-1740, 
transmitted  by  Gov.  Mathew.  166 

(Address  for  papers,  June  13,  1739;  delivered  this  day.     L.  J.  XXV.  417, 
620.) 

1741,  March  24.  Return  of  Commissioners  of  Customs   with   accounts  of 

quantity  of  manufactured  silk  exported  from  Christmas,  1720,  to 
Christmas,  1740,  and  of  value  thereof;  distinguishing  each  country 
and  year.  The  plantations  are  severally  distinguished.  167 

(Ordered  March  21;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXV.  639,  642.) 

1742,  January  14.  Papers   from   Secretary  of   State.     Letters,   reports   and 

official  papers,  relating  to  Vice-Adm.  Vernon  at  Carthagena.  Titles 
given  in  L.  J.,  List  3.  168 

(Address  for  papers,  December  18,  1741;  delivered  this  day.     L.  J.  XXVI. 
18,  28-29.) 

1742,  January  ip.    Papers  from  Secretary  of  State.    Correspondence  between 

England  and  France  relating  to  prizes,  of  which  some  were  taken 

by  American  ships.     Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  169 

(Address  for  papers,  December  22,  1741 ;  delivered  this  day.     L.  J.  XXVI. 

21,  34-36.) 


House  of  Lords.  215 

1742,  January  10.  Papers  from  Admiralty  Office : 

List  of  all  his  Majesty's  ships  of  war  that  are  now  in  commission,  dis 
tinguishing-  the  services  in  which  they  are  now  employed.  In 
cludes  ships  at  Jamaica  and  at  several  other  plantations. 

Account  of  ships  of  war  and  other  vessels  built  in  private  yards  for  his 
Majesty's  service  since  July  10,  1739,  distinguishing  the  times 
when  contracted  for,  when  launched,  when  first  put  to  sea  and  on 
what  services  employed.  Some  were  employed  in  American  waters. 

Id.  of  ships  and  vessels  purchased  for  his  Majesty's  service  since  July  10, 
1739,  distinguishing  the  times  when  purchased,  when  first  put  to 
sea  and  on  what  services  employed.  Several  were  employed  in  the 
West  Indies. 

Schedule  of  the  journals  of  commanders  of  his  Majesty's  ships  of  war 
employed  since  commencement  of  present  war  with  Spain  as  cruis 
ers  for  protection  of  the  trade  of  this  kingdom. 

Return  to  order  for  accounts  transmitted  by  Vice-Adm.  Vernon  and  Maj.- 
Gen.  Wentworth  to  the  Admiralty  relating  to  the  attempt  upon 
Carthagena.  States  that  these  officers  have  not  transmitted  to  the 
Admiralty  any  such  accounts. 

Account  of  his  Majesty's  ships  of  war  employed  since  commencement  of 
present  war  with  Spain  as  cruisers  for  protection  of  the  trade  of 
this  kingdom,  the  stations  of  such  ships  and  how  long  ordered  to 
continue  thereon,  with  the  times  of  going  to  sea  and  their  returning 
into  port;  when  such  ships  were  cleaned,  which  of  them  tallowed, 
and  when,  respectively.  170 

(Addresses  and  order  for  papers,  December  16  and  18,  1741 ;  delivered  this 
day.    L.  J.  XXVI.  16,  18,  36.) 

1742,  January  20.  Papers  from  War  Office : 

Account  of  number  of  land  forces  now  in  pay  of  Great  Britain,  distinguish 
ing  the  several  regiments  and  the  numbers  whereof  they  consist 
on  the  establishment;  the  places  in  which  and  the  service  whereon 
they  are  now  respectively  employed. 

List  of  general  officers  and  an  account  where  they  are  respectively  em 
ployed.  171 
(Address  for  papers,  December  16,  1741 ;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXVI. 
16,  38.) 

1742,  January  20.  Petition  of  merchants  and  traders  of  the  city  of  London 
in  behalf  of  themselves  and  the  trade  of  these  kingdoms,  complain 
ing,  amongst  other  things,  that  "  The  Navigation  to  and  from  several 
of  his  Majestie's  Colonies,  has  often  been  much  exposed  to  the 
Enemy,  and  ....  many  ships  have  been  taken  in  the  American 
Seas  by  their  [Spanish]  privateers."  172 

(Read  this  day.    L.  J.  XXVI.  38-39.) 

1742,  January  27.  Papers  from  Admiralty  Office : 

Account  of  ships  of  war  appointed  as  convoys  to  the  trade  of  this  kingdom 
to  foreign  parts  since  commencement  of  present  war  with  Spain, 
distinguishing  ships  appointed  and  the  particular  services  upon 
which  so  appointed  as  convoys,  together  with  notices  given  the 
traders  of  time  prefixed  for  sailing  and  times  at  which  they  sailed 
respectively. 


216  House  of  Lords. 

Id.  of  ships  of  war  built  in  any  of  his  Majesty's  yards  of  this  kingdom 
which  have  been  launched  since  July  10,  1739,  distinguishing  the 
times  when  launched,  when  first  put  to  sea  and  on  what  services 
employed.  Three  at  Jamaica.  173 

(Order  for  papers,  January  20;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXVI.  39,  45.) 

1742,  February  (?).  Returns  of  Lords  of  the  Admiralty.  [B]  "  Account  of 
convoys  to  foreign  parts  since  the  declaration  of  the  war  with 
Spain."  Includes  convoys  of  ships  engaged  in  American  trade.  174 
1742,  February  (?).  Returns  of  Lords  of  the  Admiralty.  [G]  "  Extracts  of 
letters  from  the  commanders  of  His  Majesty's  ships  giving  an 
account  of  merchant  ships  abandoning  their  convoy  or  not  staying 
for  convoy,  since  the  declaration  of  the  war  with  Spain."  Most  of 
these  letters  contain  references  to  ships  engaged  in  American 
trade.  175 

1742,  February  18.  Copies  of  all  applications  to  Lords  of  the  Admiralty  for 
cruisers  or  convoys  since  commencement  of  war  with  Spain. 
Schedule  and  sixty-seven  papers,  including: 

Petition  of  merchants  trading  to  coast  of  Africa. 

Id.  to  Madeira  and  the  British  plantations. 

Petitions  from  agents  of  Barbadoes  and  the  Leeward  Islands  and  mer 
chants  trading  thither  praying  that  a  sufficient  force  may  be  sta 
tioned  for  defence  of  those  islands,  and  a  memorial  relating  to  the 
same  matter. 

Extract  of  letter  from  a  captain  just  arrived  from  Carolina  relating  to 
privateers  cruising  to  intercept  the  trade. 

Petition  from  West  India  merchants  praying  for  cruisers  for  protection 
of  their  homeward-bound  trade. 

Letter  from  Duke  of  Newcastle  enclosing  extract  of  letter  from  Lieut.  - 
Gov.  Bull  of  South  Carolina,  representing  the  interruption  given  to 
trade  of  that  province  by  the  Spaniards. 

Application  of  masters  of  merchant  ships  for  convoy  to  Jamaica. 

Id.  to  Leeward  Islands. 

Application  from  traders  of  London  to  Virginia  and  Maryland  for  convoy 
for  trade  bound  to  and  from  those  colonies. 

Application  for  convoy  for  Newfoundland  ships. 

Application  from  merchants  and  masters  of  ships  trading  to  Carolina  for 
convoy  to  and  from  that  colony. 

Applications : 

From  Mr.  Henry  Howson  for  convoy  for  a  ship  bound  to  Carolina. 
From  Mr.  Neil  Buchanan  for  convoy  for  three  ships  loaded  with  tobacco 

bound  to  Morlaix. 

From  Mr.  James  Buchanan  for  three  merchant  ships  bound  from  Mor 
laix  to  Virginia. 

For  a  ship  bound  to  Maryland ;  application  for  a  ship  bound  to  Virginia 
to  be  convoyed  one  hundred  fifty  leagues  into  the  sea ;  application 
from  Mr.  William  Wood  in  behalf  of  merchants  trading  to  Vir 
ginia  and  Maryland  for  convoy  for  their  trade. 

Copies  of  all  complaints  made  against  commanders  of  his  Majesty's  ships 
for  leaving  the  trade  under  their  convoy,  etc.  Schedule  and  forty 
papers,  including  papers  relative  to  taking  of  the  Rochester,  "  laden 


House  of  Lords.  217 

with  naval  stores  from  Piscataway  "  and  abandoned  by  her  convoy ; 
and  to  impressment  of  men  from  the  brigantine  Industry  from 
Maryland,  before  delivery  of  cargo. 

Account  of  what  has  been  done  upon  applications  to  Lords  of  the  Admi 
ralty  for  cruisers  and  convoys  since  commencement  of  present  war 
with  Spain.  The  various  applications  noted  above  are  accounted 
for. 

List  of  names  of  merchant  ships  or  other  vessels  belonging  to  this  king 
dom,  which  commanders  of  his  Majesty's  ships  have  given  instruc 
tions  to  and  which  have  proceeded  under  their  convoy  to  and  from 
foreign  parts,  since  the  commencement  of  present  war  with  Spain, 
distinguishing  the  names  of  commanders  and  of  his  Majesty's 
ships  and  the  voyages  respectively  and  whether  proceeded  the  whole 
voyage  or  only  part  of  the  voyage. 

Id.  of  names  of  merchant  ships,  with  names  of  the  masters  that  have  be 
haved  so  negligently  as  to  delay  convoys  from  whom  they  had  taken 
sailing  orders,  or  that  have  abandoned  the  same,  or  have  been  any 
ways  disobedient  to  the  instructions  established  for  good  govern 
ment;  with  narration  of  the  facts,  since  commencement  of  present 
war  with  Spain.  Includes  some  ships  engaged  in  American 
trade.  176 

(Address  for  papers,  January  26;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXVI.  43,  57-58.) 

1742,  February  18.  Copy  of  report  of  the  Lords  of  the  Admiralty  to  his 

Majesty  in  Council,  upon  petition  of  merchants  relating  to  their 
losses  during  the  war.  177 

(Address  for  paper,  February  i;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXVI.  51,  58.) 

1743,  January  n.  Estimates  of  the  charge  of  his   Majesty's   forces,   from 

office  of  Secretary  at  War.  Seven  papers,  of  which  one  includes  an 
estimate  of  the  charge  of  his  Majesty's  forces  in  the  planta 
tions.  178 

(Address  for  papers,  December  15,  1742;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXVI. 
178,  182.) 

1745,  February  n.  Regulations  (printed)  of  the  King  of  France  as  to  sea- 
prizes  and  the  navigation  of  neutral  ships  during  the  war,  October 
21,  1744;  with  translation.  No  direct  reference  to  America.  179 
(Address  for  paper,  February  4;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXVI.  431,  437.) 

1749,  January  if.  Copies  and  translations  of  treaty  of  Aix-la-Chapelle.  Sepa 
rate  articles,  full  powers  and  acts  of  accession.  180 
(Delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXVII.  259.) 

1749,  January  51.  Copies  and  extracts:   treaties  of  Breda,    1667;  London, 

(England  and  Holland),  1674 ;  St.  Germain  en  Laye,  1677 ;  Utrecht, 
1713.  Eight  papers.  Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  181 

(Address  for  papers,  January  27;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXVII.  266-267, 
268.) 

1750,  February  p.  Representation  of  Board  of  Trade  on  the  trade  to  Africa, 

with  the  several  proposals  laid  before  them.  Seven  papers.  Titles 
in  L.  J.  Printed  copy  in  British  Museum,  no.  8223.  e.  4.  (47), 
entitled  Papers  laid  before  the  Honourable  House  of  Commons  by 
the  Commissioners  of  Trade  and  Plantations,  pursuant  to  an  ad- 


218  House  of  Lords. 

dress  of  the  House  of  Lords  to  His  Majesty,  the  8th  of  June,  1749, 
for  the  better  securing,  improving,  and  extending  the  trade  to 
Africa.  (London,  1750).  182 

(Address  for  representation,  June  8,  1749;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXVII. 
364,  400-401.) 

1750,  April  3  and  5.  Petitions  (12)  against  bill  23  George  II.  to  encourage 
importation  of  pig  and  bar  iron  from  colonies  in  America  and  to 
prevent  erection  of  rolling  mills  in  said  colonies.  183 

(Six  petitions  read  April  3;  three  read  and  committed  April  5.  L.  J.  XXVII. 
447-448,  451-452.  The  bill  referred  to  was  brought  from  House  of  Com 
mons,  March  30;  royal  assent,  April  12.  L.  J.  XXVII.  442,  460.) 

1750,  April  J.  Copies  of  the  several  reports  made  to  the  Commissioners  of 
the  Navy  by  the  officers  of  his  Majesty's  yards  of  the  trials  of  iron 
imported  from  the  plantations.  184 

(Ordered  April  2;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXVII.  446,  447.) 

1750,  April  5.  Papers  from  Custom  House : 

Account  of  quantity  of  iron  imported  from  British  colonies  in  America, 
Christmas,  1710 — Christmas,  1749,  distinguishing  each  year  and 
quantity  imported  from  each  colony,  and  distinguishing  how  much 
in  pigs  and  how  much  in  bars. 

Id.  of  quantity  of  bar  iron  exported  to  British  plantations,  Christmas, 
1746 — Christmas,  1749,  distinguishing  each  year.  185 

(Ordered  April  2;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXVII.  445,  451.) 

1750,  April  5.  Account  from  Excise  Office  of  the  produce  of  all  duties  pay 

able  on  leather,  1732-1738,  inclusive.  This  relates  to  bill  23  George 
II.  (Cf.  no.  183.)  It  was  thought  that  destruction  of  iron  works 
would  lead  to  destruction  of  coppices,  thus  depriving  leather  works 
of  bark  and  ruining  leather  trade.  186 

(Ordered  April  2;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXVII.  445,  451.) 

1751,  January  31.  Copy  of  treaty  between  Great  Britain  and   Spain,   con 

cluded  at  Madrid,  October  5,  N.  S.,  1750;  and  translation.  187 

(Presented  this  day.    L.  J.  XXVII.  484.) 

1751,  February  8.  Admiralty  papers,  relating  to  state  of  African  forts  and 
settlements  of  Royal  African  Company.  Thirteen  papers  scheduled, 
of  which  nos.  4  to  12  are  wanting. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Capt.  Pye  to  Secretary  of  the  Admiralty,  March  18, 
1749,  communicating  his  own  observations  on  the  coast  in  general. 

Id.  of  letter  from  chiefs  of  the  blacks  at  Cape  Coast  to  Capt.  Pye,  Feb 
ruary  10,  1749,  begging  that  Richard  Stockwell  may  be  restored 
to  the  government  of  Cape  Coast  Castle. 

Id.  of  letter  from  Mr.  Stockwell  and  company  to  Capt.  Pye,  dated  at  Cape 
Coast  Castle,  January  18,  1749. 

Account  of  state  of  Cape  Coast  Castle,  belonging  to  Royal  African  Com 
pany,  together  with  the  castle,  slaves,  military  stores,  canoes  and 
other  vessels  thereto  belonging,  according  to  a  survey  made  by 
order  of  Thomas  Pye,  commander  of  H.  M.  S.  Humber,  February 
4,  1749.  Prepared  pursuant  to  act  23  George  II.  for  extending  and 
improving  the  trade  to  Africa.  188 

(Delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXVII.  488.  The  act  referred  to  was  brought 
from  House  of  Commons,  March  19,  1750;  royal  assent,  April  12.  L.  J. 
XXVII.  427,  460.) 


House  of  Lords.  219 

1752,  January  73.  Further    report    of    commissioners    for    examining    into 

claims  of  creditors  of  the  Royal  African  Company  of  England, 
made  in  pursuance  of  an  act  of  Parliament  pased  the  last  session. 
(Cf.  no.  188.)  189 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXVII.  622.) 

1753,  February  12.  Itemized  accounts  of  money  received  and  expended  by 

the  committee  of  the  company  of  merchants  trading  to  Africa,  for 
support  and  improvements  of  forts  and  settlements  upon  said  coast, 

I750I75I-  190 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXVIII.  19.) 

1753,  March  12.  Papers  from  Secretary  of  State  and  Board  of  Trade.  Two 
large  bundles  of  correspondence  relating  to  settlement  of  Nova 
Scotia,  1749-1752.  One  hundred  and  forty-three,  with  enclosures; 
titles  listed  in  L.  J.  191 

(Address  for  papers,  February  13;  delivered  this  day.     L.  J.  XXVIII.  21, 

43-47-) 

1753,  March  13.  Petition  of  Daniel  Quare  and  Benjamin  Brain  Quare,  his 
eldest  son,  praying  leave  to  bring  in  a  bill  to  enable  them  to  sell 
their  propriety  and  shares  of  the  provinces  of  East  New  Jersey  in 
America  for  payment  of  debts. 
Judges'  report. 
Amendments  to  bill.  192 

(Petition  read  and  referred  to  Judges  this  day.  L.  J.  XXVIII.  48-49.  This 
bill  26  George  II.  was  first  read  April  2;  royal  assent,  June  7.  L.  J. 
XXVIII.  71,  I55-) 

1755,  January  27.  Account  of  proceedings  of  commissioners  appointed  by 

"  an  Act  for  the  application  of  a  sum  of  money  therein  mentioned, 
granted  to  His  Majesty  for  making  compensation  and  satisfaction 
to  the  Royal  African  Company  of  England  for  their  charter,  lands, 
forts,  castles,  slaves,  military  stores  and  all  other  their  effects 
whatsoever,  and  to  vest  the  lands,  forts,  castles,  slaves,  and  military 
stores,  and  all  other  their  effects,  in  the  company  of  merchants 
trading  to  Africa  and  for  other  purposes  in  the  Act  mentioned."  193 

(Delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXVIII.  317.  This  act  25  George  II.  was  brought 
from  House  of  Commons,  March  13,  1752;  royal  assent,  March  26.  L.  J. 
XXVII.  685,  704.) 

1756,  February  20.  Papers   (210  besides  enclosures  and  translations)   from 

Secretary  of  State  relating  to  encroachments  committed  by  the 
French  in  N.  America,  all  (except  some  enclosures)  dating  from 
1749  to  1755,  as  follows: 

Extracts  of  or  copies  of  144  letters  between  the  Duke  of  Bedford,  Duke 
of  Newcastle,  Earl  of  Albemarle,  Earl  of  Holdernesse  and  Sir 
Thomas  Robinson,  with  the  following  enclosures : 

Copies  of  letters,  memorials,  depositions,  instructions  or  extracts,  with 
translations  from  the  French,  from  the  above  or  from  Gov.  Shirley, 
Lieut.-Col.  Mascarene,  M.  de  Puyzieulx,  Gov.  Cornwallis,  the 
French  Court,  M.  de  la  Jonquiere,  M.Rouille,  officers  of  the  Albany, 
the  Endeavour  and  the  St.  Francois,  M.  Desherbiers,  John  Bruce, 
Abbe  Le  Loutre,  Gov.  Glen,  Count  de  Raymond,  Col.  Johnson,  Lieut. 
Lindesay,  commissary  of  Oswego,  Mr.  Stoddert,  a  trader  of  Os- 
wego,  Gov.  Clinton,  M.  Duquesne. 


220  House  of  Lords. 

Journal  of  proceedings  of  detachment  under  command  of  Maj.  Charles 

Lawrence  after  entering  the  basin  of  Chignecto. 
Memorials  concerning  some  French  vessels  taken  by  English  ships  on 

coast  of  New  France. 

Memorial  of  French  ambassador  on  the  fishery  of  Acadia.     1685. 
Decree  in   Nova   Scotia  court  of  vice-admiralty   against  the   French 

brigantine  St.  Frangois. 

Invoice  of  ammunition,  etc.,  taken  out  of  the  king's  storehouses  at 
Quebec  and  loaded  on  board  the  London  to  be  delivered  to  Abbe  Le 
Loutre  as  presents  to  the  savages. 
Instructions  to  the  master  of  the  London. 

Extracts  from  the  register  of  Indian  affairs  in  Albany.    August  16,  1694. 
Representations  against  proceedings  of  French  in  West  Indies.    March 

7>  1752. 
Declaration  of  John  Patten  and  Thomas  Bourke,  taken  prisoners  by 

the  French  and  sent  from  Canada  to  France. 
A  map. 

Remarks  on  fort  built  by  the  French  at  Crown  Point. 
Extract  of  minute  taken  between  Due  de  Mirepoix  and  Duke  of  New 
castle.     December  20,  1752. 

Also,  extracts  of  letters  between  Col.  Yorke,  Duke  of  Bedford  and  Earl 
of  Holdernesse,  1749-1751,  of  which  one  encloses  a  copy  with  trans 
lation  of  a  memorial  of  M.  Durand  relating  to  Nova  Scotia,  June  17, 
1749,  and  of  a  memorial  in  answer  thereto. 

Extracts  and  copies  of  letters  between  the  commissaries,   Shirley  and 
Mildmay,  and  the  Duke  of  Bedford,  the  Earl  of  Holdernesse  (en 
closing  letters  from  and  to  Board  of  Trade  and  drafts  of  memo 
rials),  the  Duke  of  Newcastle,  Mr.  Amyand  and  Mr.  Aldworth. 
Extracts  of  letters  from  Messrs.  Mildmay  and  DeCosne  to  Duke  of  New 
castle,  Sir  Thomas  Robinson  and  the  Earl  of  Holdernesse. 
Id.  from  Mr.  DeCosne  to  Mr.  Amyand  (enclosing  copy  of  declaration  of 
James  Devoy  and  others  from  Philadelphia,  taken  at  Paris)  and 
between  Mr.  DeCosne  and  Sir  Thomas  Robinson. 
Also,  extract  of  minute.    March  27,  1752. 
The  Memorials  of  the  English  and  French  Commissaries,  concerning  the 

Limits  of  Nova  Scotia,  or  Acadia. 
Memorials  and  answers  thereto  exchanged  by  the  Due  de  Mirepoix  and 

Sir  Thomas  Robinson,  1755. 
Copies  of  projects  of  preliminary  convention,  delivered  to  and  by  the  Due 

de  Mirepoix,  1755. 

Id.  of  extracts  of  letters  from  M.  Rouille  to  the  Due  de  Mirepoix,  1755. 
Id.  of  notes  of  a  memorial  and  the  answer  thereto,  by  and  to  the  Due  de 

Mirepoix,  1753,  1755. 
Titles  listed  in  full  in  L.  J.  194 

(Address  for  papers,  December  5,  1755;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXVIII. 
440,  480-487.) 

1756,  February  24.  Papers  ( 149)  from  Board  of  Trade,  relating  to  encroach 
ments  committed  by  the  French  in  N.  America,  1749-1755.  All 
are  copies  or  extracts. 

Forty-five  letters  from  Board  of  Trade  to  Secretaries  of  State,  enclosing: 
Letters  from  Paul  Mascarene,  lieutenant-governor  of  Nova  Scotia,  to 
Board  of  Trade,  April  28,  June  2,  1749. 


House  of  Lords.  221 

Letter  from  M.  de  la  Gallissoniere,  governor  of  Canada,  to  Paul  Mas- 

carene,  January  15,  1749. 

Letter  from  Paul  Mascarene  to  M.  de  la  Gallissoniere,  April  25,  1749. 
Letters  from  Gov.  William  Shirley  to  Board  of  Trade,  May  10,  July  4, 

I749>  October  22,  1753;  January,  February  20,  May  23,  1754. 
Letter  from  Gov.  Shirley  to  M.  de  la  Gallissoniere,  May  9,  1749. 
Articles  of  submission  and  agreement  entered  into  at  Boston,  1725,  by 

sachems  of  the  several  tribes  of  Indians  inhabiting  Nova  Scotia 

and  New  England. 
Extract  of  letter  from  Gov.  Shirley  to  Edward  Cornwallis,  governor 

of  Nova  Scotia,  July  3,  1749. 
Letters  and  extracts  of  letters  from  Gov.  George  Clinton  to  Board  of 

Trade,  July  7,  October  17,  1749;  October  4,  December  19,  1750; 

January  17,  July  17  and  August  30,  1751. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Capt.  Marshall  to  Gov.  Clinton,  June  23,  1749. 
Letter  and  extracts  of  letters  from  Gov.  Edward  Cornwallis  to  Board 

of  Trade,  July  24,  September  n,  October  17  and  December  7,  1749 ; 

March  19,  April  30,  August  19,  September  22  and  November  27, 

1750;  June  24,  November  3,  1751. 
Letter  from  Gov.  Cornwallis  to  Capt.  Rous  of  his   Majesty's  sloop 

Albany,  without  date,  enclosing  copy  of  ordinance  to  be  delivered 

by  him  to  the  officer  commanding  a  detachment  of  French  soldiers 

at  St.  John's  River,  dated  July  9,  1749. 
Id.  from  Gov.  Cornwallis  to  M.  Desherbiers,  governor  of  Louisburg, 

without  date. 

Id.  from  M.  Desherbiers  to  Gov.  Cornwallis,  October  15,  1749. 
Id.  from  M.  de  la  Jonquiere  to  Gov.  Cornwallis,  October  25,  1749. 
Id.  from  Gov.  Cornwallis  to  M.  de  la  Jonquiere,  November  I,  1749. 
Id.  from  James  Hamilton,  lieutenant-governor  of  Pennsylvania,  to  Gov. 

Clinton,  enclosing  a  declaration  made  by  M.  Celoron ;  and  a  letter 

to  him  from  said  officer,  without  date. 

Id.  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Hamilton  to  Gov.  Clinton,  September  20,  1750. 
Speech  made  by  the  French  officer  commanding  detachment  of  French 

troops  on  the  Ohio,  to  Indians  of  said  river. 
Letter  from  M.  Lery,  chief  engineer  at  French  fort  at  Niagara,  to  M. 

de  la  Jonquiere,  July  5,  1749. 
Proclamation  published  at  Piziquid,  Nova  Scotia,  December,  1749,  by 

three  Indian  chiefs. 
Extracts  of  letters  from  Col.  Lee,  president  of  the  council  in  Virginia, 

to  Board  of  Trade,  May  n,  November  6,  1750. 
Extracts  of  several  French  letters  taken  on  board  a  French  vessel  in 

Bay  of  Fundy. 

Letter  from  Lieut.  Butler  to  Col.  Johnson,  Oswego,  September  3,  1750. 
Message  from  the  Twightwees,  delivered  May  29,  1750,  to  the  lieu 
tenant-governor  of  Pennsylvania  but  addressed  to  all  his  Majesty's 

governors. 
Decree  of  court  of  admiralty  of  Nova  Scotia  against  the  brigantine 

St.  Francois,  seized  by  Capt.  Rous  in  his  Majesty's   sloop  the 

Albany,  dated  November  I,  1750. 
Letters  from  Col.  William  Johnson  to  Gov.  Clinton,  September  25,  1750, 

July  27,  1751. 


222  House  of  Lords. 

Inscription  on  leaden  plate  lately  got  from  the  French  containing  a  pre 
tended  claim  of  theirs  to  lands  on  both  sides  the  Ohio,  1749. 

Speech  of  a  Cayuga  sachem  to  Col.  William  Johnson  and  said  colonel's 
answer,  dated  December  5,  1750. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Hamilton  to  Board  of  Trade,  Feb 
ruary  8,  1751. 

Letter  from  M.  Celoron,  at  Fort  Detroit,  to  Lieut.-Gov.  Hamilton, 
August  6,  1749. 

Id.  from  Phineas  Stevens  to  Spencer  Phips,  lieutenant-governor  of 
Massachusetts,  April  4,  1751. 

Letters  from  Lieut.  Lindesay,  commissary  of  Oswego,  and  Mr.  Stod- 
dert,  a  trader  there,  to  Col.  Johnson,  July,  1751. 

Letter  from  Gov.  Clinton  to  M.  de  la  Jonquiere,  June  12,  1751. 

Id.  from  M.  de  la  Jonquiere  to  Gov.  Clinton,  August  10,  1751. 

Notes  by  Gov.  Clinton  on  letter  of  M.  de  la  Jonquiere  to  Gov.  Clinton 
dated  August  10,  1751. 

Extracts  of  letters  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Robert  Dinwiddie  to  Board  of 
Trade,  December  10,  1752 ;  June  16,  1753 ;  January  29  and  May  10, 

1754- 
Journal  of  William  Trent,  sent  with  his  Majesty's  present  to  the  Twight- 

wees,  June  21,  1752. 

Letter  from  the  Twightwees  to  Lieut.-Gov.  Dinwiddie,  June  24,  1752. 
Id.  from  the  Indians  to  Lieut.-Gov.  Dinwiddie,  without  date. 
Account  of  number  and  strength  of  French  forts  and  of  the  state  of 

New  France,  by  a  deserter  from  the  French,  without  date. 
Letter  and  extracts  of  letters  from  Peregrine  Thomas  Hopson,  governor 

of  Nova  Scotia,  to  Board  of  Trade,  May  29,  October  i  and  October 

18,  1753- 
Letter  from  Capt.  William  Trent  to  Lieut.-Gov.  Hamilton,  April  10, 

1753- 

Id.  from  Col.  Johnson  to  Gov.  Clinton,  April  20,  1753. 

Id.  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Hamilton  to  Gov.  Clinton,  May  10,  1753. 

Id.  from  Capt.  Benjamin  Stoddard  to  Col.  Johnson,  May  15,  1753. 

Id.  from  Capt.  Holland,  at  Oswego,  to  Gov.  Clinton,  May  15,  1753. 

Representations  from  Board  of  Trade  to  his  Majesty,  August  16,  De 
cember  7,  1753. 

Letter  from  Father  Germain,  Jesuit  priest  of  river  St.  John's,  to  an 
inhabitant  of  the  district  of  Annapolis  River,  without  date. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Capt.  Handfield  to  Paul  Mascarene,  dated  Fort 
at  Annapolis  Royal,  September  2,  1753. 

Extracts  of  letters  from  Lieut.-Gov.  De  Lancey  to  Board  of  Trade,  Nov 
ember  29,  1753 ;  October  8,  21  and  December  15,  1754. 

Resolution  of  assembly  of  New  York,  November  13,  1753. 

Extract  of  letter  and  copy  of  extract  from  Lieut.  Holland  to  Lieut.- 
Gov.  De  Lancey,  Oswego,  November  8,  1753. 

Extracts  of  letters  from  Charles  Lawrence,  commander-in-chief  of  Nova 
Scotia,  to  Board  of  Trade,  January  15,  August  I,  1754,  and  Janu 
ary  12,  1755. 

Commission  given  by  Lieut.-Gov.  Dinwiddie  to  George  Washington, 
dated  October  30,  1753. 

Instructions  given  by  Lieut.-Gov.  Dinwiddie  to  George  Washington. 


House  of  Lords.  223 

Letter  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Dinwiddie  to  the  commander-in-chief  of  the 

French  forces  on  the  Ohio,  October  31,  1753. 

Id.  from  M.  de  St.  Pierre  to  Lieut.-Gov.  Dinwiddie,  October  15,  1753. 
Journal  of  Maj.  George  Washington's  transactions  with  the  French  on 

the  Ohio  in  1753. 
Extract  of  letter  from  Mr.  Smith  to  Gov.  Shirley,  Cape  Cod,  December 

24,  1753. 

Address  of  Massachusetts  assembly  to  Gov.  Shirley. 
Extract  of  letter  from  Lieut.-Gov.  De  Lancey,  May  21,  1754. 
Letter  from  George  Washington  to  Lieut.-Gov.  Hamilton,  without  date. 
Two  copies  of  summons  from  M.  Contrecoeur  to  the  commander  of 

British  troops  at  mouth  of  the  Monongahela,  dated  April  16,  1754. 
Letter  from  George  Washington  to  Lieut.-Gov.  Dinwiddie,  April  25, 

I7S4- 
Deposition  of  Ensign  Ward  made  before  Lieut.-Gov.   Dinwiddie  in 

council,  dated  May  7,  1754. 
Letter  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Delancey  to  Marquis  Duquesne,  October  16, 

1754- 

Id.  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Lawrence  to  Gov.  Shirley.,  without  date. 

Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  195 

(Address  for  papers,  December  5,  1755;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXVIII. 

440,  490-495-) 

1756,  March  i.  Petition  of  William  Bollan,  agent  for  Massachusetts,  to  be 
heard  against  bill  29  George  II.  to  enable  his  Majesty  to  grant 
commissions  to  certain  foreign  Protestants  who  have  served  abroad 
as  officers  or  engineers  to  act  and  rank  as  officers  or  engineers  in 
America  only,  under  certain  restrictions  and  qualifications.  196 

(Read  and  rejected  this  day.  L.  J.  XXVIII.  504.  The  bill  referred  to  was 
brought  from  House  of  Commons,  February  27;  royal  assent,  March  9. 
L.  J.  XXVIII.  501,  517.) 

1762,  January  29.  Diplomatic  correspondence  (59  papers,  including  enclos 
ures  and  translations)  touching  rupture  with  Spain.  Titles  listed 
in  L.  J.  Includes  papers  on  disputes  relating  to  America : 

Restitution  of  prizes. 

Liberty  to  Spain  of  the  Newfoundland  fishery. 

Destruction  of  English  establishments  in  Bay  of  Honduras    (logwood 
question). 

Account  of  arrival  of  Spanish  flota  from  West  Indies  at  Cadiz.  197 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXX.  149-150.) 

1762,  April  21.  Commons'  reasons  for  disagreeing  with  Lords'  amendments 
to  bill  2  George  III.  "  for  naturalizing  such  foreign  Protestants  as 
have  served,  or  shall  serve,  for  the  time  therein  mentioned,  as  offi 
cers  or  soldiers  in  His  Majesty's  royal  American  regiment  or  as 
engineers  in  America  ".  198 

(L.  J.  XXX.  236-237.  In  extenso.  The  bill  referred  to  was  brought  from 
House  of  Commons,  April  i ;  royal  assent,  June  2.  L.  J.  XXX.  217,  281.) 

1762, April 23.  Bill  2  George  III.  entitled,  "An  Act  for  the  more  speedy 
and  effectual  trial  and  punishment  in  His  Majesty's  Colonies  and 
Plantations  in  America  of  persons  guilty  of  murder,  within  the 
limits  of  the  Admiral's  jurisdiction."  199 

(Presented  this  day;  committee  put  off,  May  5.    L.  J.  XXX.  240,  257.) 

15 


224  House  of  Lords. 

1762, November 29.  Papers  (6)  relating  to  Treaty  of  Paris: 

Copy  of  preliminary  articles  of  peace,  signed  at  Fontainebleau,  November 

3,  1762,  by  plenipotentiaries  of  Great  Britain,  France  and  Spain; 

and  translation. 
Id.  of  a  declaration,  signed  at  Fountainebleau,  November  3,  1762,  by  the 

French  plenipotentiary,  relating  to   I3th  article  of  preliminaries; 

and  translation. 
Id.  of  preliminary  articles  of  peace,  signed  at  Fontainebleau,  November 

3,  1762,  by  plenipotentiaries  of  Great  Britain,  Spain  and  France; 

and  translation.  200 

(Presented  this  day.    L.  J.  XXX.  298-299.) 

1763,  March  18.  Papers  relating  to  Treaty  of  Paris.  Two  copies  of  defini 
tive  treaty,  and  three  separate  articles,  signed  at  Paris,  February 
10,  1763,  between  France  and  Spain,  with  full  powers  of  the  re 
spective  ministers;  and  translations.  201 
(Presented  this  day.  L.  J.  XXX.  361.) 

1763,  March  25.  Papers  from  War  Office : 

Estimate  of  the  charge  of  his  Majesty's  forces  in  the  plantations,  .... 
for  121  days,  December  25,  1762-April  24,  1763. 

Id.  of  the  charge  of  his  Majesty's  forces  serving  in  the  plantations,  .... 
for  244  days,  April  25,  1763-December  24,  following. 

Id.  of  the  charge  ....  of  four  regiments  of  foot  serving  in  N.  America, 
on  the  Irish  establishment,  for  121  days,  December  25,  1762- April 
24,  1763.  202 

(Address  for  papers,  March  18;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXX.  361,  375.) 

1764,  March  13.  Admiralty  Office  papers,  relating  to  forts,  castles,  etc.,  of 

the  African  Company,  prepared  in  pursuance  of  act  23  George  II. 
(cf.  no.  188),  comprising  copies  of  reports  by  six  captains.  Thirty 
papers.  Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  203 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXX.  498-499.) 

1765,  January  75.  Accounts  and  papers  from  Secretary  of  State  relating  to 

maintenance  of  English  and  French  prisoners  of  war.  Six  papers, 
including  translations,  showing  expenses  incurred  in  maintaining 
French  prisoners  in  West  Indies  and  Canada,  as  well  as  in  England. 
Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  204 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXI.  9.) 

1765,  February  8.  Admiralty  Office  papers  relating  to  state  of  forts  and 
settlements  of  merchants  trading  to  Africa.  Cf.  no.  188.  Reports 
by  two  captains.  Four  papers.  Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  205 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXI.  31.) 

1765,  February  22.  Letter  transmitting  account  of  corn  and  meal  exported, 
1754-1764,  distinguishing  each  year,  with  names  of  ports  whence 
and  countries  whereto  exported.  Cf.  no.  239.  206 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXI.  47.) 

1765,  March  6.  Resolutions  regarding  bringing  from  America  any  Indians 
who  are  under  his  Majesty's  protection,  without  proper  authority, 
and  making  a  public  show  of  Indians.  207 

(L.  J.  XXXI.  64.    In  extenso.) 


House  of  Lords. 

1765,  March  u.  Bill  5  George  III.  entitled,  "  An  Act  to  prevent  any  free 

Indian  under  His  Majesty's  protection  from  being  carried  by  sea 
from  any  of  His  Majesty's  colonies  in  America  without  a  license 
for  that  purpose."  208 

(Read  first  time,  March  n;  sent  to  House  of  Commons,  March  28.    L.  J. 
XXXI.  70,  106.) 

1766,  January  14.  Large  bundle  of  papers  (190,  with  enclosures)  from  Sec 

retary  of  State,  relating  to  measures  for  executing  Stamp  Act  5 
George  III.,  and  disturbances  resulting  from  its  attempted  enforce 
ment. 

Mr.  Brettell,  secretary  to  Commissioners  of  Stamps,  to  Mr.  Jenkinson, 
secretary  of  the  Treasury,  and  Mr.  Jenkinson's  answer  to  Mr. 
Brettell,  of  April  3,  1765,  with  list  of  stamp  officers  appointed  by 
the  Treasury.  March  30,  1765. 

Mr.  Whately,  secretary  of  the  Treasury,  to  Commissioners  of  Stamps,  to 
send  a  plan  for  carrying  the  act  into  execution.  April  20,  1765. 

Mr.  Brettell  to  Mr.  Whately.  Contains  list  of  distributors  of  stamps 
appointed  by  Treasury  warrant,  dated  May  I,  1765.  April  25, 

1765- 
Representation  from  Commissioners  of  Stamps,  with  a  plan.     April  27, 

1765- 

Mr.  Brettell  to  Mr.  Whately.    July  3. 
Treasury  minute.    July  5. 

Mr.  Whately  to  Commissioners  of  Stamps,  approving  their  plan.    July  6. 
Mr.  Whately  to  Morgan  Vane,  comptroller  of  stamps,   approving  his 

appointing  two  additional  clerks  on  account  of  American  stamps. 

July  9- 
Mr.  Whately  to  Commissioners  of  Stamps,  about  vacancies  of  distributors 

of  stamps  abroad.    July  9. 
Treasury  minutes.     "  A  proposition  for  obviating  the  inconveniences  of 

bringing  into  this  kingdom  the  money  to  be  raised  by  the  Stamp 

Duties."    July  9. 
Mr.  Whately  to  Commissioners  of  Stamps,  about  distributors  paying  their 

money  to  deputy  paymasters  abroad.    July  10. 
Mr.  Lowndes  to  Commissioners  of  Stamps;  enclosing  copy  of  circular 

letter  to  the  governors  abroad,  about  the  Stamp  Act.    September  14. 
Representation  from  Commissioners  of  Stamps,  for  £6000.     September 

10,  1765. 

Treasury  minute.     September  13. 
Mr.  Lowndes  to  Commissioners  of  Stamps,  for  particulars  of  expense 

already  incurred.    September  16. 
Treasury  minute.    September  17. 
Mr.  Lowndes  to  Commissioners  of  Stamps,  to  recommend  a  distributor 

for  the  Bahamas.     September  19. 
Treasury  minute.    October  7. 
Mr.  Cowper  to  clerk  of  the  Council  in  waiting;  transmitting  two  letters 

from  Mr.  Oliver,  with  enclosures.    October  8. 
Mr.  Cowper  to  Gov.  Bernard,  about  the  riot  at  Boston.    October  8. 
Mr.  Cowper  to  Gov.  Shirley,  about  distributing  stamps  at  the  Bahamas. 

October  10. 
Mr.  Brettell  to  Mr.  Lowndes,  about  stamps  abroad.    October  n. 


House  of  Lords. 

Treasury  minute.  October  n. 
Treasury  minute.  October  14. 
Mr.  Cowper  to  Sir  Henry  Moore,  about  distribution  of  stamps  at  New 

York,  on  Mr.  M'Evers's  resignation.    October  16. 
Mr.  M'Evers's  letter  to  Mr.  Trecothick.    August  26. 
Mr.  Cowper  to  Mr.  Brettell,  about  a  distributor  at  the  Bahamas.    October 

17- 

Mr.  Cowper  to  Gov.  Franklin,  about  the  distributor  at  New  Jersey.  Nov 
ember  5. 

Mr.  Brettell's  letter  to  Mr.  Lowndes,  enclosing  Mr.  Cox's  resignation  as 
distributor  at  New  Jersey.  November  14. 

Extract  of  Mr.  Lowndes's  letter  to  Mr.  Brettell,  about  Mr.  Cox's  resigna 
tion.  November  15. 

Treasury  minute.    November  25. 

Treasury  minute.    December  23,  1765. 

Mr.  Lowndes's  letter  to  clerk  of  the  Council  in  waiting,  transmitting  Mr. 
Fremantle's  letter,  with  two  extracts  of  letters  from  the  collector 
and  comptroller  of  New  York.  December  24. 

Extract  of  Mr.  Brettell's  letter,  transmitting  letters  from  Mr.  Coxe, 
August  24,  1765,  Messrs.  Saxby  and  Lloyd,  October  31,  1765,  and 
Mr.  William  Whitehead,  November  10,  1765.  January  4,  1766. 

Collector  of  customs  at  Rhode  Island,  to  Commissioners  of  Customs. 
August  28,  1765. 

Mr.  Johnson,  distributor  of  stamps,  to  Commissioners  of  Stamps.    August 

31. 
Collector  of  customs  at  Rhode  Island,  to  Commissioners  of  Customs. 

September  5. 

Intelligence  from  the  colonies,  about  the  Stamp  Act.    September  6. 
Mr.  Brettell  to  Mr.  Lloyd,  distributor  of  stamps  for  South  Carolina.    Sep 
tember  6. 

Comptroller  at  Boston  to  Commissioners  of  Customs.    September  7. 
Mr.  Temple,  surveyor  general  of  the  northern  district  of  America,  to 

Commissioners  of  Customs.    September  9. 

Mr.  George  Meserve  to  Commissioners  of  Stamps.    September  30. 
Mr.  John  Hughes  to  Commissioners  of  Stamps,  October  12,  with  eight 

enclosures : 

John  Hughes  to  John  Penn,  lieutenant-governor  of  Pennsylvania.  Sep 
tember  17,  1765. 

W.  Do  well  to  John  Hughes,    n.  d. 
John  Hughes  to  Mr.  Dickinson.    October  2,  1765. 
John  Hughes  to  John  Penn.    October  3,  1765. 

Paper  to  John  Hughes,  "  A  great  Number  of  the  Citizens  of  Philadel 
phia  assembled  at  the  State  House  to  demand  of  Mr.  John  Hughes, 
distributor  of  stamps  for  Pennsylvania,  that  he  will  give  them 
assurance  ....  that  he  will  not  execute  that  office."  ....  Octo 
ber  5,  1765. 

Answer  from  John  Hughes.    October  5,  1765. 

Another  answer  from  John  Hughes  that  he  will  not  "put  the  Stamp 
Act  into  execution  in  Pennsylvania  until  the  said  act  shall  be  put 
into  execution  generally  in  the  neighboring  colonies  ".  October  5, 

1765- 
John  Hughes  to  John  Penn.    October  8,  1765. 


House  of  Lords.  227 

David  Golden  to  Commissioners  of  Stamps.    October  26. 

Mr.  John  Hughes  to  Commissioners  of  Stamps,  with  two  enclosures: 
Letter  to  John  Hughes  from  customs  officers,  November  4,  1765, 
and  answer  of  John  Hughes  to  same,  November  5,  1765.  Novem 
ber  2. 

Zachary  Hood  to  Commissioners  of  Stamps.    November  10. 
Account  of  ships  in  which  stamps  were  sent  to  America. 

Copy  of  representation  from  Board  of  Trade,  relative  to  proceedings  of 
assemblies  of  Massachusetts  and  New  York,  with  respect  to  acts 
and  resolutions  of  the  legislature  of  Great  Britain.  December  n, 
1764. 

Id.  of  his  Majesty's  order  in  Council,  referring  the  aforegoing  represen 
tation  and  papers  thereto  annexed  to  Committee  of  Council.  De 
cember  12,  1764. 

Id.  of  report  of  Committee  of  Council,  upon  the  aforegoing  representation 
and  papers,  proposing  that  the  same  may  be  laid  before  Parliament. 
December  14,  1764. 

Id.  of  his  Majesty's  order  in  Council,  approving  said  report,  and  directing 
the  Earl  of  Halifax  to  receive  his  Majesty's  pleasure  as  to  time  and 
manner  of  laying  the  said  papers  before  Parliament.  December 
19,  1764. 

Id.  of  representation  from  Board  of  Trade,  transmitting:  Extract  from 
printed  votes  of  assembly  of  New  York;  containing  an  extraordi 
nary  order,  or  resolution,  relating  to  impending  dangers  which 
threaten  the  northern  colonies,  of  being  taxed  by  laws  to  be  passed 
in  Great  Britain.  January  17,  1765. 

Id.  of  his  Majesty's  order  in  Council,  directing  the  Earl  of  Halifax  to 
lay  the  preceding  representation  and  extract  before  Parliament  at 
same  time  with  the  other  papers  directed  to  be  laid  before  Parlia 
ment  by  his  Majesty's  aforementioned  order  in  Council,  Decem 
ber  19,  1764.  February  i,  1765. 

Extract  of  representation  of  Board  of  Trade,  with  papers  thereto  annexed, 
so  far  as  relates  to  resolutions  of  House  of  Burgesses  of  Virginia, 
with  respect  to  late  act  of  Parliament  for  levying  duty  upon  stamps 
in  America.  August  27,  1765. 

Copy  of  his  Majesty's  order  in  Council,  referring  aforegoing  represen 
tation  and  papers  to  Committee  of  Council.  September  6,  1765. 

Id.  of  representation  of  Board  of  Trade,  touching  proceedings  and  reso 
lutions  of  House  of  Representatives  of  Massachusetts,  with  respect 
to  act  for  levying  duty  upon  stamps  in  America,  and  to  other  acts 
of  the  Parliament  of  Great  Britain.  October  I,  1765. 

Id.  of  his  Majesty's  order  in  Council,  referring  aforegoing  representation 
to  Committee  of  Council.  October  2,  1765. 

Id.  of  report  of  Committee  of  Council  upon  the  two  aforegoing  represen 
tations  and  papers  thereto  annexed,  proposing  that  the  same  may 
be  laid  before  Parliament.  October  3,  1765. 

Id.  of  his  Majesty's  order  in  Council,  approving  the  above  report,  and 
directing  Sec.  Con  way  to  receive  his  Majesty's  pleasure  with  re 
spect  to  time  and  manner  of  laying  said  papers  before  Parliament. 
October  18,  1765. 


228  House  of  Lords. 

Id.  of  representation  of  Board  of  Trade,  with  several  papers  transmitted 
by  the  governor  of  Massachusetts,  relative  to  outrageous  behavior 
of  the  people  in  Boston,  in  opposition  to  act  for  levying  duty  upon 
stamps  in  America.  October  n,  1765. 

Id.  of  another  representation  of  Board  of  Trade,  with  several  papers 
thereto  annexed,  transmitted  by  the  governor  of  Massachusetts, 
relative  to  the  aforementioned  riots.  October  17,  1765. 

Id.  of  letter  from  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  to  clerk  of  the  Council  in 
waiting,  transmitting  several  papers  from  the  person  appointed 
distributor  of  stamps  in  Massachusetts,  relative  to  the  said  riots. 
October  8,  1765. 

Copies  of  two  of  his  Majesty's  orders  in  Council,  referring  the  two  afore 
mentioned  representations  and  letter,  together  with  papers  thereto 
annexed,  to  Committee  of  Council.  October  18,  1765. 

Copy  of  report  of  Committee  of  Council  upon  the  two  aforementioned 
representations  and  letters.  October  22,  1765. 

Id.  of  his  Majesty's  order  in  Council,  directing  Sec.  Conway  to  signify 
his  Majesty's  pleasure  to  the  several  governors  in  N.  America,  to 
cause  a  stop  to  be  put  to  the  said  riots.  October  23,  1765. 

Id.  directing  Lords  of  the  Admiralty  to  give  necessary  orders  to  com 
manders  of  his  Majesty's  sea  forces  in  America,  for  their  concur 
rence  and  assistance  in  suppressing  riots,  when  called  upon  by  the 
governors  for  that  purpose.  October  23,  1765. 

Id.  directing  Secretary  at  War  to  give  necessary  orders  to  commanders 
of  his  Majesty's  land  forces  in  America,  for  their  concurrence  and 
assistance  in  suppressing  riots,  when  called  upon  by  the  governors 
for  that  purpose.  October  23,  1765. 

Copy  of  representation  of  Board  of  Trade,  with  several  letters  and  other 
papers  from  the  governor  of  Massachusetts,  giving  an  account  of 
some  further  unconstitutional  resolutions  and  proceedings  of  the 
council  and  assembly  of  that  province.  Includes  copy  of  minutes 
of  town-meeting  of  Cambridge,  October  14,  1765,  and  of  minutes 
of  council,  October  29-31,  November  4,  1765,  also  a  printed  paper 
(108  pages)  entitled  Copies  and  Extracts  of  several  Newspapers 
printed  in  New  England,  in  the  months  of  September,  October,  and 
November,  1765,  and  referred  to  in  the  letters  transmitted  from 
Francis  Bernard,  Esq.,  Governor  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay,  to  the 
Lords  Commissioners  for  Trade  and  Plantations.  December  17, 

1765- 

Copies  of  extracts  of  two  letters  from  the  collector  and  comptroller  of  New 
York,  to  Commissioners  of  Customs,  relating  to  their  inability  to 
discharge  their  duty  conformable  to  the  Stamp  Act,  on  account  of 
the  riotous  proceedings  there  in  opposition  to  said  act.  November 
4,  and  6,  1765. 
Copy  of  Gov.  Bernard's  letter  to  Earl  of  Halifax,  Boston,  November  10, 

1764;  enclosing: 
Petition  of  Council  and  House  of  Representatives  of  Massachusetts,  to 

House  of  Commons. 

Gov.  Bernard's  speech  to  the  Assembly. 

Address  of  Council  and  House  of  Representatives  to  Gov.  Bernard. 
Copy  of  Gov.  Hopkins's  letter  to  Earl  of  Halifax.    Rhode  Island,  Novem 
ber  12,  1764. 


House  of  Lords.  229 

Id.  of  Gov.  Fitch's  letter  to  Earl  of  Halifax.  Norwalk,  Connecticut,  Nov 
ember  13,  1764. 

Id.  of  Lieut.-Gov.  Fauquier's  letter  to  Earl  of  Halifax.  Williamsburg, 
Virginia,  June  14,  1765. 

Id.  of  Gov.  Bernard's  letter  to  Earl  of  Halifax,  Castle  William,  August 
15-16,  1765 ;  enclosing  Gov.  Bernard's  proclamation. 

Id.  of  letter  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Earl  of  Halifax,  Castle  William, 
August  22,  1765;  enclosing:  Copy  of  minutes  of  council  held  at 
Boston. 

Id.  of  letter  from  Mr.  Robinson,  collector  of  customs  at  Rhode  Island,  to 
Earl  of  Halifax,  Rhode  Island,  August  28,  1765 ;  enclosing  printed 
copy  of  The  Providence  Gazette  Extraordinary. 

Id.  of  letter  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Hutchinson  to  Earl  of  Halifax,  Boston, 
August  30,  1765. 

Id.  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Earl  of  Halifax,  Castle  William,  August  31, 
1765 ;  enclosing  copy  of  minutes  of  council  and  copy  of  Gov.  Ber 
nard's  proclamation. 

Id.  from  Deputy  Governor  Sharpe  to  Earl  of  Halifax,  Annapolis,  Mary 
land,  September  5,  1765. 

Id.  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Earl  of  Halifax,  Castle  William,  September  7, 

1765- 

Extract  of  letter  from  Ma j. -Gen.  Gage  to  Sec.  Conway,  New  York,  Sep 
tember  23,  1765 ;  enclosing  resolutions  of  council  and  statement  of 
general  distribution  of  his  Majesty's  forces  in  N.  America. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Colden  to  Sec.  Conway,  New  York,  Sep 
tember  23,  1765  ;  enclosing  copy  of  letter  from  Mr.  James  M'Evers, 
appointed  distributor  of  stamps  in  New  York,  to  Lieut-Gov.  Col- 
den  ;  and  minutes  of  Council. 

Id.  from  Gov.  Franklin  to  Sec.  Conway,  Burlington,  New  Jersey,  Sep» 
tember  23,  1765 ;  enclosing  copy  of  letter  from  Gov.  Franklin  to 
Gen.  Gage  and  of  Gen.  Gage's  answer,  and  copies  of  three  letters : 
from  the  speaker  of  New  Jersey,  from  William  Coxe,  and  from 
Gov.  Franklin  to  Mr.  Coxe. 

Id.  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Sec.  Conway,  Boston,  September  28,  1765 ;  en 
closing  Gov.  Bernard's  speech  to  the  assembly,  and  copies  of  min 
utes  of  council,  of  message  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  the  general  court, 
and  of  answer  of  House  of  Representatives. 

Id.  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Hutchinson  to  Sec.  Conway,  New  York,  October  I, 

1765- 

Extract  of  letter  from  Gov.  Wentworth  to  Sec.  Conway,  Portsmouth,  New 
Hampshire,  October  5,  1765. 

Id.  from  Maj.-Gen.  Gage  to  Sec.  Conway,  New  York,  October  12,  1765. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Colden  to  Sec.  Conway,  New  York,  Octo 
ber  12,  1765,  enclosing  printed  copy  of  The  Constitutional  Courant. 

Id.  of  Lieut.-Gov.  Colden's  letter  to  Sec.  Conway,  New  York,  October  26, 
1765,  enclosing  copy  of  paper  posted  up  at  corners  of  streets,  etc., 
in  New  York. 

Id.  of  letter  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Hutchinson  to  Sec.  Conway,  Boston,  Octo 
ber  27,  1765,  enclosing  copy  of  his  petition  to  the  king  in  Council, 
appraisement  of  damages,  etc.,  printed  copy  of  The  Boston  Evening 
Post,  and  Supplement. 


230  House  of  Lords. 

Printed  copy  of  The  Newport  Mercury.    December  13. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Maj.-Gen.  Gage  to  Sec.  Conway,  New  York,  Novem 
ber  4,  1765,  enclosing-  extract  of  printed  paper  published  at  New 
York,  and  copy  of  Lieut.-Gov.  Colden's  declaration. 

Id.  of  Lieut.-Gov.  Colden's  letter  to  Sec.  Conway,  New  York,  November 
5,  1765,  enclosing  minute  of  council. 

Id.  of  letter  from  Maj.-Gen.  Gage  to  Sec.  Conway,  New  York,  November 
8,  1765,  enclosing  copies  of  letter  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Colden  to  Maj.- 
Gen.  Gage,  of  minute  of  council,  and  of  letter  from  Maj.-Gen.  Gage 
to  Lieut.-Gov.  Colden. 

Id.  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Colden  to  Sec.  Conway,  New  York,  November  9, 
1765,  enclosing  copy  of  minutes  of  council,  and  printed  copy  of 
The  New  York  Gazette. 

Copy  of  paper  put  up  at  the  coffee-house  at  New  York.  November  i, 
1765.  Id.,  November  6. 

Extract  of  printed  paper  published  at  New  York. 

Id.  of  letter  from  Sec.  Conway  to  Maj.-Gen.  Gage.    October  24,  1765. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Sec.  Conway  to  Gov.  Bernard.    October  24,  1765. 

Copy  of  circular  letter  from  Sec.  Conway  to  the  rest  of  the  governors  of 
his  Majesty's  colonies  in  N.  America.  October  24,  1765. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Sec.  Conway  to  Maj.-Gen.  Gage.     December  15, 

1765- 
Copy  of  letter  from  Sec.  Conway  to  Lieut.-Gov.  Colden.     December  15, 

1765. 
Extract  of  letter  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Fauquier,  to  Board  of  Trade.     Wil- 

liamsburg,  June  5,  1765. 

Copy  of  resolutions  of  House  of  Burgesses  of  Virginia. 
Extract  of  letter  from  Francis  Bernard,  governor  of  Massachusetts,  to 

Board  of  Trade.     Boston,  July  8,  1765. 
Id.  from  journal  of  House  of  Representatives  of  Massachusetts.     June 

25,  1765- 
Copy  of  letter  from  Francis  Bernard,  governor  of  Massachusetts,  to  Board 

of  Trade.    Castle  William,  August  15,  1765.    Id.,  August  22. 
Copy  of  minutes  of  council.    Boston,  August  14,  15  and  21,  1765. 
Id.  of  proclamation  issued  by  Gov.   Bernard.     August   15,   1765.     Id., 

August  28. 
Id.  of  letter  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Board  of  Trade.     Castle  William, 

August  31,  1765.    Id.,  September  7. 
Copy  of  minutes  of  council.    Boston,  August  27-29,  1765. 
Extract  of  letter  from  Francis  Bernard,  governor  of  Massachusetts,  to 

John  Pownall,  secretary  to  Board  of  Trade.    Castle  William,  Sep 
tember  7,  1765. 
Copy  of  letter   from   Francis   Bernard,   governor  of   Massachusetts,   to 

Board  of  Trade.    Boston,  September  28,  1765. 
Extracts  from  journal  of  House  of  Representatives  of  Massachusetts. 

September  25-27,  1765. 
Extract  of  letter  from  William  Franklin,  governor  of  New  Jersey,  to 

Board  of  Trade.     Burlington,  October  10,  1765. 
Copy  of  minutes  of  council  of  New  Jersey.    September  13,  24,  1765. 
Extract  of  letter  from  Benning  Wentworth,  governor  of  New  Hampshire, 

to  Board  of  Trade.    October  5,  1765. 


House  of  Lords.  231 

Id.  from  Francis  Bernard,  governor  of  Massachusetts,  to  John  Pownall, 
secretary  to  Board  of  Trade.  Boston,  October  i,  1765. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Francis  Bernard,  governor  of  Massachusetts,  to  Board 
of  Trade.  Boston,  October  12,  1765.  Id.,  October  17. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Francis  Bernard,  governor  of  Massachusetts,  to 
John  Pownall,  secretary  to  Board  of  Trade.  Boston,  October  19, 
1765.  Id.,  October  26.  Id.,  Castle  William,  November  i. 

Copy  of  minutes  of  the  council  of  Massachusetts.  October  29-31  and 
November  4,  1765. 

Id.  of  resolve  of  a  committee  of  the  council  and  representatives  of  Massa 
chusetts.  October  25,  1765. 

Id.  of  votes  at  a  meeting  of  freeholders  and  other  inhabitants  of  Cam 
bridge.  October  14,  1765. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Fauquier,  to  Board  of  Trade.  Wil- 
liamsburg,  October  2,  1765. 

Extract  from  journal  of  House  of  Burgesses  in  Virginia.     May  29,  30, 

1765.  209 

(A  number  of  papers  in  this  bundle  were  referred  to  the  committee  that 

reported  April  20,  1774,  and  are  noticed  in  their  report  as  nos.  n  (3).  17, 

21,  22,  34,  68,  71,  74.    L.  J.  XXXIV.  124-125.) 

Royal  order,  December  17,  1765;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXI.  228,  235- 
239.  This  stamp  act  5  George  III.  was  brought  from  House  of  Commons, 
February  28,  1765 ;  royal  assent,  March  22,  1765.  L.  J.  XXXI.  55-56,  93.) 

1766,  January  22.  Copy  of  letter  from  Gov.  Moore  to  Sec.  Con  way,  New 
York,  November  21,  1765,  enclosing  minutes  of  council  relating 
to  Stamp  Act  and  on  oaths  being  administered  to  Sir  Henry  Moore 
as  governor-in-chief.  October  23-November  15,  1765.  210 

(Royal  order,  December  17,  1765;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXI.  228,  246. 
These  papers  were  not  found.  The  proceedings  regarding  them  are 
recorded  in  the  MS.  minutes.) 

1766,  January  27.  Papers  from  Secretary  of  State  relating  to  Stamp  Act 

disturbances : 
Copy  of  letter  from  Sec.  Conway  to  Lieut.-Gov.  Fauquier,  St.  James's, 

September  14,  1765,  relating  to  the  Virginia  resolutions. 
Id-  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Fauquier  to  Board  of  Trade,  Williamsburg,  Novem 
ber  3,  1765,  regarding  the  Stamp  Act  disturbances  and  especially 
Col.  Mercer,  distributor  of  stamps,  and  enclosing  copy  of  speech 
made  by  Col.  George  Mercer,  referred  to  in  Lieut.-Gov.  Fauquier's 
letter,  and  extracted  from  the  Virginia  Gazette  of  October  25, 
1765.  211 

(Royal  order,  December  17,  1765;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXI.  228,  249.) 

1766,  January  28.  Copy  of  letter  from  Gov.  Fauquier  to  Board  of  Trade. 
Williamsburg,  November  8,  1765.  "  Capt.  Stirling  has  with  great 
readiness  taken  all  the  stamped  papers  brought  in  by  Col.  Mercer 
on  Board  the  Rainbow  for  their  security,  till  the  madness  of  the 
People  shall  abate."  212 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXI.  250.) 

1766,  January  28.  List  of  military  officers  in  Admiralty  department  who  are 
employed  in  N.  America,  distinguishing  which  are  on  the  place  and 
which  absent.  A  similar  list  of  civil  officers  in  same  department. 

213 
(Address  for  papers,  January  20;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXI.  245,  250.) 


232  House  of  Lords. 

1766,  January  29.  Papers  from  Secretary  of  State  relating  to  Stamp  Act 
disturbances  in  America.  Copy  of  letter  from  Lords  of  the  Admi 
ralty  to  Sec.  Con  way,  January  27,  1766,  enclosing  the  following 
advices  from  Virginia  and  New  Jersey : 

Copy  of  letter  from  Capt.  Stirling,  commander  of  H.  M.  S.  Rainbow,  to 
Mr.  Stephens.  Virginia,  November  5,  1765. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Capt.  Hawker,  commander  of  his  Majesty's  sloop 
Sardoine,  to  Mr.  Stephens,  the  River  Delaware,  November  19, 

1765,  stating  he  has  just  received  an  express  from  Gov.  Franklin 
of  New  Jersey  with  extract  of  minutes  of  the  council  of  that  prov 
ince. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Gov.  Franklin  to  Capt.  Hawker  of  his  Majesty's 
sloop  Sardoine.  Burlington,  November  9,  1765. 

Extract  from  minutes  of  a  council  held  at  Burlington,  November  7,  1765. 

"  We  think  it  by  no  means  safe  or  advisable  to  send  for  the  stamps 

from  under  Capt.  Hawker's  protection  ..."  214 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXI.  252.) 

1766,  January  29.  List  of  civil  officers  employed  in  N.  America,  January, 

1766.  215 
(Address  for  papers,  January  20;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXI.  245,  252.) 

1766,  January  37.  Copy  of  letter  from  William  Franklin,  governor  of  New 
Jersey,  to  Board  of  Trade,  November  13,  1765,  relating  to  Stamp 
Act.  216 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXI.  253.) 

1766,  February  j.  List  of  civil  officers  employed  in  N.  America,  whose 
appointments  arise  at  the  Treasury,  dated  January  31,  1766. 

Id.  of  customs  officers  in  N.  America,  distinguishing  such  as  are  absent, 
dated  January  28,  1766. 

List  of  all  officers  appointed  to  carry  the  stamp  laws  into  execution  in 
America  and  West  Indies,  dated  January  28,  1766. 

Extract  of  letter  from  collector  and  comptroller  at  Philadelphia  to  Com 
missioners  of  Customs.    December  i,  1765. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Mr.  Brettell  with  extract  of  letter  from  Mr.  Hinshel- 

wood,  distributor  of  stamps  at  Nova  Scotia;  and  with  copy  of  an 

incendiary  letter  to  him,  dated  November  I,  1765.  217 

(Address  for  papers,  January  20;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXI.  245,  255.) 

1766,  February  6.  Stamp  Act  papers  from  Secretary  of  State. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Fauquier  to  Sec.  Conway.    Williamsburg, 
Virginia,  December  n,  1765. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Gov.  Tryon  to  Sec.  Conway.    Brunswick,  North  Caro 
lina,  November  5,  1765. 

Extract  of  private  letter  from  a  merchant  at  Charles  Town,  October  29, 
1765  (in  Gov.  Tryon's,  November  5,  1765). 

Extract  of  letter  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Fauquier  to  Sec.  Conway.     Williams- 
burg,  November  24,  1765. 

Id.  to  the  Board  of  Trade.    Williamsburg,  December  17,  1765.  218 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXI.  258.) 

1766,  February  10.  Five  resolutions  reported  from  committee  relating  to  riots 
in  America.  219 

(Adopted  this  day.     L.  J.  XXXI.  262.     In  extenso.     Also  printed  in  L.  J. 
XXXIV.  125-126.) 


House  of  Lords.  233 

1766,  February  10.  Papers  relating  to  tumults  in  America. 
Copy  of  letter  from  Gov.  Franklin  to  Sec.  Conway,  Burlington,  New 

Jersey,  November  30,  1765,  enclosing: 
Two  copies  of  minutes  of  council  at  Burlington,  November  6-7,  1765. 

One  printed  and  one  MS. 
Votes  and  proceedings  of  general  assembly  of  New  Jersey,  November 

26-30,  1765.     Printed. 
Copy  of  letter  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Colden  to  Sec.   Conway,   New  York, 

December  13,  1765,  enclosing: 
Id.  to  Maj.-Gen.  Gage.    September  2,  1765. 
State  of  the  province  of  New  York.    December  6,  1765. 
Printed  votes  and  proceedings  of  general  assembly  of  New  York.    Nov 
ember  12,  13  and  19,  1765. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Sir  Henry  Moore  to  Sec.  Conway.    New  York,  De 
cember  21,  1765. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Maj.-Gen.  Gage  to  Sec.  Conway,  New  York,  Decem 
ber  21,  1765,  enclosing: 
Extract  (no.  1196),  New  York  Gazette,  Thursday,  December  5,  1765. 

Printed. 
General  Advertiser  to  the  New  York  Thursday's  Gazette  (no.  1196). 

Printed. 

New  York  Gazette,  Thursday,  December  19,  1765.    Printed. 
Extract  of  letter  from  Maj.-Gen.  Gage  to  Sec.  Conway,  New  York,  De 
cember  21,  1765,  enclosing: 
Copy  of  Maj.-Gen.  Gage's  letter  to  Sir  Henry  Moore.     December  i, 

1765- 

Resolves  of  general  assembly  of  New  York.    December  13,  1765. 
Copy  of  letter  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Sec.  Conway,  Boston,  November  25, 

1765,  enclosing: 
Journal  of  House  of  Representatives  of  Massachusetts.    September  25, 

1765.    Printed. 

Resolves  of  said  House.    October  29,  1765. 
Copy  of  letter  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Sec.  Conway,  Boston,  December  18, 

1765,  enclosing: 

Copy  of  Mr.  Oliver's  letter  to  the  governor.    December  17,  1765. 
Printed  extract  of  a  Boston  newspaper.     December  18,  1765. 
Copy  of  Mr.  Oliver's  second  letter  to  the  governor.    December  19,  1765. 
Copy  of  letter  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Sec.  Conway,  Boston,  December  19, 
1765,  enclosing  copy  of  a  memorial  of  Boston,  to  the  governor  in 
council,  December  17,  1765.     Printed. 
Id.  Boston,  December  21,  1765,  enclosing: 

Copy  of  a  memorial  of  Boston  to  Gov.  Bernard  in  council. 
Copy  of  minutes  of  council.    December  19,  1765. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Gov.  Ward  to  Sec.  Conway.    Newport,  Rhode  Island, 
November  6,  1765.  220 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXI.  263.) 

1766,  February  14.  Papers  relating  to  tumults  in  America.    Two  bundles. 
First  bundle  from  Secretary  of  State :    Extract  of  letter  from  Lieut.-Gov. 

Fauquier  to  Board  of  Trade.    Williamsburg,  November  n,  1765. 
Copy  of  letter  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Fauquier  to  naval  officers  of  Virginia. 

November  7,  1765. 


234  House  of  Lords. 

Id.  of  printed  certificate  of  Lieut.-Gov.  Fauquier,  relative  to  declaration  of 
George  Mercer,  appointed  distributor  of  stamps  for  Virginia. 

Id.  of  letter  from  Cadwallader  Golden,  lieutenant-governor  of  New  York, 
to  Board  of  Trade.  December  6,  1765. 

Id.  of  minutes  of  council  of  New  York.     September  4,  1765. 

Extract  from  journal  of  assembly  of  New  York.     1765. 

Id.  of  letter  from  Francis  Bernard,  governor  of  Massachusetts,  to  John 
Pownall,  secretary  to  Board  of  Trade.  Boston,  November  26,  1765. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Francis  Bernard,  governor  of  Massachusetts,  to  Board 
of  Trade.  Boston,  November  30,  1765. 

Extracts  from  journal  of  House  of  Representatives  of  Massachusetts. 
November  6-8,  1765. 

Printed  copy  of  speech  of  Francis  Bernard,  governor  of  Massachusetts,  to 
general  assembly  of  that  province.  November  8,  1765. 

Extract  of  letter  from  William  Franklin,  governor  of  New  Jersey,  to 
Board  of  Trade.  Burlington,  December  18,  1765. 

Id.  from  votes  of  assembly  of  New  Jersey.    November  30,  1765. 

Id.  from  minutes  of  council  of  New  Jersey.    November  30,  1765. 

Id.  of  letter  from  Benning  Wentworth,  governor  of  New  Hampshire,  to 
Board  of  Trade.  November  25,  1765. 

Id.  December  16,  1765. 

Copy  of  letter  from  William  Bull,  lieutenant-governor  of  South  Carolina, 
to  Board  of  Trade.  Charles  Town,  November  3,  1765  (not  signed). 

Id.  from  inspector  and  distributor  of  stamps  for  South  Carolina  to  Lieut.- 
Gov.  Bull.  October  29,  1765. 

Extract  of  letter  from  James  Wright,  governor  of  Georgia,  to  Board  of 
Trade.  Savannah,  November  9,  1765. 

Second  bundle  from  Marquis  of  Rockingham:  Copy  of  letter  from  Mr. 
Archibald  Hinshelwood,  distributor  of  stamps  for  Nova  Scotia  to 
Commissioners  of  Stamps.  November  21,  1765. 

Id.  from  Sir  Henry  Moore,  governor  of  New  York,  to  Lords  of  the 
Treasury,  relative  to  putting  in  execution  the  Stamp  Act  in  that 
province.  December,  1765. 

Id.  from  Mr.  Ingersoll,  distributor  of  stamps  for  Connecticut,  to  Com 
missioners  of  Stamps.  December  2,  1765. 

Id.  from  Mr.  Meserve,  distributor  of  stamps  for  New  Hampshire,  to  the 
same.  December  3,  1765. 

Id.  from  Mr.  Oliver,  distributor  of  stamps  for  Massachusetts,  to  the  same. 
December  13,  1765. 

Copies  of  two  letters  from  Mr.  Meserve,  distributor  of  stamps  for  New 
Hampshire,  to  the  same.  December  16  and  26,  1765. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Andrew  Elliot,  collector,  and  Lambert  Moore,  comp 
troller,  at  New  York,  to  Gov.  Moore.  November  18,  1765. 

Id.  from  Capt.  Archibald  Kennedy  to  collector  at  New  York  with  his 
answer  thereto,  dated  December  10,  1765. 

Extract  of  letter  from  collector  of  customs  at  Perth  Amboy,  New  Jersey, 
to  Commissioners  of  Customs.  December  7,  1765. 

Id.  from  collector  and  comptroller  of  customs  at  New  York  to  Commis 
sioners  of  Customs.  December  20,  1765. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Mr.  Henniker  to  Mr.  Cooper,  enclosing  letter  from 
Messrs.  Bayard  and  Company  at  New  York,  dated  December  21, 
1765- 


House  of  Lords.  235 

Id.  from  several  custom-house  officers  in  Maryland  to  Commissioners  of 
Customs.  November  2,  1765. 

Id.  from  comptroller  of  customs  at  Boston  to  Commissioners  of  Customs. 
December  17,  1765. 

Copies  of  letters  from  Charles  Stewart,  surveyor-general  of  the  eastern 
middle  district  of  America,  to  officers  of  customs  in  his  district  and 
to  Commissioners  of  Customs.  December  7-8,  1765. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Mr.  Houston,  distributor  of  stamps  for  North  Caro 
lina,  to  Commissioners  of  Stamps.  November  20,  1765.  221 
(Delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXI.  267-268.) 

1766,  February  17.  Nine  papers  relating  to  tumults  in  America : 

Copy  of  letter  from  Samuel  Ward,  governor  of  Rhode  Island,  to  Board 
of  Trade.  Newport,  November  19,  1765. 

Extract  of  letter  from  William  Bull,  lieutenant-governor  of  South  Caro 
lina,  to  Board  of  Trade.  Charles  Town,  December  17,  1765. 

Copy  of  letter  from  same  to  same.    Charles  Town,  December  19,  1765. 

Extracts  from  journal  of  Commons  House  of  Assembly  of  South  Carolina. 
November  26-29,  1765. 

Extract  of  letter  from  James  Wright,  governor  of  Georgia,  to  Board  of 
Trade.  Savannah,  December  2,  1765. 

Copy  of  minute  of  council  at  Savannah.  October  31,  1765.  Id.  Novem 
ber  12,  22,  1765. 

Extract  of  letter  from  James  Grant,  governor  of  East  Florida,  to  Board 
of  Trade.  St.  Augustine,  December  9,  1765.  222 

(Delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXI.  271.) 

1766,  February  ip.  Admiralty  Office.  Eighteen  papers.  Reports  on  state 
of  African  Company's  forts.  Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  Presented  in 
pursuance  of  act  23  George  II.  Cf.  no.  188.  223 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXI.  278.) 

1766,  February  ip.  Papers  from  Marquis  of  Rockingham : 

Copy  of  letters  from  Charles  Stewart,  surveyor  general  of  the  eastern 
middle  district  of  America,  to  officers  of  customs  and  Commis 
sioners  of  Customs.  December  8,  1765. 

Gov.  Johnstone,  with  estimate  of  repairs  of  works  in  that  garrison,  etc. 
Pensacola,  October  24,  1765. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Mr.  Lloyd,  distributor  of  stamps  for  South  Carolina. 
December  12,  1765. 

Id.  from  Mr.  Grahame,  distributor  of  stamps  for  East  Florida.    December 

%  1765- 

Paper  from  Gov.  Samuel  Ward,  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  concerning  resig 
nation  of  distributor  of  stamps  and  opinion  of  the  people  respecting 
the  Stamp  Act.  December  26,  1765.  224 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXI.  279.) 

1766,  February  21.  Papers  from  Bank  of  England: 

Account  of  bullion  brought  to  the  bank  from  the  several  colonies  in  Amer 
ica,  1748-1765. 

Similar  account  of  bullion  from  Jamaica  and  the  other  West  India  islands, 
1748-1765.  225 

(Ordered  February  14;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXI.  268-269,  280.) 


236  House  of  Lords. 

1766,  February  24.  Admiralty  papers  (n)  relating  to  appointment  of  courts 

of  vice-admiralty  in  America,  1763-1764.     Enclosure  under  no.  2 

wanting.    Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  226 

(Address  for  papers,  February  17;  delivered  this  day.     L.  J.  XXXI.  270, 

282-283.) 

1766,  February  25.  Papers  from  Custom  House : 

Account  of  value  of  exports  from  England  to  North  American  colonies, 
Christmas,  1739 — Christmas,  1764,  distinguishing  each  year  and 
place  and  what  part  thereof  was  foreign  goods  and  what  the  pro 
duce  or  manufacture  of  Great  Britain. 

Account  of  value  of  imports  into  England  from  North  American  colonies, 
Christmas,  1739 — Christmas,  1764,  distinguishing  each  year  and 
colony.  227 

(Ordered  February  14;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXI.  268,  284.) 

1766,  February  25.  Return  from  Board  of  Trade  including  state  of  annual 
expense  of  the  several  establishments  of  American  colonies  in  times 
of  peace,  distinguishing  each  colony;  and  state  of  debts  incurred 
by  American  colonies  for  extraordinary  expenses  of  the  last  war, 
as  they  stood  at  end  of  war,  distinguishing  what  part  of  said  debts 
remains  undischarged  and  provision  made  for  discharge.  228 

(Address  for  paper,  February  14;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXI.  269,  285.) 

1766,  February  25.  Memorials  and  other  papers  relating  to  appointment  of 
vice-admiralty  courts  in  America  and  copies  of  Council  orders  and 
proceedings  had  thereupon.  Eighteen  papers.  Titles  listed  in 
L.  J.  229 

(Address  for  papers,  February  14;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXI.  269,  284- 
285.) 

1766,  [March?].  Memorandum  respecting  despatch  and  arrival  of  New  York 
mail  packet.  230 

1766,  March  5.  Petition  of  London  merchants  trading  to  N.  America  in 
favor  of  bill  to  repeal  Stamp  Act  of  last  session.  Forty-four  sig 
natures. 

Petition  of  master,  wardens  and  commonalty  of  the  Society  of  Merchants 
Venturers  of  Bristol,  in  behalf  of  bill  6  George  III.  to  repeal 
Stamp  Act.  231 

(Read  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXI.  292.  The  bill  6  George  III.,  to  repeal  Stamp 
Act  Bill  5  George  III.,  was  brought  from  House  of  Commons,  March  5; 
royal  assent,  March  18.  L.  J.  XXXI.  291,  314.) 

1766,  March  5.  Account  of  all  ships  arrived  in  ports  of  this  kingdom  which 
have  been  cleared  out  from  British  colonies  in  America  since 
November  I  last,  specifying  colonies  whence  cleared  and  which  of 
said  ships  have  offered  to  make  entries  here  without  having  their 
clearances  properly  stamped  and  what  has  been  done  in  conse 
quence  thereof.  232 
(Ordered  February  14;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXI.  268,  291.) 

1766,  March  7.  Similar  account  of  all  ships  arrived  in  ports  of  North  Britain, 
January  14-February  14  last.  Also  specifying  which  of  said  ships 
have  offered  to  make  entries  here  without  having  their  clearances 
or  other  papers  properly  stamped  agreeable  to  an  act  passed  last 


House  of  Lords.  237 

sessions  of  Parliament  and  what  has  been  done  in  consequence 
thereof.  Cf.  nos.  209  and  231.  233 

(Ordered  February  14;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXI.  268,  297.) 
1766,  March  7.  Petition  of  Glasgow  merchants  trading  to  America  praying 
relief  in  relation  to  Stamp  Act.     Cf.  no.  209.  234 

(Read  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXI.  296.) 

1766,  March  7.  Petition  of  Edward  Montagu,  agent  for  Virginia,  in  behalf 
of  bill  for  repealing  Stamp  Act.  Cf.  nos.  209  and  231.  235 

(Read  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXI.  297.) 

1766,  March  10.  Letters  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Hutchinson  and  Gov.  Bernard 
with  enclosure  and  resolves  agreed  to  "  at  a  large  meeting  of  the 
respectable  populace  held  at  the  town  of  Pomfret,  in  the  county  of 
Windham  ",  Connecticut,  December  25,  1765.  236 

(Delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXI.  300.) 

1766,  March  n.  Copy  of  letter  from  Gov.  Bernard  enclosing  copy  of  journal 
of  Massachusetts  House  of  Representatives,  January  15,  16,  1766; 
and  copy  of  message  of  House  of  Representatives  to  Gov.  Bernard, 
January  17,  1766.  237 

(Delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXI.  302.) 

1766,  March  13.  Papers  relating  to  Stamp  Act  matters ;  of  which  three — a 
letter  from  surveyor  general  at  Boston,  a  letter  from  collector  and 
comptroller  at  Boston  and  a  letter  from  collector  at  New  London — 
are  listed  in  L.  J.  XXXI.  308.  In  addition  there  are  copies  of  some 
forty  letters  from  and  to  the  surveyor  general  of  the  northern 
district  (Mr.  John  Temple)  ;  collector  and  comptroller  at  Boston 
(William  Sheaffe  and  Benjamin  Hallowell)  ;  stamp  master  (An 
drew  Oliver)  ;  Gov.  Bernard;  advocate  general  at  Boston  (Robert 
Auchmuty)  ;  attorney  general  (Edmund  Trowbridge)  ;  also  copy 
of  letter  from  Francis  Dana  to  collector  and  comptroller,  Decem 
ber  6;  and  forms  of  custom-house  clearance  certificates.  The  let 
ters  date,  October  3O-December  17,  1765.  238 
(Delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXI.  308.) 

1766,  November  25.  Account  from  Commissioners  of  Customs  of  all  corn, 

etc.,  exported  from  Scotland  before  August  26,  1766,  by  virtue  of 

Act  6  George  III.    A  few  bushels  were  exported  to  South  Carolina. 

Cf.  no.  206.  239 

(Delivered  this  day.     L.  J.  XXXI.  436.     The  Act  referred  to,  prohibiting 

exportation  of  corn,  etc.,  for  a  limited  time,  was  brought  from  House  of 

Commons,  February  10,  1766;  royal  assent,  February  19.    L.  J.  XXXI.  261, 

277-1) 

1767,  February  4.  Admiralty  papers  (12)  relating  to  state  of  African  forts 

and  settlements.  Reports  by  Capt.  Macartney.  Titles  listed  in 
L.  J.  Presented  in  pursuance  of  act  23  George  II.  Cf.  no.  188.  240 
(Delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXI.  474-475.) 

1767,  March  12.  Letters  from  colonial  governors  relating  to  repeal  of  Stamp 
Act,  quartering  of  troops,  etc. : 

1  Annual  accounts  of  export  of  grain  from  Scotland  and  England  were  rendered  up 
to  1776.  The  amounts  sent  to  America  were  so  insignificant  that  it  has  not  seemed 
worth  while  to  note  the  separate  papers. 


238  House  of  Lords. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Ma j. -Gen.  Gage  to  Sec.  Conway.     New  York, 

November  9,  1765. 
Id.  December  21,  1765,  enclosing: 

Copy  of  Maj.-Gen.  Gage's  letter  to  Sir  Henry  Moore.     New  York, 

December  I,  1765. 
Copy  of  resolves  of  general  assembly  of  New  York.     December  13, 

1765- 
Id.  February  22,  1766,  enclosing  answer  of  magistrates  of  Albany  to  Col. 

Bradstreet,  about  his  demand  for  quarters  for  troops.     Albany, 

January  23,  1766. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Bull.    May  9,  1766. 
Copy  of  letter  from  Sir  Henry  Moore  to  Sec.  Conway.    New  York,  May 

27,  1766. 

Id.  from  Gov.  Franklin  to  Sec.  Conway.    Perth  Amboy,  June  19,  1766. 
Extract  of  letter  from  Sir  Henry  Moore  to  Sec.  Conway,  New  York,  June 

20,  1766,  with  enclosures: 

Copy  of  Sir  Henry  Moore's  first  message  to  House  of  Assembly.    June 

13,  1766. 

Answer  of  House  of  Assembly  to  above.    June  19,  1766. 
Copy  of  Sir  Henry  Moore's  second  message  to  the  assembly.    June  20, 

1766. 

Answer  to  Sir  Henry  Moore's  second  message.    June  23,  1766. 
Sir  Henry  Moore's  speech  to  council  and  general  assembly  of  New 

York.    June  12,  1766. 
Address  of  council  of  New  York  to  Sir  Henry  Moore,  June  14,  1766; 

his  answer  to  same,  June  16,  1766. 
Address  of  general  assembly  of  New  York  to  Sir  Henry  Moore.    June 

1 6,  1766. 
Extract  of  letter  from  Maj.-Gen.  Gage  to  Sec.  Conway.    New  York,  June 

24,  1766. 

Id.  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Colden  to  Sec.  Conway.    New  York,  June  24,  1766. 
Id.  from  Gov.  Bernard,  to  Sec.  Conway.    Boston,  June  29,  1766. 
Id.  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Fauquier  to  Sec.  Conway.    Williamsburg,  Virginia, 

June  27,  1766. 

Id.  from  Maj.-Gen.  Gage  to  Sec.  Conway.    New  York,  July  15,  1766. 
Copy  of  letter  from  Gov.  Ward  to  Sec.  Conway.    Newport,  Rhode  Island, 

June  25,  1766. 
Extract  of  letter  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Sec.  Conway,  Boston,  July  19, 

1766,  enclosing: 

Copy  of  proceedings  of  the  governor,  council  and  House  of  Represen 
tatives  of  Massachusetts,  on  indemnification  of  sufferers  by  the 
rioters  in  Boston,  March  3i-June  28,  1766. 
Observations  on  proceedings  for  indemnification  of  sufferers  in  the  riots 

at  Boston. 

Id.  from  Maj.-Gen.  Gage  to  Duke  of  Richmond.    August  25,  1766. 
Copy  of  letter  from  Gov.  Pitkin  to  Sec.  Conway.    Hartford,  Connecticut, 

August  4,  1766. 
Id.  from  Gov.  Grant  to  Sec.  Conway.    St.  Augustine,  East  Florida,  August 

21,  1766. 

Id.  from  Gov.  Tryon  to  Sec.  Conway,  Brunswick,  North  Carolina,  August 
2,  1766;  enclosing: 


House  of  Lords.  239 

Address  of  borough  of  Wilmington  to  Gov.  Tryon ;  with  his  answer. 
Mayor  and  gentlemen  of  Wilmington  to  Gov.  Tryon ;  with  his  answer. 

Id.  from  Horatio  Sharpe,  deputy  governor  of  Maryland.  Annapolis,  June 
27,  1766! 

Extract  of  letter  from  Ma j. -Gen.  Gage  to  Earl  of  Shelburne.  New  York, 
October  10,  1766. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Earl  of  Shelburne,  Boston,  November 

14,  1766,  enclosing: 
Speech  of  governor  of  Massachusetts,  October  29,  1766;  answer  of  the 

House,  November  12. 
Speech  of  the  governor,  November  13. 

Printed  copy  of  act  passed  by  assembly  of  Massachusetts  "  for  granting 
compensation  to  the  sufferers,  and  of  free  and  general  pardon,  in 
demnity,  and  oblivion  to  the  offenders  in  the  late  times  ". 

Extract  of  letter  from  Gov.  Ward  to  Earl  of  Shelburne.  Newport,  Rhode 
Island,  November  6,  1766. 

Id.  from  Sir  Henry  Moore  to  Earl  of  Shelburne,  December  19,  1766,  en 
closing  : 
Copy  of  Sir  Henry  Moore's  message  to  general  assembly  of  New  York. 

November  17,  1766. 
Address  of  general  assembly  of  New  York  to  Sir  Henry  Moore. 

Id.  from  Gov.  Franklin  to  Earl  of  Shelburne,  December  18,  1766,  enclos 
ing  copy  of  act  passed  in  New  Jersey  "  appointing  commisioners 
for  supplying  the  several  barracks  erected  in  this  colony  with  fur 
niture  ....  for  ....  the  King's  troops  in  or  marching  through 
this  colony,  and  for  defraying  other  incidental  expenses  ". 

Id.  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Earl  of  Shelburne.    Boston,  December  6,  1766. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Deputy  Governor  Sharpe  to  Earl  of  Shelburne.  An 
napolis,  Maryland,  December  9,  1766. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Colden  to  Earl  of  Shelburne.  New 
York,  December  26,  1766. 

Id.  from  Ma  j. -Gen.  Gage  to  Earl  of  Shelburne,  New  York,  January  17, 

1767,  enclosing: 
Return  of  his  Majesty's  forces  quartered  in  the  provincial  barracks  in 

New  York. 

Copy  of  act  to  furnish  the  barracks  in  New  York  and  Albany  with  fire 
wood,  candles  and  other  necessaries  therein  mentioned  for  his 
Majesty's  troops.  October  6,  1766. 

Copy  of  Sec.  Conway's  circular  letter  to  the  governors  in  America.  March 
31,  1766. 

Id.  of  Duke  of  Richmond's  circular  letter  to  the  governors  in  America. 
July  10,  1766. 

Id.  of  letter  from  Earl  of  Shelburne  to  Sir  Henry  Moore.  August  9, 
1766. 

Id.  from  Earl  of  Shelburne  to  Gov.  Bernard.  September  13,  1766.  241 
(Delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXI.  516-517.) 

1767,  April  j.  Papers  relative  to  quartering  of  troops,  etc. : 
Extract  of  letter  from   Gov.   Bernard  to   Earl  of  Shelburne.     Boston, 

December  24,  1766. 

Id.  from  Maj.-Gen.  Gage  to  Earl  of  Shelburne,  New  York,  February  20, 
1767,  enclosing: 

16 


240  House  of  Lords. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Ma j. -Gen.  Gage  to  Gov.  Pitkin.    January  8,  1767. 

Id.  from  Gov.  Pitkin  to  Ma  j. -Gen.  Gage.    January  20,  1767. 

Id.  from  Gen.  Gage  to  Gov.  Pitkin.    January  25,  1767. 

Id.  from  Gov.  Pitkin  to  Gen.  Gage.    January  31,  1767. 
Id.  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Earl  of  Shelburne,  February  14,  1767,  enclosing 
copies  of  two  messages  from  Massachusetts  House  of  Represen 
tatives  to  Gov.  Bernard  and  two  messages  from  Gov.  Bernard  to 
the  House.  242 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXI.  SS3-) 

1767,  April  6.  Copy  of  journal  of  general  assembly  of  New  York.  November 
lO-December  19,  1766.  243 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXI.  558.) 

1767,  May  n.  Votes  and  proceedings  of  general  assembly  of  New  Jersey, 
June  1 1 -June  28,  1766.  Printed.  244 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXI.  594.) 

1767,  May  18.  Copy  of  report  of  Committee  of  Council,  of  orders  in  Council 
and  of  representation  of  Board  of  Trade  relating  to  act  passed  in 
Massachusetts  "  for  granting  compensation  to  the  sufferers  and  of 
free  and  general  pardon,  indemnity,  and  oblivion  to  the  offenders 
in  the  late  times  ",  with  copy  of  said  act.  Five  papers.  Titles 
listed  in  L.  J. 

In  another  bundle,  also  endorsed  "  May  18,  1767,"  are  duplicates  of  some 
of  the  above-mentioned  papers,  a  copy  of  letter  from  John  Pownall 
to  his  Majesty's  attorney  general  and  solicitor  general,  March  13, 
1767,  desiring  their  opinion  upon  said  act,  extracts  of  minutes  of 
the  proceedings  of  Board  of  Trade  upon  said  act,  and  a  copy  of 
report  of  his  Majesty's  attorney  general  and  solicitor  general,  on 
it,  dated  April  10,  1767.  245 

(Address  for  papers,  May  14;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXI.  599,  604-605.) 

1767,  May  21.  Notes  of  Canadian  affairs.  246 

1767,  May  22.  Copies  of  precedents  of  orders  in  Council  declaring  acts  of 
assemblies  in  America  to  be  null,  illegal  or  void,  together  with 
reports  of  the  several  attorneys  general  and  solicitors  general,  or 
either  of  them,  in  similar  cases.  Nine  papers.  Titles  listed  in 
L.  J.  247 

(Address  for  papers,  May  18;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXI.  605,  613.) 

1767,  May  22.  Questions  to  be  put  to  judges  touching  act  passed  by  assembly 
of  Massachusetts.  248 

1767,  May  27.  Papers  (19)  relating  to  civil  and  ecclesiastical  state  of  Que 
bec.  Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  249 

(Address  for  papers,  May  20;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXI.  610-611,  620- 
621.) 

1767,  June  j.  Extract  of  letter  from  governor  of  Georgia,  enclosing  extracts 

from  journals  of  Upper  House  and  of  minutes  of  Commons.  Janu 
ary  20,  1767.  250 
(Delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXI.  630.) 

1768,  January  29.  Admiralty  Office.     Report  by  Capt.  Lambert  of  state  of 

forts  and  settlements  on  coast  of  Africa.    Six  papers.    Titles  listed 


House  of  Lords.  241 

in  L.  J.     Presented  in  pursuance  of  act  23  George  II.     Cf.  no. 

188.  251 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXII.  54.) 
1768,  November  28.  One  hundred  and  eight  papers  and  enclosures  relative 

to  disturbances  in  Massachusetts : 

Extract  of  letter  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Earl  of  Shelburne.    Boston,  Janu 
ary  21,  1768. 
Id.  January  30,  1768. 
Id.  February  2,  1768. 

Id.  from  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to  Gov.  Bernard.    Whitehall,  April  4,  1768. 
Id.  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Earl  of  Shelburne,  Boston,  February  18,  1768, 

enclosing  copy  of  circular  letter  from  House  of  Representatives  of 

Massachusetts  to  the  other  assemblies  in  N.  America,  February  n, 

1768. 
Id.,  March  5,  1768,  enclosing  copies  of: 

Resolves  of  House  of  Representatives.    February  26,  1768. 
Letter  printed  in  Boston  Gazette  of  February  28,  1768. 
Proceedings  of  council  on  the  libel  in  Boston  Gazette,  February  28,  1768. 
Gov.  Bernard's  message  to  the  council. 
The  council's  address,  in  answer. 
Gov.  Bernard's  reply. 

His  message  to  the  assembly,  and  the  assembly's  answer  thereto. 
Appendix  to  journals  of  House  of  Representatives  of  Massachusetts. 

February,  1768. 
Copy  of  circular  letter  from  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to  governors  of  the 

several  colonies  in  America.    Whitehall,  April  21,  1768. 
Id.  of  letter  from  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to  Gov.  Bernard.     Whitehall, 

April  22,  1768. 

Id.  to  Maj.-Gen.  Gage.    Whitehall,  April  23,  1768. 
Id.  of  letter  from  Mr.  Bradshaw  to  Mr.  Phelps,  Treasury  Chamber,  May 

7,    1768,   enclosing  memorial   of   Commissioners   of   Customs    in 

America,  February  12,  1768. 
Id.  of  circular  letter  from  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to  all  the  governors  in  N. 

America.    Whitehall,  May  14,  1768. 
Extract  of  letter  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Earl  of  Shelburne.    Boston,  March 

12,  1768. 
Copy  of  letter  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Earl  of  Shelburne,  Boston,  March  19, 

1768,  enclosing  resolution  of  council,  relative  to  riots  at  Boston, 

March  18,  1768,  and  affidavit  of  William  Wooton,  inspector  general 

of  customs. 
Extract  of  letter  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Earl  of  Shelburne,  March  21, 

1768,  enclosing  extract  from  Boston  Gazette  containing  account  of 

meeting  of  merchants  on  March  18. 
Copy  of  letter  from  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to  Maj.-Gen.  Gage.    Whitehall, 

June  8,  1768. 

Id.  to  Lords  of  the  Admiralty.    Whitehall,  June  n,  1768. 
Id.  to  Gov.  Bernard,  June  n,  1768. 
Id.  from  Mr.  Bradshaw  to  Mr.  Pownall,  Treasury  Chambers,  July  8, 

1768,  enclosing  memorial  of  Commissioners  of  Customs  in  America, 

March  28,  1768. 
Id.  of  circular  letter  from  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to  all  the  governors  in 

N.  America.    Whitehall,  July  n,  1768. 


24:2  House  of  Lords. 

Id.  of  letter  from  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to  Gov.  Bernard.    July  n,  1768. 
Id.  from  Mr.  Pownall  to  Mr.  Bradshaw.    Whitehall,  July  n,  1768. 
Copies  of  letters  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough.     Boston, 

June  II  and  13. 
Copy  of  letter  from  same  to  same,  Boston,  June  14,  1768,  enclosing: 

Minutes  of  council.    June  n,  1768. 

Depositions  of  a  riot  at  Boston.    June  10,  1768. 

Copies  of  letters  between  Gov.  Bernard  and  Commissioners  of  Customs. 

June,  1768. 
Id.  June  1 6  and  18,  1768,  enclosing: 

Incendiary  paper  stuck  up  at  Boston,  June,  1768. 

(Begins — "Gentlemen,  I  think  this  a  ready  way  to  get  rid  of  our  burthens. 
As  soon  as  Mr.  W.ll.m.s  returns  from  Salem 

I. 

Then  let  us  all,  as  one  combine 

To  make  them  every  one  resign  .  .  .  ." 

Signed  "  Plain  Dealer." 

On  next  sheet,  Boston,  June  16,  1768:  "It  is  thought  by  the  REAL  FRIENDS 
to  LIBERTY  that  the  fate  of  America  depends  on  the  steady  and  firm  resolu 
tions  of  the  town  of  Boston  at  the  adjournment  of  their  meeting  to 
morrow",  etc.  Signed,  "A  THOUSAND.") 

Copy  of  petition  of  Boston  to  Gov.  Bernard.    June  14,  1768. 

Id.  of  Gov.  Bernard's  answer  to  petition  of  Boston. 

Instructions  to  the  members  for  Boston. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Mr.  Bradshaw  to  Mr.  Pownall,  Treasury  Chambers, 
July  22,  1768,  enclosing: 

Copy  of  memorial  of  Commissioners  of  Customs,  June  16,  1768,  and 
several  papers  thereunto  annexed.  Annexes  relate  to  seizure  of 
Hancock's  sloop  Liberty  and  include  copies  of:  Minutes  of  com 
missioners  on  board  the  Romney,  June  13  and  14,  1768;  Deposition 
of  Thomas  Kirk,  tidesman  at  Boston,  June  10,  1768;  Deposition  of 
Joseph  Harrison,  collector  of  customs  at  Boston,  June  1 1 ;  Deposi 
tion  of  Benjamin  Hallowell,  comptroller  of  customs,  June  n; 
Deposition  of  Richard  Acklom  Harrison,  son  of  Joseph  Harrison, 
June  1 1 ;  Deposition  of  Thomas  Irving,  inspector  of  imports  and 
exports,  June  II.  Letters  from :  Andrew  Oliver  to  John  Robinson, 
commissioner  of  customs;  Commissioners  of  Customs  at  Boston 
to  Capt.  Corner,  Gov.  Bernard,  the  collector  and  comptroller,  Com 
mander  Hood,  Gen.  Gage  at  New  York  and  Col.  Dalrymple  at 
Halifax.  Letters  to :  Gov.  Bernard,  the  Commissioners  of  Customs 
from  the  collector  and  comptroller.  Three  anonymous  letters  de 
scribing  the  state  of  Boston,  June  14.  The  letters  date  from  June 
ii  to  June  14. 

Copy  of  examination  of  Mr.  Hallowell,  Treasury  Board,  July  21,  1768. 
Copy  of  letter  from  Mr.  Bradshaw  to  Mr.  Pownall,  Treasury  Chambers, 
November  22,  1768,  enclosing  corrections  in  examination  of  Mr. 
Hallowell,  July  21,  1768. 

Memorial  in  behalf  of  inhabitants  of  Boston,  presented  by  Mr.  Dennys  de 
Berdt,  July  21,  1768,  with  thirteen  depositions  relative  to  conduct 
of  customs  officers  and  to  seizure  of  the  Liberty. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Mr.  Bradshaw  to  Mr.  Pownall,  Treasury  Chambers, 
August  4,  1768,  enclosing  case  and  opinion  thereupon,  of  his 


House  of  Lords.  243 

Majesty's  attorney  general,  respecting  seizure  of  vessel  at  Boston 
in  June,  1768. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to  Earl  of  Shelburne.  White 
hall,  July  27,  1768. 

Id.  to  Lords  of  the  Admiralty.    Whitehall,  July  28,  1768. 

Id.  to  Ma j. -Gen.  Gage.    Whitehall,  July  30,  1768. 

Id.  to  Gov.  Bernard,  Whitehall,  July  30,  1768,  enclosing  opinion  of  Sir 
Edward  Northey,  Sir  Dudley  Ryder  and  Sir  John  Strange  upon 
act  of  6  Anne,  for  encouraging  trade  to  America. 

Id.  from  Mr.  Pownall  to  Mr.  Bradshaw.    July  28,  1768. 

Id.  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough.    June  17,  1768. 

Id.  June  25,  28  and  July  I,  1768,  enclosing: 

Messages  and  answers  between  the  governor  and  House  of  Represen 
tatives  of  Massachusetts.  June  1768. 

The  answer  of  House  of  Representatives  of  Massachusetts  to  the  gov 
ernor.  June  30,  1768. 

Id.  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough  from  speaker  of  House  of  Representatives  of 
Massachusetts.  June  30,  1768. 

Extracts  of  printed  journal  of  proceedings  of  House  of  Representatives 
of  Massachusetts.  December  30,  1767- June  30,  1768. 

Id.  of  letter  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough.  Boston,  July 
9,  1768. 

Copy  of  supplemental  letter  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough. 
Boston,  July  9,  1768. 

Id.  of  letter  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough.     Boston,  July 

1 8,  19,  1768,  enclosing  copies  of  papers  published  at  Boston: 
"  This  is  to  inform  the  public  that  John  Williams,  Esq.,  ....  has 
promised  to  meet  the  Friends  of  Liberty  this  day  at  12  o'clock  at 
the  Town  House  ",  etc.    July  16,  1768. 

"  Mr.  Draper  you  observed  lately  that  the  people  of  this  province  have 
been  and  still  are  great  encouragers  of  the  Liberty  of  the  Press  ", 
etc.,  etc. 

Id.  July  1 6,  1768,  enclosing  petition  of  council  of  Massachusetts  to  his 
Majesty. 

Id.  July  1 8,  1768. 

Id.  from  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to  Gov.  Bernard.    September  14,  1768. 

Id.  from  Mr.  Bradshaw  to  Mr.  Pownall,  Treasury  Chambers,  August  31, 
1768,  enclosing  memorial  of  Commissioners  of  Customs  in  N. 
America,  July  n,  1768,  and  papers  thereunto  annexed,  and  letters 
from  Gen.  Gage,  Commodore  Hood  and  Col.  Dalrymple  to  Com 
missioners  of  Customs. 

Id.  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough,  Boston,  July  30,  1768, 

enclosing : 

Copies  of  letters  between  Gov.  Bernard  and  Gen.  Gage.    July,  1768. 
Minutes  of  council  of  Massachusetts.    July  27,  29,  1768. 
Observations  on  the  council's  answer  to  Gov.  Bernard.    July  29,  1768. 

Id.  August  6,  1768. 

Id.  August  9,  1768. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough,  Boston, 
August  29,  1768,  enclosing  extract  from  Boston  Gazette. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to  Gov.  Bernard.  Whitehall, 
October  12,  1768. 


244  House  of  Lords. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough.  September 
9,  1768. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough,  Boston,  Sep 
tember  1 6,  1768,  enclosing: 

Extract  from  Boston  Gazette.    September  5,  1768. 
Proceedings  at  town-meeting,  Boston.     September  12,  1768.     Printed. 
Circular  letter  from  selectmen  of  Boston  to  the  several  towns  and  dis 
tricts  in  Massachusetts.    September  14,  1768. 

Id.  September  23,  1768. 

Id.  September  26,  1768,  enclosing  minutes  of  council,  September  19,  22 
and  26  (extracted  from  Boston  Gazette),  and  paragraph  proposed 
to  be  inserted  in  council's  answer  to  governor's  message. 

Id.  September  27,  1768,  enclosing  proceedings  of  convention  assembled  at 
Boston,  September  22,  1768. 

Id.  October  I,  1768,  enclosing  minutes  of  council,  September  29,  1768. 

Id.  October  3,  1768,  enclosing  result  of  proceedings  of  convention.    Printed. 

Id.  October  5,  6,  1768,  enclosing: 

Minutes  of  council.    October  3,  5,  1768. 

Letter  from  the  town  of  Hatfield  to  selectmen  of  Boston.     September 
22,  1768.    Printed. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to  Gov.  Bernard,  Whitehall, 
November  15,  1768,  enclosing  copy  of  letter  from  Mr.  Say  re  to 
Earl  of  Hillsborough. 

Minutes  of  treasury  board,  transmitted  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough.  Novem 
ber  28,  1768.  252 
(Royal  order,  November  15;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXII.  174,  182-184.) 

1768,  December  7.  Nine  papers  relating  to  affairs  in  Boston,  especially  to 

landing  of  troops  there. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Lords  of  the  Admiralty  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough,  De 
cember  2,  1768,  enclosing: 

Id.  from  Commodore  Hood  to  Mr.  Stephens.     Halifax,  October  12, 
1768. 

Id.  from  Col.  Dalrymple  to  Capt.  Smith,  commanding  officer  of  his  Ma 
jesty's  ships  at  Boston.    Boston,  October  2,  1768. 

Id.  from  Col.  Dalrymple  to  Commodore  Hood.     Boston,  October  4, 
1768. 

Id.  from  Capt.  Smith,  commanding  officer  of  his  Majesty's  ships  at 
Boston,  to  Commodore  Hood.    October  5,  1768. 

Copy  of  diary  kept  by  Capt.  Corner. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Commodore  Hood  to  Mr.  Stephens,  dated  on 
board  the  Viper,  Halifax  Harbor,  October  23,  1768. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Gen.  Gage  to  Commodore  Hood.    Boston,  October 

18,  1768. 

Id.  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough.  Boston,  October  14, 
1768.  253 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXII.  192-193.) 

1768,  December  15.  Resolutions  (8)  upon  American  papers.  254 

(Adopted  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXII.  209-210.    In  extenso.") 

1768,  December  21.  Admiralty  Office.     Reports  of  captain  on  state  of  forts 
and   settlements   on  coast   of   Africa.      Fourteen   papers.      Titles 


House  of  Lords.  245 

listed  in  L.  J.    Presented  in  pursuance  of  act  23  George  II.    Cf.  no. 
188.  255 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXII.  219.) 

1769,  January  20.  Papers  (28)  relating  mostly  to  occurrences  in  Boston  and 
largely  to  quartering  of  troops  there : 

Extract  of  letter  from  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to  Maj.-Gen.  Gage.  White 
hall,  December  10,  1768. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Lords  of  the  Admiralty  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough, 
December  14,  1768,  enclosing  copy  of  letter  from  Capt.  Smith, 
Boston,  October  26,  1768. 

Id.  from  Maj.-Gen.  Gage  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough,  Boston,  October  31, 
1768,  enclosing  copy  of  address  of  the  subscribers,  members  of  his 
Majesty's  council  of  Massachusetts,  to  Maj.-Gen.  Gage,  with  the 
general's  answer  thereto. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Maj.-Gen.  Gage  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough.  Boston, 
November  3,  1768. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough,  November  I, 

1768,  enclosing: 

Copy  of  answer  of  the  justices. 

Copy  of  Gov.  Bernard's  order  to  Joseph  Goldthwaite. 

Minutes  of  council.    Boston,  October  12,  17  and  26,  1768. 

Id.  November  5,  1768,  enclosing  copy  of  address  of  the  subscribers,  mem 
bers  of  his  Majesty's  council  of  Massachusetts,  to  Maj.-Gen.  Gage, 
with  the  general's  answer  thereto. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to  Maj.-Gen.  Gage.  White 
hall,  December  24,  1768. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to  Gov.  Bernard.  Whitehall, 
December  24,  1768. 

Id.  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough.  Boston,  November  12, 
1768. 

Id.  November  14,  1768. 

Id.  from  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to  Gov.  Bernard.  Whitehall,  January  4, 
1769. 

Id.  from  Lords  of  the  Admiralty  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough,  January  7, 

1769,  enclosing: 

Extract  of  letter  from  Commodore  Hood  to  Mr.  Stephens.     Boston 

Harbor,  November  15,  1768. 
Id.  November  22,  1768. 
Copy  of  letter  from  Commodore  Hood  to  Mr.  Stephens.    November  25, 

1768. 

Id.  November  27,  1768. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Lords  of  the  Admiralty  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough, 
January   13,   1769,  enclosing  extract  of  letter  from  Commodore 
Hood  to  Mr.  Stephens,  Boston  Harbor,  December  7,  1768. 
Id.  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough.    Boston,  November  30, 

1768. 

Id.  December  5,  1768. 

Id.  from  Lords  of  the  Admiralty  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough,  January  19, 
1769,  enclosing  copy  of  letter  from  Commodore  Hood,  Boston 
Harbor,  December  12,  1768.  256 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXII.  229.) 


246  House  of  Lords. 

1770,  February  26.  Admiralty  papers.  Copies  of  captain's  reports  of  state 
of  African  forts  and  settlements.  Eleven  papers.  Titles  listed  in 
L.  J.  Presented  in  pursuance  of  act  23  George  II.  Cf.  no.  188. 

257 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXII.  446.) 

1770,  May  4.  Twelve  papers  relating  to  "  Boston  Massacre  "  and  to  trouble 
between  citizens  and  soldiers  in  New  York. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Maj.-Gen.  Gage  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough.  New 
York,  February  21,  1770. 

Id.  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Golden  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough.  New  York,  Feb 
ruary  21,  1770. 

Id.  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Hutchinson  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough,  Boston,  March 
12,  1770,  enclosing  copy  of  minutes  of  a  council  held  at  Council 
Chamber,  Boston,  March  6,  1770. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Lieut.-Col.  Dalrymple  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough,  Boston, 

March  13,  1770,  enclosing: 

Narrative  of  transactions  at  Boston.    March  2,  3  and  5,  1770. 
Case  of  Capt.  Thomas  Preston  of  2o,th  regiment. 

Depositions  and  informations  respecting  transactions  referred  to  in 
Capt.  Preston's  case.  Contains  twenty-four  depositions  relating  to 
"  Boston  Massacre." 

Extract  of  letter  from  Maj.-Gen.  Gage  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough,  New 
York,  December  4,  1769,  enclosing  extract  of  letter  from  Lieut.- 
Col.  Dalrymple  to  Maj.-Gen.  Gage,  Boston,  October  28,  1769. 

Id.  from  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to  Maj.-Gen.  Gage.  Whitehall,  January 
18,  1770. 

Id.  to  Lieut.-Gov.  Hutchinson.    Whitehall,  January  18,  1770.  258 

(Address  for  papers,  April  30;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXII.  559,  566.) 
1770,  May  8.  Nine  papers  relative  to  disturbances  in  Boston  and  to  attack 
on  Capt.  Reid,  commander  of  revenue  sloop  Liberty,  at  Newport: 

Extract  of  letter  from  Commodore  Hood  to  Mr.  Stephens,  dated  on  board 
H.  M.  S.  Romney,  Boston  Harbor,  July  10,  1769. 

Id.  to  Mr.  Stephens,  dated  on  board  H.  M.  S.  Romney,  Boston  Harbor, 
July  25,  1769. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Commissioners  of  Customs  at  Boston  to  Commodore 
Hood,  July  24,  1769,  enclosed  in  Mr.  Hood's  letter  of  July  25,  1769. 

Id.  from  Capt.  Reid  to  the  governor  of  Rhode  Island,  enclosed  in  letter 
from  Commissioners  of  Customs  at  Boston  to  Commodore  Hood, 
dated  July  24,  1769,  and  enclosed  in  Mr.  Hood's  letter  of  July  25, 
1769. 

Id.  of  Capt.  Reid's  deposition,  enclosed  in  letter  from  Commissioners  of 
Customs  at  Boston  to  Commodore  Hood,  dated  July  24,  1769,  and 
enclosed  in  Mr.  Hood's  letter  of  July  25,  1769. 

Id.  of  letter  from  collector  and  comptroller  of  the  Custom  House  at  Rhode 
Island  to  Gov.  Wanton,  dated  July  21,  1769,  enclosed  in  letter  from 
Commissioners  of  Customs  at  Boston  to  Commodore  Hood,  dated 
July  24,  1769,  and  enclosed  in  Mr.  Hood's  letter  of  July  25,  1769. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Commodore  Hood  to  Mr.  Stephens,  on  board  H. 
M.  S.  Romney,  Halifax  Harbor,  November  23,  1769. 

Id.  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Hutchinson  to  Commodore  Hood,  Boston,  October 
31,  1769,  enclosed  in  Mr.  Hood's  letter  of  November  23,  1769. 


House  of  Lords.  247 

Copy  of  letter  from  Capt.  Caldwell,  commander  of  H.  M.  S.  Rose,  to  Mr. 
Stephens,  dated  on  board  said  ship,  Boston,  March  14,  1770.  259 
(Address  for  papers,  April  30;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXII.  559,571-572.) 
1770,  May  15.  Copy  of  Earl  of  Hillsborough's  letter,  May  13,  1769,  to 
colonial  governors,  together  with  speeches  of  Gov.  Tryon,  Lord 
Botetourt,  Lieut.-Gov.  Golden  and  Gov.  Wright,  referring  to  said 
letter,  and  answers  of  assemblies  of  North  Carolina,  Virginia,  New 
York  and  Georgia  to  the  same.  Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  260 

(Address  for  papers,  May  14;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXII.  582,  583.) 

1770,  December  n.  Motion  for  address  as  to  defense  of  British  possessions 

in  Mediterranean  and  West  Indies.    Negatived.  261 

(L.  J.  XXXIII.  25.    In  extenso.) 

1771,  February  27.  Nine  papers.     Captain's  reports  on  African   forts  and 

settlements.  Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  Presented  in  pursuance  of  act 
23  George  II.  Cf.  no.  188.  262 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXIII.  87.) 

1772,  March  n.  Admiralty  papers.     Captains'  reports  on  African  forts  and 

settlements.  Eleven  papers.  Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  Presented  in 
pursuance  of  act  23  George  II.  Cf.  no.  188.  263 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXIII.  294.) 

1773,  February  19.  Admiralty   papers    (9).     Captain's   reports   relating   to 

African  forts  and  settlements.  Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  Presented 
pursuant  to  act  23  George  II.  Cf.  no.  188.  264 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXIII.  519-520.) 

1774,  February  21.  Admiralty   papers    (9).      Captain's   reports   relating   to 

state  of  forts  and  settlements  of  African  Company.  Titles  listed 
in  L.  J.  Presented  in  pursuance  of  act  23  George  II.  Cf.  no. 
188.  265 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXIV.  30-31-) 

1774,  March  /.  One  hundred  and  nine  papers  relating  to  disturbances  in 
America  connected  with  importation  of  tea. 

Massachusetts. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Gov.  Hutchinson  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  Boston, 

November  4,  1773,  enclosing: 
Copy  of  letter  to  Thomas  and  Elisha  Hutchinson,  delivered  at  their 

house  in  Boston,  November  2,  1773. 

Id.  of  printed  paper  posted  up  in  Boston,  on  November  3,  1773. 
Copies  of  two  narratives. 
Copy  of  letter  from  Gov.  Hutchinson  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  Milton,  near 

Boston,  November  6,  1773,  enclosing: 
Id.  from  Mr.  Richard  Clarke  and  Company  and  Benjamin  Faneuil  and 

Company,  to  John  Hancock.     November  4,  1773. 
Id.  of  vote  of  town-meeting.    Boston,  November  5,  1773. 
Id.  of  letter  from  Thomas  Hutchinson,  Jr.,  to  John  Hancock.    Undated. 
Extract  of  letter  from  Gov.  Hutchinson  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth.     Boston, 

November  15,  1773. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Gov.  Hutchinson  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  Boston, 
December  2,  1773,  enclosing: 


248  House  of  Lords. 

Id.  of  petition  of  Richard  Clarke  and  Sons,  Benjamin  Faneuil  and 
Thomas  and  Elisha  Hutchinson;  and  of  proceedings  of  council 
thereupon. 

Extract  from  Massachusetts  Gazette  of  November  26,  1773. 
Copy  of  paper  printed  at  Boston.    December  I,  1773. 
Id.  December  15,  1773. 
Id.  December  17,  1773. 
Id.  December  20,  1773. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Gov.  Hutchinson  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  Boston, 
December  24,   1773,  enclosing  extract  of  minutes  of  council  of 
Massachusetts,  December  21,  1773. 
Id.  January  4,  1774. 

New  York. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Maj.-Gen.  Haldimand  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth.    New 

York,  November  3,  1773. 
Id.  December  28,  1773. 
Id.  January  5,  1774. 
Copy  of  paper  referred  to  in  Maj.-Gen.  Haldimand's  letter  of  January  5, 

I774- 

Extract  of  letter  from  Maj.-Gen.  Haldimand  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth.    Feb 
ruary  2,  1774. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Gov.  Tryon  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  New  York,  Nov 
ember  3,  1773,  enclosing: 
Copy  of  printed  paper  entitled  The  Alarm,  no.  I.    New  York,  October 

6,  1773- 

Id.  October  9,  1773. 

Extract  from  The  Alarm,  October  19,  1773. 
Id.  December  I,  1773,  enclosing: 

Memorial  of  agents  of  East  India  Company,  praying  that  tea  shipped 
by  the  company  may,  on  its  arrival,  be  taken  under  protection  of 
government. 

Minute  of  council  relative  to  tea  shipped  by  East  India  Company. 
Id.  January  3,  1774. 

Id.  January  5,  1774,  enclosing  extracts  from  minutes  of  council  of  New 
York. 

South  Carolina. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Bull  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth.  December 
24,  1773- 

New  Hampshire. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Gov.  Wentworth  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth,   New 

Hampshire,  December  17,  1773,  enclosing: 
Notification  of  selectmen  of  Portsmouth. 
Resolves  of  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  respecting  the  tea. 

Admiralty. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Lords  of  the  Admiralty  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  January 
20,  1774,  enclosing  copy  of  letter  from  Rear-Adm.  Montagu  to 
Philip  Stephens,  secretary  of  the  Admiralty,  Boston,  December  8, 
1773- 


House  of  Lords.  249 

Id.,  January  27,  1774,  enclosing  copy  of  letter  from  Montagu  to  Stephens, 
Boston,  December  17,  1773. 

War  Office. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Viscount  Barrington  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  War 

Office,  January  28,  1774,  enclosing: 

Copy  of  letter  from  Alexander  Leslie,  lieutenant-colonel  of  64th  regi 
ment  of  foot,  to  Viscount  Barrington.     Castle  William,  December 

6,  1773- 
Extract  of  letter  from  Leslie  to  Barrington.    December  17,  1773. 

East  India  Company. 

Copy  of  note  from  chairman  of  East  India  Company  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth, 
December  20,  1773,  enclosing  account  of  tea  exported  by  East  India 
Company  to  his  Majesty's  colonies  in  N.  America,  with  the  quan 
tities  and  to  whom  consigned. 
Id.  December  23,  1773,  enclosing: 

Extract  of  letter  from  Boston.    October  18,  1773. 

Id.  of  two  letters  from  New  York.    November  5,  1773. 

Copy  of  letter  relative  to  advices  received  from  Philadelphia  and  New 

York,  dated  December  21,  1773. 

Id.  of  letter  relative  to  advices  received  from  Philadelphia,  dated  De 
cember  21,  1773. 

Id.  relative  to  exportation  of  tea  to  Boston.    December  21,  1773. 
Id.  to  South  Carolina. 
Id.  to  New  York. 
Copy  of  note  from  chairman  of  East  India  Company  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth, 

December  24,  1773,  enclosing: 

Extract  of  three  letters  from  Philadelphia.    October  5  and  30,  1773. 
Copy  of  note  from  chairman  and  deputy  chairman  of  East  India  Company 

to  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  January  10,  1774,  enclosing: 
Copy  of  letter  from  East  India  Company's  agents  at  New  York  to  court 

of  directors. 
Id.  of  memorial  of  Henry  White  and  others,  merchants,  to  governor  of 

New  York. 
Copy  of  letter  from  agent  of  East  India  Company  to  his  correspondents 

in  London.     Boston,  November  15,  1773. 
Id.  November,  1773. 

Id.  to  the  chairman.    Boston,  November  17,  1773. 

Copy  of  note  from  chairman  of  East  India  Company  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth, 
January  21,  17/4,  enclosing  copy  of  letter  signed  "  Anglo  Ameri- 
canus  ",  to  East  India  Company,  Boston,  December  17,  1773. 
Copy  of  note  from  chairman  and  deputy  chairman  of  East  India  Company 

to  Earl  of  Dartmouth.    January  26,  1774. 
Id.  January  26,  1774,  enclosing: 

Copy  of  letter  to  the  Delaware  pilots  and  to  Capt.  Ayres.    Philadelphia, 

November  27,  1773. 

Declaration  of  Messrs.  James  and  Drinker,  agents  for  East  India  Com 
pany  at  Philadelphia. 
Postscript  to  Pennsylvania  Gazette  of  December  24,  1773. 


250  House  of  Lords. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Messrs.  James  and  Drinker  to  directors  of  East 
India  Company.  Philadelphia,  December  28,  1773. 

Id.  from  Messrs.  Thomas  and  Isaac  Wharton,  Jonathan  Browne  and 
Gilbert  Barkley,  to  East  India  Company.  Philadelphia,  December 
28,  1773. 

Copy  of  note  from  chairman  of  East  India  Company  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth, 
received  February  3,  1774,  enclosing: 

Copy  of  letter  from  Thomas  and  Elisha  Hutchinson,  Richard  Clarke 
and  Sons  and  Benjamin  Faneuil,  to  directors  of  East  India  Com 
pany.  December  2,  1773. 

Id.  December  17,  1773. 

Copies  of  two  letters  from  Messrs.  Smith,  Leger  and  Greenwood,  to 

secretary  of  East  India  Company.    December  4  and  18,  1773. 
Copy  of  note  from  chairman  and  deputy  chairman  of  East  India  Company 
to  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  February  9,  1774,  enclosing: 

Copy  of  letter  from  Henry  White,  Abraham  Lott  and  Company  and 
Pigou  and  Booth,  to  directors  of  East  India  Company.  New  York, 
December  27,  1773. 

Id.  from  Henry  White  and  others  to  Capt.  Benjamin  Lockyer  of  the 

Nancy.    New  York,  December  27,  1773. 
Id.,  February  15,  1774,  enclosing: 

Questions  proposed  by  Francis  Rotch,  an  owner,  and  James  Hall,  master 
of  the  Dartmouth,  with  answers  of  the  consignees. 

Id.  proposed  by  James  Bruce,  master  of  the  Eleanor,  with  answers  of 
the  consignees. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Mr.  Rotch,  owner  of  the  Dartmouth,  to  Richard 
Clarke  and  Sons,  etc.  Boston,  January  6,  1774. 

Id.  from  Richard  Clarke  and  Sons  and  Benjamin  Faneuil,  jr.,  to  direc 
tors  of  East  India  Company.     Castle  William,  January  7,  1774. 
Copy  of  letter  from  Mr.  Michell,  secretary  of  East  India  Company,  to 
John  Pownall,  February  16,  1774,  enclosing  copy  of  memorial  of 
East  India  Company  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  February  16,  1774. 

Treasury. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Grey  Cooper,  secretary  to  the  Lords  of  the  Treasury,  to 

John  Pownall,  March  7,  1774,  enclosing: 

Copy  of  letter  from  Mr.  Mather,  acting  as  secretary  to  Commissioners 
of  Customs  in  America,  to  John  Robinson,  secretary  to  Lords  of 
the  Treasury.  October  7,  1773. 

Id.  from  Commissioners  of  Customs  in  America  to  Lords  of  the  Treas 
ury,  Boston,  January  4,  1774,  enclosing: 

Id.  from  collector  and  comptroller  of  customs  at  Boston  to  Com 
missioners  of  Customs  there.    December  17,  1773. 

Id.  December  23,  1773. 

Id.  December  31,  1773. 

Copy  of  protest  of  James  Bruce,  James  Bruce,  jr.  and  John  Finney. 

Id.  of  Hezekiah  Coffin  and  others. 

Id.  of  Francis  Rotch  and  others. 

Deposition  of  Samuel  Hunt  and  others. 

Id.  of  Thomas  Rick  and  others. 

Id.  of  William  Elliot  and  others. 


House  of  Lords.  251 

Id.  of  Alexander  Hodgson. 

Id.  of  James  Bruce  and  others. 

Report  of  Arthur  Savage. 

Id.  of  Robert  Parker. 

Memorial  of  Francis  Rotch. 

Id.  of  James  Bruce. 

Id.  of  Hezekiah  Coffin.  266 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXIV.  58-61.) 

1774,  March  n.  Extract  of  letter  from  Gov.  Hutchinson  to  Earl  of  Dart 
mouth,  January  28,  1774,  enclosing  extract  from  Boston  Gazette, 
January  27,  1774.  267 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXIV.  70.) 

1774,  March  24.  Papers  (n)  relating  to  free  ports  in  Jamaica.  Titles  listed 
in  L.  J.  268 

(Address  for  papers,  March  17 ;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXIV.  78,  91.) 

1774,  March  28.  Petition  of  Stephen  Sayre,  William  Lee,  Benjamin  Frank 
lin  and  twenty-six  other  natives  of  America,  praying  that  the 
Boston  Port  Bill  14  George  III.,  may  not  pass  into  a  law.  269 

(Read  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXIV.  98.  The  bill  referred  to  was  brought  from 
House  of  Commons,  March  26;  royal  assent,  March  31.  L.  J.  XXXIV.  96, 
105.) 

1774,  March  jo.  Petition  of  Mr.  William  Bollan,  agent  for  council  of  Mas 
sachusetts,  praying  to  be  heard  against  bill  14  George  III.  "  for  the 
immediate  removal  of  the  officers  concerned  in  the  collection  and 
management  of  His  Majesty's  duties  of  customs  from  the  town  of 
Boston ;  and  to  discontinue  the  landing  of  goods  at  Boston  ".  Cf. 
no.  269.  270 

(Read  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXIV.  104.) 

1774,  April  14.  Reports  (2)  of  committee  to  inquire  into  riots  at  Boston.  271 
1774,  April  15.  Papers  relating  to  disturbances  in  Massachusetts,  referred 
to  committee  appointed  to  inquire  into  the  several  proceedings  in 
Massachusetts,  in  opposition  to  the  sovereignty  of  his  Majesty  in 
his  Parliament  of  Great  Britain  over  that  province,  etc.  The 
papers  are  numbered  317-344,  as  well  as  1-28,  and  are  referred  to 
by  the  former  numbers  in  report  of  committee,  April  20,  L.  J. 
XXXIV.  124-136. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Gov.  Bernard  to  Board  of  Trade.  Boston,  July  7, 
1766. 

Id.  to  Earl  of  Shelburne,  Boston,  February  7,  1767,  enclosing  two  mes 
sages  from  Massachusetts  House  of  Representatives  to  Gov.  Ber 
nard  and  two  messages  from  him  to  the  House.  Undated. 

Id.  February  21,  1767. 

Id.  March  21,  1768. 

Id.  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough.    Boston,  May  30,  1768. 

Answer  of  House  of  Representatives  of  Massachusetts  to  governor's  mes 
sage  of  June  30,  1768. 

Printed  account  of  the  associations  at  Boston  and  proceedings  in  conse 
quence  thereof. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Sir  Francis  Bernard  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough. 
Boston,  June  i,  1769. 


252  House  of  Lords. 

Id.  from  Gov.  Hutchinson  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough,  Boston,  July  n,  1769, 
enclosing  extract  of  letter  from  Gov.  Bernard. 

"  Extracts  from  the  Resolves  of  the  Representatives  of  Massachu 
setts  Bay,  passed  July  8,  1769." 

Copy  of  letter  from  Gov.  Hutchinson  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough,  Boston, 
March  27,  1770,  enclosing: 

Message  from  House  of  Representatives  to  governor  and  from  governor 
to  House  of  Representatives,  March  15,  16,  1770. 

Message  from  House  of  Representatives  to  council,  March  17,  1770. 

Address  of  council  to  governor,  March  20,  1770. 

Message  from  House  to  governor,  March  23,  1770. 

Report  of  committee  of  House  of  Representatives,  March  24,  1770. 

(All  the  above  relate  to  removal  of  House  of  Representatives  to  Cambridge.) 

Extracts  of  letters  from  Gov.  Hutchinson  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough.  Bos 
ton,  April  27,  May  21,  1770. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Gov.  Hutchinson  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough,  Boston, 
July  6,  1771,  with  copy  of  his  message  to  House  of  Representatives 
and  of  answer  of  House. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Gov.  Hutchinson  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough,  Boston, 

November  28,  1771,  enclosing: 
Copy  of  letter  from  Commissioners  of  Customs  to  Gov.  Hutchinson. 

November  26,  1775. 
Memorial  from  comptroller  of  customs  at  Falmouth,  New  England,  to 

Gov.  Hutchinson.    November  27,  1771. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Mr.  Savage,  comptroller  at  Falmouth,  to  Commis 
sioners  of  Customs  at  Boston.    November  19,  1771. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Gov.  Hutchinson  to  Earl  of  Hillsborough,  Boston, 
May  29,  1772,  enclosing  extract  from  Massachusetts  Gazette,  May 
29,  1772. 

Id.  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth.    Boston,  October  23,  1772. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Gov.  Hutchinson  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth.  Boston, 
October  30,  1772,  with  enclosures. 

Id.  November  3,  1772. 

Printed  copy  of  votes  and  proceedings  of  the  freeholders  and  inhabitants 
of  Boston. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Gov.  Hutchinson  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth.  Boston, 
February  22,  1773. 

Printed  copy  of  speeches  of  Gov.  Hutchinson  to  general  assembly  of 
Massachusetts,  with  answers  of  the  council  and  House  of  Repre 
sentatives. 

Copy  of  petition  and  remonstrance  from  House  of  Representatives  of 
Massachusetts.  July  14,  1772. 

Id.  of  petition  to  the  king  from  House  of  Representatives  of  Massachu 
setts.  March  6,  1773. 

Id.  of  letter  from  Gov.  Hutchinson  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  Boston,  Feb 
ruary  14,  1774,  enclosing: 

Id.  of  Gov.  Hutchinson's  speech  to  council  and  House  of  Representa 
tives  and  their  answer. 

Id.  of  requisition  from  House  of  Representatives  of  Massachusetts  to 
judges  of  the  superior  court. 


House  of  Lords.  253 

Id.  of  remonstrance  of  House  of  Representatives  of  Massachusetts 
against  the  chief  justice. 

Id.  of  vote  of  council  and  House  of  Representatives  of  Massachusetts 
for  adjourning  the  superior  court ;  not  consented  to  by  the  governor. 

Id.  of  Gov.  Hutchinson's  answer  to  remonstrance  of  House  of  Repre 
sentatives  against  the  chief  justice.  272 
(Address  for  papers,  April  14;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXIV.  109,  113- 
114.) 

1774,  April  20.  Report  from  committee  appointed  to  consider  disturbances 
in  Massachusetts.  273 

(L.  J.  XXXIV.  124-136.    In,  extenso.} 

1774,  April  20.  Drafts  of  report  from  committee  appointed  to  consider  dis 
turbances  in  Massachusetts ;  together  with  notes,  rough  drafts  of 
portions  of  the  report,  etc.  The  draft  differs  from  the  report  as 
printed  in  L.  J.  XXXIV.  124-136.  Cf.  no.  273.  274 

(Also  supplemental  lists  of  papers,  A,  C  and  D.) 

1774,Mo3;-?.  An  act  (14  George  III.)  for  making  more  effectual  provision 
for  government  of  the  province  of  Quebec.  Printed  and  MS. 
copies.  275 

(Bill  read  first  this  day;  royal  assent,  June  22.    L.  J.  XXXIV.  154,  259.) 
1774,  May  6.  Itemized  accounts  of  exports  from  England  to  Jamaica,  Christ 
mas,  1748 — Christmas,  1755,  and  for  seven  years  since  the  establish 
ment  of  the  Free  Port  Act  6  George  III.,  viz.:    Christmas,  1766- 
Christmas,  1773.  276 

(Ordered  March  17;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXIV.  78,  169.  Bill  6 
George  III.  for  establishing  certain  free  ports  in  Jamaica  and  Dominica 
was  brought  from  House  of  Commons,  May  28,  1766;  royal  assent,  June 
6,  L.  J.  XXXI.  406,  417.  Continued  by  Acts  13  George  III.  and  14  George 
III.  L.  J.  XXXIII.  680,  697;  XXXIV.  69-70,  209.) 

1774,  May  6.  Copy  of  instructions  from  his  Majesty  to  Guy  Carleton,  gov 
ernor  of  Quebec,  respecting  granting  of  lands  in  that  province. 
August  12,  1768,  July  2,  1771. 

Id.  to  the  governors  of  Nova  Scotia,  New  Hampshire,  New  York,  Vir 
ginia,  North  Carolina,  South  Carolina,  Georgia,  East  Florida  and 
West  Florida,  respecting  granting  of  lands  in  those  provinces. 
February  3,  1774.  277 

(Address  for  papers,  May  3;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXIV.  155,  169.) 

1774,  May  p.  Papers  (13)  relating  to  province  of  Quebec.  Copies  of  com 
missions,  of  warrants  appointing  officers,  and  of  ordinances.  Titles 
listed  in  L.  J.  278 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXIV.  172.) 

1774,  May  n.  Petition  of  "  several  natives  of  America "  against  bill  14 
George  III.  for  better  regulating  the  government  of  Massachusetts 
and  bill  14  George  III.  for  impartial  administration  of  justice  in 
Massachusetts.  Signed  by  Stephen  Sayre,  B.  Franklin  and  twenty- 
eight  others.  279 

(Read  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXIV.  182.  The  bill  first  referred  to  was  brought 
from  House  of  Commons,  May  3;  royal  assent,  May  20.  L.  J.  XXXIV. 
155>  209.  The  second  bill  was  brought  from  Commons,  May  9 ;  royal  assent, 
May  20.  L.  J.  XXXIV.  171,  209.) 


254  House  of  Lords. 

1774,  May  n.  Petition  of  Mr.  Bollan,  agent  of  Massachusetts,  to  delay 
proceedings  on  bill  14  George  III.  (Cf.  no.  279)  for  better  regu 
lating  the  government  of  Massachusetts.  280 
(Read  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXIV.  182.) 

1774,  May  12.  Nine  papers  relating  to  Quebec.  Ordinances  passed  Febru 
ary  23,  1768-May  22,  1773.  Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  . .  281 
(Delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXIV.  185-186.) 

1774,  May  17.  Papers  (6)  relating  to  proceedings  at  Boston,  especially  to 
impeachment  of  Chief  Justice  Oliver ;  also  to  "  Tea  Party  ",  mili 
tary  stores,  etc. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Gov.  Hutchinson  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  Boston, 
March  9,  1774,  enclosing  extracts  from  Boston  gazettes  referring 
to  matters  connected  with  impeachment  of  chief  justice. 
Id.  March  21,  1774,  enclosing: 

Id.  of  resolution  of  House  of  Representatives  concurred  in  by  the 

council. 

Id.  of  message  from  House  of  Representatives  to  Gov.  Hutchinson. 
Id.  of  Gov.  Hutchinson's  message  to  House  of  Representatives.        282 
(Delivered  this  day.    L.  T.  XXXIV.  198-199.) 

1774,  May  18.  Petition  of  Mr.  Bollan,  agent  for  Massachusetts,  against  bill 

14  George  III.  for  impartial  administration  of  justice  in  Massa 
chusetts.  Cf.  no.  279.  283 
(Read  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXIV.  205.) 

1775,  January  20.  Papers  ( 149)  relating  to  disturbances  in  various  colonies. 

All  not  otherwise  designated  are  copies  and  date  from  1774- 

Massachusetts. 

Extracts  of  18  letters  between  Gov.  Gage  and  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  April 

9-December  15,  1774,  with  the  following  enclosures: 
Minute  of  Treasury  Board.    March  31. 
Extract  from  Massachusetts  Gazette.    May  19. 
List  of  councillors  and  governor's  speech  to  both  Houses. 
Address  of  council  and  Gov.  Gage's  reasons  for  refusing  it. 
Resolves  of  House  of  Representatives  before  they  proceeded  to  business 

at  Salem. 

Address  of  House  of  Representatives. 
Resolves  of  House  of  Representatives.    June  17. 
Proclamations. 

Circular  letter  and  a  paper  called  a  League  and  Covenant. 
Proceedings  at  town  meeting,  Boston.    June  27. 
Protest  of  several   inhabitants   of  Worcester  against   proceedings   of 

town  meeting  on  June  20. 
Notification  for  town  meeting. 
List  of  councillors. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Hampshire  County.    August  10. 
Copy  of  letter  from  Boston  committee  of  correspondence  to  the  several 

counties. 

Paper  posted  up  at  Salem. 
Minute  of  council  held  at  Boston.    August  31. 
Letter  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Oliver  to  Gov.  Gage.    September  2. 


House  of  Lords.  255 

Id.  from  judges  of  inferior  court  of  the  county  of  Hampshire. 

Account  of  proceedings  against  inferior  court  at  Springfield  in  the 
county  of  Hampshire. 

Mr.  Paine's  account  of  proceedings  at  Worcester. 

Letter  to  Josiah  Edson  and  form  of  a  resignation  as  councillor  therein 
enclosed. 

Proceedings  at  meeting  of  delegates  of  the  county  of  Suffolk. 

Proceedings  of  committee  of  correspondence  in  the  county  of  Worcester. 

Id.  at  Worcester.    August  9. 

Reasons  of  grand  and  petit  juries  for  declining  to  serve,  delivered  into 
court  August  30. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Ma j. -Gen.  Haldimand.    September  15. 

Paper  posted  up  at  New  York. 

Messages  to  Gov.  Gage  and  his  answer. 

Two  resolutions  entered  into  by  the  Congress  at  Philadelphia. 

Proclamation  issued  by  Gov.  Gage  and  resolves  of  a  committee  for  the 
county  of  Worcester. 

Instructions  given  by  committee  of  the  county  of  Worcester  to  Timothy 
Bigelow,  a  member  chosen  to  represent  them  in  the  General  Court 
of  Massachusetts. 

Id.  to  represent  them  in  the  provincial  congress  at  Concord. 

Two  addresses  of  the  committee  of  the  county  of  Worcester  to  Gov. 
Gage. 

Gov.  Gage's  answer  to  committee  of  the  county  of  Worcester. 

Proceedings  of  a  congress  of  committees  for  the  county  of  Hampshire, 
and  resolves  of  the  county  of  Bristol. 

Resolves  of  a  provincial  congress  at  Concord.    October  14. 

Message  from  provincial  congress  at  Concord  to  Gov.  Gage  and  answer 
thereto. 

Letters  between  Hon.  Peyton  Randolph  and  Gov.  Gage. 

Message  by  committee  from  the  provincial  congress  to  Gov.  Gage. 

Proceedings  of  a  provincial  congress  at  Cambridge. 

Letter  from  Boston  Gazette. 

Votes  of  assembly  of  Rhode  Island. 

Act  passed  by  assembly  of  Rhode  Island. 

Admiralty  note  from  Viscount  Lisburne  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  October  i, 
enclosing  letter  from  Vice-Adm.  Graves  to  Mr.  Stephens,  Septem 
ber  3. 

Letters  from  Lords  of  the  Admiralty  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  enclosing 
extracts  of  letters  from  Vice-Adm.  Graves  to  Mr.  Stephens,  Sep 
tember  23,  December  15;  and  from  Capt.  Wallace  to  Vice-Adm. 
Graves,  dated  New  Port,  December  12. 

New  Hampshire. 

Extracts  of  eight  letters  from  Gov.  Wentworth  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth, 

June  8-December  2,  enclosing : 
Letter  from  Samuel  Adams.    May  12. 
Resolution  and  vote  of  New  Hampshire   House   of  Representatives. 

May  28. 

Gov.  Wentworth's  message  to  assembly  of  New  Hampshire.    June  8. 
Letters  from  Mr.  Parry  to  Gov.  Wentworth.    June  29,  September  8. 
17 


256  House  of  Lords. 

Letters  between  Gov.  Wentworth  and  Capt.  Cochran.    June  29,  30  and 

July  18. 

Two  letters  from  Mr.  Parker  to  Gov.  Wentworth.    June  30. 
Gov.  Wentworth's  speech  to  committee  of  correspondence. 
Instructions  for  Col.  Folsom  and  Maj.  Sullivan,  delegates  for  New 

Hampshire. 
Letter  from  committee  of  correspondence  in  New  Hampshire  and  form 

of  non-importation  and  non-consumption  agreement  sent  to  towns 

in  the  province. 

Vote  of  town  meeting  at  Portsmouth. 
Extracts  from  proceedings  of  council  of  New  Hampshire.    September 

9,  12. 

Resolves  of  committee  of  Portsmouth  and  Rochester. 
Advertisements  from  committee  of  Portsmouth  and  Durham. 

New  York. 

Extracts  of  eight  letters  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Golden  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth, 
May  4-December  7,  enclosing  extract  from  New  York  Gazetteer, 
April  28,  and  a  hand  bill. 

New  Jersey. 

Extracts  of  letters  from  Gov.  Franklin  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  May  31, 
June  28,  of  which  the  latter  encloses  resolves  of  freeholders  of  the 
county  of  Essex,  New  Jersey,  June  n. 

Pennsylvania. 

Extracts  and  copies  of  letters  from  deputy  governor  of  Pennsylvania  to 
Earl  of  Dartmouth,  May  3i-December  6,  enclosing: 

Extracts  from  proceedings  of  House  of  Representatives  of  Pennsylvania. 

Extracts  from  Pennsylvania  Gazette.    July  27. 

Three  resolutions  of  the  Congress  at  Philadelphia,  extracted  from 
Pennsylvania  Gazette. 

Virginia. 

Two  letters  and  extracts  of  letter  from  Earl  of  Dunmore  to  Earl  of  Dart 
mouth,  May  29- August  14,  enclosing:  An  order  of  House  of 
Burgesses.  May  24. 

Association  signed  by  89  members  of  the  late  House  of  Burgesses. 

Resolutions  of  inhabitants  of  Annapolis.    May  25. 

Association  resolved  upon  at  a  meeting  of  delegates  from  the  different 
counties  in  Virginia. 

Instructions  for  Virginian  deputies  for  the  general  congress. 

South  Carolina. 

Extracts  of  three  letters  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Bull  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth, 

July  3i-November  23,  enclosing: 
Extract  from  South  Carolina  Gazette.    July  n. 
Proceedings  in  Commons  House  of  assembly.    August  2. 


House  of  Lords.  25 7 

Georgia. 

Extracts  of  four  letters  from  Sir  James  Wright  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth, 

July  25-October  13,  enclosing: 
Two  hand  bills.    July  14,  27. 
A  proclamation  issued  by  Sir  James  Wright. 
Resolutions  entered  into  at  Savannah.    August  10. 
Protests  of  inhabitants  of  several  districts  in  Georgia. 
Petition  of  sundry  persons  on  behalf  of  themselves  and  the  inhabitants  of 
several  of  his  Majesty's  colonies  in  America,  received  December  21. 
Extracts  from  votes  and  proceedings  of  the  Continental  Congress.     Sep 
tember  5. 

Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  284 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXIV.  286-200.^ 

1775,  February  i.  A  provisional  act  for  settling  the  troubles  in  America  and 
for  asserting  the  supreme  legislative  authority  and  superintending 
power  of  Great  Britain  over  the  colonies.  285 

(Read  first  time  this  day  and  rejected.    L.  J.  XXXIV.  299.) 

1775,  February  2.  Papers  ( 18)  relating  to  occurrences  in  North  Carolina, 
South  Carolina,  Georgia,  New  Hampshire,  New  York,  Pennsyl 
vania  and  Maryland: 

Extract  of  letter  from  Gov.  Martin  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  Newbern,  North 
Carolina,  September  I,  1774,  enclosing: 

Resolutions  entered  into  at  meeting  of  inhabitants  of  the  district  of 
Wilmington,  July  21,  1774;  and  an  address  to  freeholders  of 
Craven  County. 

Copy  of  paper  addressed  to  the  freeholders  of  Craven  County. 

Resolutions  of  inhabitants  of  sundry  counties  in  North  Carolina ;  taken 
from  North  Carolitia  Gazette,  no.  287,  September  2,  1774. 

(A  copy  of  this  number  is  in  P.  R.  O.  Colonial  Office,  Class  5,  vol.  318,  f.  33 — 
old  reference,  A.  W.  L,  222.) 

Extract  of  letter  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Bull  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  Charles 
Town,  December  19,  1774,  enclosing  charge  given  by  Judge  Dray- 
ton,  of  South  Carolina,  and  presentments  of  the  grand  jury. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Sir  James  Wright  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  Savannah, 
December  13,  1774,  enclosing  extract  from  Georgia  Gazette,  De 
cember  14,  1774. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Gov.  Gage  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  Boston,  Decem 
ber  26,  1774,  enclosing: 
Copy  of  letter  from  Gov.  Wentworth  to  Gov.  Gage.     December  14, 

1774- 

Id.  from  Capt.  Cochran  to  Gov.  Wentworth.    December  14,  1774. 
Extracts  of  letter  from  Gov.  Wentworth  to  Gov.  Gage.    December  16, 

1774. 
Extract  of  letter  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Colden  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth.     New 

York,  January  4,  1775. 

Id.  from  deputy  governor  of  Pennsylvania  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth.    Phila 
delphia,  December  31,  1774,  enclosing, 
Extracts  from  printed  votes  of  assembly  of  Pennsylvania. 
Id.  of  letter  from  Dep.  Gov.  Eden,  Annapolis,  Maryland,  December  30, 
1774,  enclosing: 


258  House  of  Lords. 

Extract  from  Maryland  Gazette.    December  29,  1774. 

Copy  of  paper  handed  about  in  Annapolis.  286 

(Delivered  this  day.     L.  J.  XXXIV.  301.) 
1775,  February  3.  Admiralty    papers    (9).      Captain's    reports    relating    to 

forts  and  settlements  in  Africa.    Titles  listed  in  L.  J.    Presented  in 

pursuance  of  act  23  George  II.    Cf.  no.  188.  287 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXIV.  304.) 

1775,  February  7.  Address  of  both  Houses  to  the  king  touching  American 
disturbances.  288 

(L.  J.  XXXIV.  305-307-  In  extenso.  Answered  February  10.  Ibid.  312-313.) 

1775,  February  J.  Petition  of  merchants,  traders  and  others,  of  London  con 
cerned  in  American  commerce.  289 

(Read  this  day.     L.  J.  XXXIV.  307-308.    In  extenso,  but  without  signers' 
names.) 

1775,  February  7.  Petition  of  planters  of  his  Majesty's  sugar  colonies,  resid 
ing  in  Great  Britain,  and  of  merchants  of  London  trading  to  said 
colonies.  290 

(Read  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXIV.  308.    In  extenso,  but  without  signers'  names.) 

1775,  February  14.  Extract  of  letter  from  Earl  of  Dunmore,  to  Earl  of  Dart 
mouth,  on  state  of  public  affairs  of  the  colony.  Williamsburg, 
December  24,  1774.  291 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXIV.  317-) 

1775,  February  20.  Account  of  value  of  exports  and  imports  to  and  from 
Africa  and  England,  Christmas,  1739 — Christmas,  1773,  distinguish 
ing  each  year  and  the  value  of  British  goods  from  foreign.  Only 
totals  given.  292 

(Ordered  February  7 ;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXIV.  308,  321.) 

1775,  February  20.  Account  of  quantity  and  value  of  all  tobacco  exported 
from  England  to  foreign  countries,  Christmas,  1769 — Christmas, 

1773,  distinguishing  each  year  and  country. 

Id.  of  quantity  and  value  of  all  tobacco  imported  into  England  from 

British  plantations  in  America,  Christmas,  1769 — Christmas,  1773, 

distinguishing  each  year  and  plantation.  293 
(Ordered  February  14;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXIV.  317,  321.) 

1775,  February  20.  Account  of  proceedings  at  meeting  of  deputies  appointed 
by  the  several  counties  of  Maryland,  at  Annapolis,  December  8-12, 

1774,  extracted   from   Maryland   Gazette,   received   from   Robert 
Eden,  deputy  governor,  February  17,  1775.  294 
(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXIV.  322.) 

1775,  February  24.  Resolutions  on  book  entitled  The  Present  Crisis.  Two 
papers.  To  be  communicated  to  House  of  Commons  at  a  confer 
ence  for  their  concurrence.  295 

(Adopted  this  day.     L.  J.  XXXIV.  324.    In  extenso.    Also,  ibid.,  326.     Cf. 
no.  297.) 

1775,  February  24.  Papers  (12)  relating  to  disturbances  in  New  Hampshire 

and  Rhode  Island: 

Extract  of  letter  from  Gov.  Gage  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth.    Boston,  January 
!8,  I775- 


House  of  Lords.  259 

Id.  from  Gov.  Wentworth  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth.  New  Hampshire,  De 
cember  28,  1774. 

Id.  January  14,  1775,  enclosing  copy  of  a  proclamation. 

Copy'  of  letter  from  Lords  of  the  Admiralty  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  Feb 
ruary  21,  enclosing: 
Extract  of  letter  from  Vice-Adm.  Graves  to  Mr.  Stephens.     January 

8,  1775- 
Copy  of  letter  from  Gov.  Wentworth  to  Vice-Adm.  Graves.  December 

20,  1774. 

Id.  from  Capt.  Barkley  to  Vice-Adm.  Graves.    December  20,  1774. 
Id.  from  Gov.  Wentworth  to  Vice-Adm.  Graves.    December  30,  1774. 
Id.  from  Capt.  Wallace  to  Vice-Adm.  Graves.    December  15,  1774. 
Id.  from  Capt.  Wallace  to  Gov.  Wanton.     December  15,  1774. 
Id.  from  Vice-Adm.  Graves  to  Mr.  Stephens.    January  15,  1775.      296 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXIV.  325.) 

1775,  February  27.  Resolutions  and  orders  on  pamphlet  entitled,  The  Crisis 
with  respect  to  America.  Five  papers.  Resolutions  same  as  in  no. 
295.  297 

(Adopted  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXIV.  326.    In  extenso.) 

1775,  February  27.  Petition  of  aldermen  and  inhabitants  of  Nottingham 
touching  restoration  of  order  in  American  colonies.  298 

(Read  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXIV.  326.    In  extenso,  but  without  signers'  names.) 

1775,  February  28.  Resolutions  of  both  Houses  on  paper  entitled  Crisis  No. 
j.  Also  report  of  committee,  same  business.  299 

(Adopted  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXIV.  331-332.) 

1775,  March  5.  Custom  House  papers : 

Account  of  value  of  exports  and  imports  to  and  from  N.  America  and 
England,  Christmas,  1739 — Christmas,  1773,  distinguishing  each 
colony  and  year  and  British  goods  from  foreign. 

Id.  to  and  from  West  Indies  and  England,  Christmas,  1739 — Christmas, 
1773,  distinguishing  each  island  and  year  and  British  goods  from 
foreign.  300 

(Ordered  February  7;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXIV.  308,  339.) 

1775,  M arch  6.  Papers   (u)    relating  to  occurrences  in  New  York,  New 

Jersey  and  Pennsylvania: 

Copy  of  letter  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Colden  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  New  York, 

February  i,  1775,  enclosing  copy  of  lieutenant-governor's  speech 

to  general  assembly,  and  copies  of  addresses  of  the  council  and 

assembly. 

Extract  of  letter  from  Gov.  Franklin  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  New  Jersey, 

February  i,  1775,  enclosing: 
Copy  of  governor's  speech  to  general  assembly. 
Copy  of  address  of  council  and  of  the  governor's  answer. 
Copy  of  resolves  of  assembly  and  of  their  address. 
Id.  from  Dep.  Gov.  Penn  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  Philadelphia,  January  30, 

1775,  enclosing: 

Copy  of  proceedings  of  a  provincial  convention  at  Philadelphia. 
Copy  of  testimony  of  the  people  called  Quakers.  301 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXIV.  341.) 


260  House  of  Lords. 

1775,  March  8.  Account  of  net  produce  of  duties  and  customs  on  tobacco 
in  England,  Christmas,  1769 — Christmas,  1774,  distinguishing  each 
year.  302 

(Ordered  February  14;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXIV.  317,  344.) 

1775,  March  10.  Copy  of  letter  from  Gov.  Thomas  Gage  to  Earl  of  Dart 
mouth,  Boston,  January  27,  1775,  enclosing  a  petition  from  Loyal 
ists  of  Scituate  and  Marshfield  praying  that  "  we  may  be  assisted 
with  one  hundred  of  His  Majesty's  troops  ....  by  whose  assist 
ance  we  will  ....  repel  and  resist  any  violent  or  rebellious  at 
tempt  that  may  be  made  against  us  ....  There  are  about  two 
hundred  and  forty  in  Marshfield  and  Scituate  who  are  loyally  dis 
posed."  n.  d.  Gov.  Gage  states  that  he  has  sent  a  detachment  of 
one  hundred  men  and  that  this  petition  is  "  the  first  instance  of  an 
application  to  government  for  assistance  ".  303 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXIV.  346-347.) 

1775,  March  15.  Petition  of  lord  mayor,  aldermen  and  commons,  of  the  city 
of  London,  against  bill  15  George  III.,  to  restrain  the  trade  of 
Massachusetts  and  other  colonies.  304 

(Read  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXIV.  353.  The  bill  referred  to  was  brought  from 
House  of  Commons,  March  9;  royal  assent,  March  30.  L.  J.  XXXIV. 
345,  38o.) 

1775,  March  15.  Petition  of  merchants,  traders  and  others,  of  the  city  of 
London,  against  bill  15  George  III.  (cf.  no.  304),  to  restrain  the 
trade  of  Massachusetts.  305 

(Read  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXIV.  353-) 

1775,  March  15.  State  of  exports  from  Great  Britain  to,  and  fisheries  of, 

N.  America  in  1764.  306 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXIV.  354.) 
1775,  March  17.  Account  of  net  produce  of  duties  and  customs  on  tobacco 

in  Scotland,  October,  1769-October,  1774,  distinguishing  each  year. 

307 

(Ordered  February  14;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXIV.  317,  360.) 

1775,  March  22.  Account  of  quantity  and  value  of  all  tobacco  imported  into 
Scotland  from  the  plantations,  October,  1769-October,  1774,  dis 
tinguishing  each  year  and  plantation. 

Id.  of  all  tobacco  exported  from  Scotland  to  other  countries,  October, 
1769-October,  1774,  distinguishing  each  year  and  country.  308 
(Ordered  February  14;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXIV.  317,  367-368.) 

1775,  March  50.  Letters  from  Gov.  Gage  to  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  enclosing 
extracts  from  records  of  provincial  congress  held  at  Cambridge, 
1774-1775.  Four  papers.  Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  309 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXIV.  381.) 

1775,  May  77.  Petition  from  his  Majesty's  ancient  subjects  settled  in  Que 
bec,  to  repeal  Quebec  Government  Act  14  George  III.  Cf.  no. 
275.  310 

(Read  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXIV.  458.  In  extenso,  but  without  signers' 
names.) 

1775,  October  26.  Petition  of  lord  mayor,  aldermen  and  commons  of  the 
city  of  London,  praying  that  the  House  will  "  adopt  such  measures 


House  of  Lords.  261 

for  the  healing  of  the  present  unhappy  disputes  between  the  Mother 
Country  and  the  Colonies  as  may  be  speedy,  permanent  and  honor 
able  ".  311 
(Read  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXIV.  489.) 

1775,  October  26.  The  address,  petition  and  memorial  of  representatives  of 
the  freeholders  of  Nova  Scotia,  acknowledging  authority  of  the 
king  and  Parliament  and  praying  for  redress  of  grievances.  Hali 
fax,  June  24,  1775.  312 
(Read  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXIV.  489.) 

1775,  November  6.  Copy  of  petition  of  the  Continental  Congress  to  the  king, 
presented  September,  1775.  313 

(Address  for  petition  November  i;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXIV.  496, 
499-) 

1775,  November  10.  The  examination  of  Richard  Penn  upon  petition  of  the 
Continental  Congress.  314 

(L.  J.  XXXIV.  504-506.    In  extenso.') 

1775,  November  20.  Account  of  value  of  exports  and  imports  to  and  from 

N.  America  and  Scotland,  Christmas,  1739 — Christmas,  1773,  distin 
guishing  each  colony  and  year  and  British  goods  from  foreign. 
Id.  of  exports  and  imports  to  and  from  West  Indies  and  Scotland,  Christ 
mas,  1739 — Christmas,  1773,  distinguishing  each  island  and  year 
and  British  goods  from  foreign.  315 

(Ordered  February  7;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXIV.  308,  512.) 

1776,  February  16.  Treaties  with  Brunswick  and  Hesse. 

Copy  of  treaty  between  his  Majesty  and  Duke  of  Brunswick,  January  9, 
1776;  and  translation.  Note  concerning  levy  money;  and  trans 
lation. 

Id.  between  his  Majesty  and  the  Landgrave  of  Hesse-Cassel,  Cassel, 
January  15,  1776;  and  translation. 

Id.  between  his  Majesty  and  the  Hereditary  Prince  of  Hesse-Cassel, 
signed  at  Hanau,  February  5,  1776;  and  translation.  316 

(Delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXIV.  559.) 

1776,  April  12.  Admiralty  papers  (10).  Captain's  reports  relating  to  forts 
and  settlements  of  the  African  Company  in  Africa.  Titles  listed 
in  L.  J.  Presented  in  pursuance  of  act  23  George  II.  Cf.  188.  317 
(Delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXIV.  641.) 

1776,  April  ip.  List  of  ships  entered  in  port  of  London  for  any  part  of  N. 
America  under  Admiralty  licenses  and  lists  of  cargoes  of  the 
Renown  and  City  of  London  bound  for  Boston.  318 

(Ordered  March  27;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXIV.  617,  653.) 

1776,  April  29.  Copies  of  all  licenses  granted  by  Lords  of  the  Admiralty  for 
exporting  provisions  to  America,  since  passing  of  act  16  George 
III.,  to  prohibit  all  trade  and  intercourse  with  the  thirteen  colonies. 
Schedules  of  cargoes.  Also,  copies  of  all  licenses  granted  for  trans 
ports,  victuallers  and  ordnance  storeships,  since  the  act  aforemen 
tioned.  319 

(Address  for  papers,  April  24;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXIV.  671,  679- 
680.  The  bill  referred  to  was  brought  from  House  of  Commons,  December 
12,  1775 ;  royal  assent,  December  22.  L.  J.  XXXIV.  530,  542.) 


262  House  of  Lords. 

1776,  May  i.  Copy  of  treaty  with  Prince  of  Waldeck,  April  20,  1776;  and 

translation.  320 

(Presented  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXIV.  685.) 
1776,  May  7.  Copy  of  the  ulterior  convention  between  his  Majesty  and  the 

Hereditary  Prince  of  Hesse-Cassel,  concluded  at  Hanau,  April  25, 

1776;  and  translation.  321 

(Presented  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXIV.  698.) 
1776,  November  4.  Numerous  papers,  mostly  dated  1776,  dealing  with  goods 

and  merchandise  entered  for  N.  America  and  with  provisioning  of 

troops,  viz.: 

Treasury  warrants  to  Commissioners  of  Customs  of  Scotland. 
Minutes  of  board  of  customs  of  Scotland. 

Correspondence  between  Commissioners  of  Customs  of  Scotland  and  col 
lector  and  comptroller  of  Port  Glasgow. 
Id.  between  Commissioners  of  Customs  of  Scotland  and  Lords  of  the 

Treasury. 

Application  to  Commissioners  of  Customs  of  Scotland. 
Copies  of  entries  made  at  custom  house  of  Port  Glasgow  and  of  Greenock. 
Detailed  accounts  of  goods  shipped  by  license  from  Port  Glasgow  and 

Greenock  to  thirteen  colonies  since  passing  of  act  16  George  III. 

(Cf.  no.  319.) 
Treasury  minutes. 
Letters  from  Mr.  Robinson  to  Admiralty,  Commissioners  of  Customs, 

Secretary  at  War  and  Mr.  Pownall,  in  relation  to  licenses  to  ship 

provisions  to  America. 
Letters  from  Sir  Grey  Cooper,  secretary  at  war,  and  Mr.  Pownall  relative 

to  same. 
Treasury  contracts  to  supply  army  with  rum.  322 

(Address  and  order  for  papers,  May  13;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXIV. 
719,  XXXV.  12-13.) 

1776,  November  8.  Copies  of  28  letters,  warrants  and  minutes  of  the  board 

from  office  of  Commissioners  of  Customs,  touching  shipment  of 
goods  to  American  colonies.  Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  323 

(Address  and  order  for  papers,  May  13;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXIV. 
719,  XXXV.  17-18.) 

1777,  January  27.  Papers  (7)  touching  entries  of  exports  from  Ireland  to  N. 

America  since  passing  of  act  16  George  III.  (cf.  no.  319),  pro 
hibiting  all  trade  with  the  thirteen  colonies.  Itemized  statements 
of  cargoes,  etc.  324 

(Order  for  papers,  May  13 ;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXIV.  719,  XXXV. 
37-) 

1777,  February  6.  Copy  of  a  convention  with  the  Landgrave  of  Hesse-Cassel, 
December  n,  1776;  and  translation.  325 

(Presented  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXV.  45.) 

1777,  February  26.  Admiralty  papers  ( 1 1 ) .  Captain's  reports  on  condition 
of  forts  and  settlements  on  African  coast.  Titles  listed  in  L.  J. 
Presented  in  pursuance  of  act  23  George  II.  Cf.  188.  326 

(Delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXV.  72-73.) 

1777,  March  10.  Treaty  between  his  Majesty  and  the  Margrave  of  Branden 
burg  Anspach,  February  i,  1777;  and  translation. 


House  of  Lords.  263 

Copy  of  an  ulterior  convention  between  his  Majesty  and  the  Hereditary 
Prince  of  Hesse,  February  10,  1777;  and  translation.  327 

(Presented  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXV.  103.) 

1777,  December  n.  Admiralty  papers.    Accounts  (not  itemized)  : 
Of  transports,  1775-1777. 

Of  number  of  seamen  and  marines  in  navy,  1776-1777. 

Of  unpaid  navy,  victualling  and  transport  bills,  1777.  328 

(Address  for  papers,  November  27;  delivered  this  day.     L.  J.  XXXV.  255, 
270.) 

1778,  January  20.  Copies  of  papers  (24)  relating  to  steps  taken  by  commis 

sioners  for  restoring  peace: 
Copy  of  letter  from  Viscount  Howe  to  Lord  George  Germain,  dated  Eagle, 

off  Staten  Island,  August  n,  1776,  enclosing: 

Copy  of  circular  letter  from  Lord  Howe  to  governors,  etc.,  of  the 
respective  colonies,  dated  off  the  coast  of  Massachusetts,  June  20, 
1776. 

Id.  of  Lord  Howe's  declaration.    June  20,  1776. 
Id.  of  resolution  of  Congress.    July  19,  1776. 
Id.  of  letter  from  Mr.  Nicholas  Cooke  of  Rhode  Island  to  Lord  Howe. 

Newport,  Rhode  Island,  July  21,  1776. 

Copy  of  letter  from  commissioners  for  restoring  peace  to  his  Majesty's 
colonies  in  America,  to  Lord  George  Germain,  dated  Staten  Island, 
August  IT,  1776,  enclosing: 

Copy  of  their  letter  to  Gov.  Tryon.    July  14,  1776. 
Id.  of  declaration  of  the  commissioners.     Staten  Island,  July  14,  1776. 
Id.  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence.    July  4,  1776. 
Copy  of  letter  from  Lord  Howe  to  Lord  George  Germain,  dated  Eagle, 
off  New  York,  September  20,  1776,  enclosing  copy  of  resolution 
of  Congress,  September  5,  1776. 

Copy  of  letter  from  commissioners  for  restoring  peace  to  his  Majesty's 
colonies  in  America,  to  Lord  George  Germain,  New  York,  Septem 
ber  20,  1776,  enclosing  copy  of  declaration  of  the  commissioners, 
September  19,  1776. 
Id.,  November  30,  1776,  enclosing: 

Copy  of  proclamation  issued  by  the  commissioners.     November  30, 

1776. 
Copy  of  representation  and  petition  of  inhabitants  of  the  city  and  county 

of  New  York,  to  the  commissioners. 
Id.  of  King's  county,  New  York,  to  the  commissioners. 
Id.  of  Queen's  county,  New  York,  to  the  commissioners. 
Copy  of  letter  from  commissioners  for  restoring  peace  to  his  Majesty's 
colonies  in  America,  to  Lord  George  Germain.     New  York,  De 
cember  22,  1776. 
Id.  March  25,  1777,  enclosing: 

State  of  the  number  of  declarations  subscribed  in  consequence  of  proc 
lamation  of  November  30,  1776. 

Copy  of  Mr.  Washington's  proclamation.    January  25,  1777. 
Id.  of  address  from  city  and  county  of  New  York. 
Id.  of  address  from  Suffolk  county,  New  York,  to  the  commissioners. 

329 

(Address  for  papers,  December  2,  1777;  delivered  this  day.     L.  J.  XXXV. 
259,  271-272.) 


264  House  of  Lords. 

1778,  January  20.  Account  of  all  general  courts-martial  held  in  N.  America 
and  West  Indies  since  August  i,  1774.  330 

(Address  for  account,  December  5,  1777;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXV. 
262,  273.) 

1778,  January  23.  Account  of  expense  of  victualling  transports  hired  by  the 
Navy  Board,  October  i,  1775 — September  30,  1777;  and  what  has 
been  paid  for  same.  331 

(Address  for  account,  November  27,  1777 ;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXV. 

255,  274.) 

1778,  January  26.  Account  of  men  lost  and  disabled  in  his  Majesty's  land 
service,  including  two  battalions  of  marines  and  foreign  troops  in 
British  pay,  by  death,  desertion,  captivity,  wounds  or  sickness  in 
N.  America,  since  August  i,  1774;  distinguishing  each  year,  corps 
and  service. 

Copy  of  monthly  return  of  his  Majesty's  forces  in  N.  America  under 
command  of  Gen.  Howe.  July  i,  1777. 

State  of  troops,  British  and  German,  under  command  of  Gen.  Howe,  en 
camped  at  Germantown,  Philadelphia,  etc.  October  13,  1777. 

Copy  of  monthly  general  return  of  army  in  Canada.    October  i,  1777. 

Id.  of  return  of  additional  companies.    Quebec,  July  i,  1777. 

Id.  of  monthly  general  return  of  British  troops.     Canada,  May  i,  1777. 

Id.  of  German  troops.    Canada,  May  i,  1777. 

Abstract  of  last  monthly  general  returns  of  his  Majesty's  forces  in  West 
Indies.  332 

(Addresses  for  papers,  December  2,  1777;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXV. 
258-259,  277.) 

1778,  January  29.  Admiralty  Office  accounts  (5),  touching  ships  at  home 
and  in  N.  America;  expense  of  freight  of  victuallers  and  value  of 
provisions  shipped  to  troops  in  N.  America,  1775-1777;  list  of  ships 
of  war  employed  in  N.  America  since  August  i,  1774;  guard  ships; 
ship  timber,  etc.  Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  333 

(Addresses    for   accounts,    November   27,    December   2,    1777,    January   20, 
1778;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXV.  255,  258,  271;  281-282.) 

1778,  January  50.  Admiralty  Office  papers : 

Account  of  all  bills  issued  and  current  on  the  different  services  of  the 
navy  and  victualling  since  January  5,  1777,  made  out  to  December 
2,  1777.  Includes  bills  for  rebel  prisoners. 

Id.  of  ships  of  war  and  armed  vessels  appointed  to  convoy  since  act  16 
George  III.  (cf.  no.  319),  to  prohibit  trade  with  thirteen  colonies, 
etc. 

The  like  of  ships  of  war  employed  as  cruisers,  etc.,  since  act  above  men 
tioned.  334 
(Addresses  for  papers,  December  2,  1777;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXV. 
258,  259,  283.) 

1778,  January  30.  Papers  relating  to  American  prisoners  at  Forton  and  Mill 
prisons,  Plymouth.  Titles  in  L.  J.  335 

(Addresses  for  papers,  December  8  and  n,  1777;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J. 
XXXV.  266,  267,  270;  283-284.     Documents  not  found.) 

1778,  February  2.  State  of  British  and  foreign  troops  under  command  of 
Gen.  Howe,  including  those  at  New  York  and  posts  depending. 
Philadelphia,  December  14,  1777.  336 

(Address  for  state,  January  23 ;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXV.  275,  285.) 


House  of  Lords.  265 

1778,  February  2.  Returns  of  regiments  raised  or  ordered  to  be  raised  De 
cember  10,  1777- January  29,  1778;  letters  from  Secretary  at  War 
(nos.  15-19)  containing  terms  on  which  regiments  are  to  be  raised. 
Twenty  papers.  Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  337 

(Address  for  papers,  January  29;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXV.  282,  286- 
287.) 

1778,  February  2.  Papers   (4)  relating  to  expense  of  freight  of  victuallers 

hired  to  carry  provisions  to  N.  America  and  account  of  ships. 

Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  338 

(Address  for  papers,  November  27,  1777;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXV. 

255,  287.) 

1778,  February  5.  Embarkation  returns  of  troops  and  returns  of  recruits 
sent  to  N.  America,  etc.  Thirteen  papers.  Titles  listed  in  L.  J. 
Also  paper  entitled  "  Copies  of  the  Embarkation  Returns  of  all  the 
Marines  sent  from  Great  Britain  to  North  America  in  the  years 
1774,  1775,  1776,  and  1777  ".  339 

(Address  for  papers,  January  26;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXV.  278, 
290-291.) 

1778,  February  6.  Extracts  of  letters  (u)  received  by  Secretary  of  Admi 
ralty  from  commanders  of  ships  charged  with  care  of  the  trade  of 
his  Majesty's  subjects  to  and  from  Great  Britain,  so  far  as  relates 
to  separation  of  any  merchant  ships  from  their  convoy  without 
leave.  Titles  listed  "in  L.  J.  340 

(Address  for  papers,  February  5 ;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXV.  291,  293.) 

1778,  February  6.  Extract  of  letter  from  Vice-Adm.  Gay  ton,  commander-in- 
chief  of  his  Majesty's  ships  at  Jamaica,  to  Secretary  of  Admiralty, 
July  2,  1776;  so  far  as  relates  to  the  opinion  he  gave  merchants  of 
the  danger  to  which  their  ships  would  be  exposed  if  they  proceeded 
without  convoy.  341 

(Address  for  paper,  February  5;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXV.  291,  293.) 

1778,  February  p.  Copies  of  all  instructions  and  other  papers  relative  to 
expedition  from  Canada  under  Lieut.-Gen.  Burgoyne ;  and  copy  of 
such  parts  of  instructions  given  Gen.  Howe  as  relate  to  any  in 
tended  co-operation  with  Lieut.-Gen.  Burgoyne.  Sixty  papers. 
Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  342 

(Address  for  papers,  February  4;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXV.  290, 
297-299.) 

1778,  February  n.  Papers  (16  and  enclosure)  relating  to  American  ves 
sels  taken  by  British  ships.  Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  343 
(Delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXV.  301.) 

1778,  February  n.  Resolutions  (14)  relating  to  American  debts;  prizes 
taken,  retaken  and  released ;  value  of  prizes ;  African  trade ;  insur 
ance  of  ships;  prices  of  seamen's  wages,  commodities  from  West 
Indies  and  naval  stores  from  N.  America;  and  to  American  priva 
teers.  All  negatived.  344 
(L.  J.  XXXV.  303-304.  In  extenso.) 

1778,  February  75.  Account  of  value  of  cargoes  of  ordnance  ships  taken  by 
Americans.  345 

(Address  for  account,  February  9;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXV.  300, 
306.) 


266  House  of  Lords. 

1778,  February  16.  Admiralty  Office : 

Account  of  his  Majesty's  ships  and  armed  vessels  employed  in  N.  Amer 
ica  in  1774,  specifying  number  of  seamen  and  marines  on  each  ship. 
Id.  of  his  Majesty's  ships  and  armed  vessels  which  have  sailed  from  Great 
Britain  to  N.  America,   1774-1777,  with  number  of  seamen  and 
marines  on  each  ship,  and  distinguishing  their  rates.  346 

(Address  for  accounts,  January  29;  delivered  this  day.     L.  J.  XXXV.  283, 
309.) 

1778,  February  16.  Admiralty  Office  papers  (9).  Captain's  reports  on  forts 
and  settlements  on  coast  of  Africa.  Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  Presented 
in  pursuance  of  act  23  George  II.  Cf.  no.  188.  347 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXV.  309.) 

1778,  February  16.  Resolutions  (12)  relating  to  land  forces  and  military 
operations  in  America,  1774-1778.  All  negatived.  348 

(L.  J.  XXXV.  310-312.    In  extenso.) 

1778,  February  ip.  Embarkation  returns  (26)  transmitted  by  the  lord  lieu 
tenant  of  Ireland,  of  the  corps  sent  from  that  kingdom  to  N.  Amer 
ica,  1774-1777.  Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  349 
(Address  for  returns,  January  26;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXV.  278, 
315.) 

1778,  February  ip.  Lists  (3)  of  officers  of  newly  raised  corps:  Col.  Gor 
don's,  Lord  Seaforth's  and  Lieut-Col.  Campbell's  corps.  350 
(.Address  for  papers,  January  29;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXV.  282, 
315.) 

1778,  February  ip.  Papers  (36  and  enclosures)  relating  to  Gen.  Burgoyne's 
expedition.  Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  351 

(Delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXV.  315-316.) 

1778,  February  ip.  Resolutions  (6)  regarding  expenses  of  navy  and  army. 
All  negatived.  352 

(L.  J.  XXXV.  316-319.    In  extenso.} 

1778,  March  2.  Admiralty  Office.  Copy  of  last  return  of  the  state  of  his 
Majesty's  ships  in  America  under  command  of  Lord  Howe.  353 

(Address  for  return,  February  25 ;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXV.  326, 
330.) 

1778,  March  2.  Resolution  relative  to  ships  on  service  in  America.  Nega 
tived.  354 
(L.  J.  XXXV.  333-  In  extenso.) 

1778, March 3.  Printed  copy  of  bill  18  George  III.  entitled  "An  Act  for 
removing  all  doubts  and  apprehensions  concerning  taxation  by  the 
parliament  of  Great  Britain  in  any  of  the  colonies,  provinces,  and 
Plantations  in  North  America  and  the  West  Indies;  and  for  re 
pealing  so  much  of  an  act  made  in  the  seventh  year  of  the  reign  of 
His  present  Majesty  as  imposes  a  duty  on  tea  imported  from 
Great  Britain  into  any  colony  or  Plantation  in  America,  or  relates 
thereto ".  355 

(Brought  from  House  of  Commons,  March  3;  royal  assent,  March  n.  L.  J. 
XXXV.  335,  360.  Act  7  George  III.  referred  to  was  brought  from  House 
of  Commons,  June  23,  1767;  royal  assent,  July  2.  L.  J.  XXXI.  648,  665.) 


House  of  Lords.  267 

1778,  March  16.  Papers  (10)  relating  to  contract  made  by  the  Treasury 
with  Mr.  Atkinson  for  supplying  100,000  gallons  of  rum  to  his 
Majesty's  forces  in  America.  Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  356 

(Address  for  papers,  March  9;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXV.  356,  372.) 

1778,  March  16.  Papers  ( 18)  relating  to  agreement  made  by  Daniel  Cha- 
mier,  late  commissary  general  in  America,  and  Mr.  Loring,  agent 
to  Messieurs  Mure,  Son,  and  Atkinson,  for  350,000  gallons  of  rum. 
Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  357 

(Address  for  papers,  March  9;  delivered  this  day.     L.  J.  XXXV.  356,  372- 
373-) 

1778,  March  17.  Copy  of  paper  delivered  to  Viscount  Weymouth  by  Marquis 
de  Noailles,  March  13,  1778;  with  translation.  States  that  a  treaty 
of  friendship  and  commerce  has  been  signed  by  plenipotentiaries 
of  France  and  the  United  States.  358 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXV.  376.) 

1778,  May  12.  Copy  of  treaty  between  his  Majesty  and  the  Prince  of  Anhalt- 
Zerbst,  April  23,  1778;  and  translation.  359 

(Presented  this  day.     L.  J.  XXXV.  481.) 

1778,  May  18.  Extract  and  substance  of  several  letters  and  papers  received 
by  his  Majesty's  principal  secretaries  of  state  for  foreign  affairs, 
in  relation  to  equipment  of  the  French  fleet  lately  sailed  from 
Toulon. 

Extracts  of  intelligence  received  by  Lords  of  the  Admiralty  in  relation 
to  the  same  fleet.  360 

(Address  for  papers,  May  7;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXV.  472,  496.) 

1778,  December  7.  Collection  of  Papers  that  have  been  published  at  dif 
ferent  times,  relating  to  the  Proceedings  of  His  Majesty's  Com 
missioners.  Title  at  top  of  first  page:  Letters  and  other  papers 
relating  to  proceedings  of  his  Majesty's  commissioners.  By  the 
Earl  of  Carlisle,  Sir  Henry  Clinton,  William  Eden  and  George 
Johnstone,  commissioners  appointed  by  his  Majesty  in  pursuance 
of  an  act  of  Parliament  (18  George  III.)  to  treat  ....  upon 
means  of  quieting  the  disorders  now  subsisting  in  certain  of  the 
colonies  ....  of  North  America.  (Pamphlet  printed  by  James 
Rivington,  New  York,  1778,  pp.  55.)  Also  in  British  Museum 
8133-  b.  13.  361 

(Address  for  papers,  December  4;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXV.  529, 
530.  The  bill  referred  to  was  brought  from  House  of  Commons,  March  3 ; 
royal  assent,  March  n.  L.  J.  XXXV.  335,  360.) 

1778,  December  15.  Ordnance  Office  papers : 

The  state  of  fortifications  on  the  island  of  Dominica,  specifying  when  the 
different  works  were  executed  and  expense  for  same,  together  with 
particulars  of  the  quantities  of  ordnance  stores  with  which  that 
island  had  been  supplied  since  January,  1770. 

Account  of  the  number  of  the  royal  regiment  of  artillery  in  the  island  of 
Dominica  at  time  of  its  being  attacked  by  the  French.  362 

(Address  for  papers,  December  7;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXV.  530, 
S37-) 

1779,  January  21.  Extract  from  War  Office  monthly  returns.     Strength  of 

48th  regiment  at  Dominica.  363 

(Address  for  paper,  December  7,  1778;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXV. 
530,  549-) 


268  House  of  Lords. 

1779,  March  8.  Admiralty  Office.  Instructions  sent  Adm.  Byron  so  far  as 
they  relate  to  time  of  sailing,  June  last,  and  to  first  port  to  which 
he  was  destined.  364 

(Address  for  paper,  February  19;  delivered  this  day.     L.  J.  XXXV.  583, 

614.) 
1779,  March  30.  List  of  ships  lost,  taken  or  destroyed,  1771-1779. 

Account  of  ships  in  commission,  1771-1778,  both  inclusive;  and  the  same 
account,  1751-1759,  both  inclusive,  distinguishing  each  year.  365 
(Address  for  papers,  February  19;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXV.  583, 

673-) 

1779,  May  n.  Account  of  extraordinary  services  incurred  and  paid  by  Rich 
ard  Rigby,  paymaster  general  of  his  Majesty's  forces,  March  9, 
1775-January  31,  1776,  and  not  provided  for  by  Parliament. 
Id.  of  the  same,  January  31,  1776-February  I,  1777,  and  not  provided  for 

by  Parliament. 

Id.  January  31,  1777- February  i,  1778. 
Id.  January  31,  1778-February  i,  1779. 

Id.  of  distribution  of  £970,000,  part  of  the  sum  of  £1,000,000,  granted  to 
his  Majesty  to  defray  any  extraordinary  expenses  incurred,  or  to 
be  incurred,  for  military  services  for  1776. 

Id.  of  distribution  of  £793,300  us.  8j4d.,  part  of  the  sum  of  £1,000,000 
granted  to  his  Majesty  to  defray  any  extraordinary  expenses  in 
curred,  or  to  be  incurred,  on  account  of  military  services  for  1777. 
Id.  of  distribution  of  the  sum  of  £1,000,000  granted  to  his  Majesty  to 
defray  any  extraordinary  expenses  incurred,  or  to  be  incurred,  on 
account  of  military  services  for  1778.  366 

(Address  for  accounts,  April  21 ;  delivered  this  day.     L.  J.  XXXV.  696, 
731-732.) 

1779,  June  17.  Copy  of  paper  delivered  to  Viscount  Weymouth  by  Marquis 

d'Almodovar.    Translation  of  same.  367 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXV.  801.) 

1780,  February  2.  Account  of  Spanish  and  Portuguese  coins  purchased  by 

Messrs.  Harley  and  Drummond  for  use  of  the  army  in  N.  America, 
distinguishing  the  quantity  and  species  of  such  coins,  persons  to 
whom,  and  time  when,  delivered  in  Europe,  and  the  persons  to 
whom  they  were  directed  in  America.  368 

(Ordered  December  17,  1779;  delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXVI.  22,  28.) 
1780,  February  8.  Papers  concerning  relations  of  Great  Britain  with  France 
and  Spain: 

Exposition  of  motives  of  the  French  king's  conduct  respecting  England. 
French  text  printed ;  MS.  translation. 

Justifying  memorial  to  serve  as  answer  to  the  exposition,  etc.,  of  the  court 
of  France.  French  text  printed ;  MS.  translation. 

Copy  of  manifesto  of  motives  which  have  guided  the  Catholic  King  for 
the  manner  of  his  proceeding  with  England.  Spanish  text  and 
translation. 

Royal  order  published  in  Madrid  Gazette,  no  51,  June  25,  1779.  Spanish 
text  and  translation. 

Declaration  which  Marquis  d'Almodovar  is  ordered  to  deliver  to  the  Brit 
ish  ministry  before  his  departure,  published  in  no.  51  of  the  Madrid 
Gazette.  Spanish  text  and  translation. 


House  of  Lords.  269 

Royal  order  published  in  Madrid  Gazette,  no.  52,  June  29,  1779.    Spanish 

text  and  translation. 
Copy  of  answer  transmitted  to  Marquis  d'Almodovar  by  Lord  Weymouth, 

July  13,  1779;  and  translation.     Printed.  369 

(Address  and  order  for  papers,  December  15,  1770:  delivered  this  day.    L.  J. 
XXXVI.  21,  29.) 

1780,  February  21.  Petition  of  planters  and  others  interested  in  Jamaica, 

pointing  out  defenseless  state  of  the  island.  370 

(Read  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXVI.  39-40.    In  extenso.) 

1781,  January  25.  King's  message  relative  to  rupture  with  Holland.         371 

(L.  J.  XXXVI.  203.    In  extenso.) 

1781,  January  25.  Copies  of  papers  relating  to  rupture  with  Holland. 
Copy  of  his  Majesty's  manifesto.    December  20,  1780. 
Id.  of  precis  of  what  Sir  Joseph  Yorke  said  to  deputies  of  the  States 

General,  November  2,  1778;  and  translation. 
Id.  of  memorial  presented  by  Sir  Joseph  Yorke  to  the  States  General, 

July  22,  1779 ;  and  translation. 
Id.  of  memorial  presented  by  Sir  Joseph  Yorke  to  the  States  General, 

November  26,  1779;  and  translation. 
Id.  of  Sir  Joseph  Yorke's  declaration  to  the  States  General,  November 

10,  1780;  and  translation. 
Id.  of  memorial  presented  by  Sir  Joseph  Yorke  to  the  States  General, 

December  12,  1780;  and  translation. 
Translation  of  extract  of  resolutions  of  the  States  General.     December 

15,  1780. 
Copy  of  the  American  treaty.  372 

(Delivered  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXVI.  203.) 

1781,  March  8.  Petition  of  Henry  Harford  and  others  to  bring  in  bill  21 
George  III.  for  confirming  articles  of  agreement  between  the  de 
visee  and  heirs-at-law  of  Frederick  Lord  Baltimore,  deceased,  re 
specting  Maryland. 
(Read  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXVI.  235.) 

Order  on  same.    March  8. 

Judges'  report,  read  April  4.  373 

(L.  J.  XXXVI.  260.    The  bill  was  first  read  April  4;  royal  assent,  June  19. 
L.  J.  XXXVI.  260,  323.) 

1781,  June  10.  Petition  of  upwards  of  two  hundred  American  prisoners  con 
fined  in  Mill  prison,  Plymouth,  on  behalf  of  themselves  and  others 
their  countrymen  and  fellow-captives.  374 

(Read  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXVI.  324.    In  extenso  but  without  signers'  names.) 

1781,  June  28.  Account  from  Admiralty  Office  of  quantity  of  bread  and  dry 
stores  that  appear  to  have  been  damaged  and  rendered  unfit  for  use 
by  weevils  and  other  insects  on  board  his  Majesty's  ships  of  war 
since  January  i,  1778,  distinguishing  each  year.  375 

(Ordered  June  27;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXVI.  331.) 

1781,  July  2.  Evidence  on  petition  of  American  prisoners.  Cf.  no.  374.  376 
(L.  J.  XXXVI.  335-339-  /»  extenso.) 


270  House  of  Lords. 

1782,  February  7.  Resolution  that  house  resolve  itself  into  committee  of  the 
whole  House  to  inquire  into  the  capture  of  the  army  under  Lord 
Cornwallis.  377 

(Adopted  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXVI.  383.    In  extenso.') 

1782,  February  18.  Admiralty  papers  (57)  relating  to  movements  of  Spanish, 
French  and  English  fleets  in  1781,  including  instructions,  intelli 
gence  received  and  account  of  number  and  state  of  ships ;  lists  of 
ships,  letters  from  Admiralty  Office,  Vice-Adm.  Darby,  Sir  Samuel 
Hood,  Rear-Adm.  Graves,  Adm.  Sir  George  Rodney  and  Lord 
Cornwallis;  copy  of  engineer's  report  of  Old  Point  Comfort,  July 
25,  1781.  Titles  in  L.  J.  378 

(Addresses  for  papers,  February  n,  12;  delivered  this  day.  L.  T.  XXXVI. 
385,  386,  388-389.) 

1782,  February  18.  One  hundred  and  fifty-six  papers,  copies  or  extracts  of  all 
instructions  or  orders  from  his  Majesty's  ministers  to  Lieut-Gen. 
Sir  Henry  Clinton  and  Lieut.-Gen.  Earl  Cornwallis,  touching  opera 
tions  of  the  army  under  their  command,  1780-1781.  Also,  copies 
or  extracts  of  all  correspondence  between  Sir  Henry  Clinton  and 
Earl  Cornwallis,  particularly  relative  to  his  lordship's  taking  post 
at  Yorktown  and  Gloucester,  his  remaining  and  fortifying  himself 
there  and  the  expectation  of  relief.  Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  379 

(Addresses  for  papers,  February  n;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXVI. 
385,  390-392.) 

1782,  February  25.  Twenty-eight  papers  from  Admiralty  Office.  Copies  of 
all  correspondence  between  generals  or  admirals  employed  in  N. 
America  or  West  Indies  and  his  Majesty's  ministers  and  Secretary 
of.  the  Admiralty,  touching  the  giving  succor  to  the  army  under 
Lord  Cornwallis  in  1781.  Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  380 

(Address  for  papers,  February  18;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXVI.  389, 
396-397.) 

1782,  February  25.  Thirty-nine  additional  papers  relative  to  capture  of  Lord 
Cornwallis's  army  in  Virginia.  Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  381 

(Address  for  papers,  February  18;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXVI.  389, 
397-398.) 

1782,  March  i.  Admiralty  correspondence  with  Sir  G.  B.  Rodney,  Vice-Adm. 
Parker,  Rear-Adm.  Graves  and  Vice-Adm.  Arbuthnot,  1780,  1781, 
in  so  far  as  it  bears  upon  capture  of  army  of  Lord  Cornwallis. 
Forty-four  papers.  Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  382 

(Address  for  papers,  February  25;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXVI.  398, 
403-404.) 

1782,  March  4.  Further  Admiralty  correspondence  relating  to  capture  of 
army  of  Lord  Cornwallis.  Letters  and  information  sent  to  Vice- 
Adm.  Arbuthnot,  1780,  1781 ;  names  and  rates  of  ships  sent  home 
from  Sir  George  Rodney,  Vice-Adm.  Peter  Parker  or  Rear-Adm. 
Graves;  state  and  condition  of  ships  under  Rear-Adm.  Graves. 
Twenty-six  papers.  Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  383 

(Address  for  papers,  February  25;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXVI.  398, 
404-405.) 

1782,  March  6.  Resolutions  relative  to  capture  of  army  of  Lord  Cornwallis. 

384 


House  of  Lords.  271 

1782,  December  6.  Sir  George  Rodney's  answer  to  thanks  of  the  House.    385 

(L.  J.  XXXVI.  578.    In  extenso.) 

1783,  January  27.  Copy  of  preliminary  articles  of  peace  between  England 

and  France,  January  20,  1783 ;  and  translation. 
Id.  of  preliminary  articles  of  peace  between  England  and  Spain,  January 

20,  1783 ;  and  translation. 
Id.  of  provisional  articles,  November  30,  1782,  between  England  and  the 

United  States.  386 

(Presented  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXVI.  586-587.) 
1783,  February  3.  Papers  re  Mitchell  and  Gay  vs.  Sir  George  Rodney  and 

Gen.  Vaughan,  in  error.    Action  brought  for  recovery  of  value  of 

a  quantity  of  goods,  property  of  petitioners,  seized  and  sold  by  de 
fendants'  orders  at  island  of  St.  Eustatius,  March,  1781. 
Writ  of  error. 
Tenor  of  judgment. 
Assignment  of  errors. 

Petition  of  plaintiffs  in  error  for  a  bye-day.    November  12. 
Judgment  of  court  of  King's  Bench  affirmed,  sustaining  defendants'  order. 

November  24.  387 

(L.  J.  XXXVI.  587;  XXXVII.  7,  11-12.) 
1783,  February  17.  Motion  for  and  address  to  the  king  relative  to  the  peace 

with  France.  388 

(L.  J.  XXXVI.  598-599.    In  extenso.) 
1783,  February  20.  The  king's  answer  to  the  preceding  address.  389 

(L.  J.  XXXVI.  599.    In  extenso.) 
1783,  June  17.  Admiralty  letter  transmitting  annexed  report  on  African  forts. 

September  15,  1782.    Presented  in  pursuance  of  act  23  George  II. 

Cf.  no.  188.  390 

(Delivered  this  day.     L.  J.  XXXVI.  694.) 
1783,  June  25.  Petition  of  American  agents  on  behalf  of  Loyalists.     Eleven 

signatures.  391 

(Read  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXVI.  708.    In  extenso.) 
1783,  June  30.  Message  from  the  king,  recommending  grant  of  annuity  to 

Lord  Rodney  and  address  to  the  king  thereupon.  392 

(L.  J.  XXXVI.  711.    In  extenso.    Address  answered  July  I.    Ibid.  712.) 

1783,  November  77.  Copies  and  translations  of  definitive  treaties : 

Copy  of  preliminary  articles  between  England  and  the  Netherlands,  Sep 
tember  2,  1783;  and  translation. 

Id.  of  definitive  treaty  of  peace  between  England  and  France,  September 
3,  1783  ;  and  translation. 

Id.  between  England  and  Spain,  September  3,  1783;  and  translation. 

Id.  between  England  and  the  United  States.  September  3,  1783.  393 
(Presented  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXVII.  8-9.) 

1784,  January  26.  King's   message   touching   Hessian   troops   employed    in 

America.  394 

(L.  J.  XXXVII.  34.    In  extenso.) 

1784,  June  8.  Copy  of  definitive  treaty  of  peace  between  England  and  the 
Netherlands,  May  20,  1784;  and  translation.  395 

(Presented  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXVII.  88.) 
18 


272  House  of  Lords. 

1786,  July  j.  Petition  of  naval  officers  entitled  to  distributive  share  of  pro 
perty  captured  at  island  of  St.  Eustatius  and  its  dependencies, 
against  bill  26  George  III.  for  vesting  this  property  in  trustees.  396 

(Read  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXVII.  553.  The  bill  referred  to  was  brought  from 
House  of  Commons,  June  26;  committee  put  off  July  5.  L.  J.  XXXVII. 
536,  564-565.) 

1786,  July  3.  Petition  of  Lord  Rodney  against  the  St.  Eustatius  Bill.  Cf. 
no.  396.  397 

(Read  this  day.    L.  J.  XXXVII.  562.) 

1786,  July  5.  Copies  of  several  letters  from  Sir  George  Rodney,  commander- 
in-chief  in  West  Indies,  to  Secretary  of  the  Admiralty,  1781,  with 
his  answers  thereto.  Titles  listed  in  L.  J.  398 

(Address  for  papers,  June  28;  delivered  this  day.  L.  J.  XXXVII.  541, 
563-564.) 


GENERAL  POST-OFFICE. 

ST.  MARTINS  LE  GRAND,  E.  C. 

These  archives  are  not  kept  in  an  office  where  they  are  open  to  public  in 
spection,  but  can  only  be  consulted  by  permission  of  the  Postmaster  General. 
Applications  should  be  addressed  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Post  Office,  St. 
Martins  le  Grand,  E.  C. 

A  good  account  of  the  British  Post-Office  in  its  relation  to  the  history  of 
the  postal  service  in  the  American  colonies  before  1710  is  in  Herbert  Joyce's 
History  of  the  Post  Office  from  its  Establishment  down  to  1836  (1893), 
chapter  vmv  in  which  several  of  the  documents  referred  to  below  are  quoted 
wholly  or  in  part. 

The  search  in  the  voluminous  records  for  the  scattered  items  relating  to 
America  was  greatly  furthered  by  the  aid  rendered  by  Mr.  J.  G.  Hendy, 
curator  of  the  record  room. 

The  classes  of  records  containing  matter  relative  to  America  before  1783 
are  as  follows : 

i.  Treasury  Letter  Books  containing  letters,  reports  and  memorials  from 
the  Post-Office  to  the  Lords  of  the  Treasury,  and  warrants,  orders  of  refer 
ence,  letters,  etc.  issued  by  the  Treasury  in  reply  thereto.  The  American 
items  are  listed  below.  The  numbers  in  heavy-faced  type  indicate  volumes. 

2.  (1691-1699),  p.  137.  Letter  from  the  Postmasters  General  to  Mr.  Blath- 

wayt,  January  10,  1696,  concerning  an  act  for  settling  a  post-office 
at  Boston  in  New  England. 

p.  211.  Representation  of  the  Postmasters  General,  July  9,  1696,  that  a 
person  may  be  deputed  to  state  the  accounts  of  the  Post-Office  in 
America. 

p.  213.  Letter  from  Captain  Meech  to  Gov.  Nicholson,  dated  from 
sloop  Speedwell,  Delaware  River,  September  24,  1695,  relating  to 
the  intercepting  of  illegal  trade,  and  apparently  implicating  Hamil 
ton. 

pp.  252-255.  Memorial  of  Thomas  Neale  enclosing  A.  Hamilton's 
memorial. 

p.  256.  Lords  of  Treasury's  order  of  reference  of  Neale's  and  Hamil 
ton's  memorials  to  the  Postmasters  General. 

pp.  256-257.  Report  of  Postmasters  General  to  Lords  of  Treasury, 
April  27,  1699,  on  the  memorials  of  Neale  and  Hamilton  and  on  the 
accounts  of  profit  and  charge. 

p.  258.  "  A  Calculation  what  Charge  will  carry  the  Post  from  New 
castle  in  Pennsilvania  to  James  Cyty  in  Virginia  about  400  Miles  ", 
by  Andrew  Hamilton,  April  26,  1699. 

p.  264.  Memorial  of  Thomas  Neale  to  Lords  of  Treasury,  April  28, 
1699,  offering  to  resign  his  patent  of  the  American  post-office. 

pp.  265-267.  "  The  Charge  of  setling  and  carrying  on  the  Post  in 
North  America  from  the  beginning  of  May  1693  to  May  1697  ",  by 
A.  Hamilton. 

3.  (1699-1705).  Twelve  letters  from  Mr.  Edmund  Dummer  and  the  Post 

masters  General  relating  to  the  West  India  packet  boats. 

273 


274  General  Post-Office. 

pp.  66-67.  Petition  of  Andrew  Hamilton  and  Robert  West  to  the 
king1,  praying  that  the  king  take  the  Post-Office  in  N.  America  or 
grant  them  a  further  term  of  years  therein,  and  additional  privi 
leges. 

pp.  126-127.  Representation  of  Jeffry  Jeffrys  to  queen,  offering  to 
carry  mail  direct  to  New  York,  with  Postmasters  General's  report  on 
representation. 

pp.  250-251.  Royal  warrant,  February  12,  1704,  authorizing  new  rates 

of  postage  between  England  and  the  plantations. 

4.  (1705-1712),  pp.  32-35.  Petition  of  Robert  West  and  Agnes  Hamilton,  the 
relict  and  executrix  of  Andrew  Hamilton,  praying  the  queen  for  an 
extension  of  the  term  of  their  patent  and  for  further  privileges, 
with  order  of  reference  of  same  petition  and  report  of  Postmasters 
General,  February  7,  1707,  recommending  purchase  of  patent. 

pp.  137-138.  Undated  proposal  to  Lords  of  Treasury  from  William 
Warren  offering  to  establish  a  monthly  packet  service  from  Eng 
land  to  New  York,  with  order  of  reference,  dated  December  28. 
1709. 

(The  report  is  said  to  be  entered  in  the  West  Indian  book,  but  no  such  book 
is  known.) 

6.  (April,  I7i5-October,  1724),  pp.  205-207.  Petition  to  Lords  of  Treasury 
from  John  Hamilton,  late  deputy  postmaster  of  N.  America,  con 
cerning  arrears  of  salary  due  him,  with  letter  from  Postmasters 
General  to  Lords  of  Treasury,  August  10,  1722,  concerning  the 
same,  and  warrant  to  Postmasters  General,  October  5,  1722,  for 
payment  of  same  arrears. 

8.  (June,  I76o-March,  1771),  pp.  95-105.  "  Memorandum  relating  to  some 
Improvements  suggested  to  be  made  in  the  Management  of  the  Post 
Office  in  North  America ",  dated  January  28,  1764,  relating  to 
survey  of  post-roads  undertaken  by  Franklin  and  Foxcroft ;  estab 
lishment  of  packet  boats  to  southern  colonies ;  modifications  in  the 
existing  law  relating  to  the  delivery  of  ship  letters,  and  a  regular 
post  between  New  York  and  Quebec. 

pp.  57-74.  Representation  to  Lords  of  Treasury  from  Postmasters 
General  "  in  relation  to  the  several  Vessels  now  employed  as  Packet- 
boats  by  this  office  in  its  Foreign  Correspondence " ;  Treasury 
warrant  to  the  above  memorial ;  a  further  representation  about  the 
four  N.  American  packet  boats ;  warrant  to  the  same. 
p.  258.  Letter  from  secretary  of  post-office  to  Thomas  Bradshaw,  June 

4,  1768,  on  Mr.  Franklin's  returning  to  N.  America. 

p.  258.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to  the  Postmasters 
General,  Whitehall,  May  27,  1768,  on  improving  the  packet  service 
to  the  West  Indies  and  to  the  southern  parts  of  the  continent  of 
America. 

pp.  260-263.  Letter  from  Postmasters  General  to  Lords  of  Treasury, 
June  6,  1768,  advocating  the  establishment  of  four  packet  boats  to 
be  employed  between  Falmouth  and  Charles  Town,  S.  C.,  and  relat 
ing  to  the  land  post  in  the  southern  part  of  the  continent  and  to  the 
post  of  the  West  Indies,  and  expense  of  victualling  New  York 
packets. 

p.  264.  Letter  from  Lords  of  Treasury  to  Postmasters  General,  July 

5,  1768,  authorizing  them  to  contract  for  four  packet  boats  from 


General  Post-Office.  275 

Falmouth  to  Charles  Town,  and  to  increase  the  allowance  for  vic 
tualling  the  packet  boats  to  New  York. 

pp.  273-277 ;  283-285  ;  293-300.  Memorials,  etc.,  concerning-  packet 
boats  between  Pensacola  and  Jamaica,  1768-1770. 

pp.  285-287.  Correspondence  on  the  delivery  of  ships'  letters,  includ 
ing  a  letter  from  J.  Foxcroft  to  the  (American)  Commissioners  of 
the  Customs,  dated  Philadelphia,  January  n,  1769. 

pp.  301-302.  Letters,  June  6,  1770,  on  establishing  a  fifth  packet  boat 
between  Falmouth  and  New  York. 

9.  (April,  1 77 1 -December,  1 778),  pp.  4-7.  Letter  from   Postmasters   General 

to  Lords  of  Treasury,  September  23,  1771,  proposing  an  increased 
estimate  for  the  New  York  and  Carolina  packet  service. 

pp.  129-134.  Letter  from  the  Postmasters  General  to  the  Lords  of 
Treasury,  February  14,  1776,  regarding  the  arming  of  the  American 
packet  boats,  with  a  proposed  estimate  for  the  same;  and  on  dis 
patching  of  a  packet  boat  to  Halifax,  N.  S.,  with  warrant,  March 
5,  1776,  for  increased  expenditure  for  purpose  above  mentioned. 

pp.  153-156.  Letter  from  Postmasters  General  to  Lords  of  Treasury, 
November  13,  1776,  proposing  to  allow  Michael  McDonogh,  com 
mander  of  the  packet  boat  employed  between  Jamaica,  Pensacola 
and  Charles  Town,  the  sum  of  £300  for  meritorious  services,  with 
certificates  of  merit  from  Sir  P.  Parker,  July  19,  1776,  and  Lord 
William  Campbell,  July  24,  1776,  and  warrant  to  allow  sum  above 
mentioned,  dated  November  26,  1776. 

pp.  216-220.  Letter  from  Postmasters  General  to  Lords  of  Treasury, 
August  13,  1777,  enclosing  memorial  of  Ebenezer  Mackie,  late 
merchant  and  deputy  postmaster  of  Baltimore,  Maryland,  who  re 
quests  relief  on  account  of  his  being  deprived  of  his  office  and  on 
account  of  his  other  losses,  with  warrant  to  pay  £50  to  E.  Mackie, 
dated  January  24,  1778. 

pp.  221-228.  Letter  from  Postmasters  General  to  Lords  of  Treasury, 
October  8,  1777,  proposing  a  new  estimate  for  the  packet  service 
between  Jamaica,  Pensacola  and  Charles  Town,  enclosing  a  letter 
from  Capt.  Clarke,  dated  Kingston,  Jamaica,  July  23,  1777,  setting 
forth  the  hardships  of  the  service,  with  warrant  for  new  estimate, 
November  25,  1777. 

pp.  345-347.  Letter  from  Postmasters  General  to  Lords  of  Treasury, 
October  30,  1778,  on  the  capture  of  four  packet  boats  by  American 
privateers,  and  enclosing  a  letter  from  Lord  George  Germain,  Sep 
tember  1 8,  1778,  on  the  packet  service. 

10.  (December,  1778-September,  1783),  pp.  14-15.  Letter  from   Postmasters 

General  to  Lords  of  Treasury,  March  17,  1779,  referring  to  the 
late  disarrangement  of  the  American  postal  service. 

2.  Orders  of  the  Board,  1737-1771. 

Volumes  I.-III.,  bound  together,  contain  orders  appointing  deputy  post 
masters  general  in  America  (Elliott  Benger  in  place  of  Head  Lynch,  de 
ceased,  I.  79;  Benjamin  Franklin  and  William  Hunter,  I.  180;  Benjamin 
Barons  for  the  southern  department,  II.  126;  Hugh  Finlay  and  John  Fox- 
croft,  III.  25)  ;  riding  surveyor  [of  the  post  roads]  for  the  continent  of 
North  America  (Hugh  Finlay,  III.  10,  n)  ;  and  establishing  "a  regular 
central  office"  at  New  York  (III.  10). 


276  General  Post-Office. 

3.  Commission  Book,  1759-1854. 

An  entry  book  containing  copies  and  memoranda  of  commissions  signed  by 
the  Postmasters  General  appointing  postmasters,  commanders  of  packet 
boats,  etc. 


4.  Instructions, 

Instructions  given  by  Postmasters  General  to  Benjamin  Barons,  deputy 
postmaster  general  of  the  American  southern  department,  January  5,  1765, 
pp.  53-56;  the  same  to  Capt.  Arthur  Clarke,  commander  of  the  Diligence 
packet  boat  employed  between  Jamaica,  Pensacola  and  Charles  Town,  March 
24,  1769,  pp.  82-83;  the  same  to  Capt.  Terence  MacDonagh,  commander  of 
the  Comet  packet  boat  employed  between  Jamaica,  Pensacola,  and  Charles 
Town  and  the  intermediate  places,  July  30,  1770,  pp.  93-95. 

5.  General  Accounts. 

The  volume  for  1721-1730  (p.  13)  contains  an  entry  of  payment  to  John 
Hamilton  for  salary  due  November  23,  1721.  The  volume  for  April  5,  1761, 
to  April  5,  1770,  contains  statements  of  moneys  received  quarterly  for  let 
ters  sent  to  the  northern  and  southern  American  departments,  and  to  the 
West  Indies  ;  and  of  the  charges  of  managing  the  post  office  at  Jamaica  and 
in  the  northern  and  southern  American  departments. 

6.  American  Letter  Book,  7775-1755. 

This  is  a  volume  of  much  interest  containing  letters  from  the  General 
Post-Office  to  the  postmasters  in  America.  On  p.  15  is  the  letter  dismissing 
Dr.  Franklin  from  the  office  of  deputy  postmaster  general,  January  31,  1774, 
printed  in  Joyce's  History  of  the  Post  Office,  p.  204.  On  p.  50  is  the  account 
of  cash  paid  by  Benjamin  Franklin  and  John  Foxcroft  to  the  receiver  general 
of  the  Post-Office.  Several  letters  contain  the  request  that  the  postmasters 
send  by  every  ship  complete  files  of  newspapers  and  "  such  Pamphlets  as 
may  serve  to  shew  the  temper  and  spirit  of  the  times  for  the  Information  of 
the  Board  ".  But  these,  if  sent,  appear  not  to  have  been  preserved.  Among 
the  subjects  treated  are  the  dispatch  of  packet  boats  and,  occasionally,  their 
seizure  by  the  enemy  ;  the  question  of  defraying  out  of  the  army  contingen 
cies  the  postage  of  letters  for  poor  soldiers  ;  and  accounts  and  remittances, 
including  a  form  of  a  general  account  for  the  northern  department  in  N. 
America. 

7.  Falmouth  Packet  Office  Letter  Book,  1778-1781. 

This  volume  contains  letters  from  the  agent  at  Falmouth  addressed  mostly 
to  the  secretary  of  the  London  Post-Office,  treating  inter  alia  of  the  arrival 
of  mail  and  government  despatches  from  London  for  America,  of  the  arrival 
of  American  mails,  sailing  of  packets,  capture  of  packets,  complaints  of 
smuggling  by  packets,  etc. 

8.  Falmouth  Account  Book,  1773-1785. 

This  volume  contains  account  of  money  received  and  expended  by  packet- 
boat  agent  at  Falmouth,  including  receipts  for  passengers,  letters  and  freight 
to  and  from  Falmouth,  New  York,  Charles  Town,  West  Indies,  etc.,  accounts 
of  victualling  passengers,  and  incidental  charges  incurred. 

9.  Articles  of  Agreement,  November  5,  1755,  between  the  Postmasters  Gen 
eral  and  William  Leslie  of  London,  mariner,  for  a  packet  boat  stationed  to 
New  York.     (A  separate  document.) 


TRINITY  HOUSE. 
TRINITY  SQUARE,  TOWER  HILL,  E.  C. 

The  Library  is  not  open  to  the  public  but  it  is  presumed  that  upon  proper 
application  permission  to  inspect  MSS.  will  be  granted  to  historical  investi 
gators. 

The  ancient  corporation  of  the  Trinity  House,  whose  first  charter  dates 
from  the  reign  of  Henry  VIIL,  exercises  various  functions  connected  with 
the  protection  of  navigation,  such  as  the  management  of  lighthouses,  the 
supervision  of  pilots,  etc.,  and  employs  a  portion  of  its  funds  in  the  relief 
of  seamen  and  other  charitable  uses. 

An  account  of  the  manuscripts  of  Trinity  House  printed  in  the  first  ap 
pendix  to  the  eighth  report  of  the  Historical  Manuscripts  Commission,  in 
cludes  the  American  items  listed  below  and  states  that  the  great  fire  of  1666 
and  a  fire  which  occurred  in  1714  destroyed  most  of  their  ancient  documents. 
The  page  numbers  following  the  items  are  those  of  the  pages  of  this  account. 
In  addition  to  the  American  documents  noted  in  the  Historical  Manuscripts 
Commission's  report,  is  a  manuscript  chart  drawn  on  vellum  by  Antonio 
Sanchez  and  dated  1635  or  1637  (the  last  figure  is  not  clear)  with  many 
names  of  places  on  both  seaboards  of  North  and  South  America. 

Seventeenth  century.  In  a  folio  labelled  "  Transactions,  1609-1625  " : 
Certaine  articles  and  reasons  touching  a  plantation  to  be  made  in  Newfound 
land,  exhibited  by  certain  Marchants  of  London  and  Bristol,  unto  the  Lords 
of  H.  M.  Privie  Counsell,  and  by  them  referred  to  the  consideration  and 
reporte  of  the  Master,  Wardens  and  Assistants  of  the  Trinity  House,  Feb. 
9,  1609.  It  prays  for  a  patent  of  a  small  part  of  the  country  never  inhabited 
by  Christians.  P.  2363.  In  the  same,  a  favorable  report  thereon  by  the 
Master  Wardens  of  the  Trinity  House,  same  page. 

1610.  Award  by  the  Master  and  Wardens  of  the  Trinity  House  on  a  dispute 

between  a  merchant  and  the  men  of  a  ship  arrived  from  Virginia. 
P.  2363. 

1611,  October  24-26.  Depositions  of  persons  engaged  in  the  Northwest  dis 

covery  ;  log-book  of  voyage,  and  report  on  matter  by  Trinity  House. 
Extracts  printed.  Pp.  236^2373. 

1611,  March  II.  Letter  from  Sir  Thomas  Smith  to  the  Trinity  House,  ask 
ing  for  payment  of  the  second  of  the  three  years'  subscription  to  the 
Virginia  adventure.  P.  237a. 

1611,  March.  Agreement  that  the  Trinity  House  shall  have  rateably  accord 
ing  to  their  adventure  for  Virginia  their  full  part  of  all  such  lands 
as  shall  be  recovered,  planted,  and  inhabited,  and  of  such  mines  and 
minerals  of  gold  and  silver  and  other  metals  or  treasure,  pearls, 
precious  stones,  or  other  kind  of  wares  which  shall  be  obtained  or 
gotten  in  the  said  voyage.  P.  237a. 

1619,  November  16.  Certificate  by  three  persons  of  the  services  and  distress 
of  Captain  Reynolde  Whitfield,  a  prisoner  in  the  hole  of  the  Poultry 

277 


278  Trinity  House. 

Compter,  who  on  one  of  his  voyages  had  served  with  Sir  Francis 
Drake  to  the  West  Indies,  anno  1595.  P.  239a. 

1620,  October  7.  Certificate  by  the  Master,  Wardens  and  Assistants  of  the 

Trinity  House,  that  William  Locke  of  Ratcliffe,  mariner,  was  in  a 
ship  cast  away  at  Greenland  in  1611,  and  afterwards  in  another 
ship  also  cast  away  in  Greenland,  and  afterwards  taken  by  Turkish 
pirates  in  the  Straights,  and  lost  his  wages,  apparel  and  adventure ; 
that  he  has  a  wife  and  4  children,  the  eldest  sick.  Pp.  239b-24oa. 

1621,  May  26.  Petition  by  the  Master,  etc.,  of  the  Trinity  House  to  the 

Privy  Council.  They  have  received  the  collection  for  the  £1,000 
per  annum,  according  to  the  rates  presented  to  the  Council,  and 
mentioned  in  their  letter  of  July  7,  1620  to  the  Custom  House, 
towards  the  charge  of  the  ships  at  sea  against  the  Turkish  pirates. 
But  one  Ralph  Freeman,  a  merchant  of  London,  who  lately  farmed 
the  killing  of  whales  in  Greenland  and  on  those  northern  coasts, 
has  set  forth  8  ships  for  the  same  voyage  and  refuses  to  pay  the 
imposition.  They  pray  that  the  Council  will  call  Freeman  so  that 
he  may  be  subject  to  the  rate.  P.  24ob. 

1621,  August  i.  A  note  of  the  particular  losses  sustained  by  John  Links  of 
Limehouse,  mariner,  in  several  voyages  at  sea,  in  1563  coming  from 
Newfoundland,  etc.  Certificate  that  the  above  is  true,  his  losses 
amount  to  ^795,  and  he  and  his  old  wife  are  in  distress.  P.  24ob. 

1625,  January  5.  Certificate  by  Thomas  Gataker,  parson  of  Redriffe,  and 
others,  that  Michael  Fletcher,  husband  to  the  bearer,  was  on  his 
return  from  New  England,  not  many  leagues  from  Plymouth,  taken 
prisoner  by  a  Sallee  man-of-war,  and  taken  to  Sallee  and  kept 
prisoner.  He  has  lost  all ;  the  ransom  demanded  is  £300.  P.  2423. 

1630,  last  of  September.  Council  letter  to  the  bailiffs  and  aldermen  of  Yar 
mouth  that  herrings,  pilchards  and  Newfoundland  fish  are  to  be 
exported  only  in  English  bottoms.  P.  2463. 

1630,  Sept.  29.  Council  Order  to  the  same  effect.     Other  letters  about  the 

matter.    P.  246a. 

1631,  November  4.  Council  Order  that  the  inhabitants  of  the  Western  parts 

shall  have  license  hoc  vice  to  sell  their  Newfoundland  fish  and  pil 
chards  to  strangers,  to  be  carried  away  by  them  in  their  own  ves 
sels.  P.  246b. 

1632,  November  j.  Calculations  of  the  charges  of  a  ship  of  250  tons  for  a 

voyage  of  seven  months,  victualled  and  manned  with  70  men,  for 
fetching  home  100  soldiers  from  the  fort  of  Rebeck  (sic)  in  the 
river  of  Canada.  P.  246b. 

1614,  October  17.  The  Master,  etc.,  of  the  Trinity  House  to  the  Privy  Coun 
cil.  Beginning  of  a  petition  about  the  restraint  of  the  exportation 
of  herrings  from  Yarmouth  and  pilchards  from  Newfoundland. 
P.  246b. 

1631,  November  4.  Council  Order.  License  hoc  vice  for  the  inhabitants  of 
the  Western  parts  using  the  fishing  of  Newfoundland  to  sell  their 
Newfoundland  fish  and  pilchards  to  strangers  to  be  carried  away 
in  their  own  vessels. 

Petition  by  the  Master,  etc.,  of  the  Trinity  House  to  the  Earl  of  Port 
land,  Lord  High  Treasurer,  against  foreign  ships  taking  off  the 
fish. 


Trinity  House.  279 

The  same  to  the  Privy  Council ;  on  the  same  business. 

The  same  to  Lord  Cottington ;  on  the  same  business.     P.  2473. 

1650,  September  13.  Council  of  Trade.  What  convoy  is  necessary  for  the 
Southern  and  Levant  trades,  and  what  commodities  are  most  fit  to 
be  exported  and  imported  in  English  bottoms  only,  to  be  taken  into 
consideration  Friday,  September  20.  The  Trinity  House  to  have 
notice  and  be  desired  to  attend  the  Council.  P.  2473. 

1650,  September  20.  Committee  of  Trade.  The  Masters  of  the  Trinity  House 
are  desired  to  draw  up  something  to  offer  to  this  Council  about  what 
goods  are  fit  to  be  exported  and  imported  only  on  English  bottoms. 
Report  thereon  by  the  committee  appointed  by  Parliament  for  the 
affairs  of  the  Trinity  House.  P.  247a. 

1633,  November  13.  Star  Chamber.  Order,  on  the  petition  of  the  Masters, 
etc.,  of  the  Trinity  House,  against  exporting  herrings,  pilchards 
and  Newfoundland  fish  and  all  other  native  commodities  by  stranger 
shipping.  They  refer  the  matter  to  the  Lord  Privy  Seal,  the  Earl 
of  Dorset,  Lord  Cottington,  Mr.  Treasurer,  Mr.  Comptroller,  Sec 
retary  Cooke  and  Secretary  Windebank. 
The  Master,  etc.,  of  the  Trinity  House  to  the  Council  Board.  Report  by 

them  of  the  tonnage  and  costs  of  ships  employed  in  fishing. 
Sir  John  Wolstenholme's  narration  to  the  Council  Board  concerning  the 
fishing.    P.  2473. 

1652,  May  24.  H.  Vane,  President  of  the  Council,  to  the  [Trinity  House]. 
They  have  ordered  30  ships  and  men  to  be  imprested.  Tells  the 
Trinity  House  to  direct  the  10  ships  in  the  river  ready  to  sail  for 
Newfoundland  to  go  to  the  Downs  and  join  the  General  of  the 
Fleet,  in  order  to  do  the  state  service,  in  which  case  they  shall  be 
satisfied  for  the  time  they  are  employed.  P.  2483. 

1673,  October  p.  The  Trinity  House  to  [the  Commissioners  of  the  Admi 
ralty].  They  think  that  at  present  there  is  no  want  of  shipping  to 
manage  a  trade  to  the  northward,  the  Straits,  East  Indies,  West 
Indies,  etc. ;  and  if  so,  it  will  be  prejudicial  to  our  navigation  to 
buy  or  make  free  any  foreign-built  ships.  P.  255b. 

1680,  December  28.  Letters  about  the  Golden  Lyon,  a  Virginia  ship,  having 
been  cast  away  on  Scilly ;  Mr.  Hoskins,  the  keeper  of  the  light,  was 
inattentive  to  it,  and  had  plundered  some  of  the  goods  of  the  ship. 
P.  257b. 

1715,  March  6.  Petition  of  Thomas  Coram  read,  proposing  a  new  settlement 
in  some  uninhabited  part  of  N.  America,  and  praying  a  certificate 
from  the  corporation  of  his  being  well  affected  to  his  Majesty  and 
the  government,  and  of  his  skill  in  naval  affairs,  which  was  ordered 
to  be  given  under  the  seal  of  the  corporation,  Thomas  Coram  being 
a  younger  brother.  P.  26ob. 


GUILDHALL. 

KING  STREET,  E.  C. 

The  Archives  of  the  City  of  London  are  for  the  most  part  in  the  custody 
of  the  town  clerk,  but  records  are  preserved  in  the  several  departments  of 
other  officers  of  the  corporation,  e.  g.,  the  city  chamberlain,  the  comptroller, 
remembrancer,  etc.,  while  copies  of  many  original  MSS.  preserved  in  the 
Public  Record  Office  and  elsewhere  and  bearing  upon  the  city's  history  are 
also  preserved  in  the  Guildhall  Library.  Application  for  permission  to 
search  the  city's  records  should  in  the  first  instance  be  made  in  writing  to 
the  Town  Clerk,  Guildhall,  E.  C.  Since  it  is  necessary  for  the  Court  of 
Common  Council  and  the  Library  Committee  to  consider  such  applications, 
they  should  be  made  some  time  in  advance.  The  applicant  may  be  summoned 
before  the  Library  Committee  to  explain  the  object  of  his  search.  The 
permission  expires  with  the  end  of  the  legal  year. 

CORPORATION  RECORDS. 

The  corporation  records  are  accessible  to  authorized  searchers  from  10 
a.  m.  to  4  p.  m.  except  on  Saturdays.  They  contain  two  principal  series  of 
records  that  include  documents  relating  to  American  affairs:  I.  the  Journal 
of  the  Common  Council;  2.  the  Common  Hall  Books,  or  minutes  of  the 
meetings  of  the  mayor,  aldermen  and  liverymen  of  the  several  companies  of 
the  city  of  London.  Since  it  was  not  practicable  to  examine  these  numerous 
MS.  volumes  page  by  page,  the  following  list  was  compiled  from  the  indexes 
to  the  volumes  and  from  the  references  in  the  valuable  work  of  Dr.  R.  R. 
Sharpe,  London  and  the  Kingdom  (3  vols.,  Longmans,  1894-1895).  Many 
of  the  addresses  noticed  below  are  printed  in  a  work  entitled  Addresses,  Re 
monstrances,  and  Petitions  to  the  Throne,  presented  from  the  Court  of  Alder 
men,  The  Court  of  Common  Council,  and  the  Livery  in  Common  Hail  as 
sembled:  Commencing  the  28th  October,  1760,  -with  the  answers  thereto. 
(Privately  printed.  London,  1865.)  This  is  referred  to  below  as  Addresses. 

JOURNAL  OF  THE  COMMON  COUNCIL. 

30.  f.  374b.  Petition  of  many  citizens  for  taking  up  of  vagrant  boys  and  girls 

and  transporting  them  to  Virginia  approved  and  committee  ap 
pointed  to  report  thereon.  July  31,  1618. 

f .  396.  Action  on  report  of  committee  on  transporting  children  to  Vir 
ginia.     September  24,  1618. 

31.  ff.  122  (125) -123  (126).  Action   of  council   upon   petition   of   Virginia 

Company  praying  that  court  "  would  furnish  them  with  100  children 
for  the  next  spring  for  the  better  supply  ....  of  their  colony." 
December  18,  1619. 

(See  Letter  Book,  G  G,  ff.  96,  98,  208;  H  H,  f.  172  et  seq.;  Remembrancia, 
pp.  361-362.) 

32.  ff.  66-67.  Grant  of  £ 500  towards  the  transporting  of   100  children  to 

Virginia.    July  19,  1622. 
280 


Corporation  Records.  281 

45.  f.  89.  Entry  of  royal  proclamation  prohibiting  the  growth  of  tobacco. 

April  6.  1 66 1. 

f.  i6ib.  Petition  of  merchants  touching  the  regulation  of  traffic,  and 
deploring  (i62-i62b)  that  "  the  most  part  of  the  trade  of  exporting 
the  commodities  of  our  native  growth  and  manufacture  has  fallen 
into  the  hands  of  aliens."    February  27,  1662. 
(See  Letter  Book,  UU,  ff.  92-93.) 

57.  f.  278.  Motion  in  the  Common  Council  against  the  bill  in  the  House  of 

Commons  for  repealing  subsidies  and  on  account  of  tobacco  in  the 
British  Plantation. 

58.  ff.  i67-i68b.  Address  on  capture  of  Porto  Bello  in   November,   1739. 

March  25,  1740. 

61.  ff.  113-115.  Instructions  to  representatives  in  Parliament  on  the  state  of 

the  nation,  referring  to  losses  in  N.  America.    October  28,  1756. 
ff.  281-283.  Address  on  taking  Cape  Breton,  etc.    August  24,  1758. 

62.  ff.  36-38,  139-140,  158.  Congratulatory  addresses  on  military  successes  in 

America,  October  18,  1759;  October  14,  1760. 
ff.  237-238.  Address  upon  the  conquest  of  Belle  Isle,  June   16,   1761. 

(Printed  in  Addresses,  pp.  3,  4.) 
ff.  33ob-334b.  Address  on  capture  of  Martinique.    April  6,  1762. 

(Printed  in  Addresses,  pp.  5-6.) 

63.  ff.  14-15.  Address  to  king  upon  the  conquest  of  Havana.     October  i, 

1762. 

(Printed  in  Addresses,  pp.  8-9.) 
66.  ff.  104-105.  Petition  to  Parliament  against  the  Quebec  Bill.     June   3, 

1774- 
ff.  105-106.  Petition  to  king  against  the  Quebec  Bill.     June   18,   1774. 

(Printed  in  Addresses,  pp.  31-33.) 
ff.  170-172.  Letter  to  Alderman  Bull  from  Francis  Maseres,  agent  to  the 

Protestant  settlers  in  Quebec,  etc.    January  31,  1775. 
ff.  177-179.  Answer  to  Baron  Maseres's  letter.    February  10,  1775. 
ff.  179,  181,  182,  185.  Various  resolutions  in  behalf  of  American  colonies. 

February  10,  13  and  21,  1775. 
ff.  188-190.  Petition  to  House  of  Commons  against  "  Bill  to  restrain  the 

Trade  and  Commerce  of  Massachusetts  Bay  ",  etc.     February  23, 

1775- 

3.  191-192.  Petition  to  House  of  Lords  against  Massachusetts  Bay  Bill. 
March  14,  1775. 

ff.  236-238.  Letter  from  the  general  committee  of  the  association  for  the 
city  and  county  of  New  York,  May  5,  1775,  praying  that  the  city  of 
London  will  exert  itself  to  restore  union.  June  23,  1775. 

f.  239-240.  Address  to  the  king  for  cessation  of  hostilities,  July  7,  1775. 
(Printed  in  Addresses,  pp.  44-45.) 

f.  241.  Motion  to  send  a  reply  to  a  letter  from  New  York.  Lost  in  Com 
mon  Council.  July  21,  1775. 

ff.  259-260.  Petitions  to  Lords  and  Commons  for  reconciliation  with  colo 
nies.  October  25,  1775. 

ff.  296-297,  299.  City  address  on  war  in  America  and  king's  reply.    March 
14,  22,  1776. 
(Printed  in  Addresses,  pp.  45-47.) 


282  Guildhall. 

ff.  296,  354.  Thanks  and  freedom  of  the  city  to  Dr.  Richard  Price  for 
his  publication  of  Observations  on  the  Nature  of  Civil  Liberty. 
March  14,  1776;  July  23,  1776. 

67.  f.  42.  Petition  of  House  of  Commons  against  bill  to  empower  king  to 

secure  persons  charged  with  high  treason  committed  in  N.  America, 
etc.  February  14,  1777. 

f.  107.  Resolutions  against  countenancing  the  American  war.  January 
16,  1778. 

ff.  126-128.  Address  to  king  on  America,  praying  for  conciliatory  meas 
ures.    March  4,  1778. 
(Printed  in  Addresses,  pp.  49-53.) 

68.  f.  217.  Petition  to  the  House  of  Commons  that  they  will  recommend  to 

his  Majesty  that  such  terms  of  accommodation  and  reconciliation 
may  be  offered  to  the  American  colonies  as  may  have  a  tendency 
to  bring  about  an  honorable  peace.  February  27,  1782. 

f.  230.  Address  to  king  congratulating  him  on  the  late  glorious  success 
of  his  Majesty's  arms.    May  30,  1782. 
(Printed  in  Addresses,  pp.  67-68.) 

f.  239.  Motion  that  freedom  of  the  city  be  presented  to  Admiral  Lord 
Hood  and  Admiral  Sir  Francis  Samuel  Drake  for  their  conduct 
in  the  engagements  with  the  enemies'  fleets  in  the  West  Indies. 
June  20,  1782. 

f.  257.  Motion  that  an  entertainment  be  provided  at  the  Mansion  House 
for  Lord  Rodney  on  account  of  his  victory  over  the  French  fleet  in 
the  West  Indies  negatived.  October  29,  1782. 

ff.  265,  290-291.  Thanks  to  Lord  Rodney  for  his  victory  over  the  French 
fleet  in  the  West  Indies  on  April  12,  1781.  October  31,  1782;  De 
cember  19,  1782. 

ff.  3O7b,  310.  Address  to  king  on  conclusion  of  provisional  treaty  with 
America.    February  20,  1783. 
(Printed  in  Addresses,  pp.  68-69.) 

COMMON  HALL  BOOK. 

8.  ff.  i86b-i88.  Address  to  king  against  the  measures  adopted  with  respect 
to  America  and  proceedings  upon  the  same.    April  5,  1775. 
(Printed  in  Addresses,  pp.  34-36.) 

ff.  191-192.  New  address  to  king  on  American  war  and  Proceedings. 
June  24,  1775. 
(Printed  in  Addresses,  pp.  40-42.) 

f.  193.  Letter   of   thanks   from   Continental   Congress    [July  8,    1775]. 
September  29,  1775. 
(Printed  in  Ford's  Journals  of  the  Continental  Congress,  H.  170-171.) 

ff.  194-195.  Address  to  the  electors  of  Great  Britain  on  the  American  war. 
September  29,  1775. 

f.  228.  Address  to  king,  December  6,  1781,  urging  him  to  end  the  Ameri 
can  war. 
(Printed  in  Addresses,  pp.  60-63.) 

The  few  references  given  below  to  the  letters  embraced  in  the  collection 
of  correspondence  known  as  Remembrancia  are  drawn  from  the  Analytical 


Guildhall  Library.  283 

Index  to  the  Series  of  Records  known  as  the  Remembrancia,  preserved 
among  the  Archives  of  the  City  of  London.    A.  D.  1579-1664.    Prepared  by 
the  authority  of  the  Corporation  of  London,  under  the  superintendence  of 
the  Library  Committee,  London,  1878. 
5.  8.  Letter  from  the  king  to  Sir  Thomas  Smyth,  concerning  idle  persons 

to  be  sent  to  Virginia.    January  13,  1618  [1619]. 
9.  Letter  from  Sir  Thomas  Smyth  to  the  lord  mayor,  concerning  same. 

January  18,  1618  [1619]. 
56.  Letter  from  the  company  for  Virginia  to  the  lord  mayor,  concerning 

shipment  of  children  to  Virginia.  February,  1619  [1620]. 
9.  5.  Letter  from  the  Lords  of  the  Council  to  the  lord  mayor  and  aldermen, 
desiring  that  the  Court  of  Aldermen  should  give  notice  to  the 
Greenland  Company,  the  Incorporated  Traders  for  the  West  India 
Plantations,  and  other  trading  companies  to  present  the  names  of 
four  of  the  most  active  members  of  their  body  from  whom  the 
king  would  select  two  to  act  with  merchants  and  some  of  the  mem 
bers  of  the  Privy  Council  as  a  committee  to  advise  regarding  foreign 
trade,  and  the  clauses  relating  to  the  same  to  be  inserted  in  treaties. 
August  17,  1660. 

The  Repertories  recording  the  proceedings  of  the  Court  of  Aldermen  con 
tain  but  few  American  documents. 

60.  f.  238.  Contributions  enjoined  for  the  propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  New 

England. 

61.  ff.  75b.  et  seq.  Precepts  to  issue  for  a  contribution  for  the  advance  of  the 

Gospel  in  New  England. 

The  Letter  Books,  which  extend  from  the  latter  part  of  the  thirteenth  cen 
tury  almost  to  the  close  of  the  reign  of  James  II.,  contain  very  few  items 
that  are  not  also  recorded  either  in  the  Journals  or  the  Repertories  accord 
ing  as  they  fall  under  the  cognizance  of  the  Court  of  Common  Council  or 
the  Court  of  Aldermen.  Attention  may  be  called  to  an  important  petition 
from  Plymouth  to  Parliament  regarding  the  injurious  effect  of  Dutch  compe 
tition  on  western  trade,  begging  Parliament  to  continue  the  ordinance  of 
November  30,  1643,  and  to  repeal  so  much  of  the  ordinance  of  August  30, 
1643,  as  concerned  free  trade  contrary  to  that  of  November  30.  22,  ff.  147- 
I47b. 

GUILDHALL  LIBRARY. 

The  MSS.  preserved  in  the  archives  of  the  Library  are  accessible  to  his 
torical  investigators  without  application  in  advance.  They  must  be  inspected 
in  the  Library  which  is  open  from  10  a.  m.  to  8  p.  m.  every  week-day  (Sat 
urdays,  10  a.  m.  to  6  p.  m.).  The  documents  are  indexed  in  three  manu 
script  volumes. 

The  only  MSS.  of  interest  found  in  the  Library  archives  were  some  ac 
counts,  together  with  warrants  and  letters  addressed  to  the  chamberlain  of 
London,  relative  to  the  disbursement  of  various  sums  for  the  use  of  the 
Vaudois,  French  refugees  and  Palatines  designing  to  settle  in  his  Majesty's 
plantations.  See  MSS.  279,  281,  282,  346  and  352. 

Among  the  rare  printed  books  in  the  Library  is  a  complete  file  of  "  The 
Old  Bailey  Sessions  Paper  "  or  "  Proceedings  "  at  quarter  sessions  for  the 
city  of  London  and  county  of  Middlesex  from  1730  to  1834,  with  a  few  num 
bers  of  earlier  date.  The  names  of  persons  sentenced  to  be  transported  are 
given  at  the  end  of  each  number. 


WESTMINSTER  GUILDHALL  OR  SESSIONS  HOUSE. 
BROAD  SANCTUARY,  S.  W. 

The  Middlesex  County  Records,  formerly  stored  at  the  Sessions  House, 
Clerkenwell,  but  removed  to  the  Guildhall,  Westminster,  in  consequence 
of  changes  in  local  government  affairs  resulting  from  the  Act  of  1888,  may 
be  consulted  by  historical  investigators.  Application  for  permission  to  ex 
amine  these  documents  should  be  made  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Peace.  Office 
hours  are  from  10  a.  m.  to  I  p.  m.  and  2  p.  m.  to  4  p.  m.,  except  on  Saturdays. 
Appointment  should  be  made  in  advance. 

These  records,  which  date  from  the  reign  of  Edward  VI.  and  come  down 
to  the  present  time,  are  very  numerous,  comprising  upwards  of  10,000  vol 
umes  and  nearly  5,000  rolls,  admirably  housed  in  specially  constructed  rooms. 
They  contain  incidental  references  to  the  American  colonies,  of  which  the 
most  important  appear  to  be  those  relating  to  the  "  spiriting  away  "  of  per 
sons  to  the  plantations  and  the  transportation  thither  of  criminals  and  of 
fenders,  political  and  other. 

The  chief  classes  of  documents  are  the  Sessions  Rolls  and  Sessions  Books 
and  Registers.  The  Sessions  Rolls,  of  which  the  principal  classes  are  the 
Newgate  Gaol  Delivery  Rolls  and  the  General  Session  of  Peace  Rolls,  con 
sist  of  indictments,  recognizances  and  other  documents,  such  as  coroners' 
inquests,  lists  of  jurors,  etc.  They  include  documents  pertaining  to  the  pro 
ceedings  connected  both  with  the  trial  of  offences,  generally  of  a  minor 
character,  at  the  sessions  of  the  justices  of  the  peace  for  the  county  of  Mid 
dlesex,  and  with  the  trial  of  criminal  cases  before  the  judges  at  the  Old 
Bailey,  whose  jurisdiction  extended  over  the  county  of  Middlesex  as  well 
as  over  the  city  of  London.  Only  a  few  of  the  MS.  bundles  have  been  calen 
dared.  The  substance  of  many  of  the  entries  in  the  rolls  from  1549  to  1688 
inclusive,  as  well  as  in  other  records  of  the  same  period,  is  given  in  the 
publications  of  the  now  defunct  Middlesex  County  Record  Society,  entitled 
Middlesex  County  Records,  edited  by  J.  C.  Jeaffreson  (4  vols.,  1887-1892). 
Copies  of  these  volumes  are  purchasable  at  the  Guildhall. 

The  Sessions  Books  (1625-1759)  and  Registers  (1608-1660)  contain  the 
orders  of  the  court,  on  indictments,  etc.,  recorded  on  the  Sessions  Rolls,  and 
also  orders  as  to  vagrants,  the  rate  of  wages  and  a  great  variety  of  other 
subjects  throwing  light  on  local  economic  and  social  conditions.  The  books 
also  contain  lists  of  persons  in  the  New  Prison  and  House  of  Correction; 
lists  of  justices,  etc.  The  sentences  passed  upon  prisoners  afford  an  illus 
tration  of  the  working  of  the  various  laws  of  the  country.  Mr.  W.  J.  Hardy, 
F.  S.  A.,  has  nearly  completed  a  comprehensive  MS.  calendar  of  the  entire 
series  of  Sessions  Books  and  Registers,  a  volume  of  which,  entitled  Middle 
sex  County  Records.  Calendar  of  the  Sessions  Books  1689  to  //op,  has  been 
published  (1905)  under  the  supervision  of  the  Standing  Joint  Committee  of 
the  Court  of  Quarter  Sessions  and  County  Council  for  the  county  of  Middle 
sex  and  may  also  be  purchased  at  the  Guildhall. 
284 


THE  CENTRAL  CRIMINAL  COURT  OR  "  OLD  BAILEY  ". 

OLD  BAILEY,  E.  C. 

The  court  records  have  been  destroyed  up  to  about  1840,  except  a  few 
bundles  of  indictments  of  earlier  date.  All  depositions  are  lost.  The  indexes 
to  the  old  records  have  been  preserved  and  are  alphabetically  arranged  lists 
of  the  names  of  persons  indicted,  whether  convicted  or  not.  Following  the 
personal  name  is  the  name  of  the  offense  charged,  and  the  year  when  the 
indictment  was  made. 

Any  one  desiring  to  examine  the  indexes  should  apply  to  the  clerk  of  the 
court,  at  whose  convenience  they  may  be  inspected. 


285 


LAMBETH  PALACE  LIBRARY. 

WESTMINSTER,  S.  W. 

The  Library  is  open  to  the  public  on  Monday,  Wednesday,  Thursday  and 
Friday  from  10  a.  m.  to  4  p.  m.  (May  to  July  inclusive,  10  to  4:30)  and 
during  the  forenoon  on  Tuesdays ;  except  that  it  is  closed  during  the  week 
commencing  with  Easter  Day,  for  seven  days  from  Christmas  Day  and  for 
six  weeks  from  the  end  of  August.  Extracts  from  the  MSS.  may  be  made 
freely,  but  in  case  of  a  transcript  being  desired  of  a  whole  MS.  the  consent 
of  the  Archbishop  must  be  previously  obtained.  No  introductions  are  re 
quired. 

The  Library  of  the  London  residence  of  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury 
contains  some  2500  volumes  of  MSS.,  to  which  a  guide  is  furnished  in  the 
Catalogue  of  the  Archie  pis  copal  Manuscripts  in  the  Library  at  Lambeth 
Palace.  With  an  Account  of  the  Archiepiscopal  Registers  and  other  Records 
there  preserved,  by  Archdeacon  H.  J.  Todd  (London,  1812).  Only  one 
hundred  copies  of  the  catalogue  were  printed,  of  which  one  is  accessible  on 
the  reference  shelves  of  the  Reading  Room  of  the  British  Museum  (press 
mark,  2050.  g.).  The  Registers,  1279-1828,  contain  consecrations  of  arch 
bishops  and  bishops,  institutions  to  livings,  official  visitations  of  the  diocese, 
consecrations  of  private  chapels,  licenses  to  preach,  and  many  other  particu 
lars  ;  but  only  the  later  registers  contain  references  to  America,  beginning 
with  the  register  of  Archbishop  Moore,  1783-1805,  which  contains  the  con 
secration  of  Bishops  White  and  Provoost,  February  4,  1787,  in  Lambeth 
Palace  Chapel.  Succeeding  consecrations  follow,  both  to  American  and 
Canadian  sees. 

The  Act  Book,  1663-1828,  contains  occasional  references  to  consecrations 
to  American  sees,  and  ordinations  to  American  livings.  Each  volume  is 
indexed. 

A  considerable  number  of  the  Lambeth  manuscripts  bearing  upon  the 
history  of  the  Church  of  England  in  America,  were  transcribed  by  Dr. 
Francis  L.  Hawks,  historiographer  of  the  American  Episcopal  Church,  dur 
ing  his  visit  to  England  in  1836.  These  copies  together  with  other  tran 
scripts  made  by  Dr.  Hawks  from  the  Fulham  archives  and  from  the  archives 
of  the  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts,  form 
eighteen  folio  manuscript  volumes,  which  are  preserved  in  the  Church  Mis 
sion  House,  281  Fourth  Avenue,  New  York  City.  Some  of  these  transcripts 
have  been  printed  in  Doctors  Hawks  and  Perry's  Documentary  History  of 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  United  States  of  America,  containing 
numerous  hitherto  unpublished  Documents  concerning  the  Church  in  Con 
necticut  (2  vols.),  and  in  Bishop  Perry's  Historical  Collections  relating  to 
the  American  Colonial  Church  (4  vols.),  treating  of  the  colonies  of  Virginia, 
Pennsylvania,  Massachusetts,  Maryland  and  Delaware. 

In  the  following  list  the  descriptions  of  those  documents  that  have  been 
identified  as  the  originals  of  the  Hawks  transcripts  are  followed  by  (H.), 
except  in  the  case  of  those  printed  in  Bishop  Perry's  Collections,  the  descrip- 

286 


Lambeth  Palace  Library.  287 

tions  of  which  are  followed  by  (P.),  and  in  the  case  of  a  few  which  are 
noted  as  printed  in  Hawks  and  Perry's  Connecticut.  The  identifications  are 
doubtless  very  incomplete,  since  in  a  number  of  cases  the  data  available  to 
the  compiler  with  respect  to  either  the  originals  or  the  transcripts  were  not 
sufficient  to  establish  with  certainty  their  identity. 

250.  ii.  ff.  176-180.  "A  trewe  Reporte  of  Sir  Fraunces  Drake's  voyage  as 
followethe  (wherein  he  dyed)  in  Anno  Domini  1596." 

250.  17.  ff.  256-267.  "  All  the  Nyne  Memorable  Voyages  made  by  the 
Righte  Honorable  George  Erie  of  Cumberland,  to  and  from  the 
King  of  Spaynes  territoryes :  Whereof  the  seaven  are  here  onely 
briefly  comprehended,  the  other  twoo  viz.  the  Eighte  and  Nyneth 
onely  at  large  collected  and  written  oute  of  Credible  advertiz- 
mentes." 

(Includes  "The  Journall  of  this  9  Voyage;  and  his  Honors  Memorable 
Action  at  St.  John  Porto  Rico,  in  the  West  India  this  last  yeare.  1598. 
First  penned  at  sea  by  Ro.  Thornton,  Mr.  Walter  Coxe  and  Peter  Hay- 
burn  Passingers  1598:  Newly  amplifyed  and  trewly  written  by  other 
credible  advertizmentes  per  me.  R.  R.") 

250.  21.  ff.  315-336.  "  Sir  Walter  Ralegh's  discourse  of  his  first  voyage  to 
Guiana,  addressed  to  Lord  Charles  Howard  and  Sir  Robert  Cecil." 

250.  22.  ff.  338-341.  "A  Journall  of  ....  the  Voyadge  under  the  chardges 
of  ....  the  Erie  of  Essex  and  the  Lord  Ch.  Howard." 

250.  23.  ff.  383-392.  "  A  Discourse  of  Virginia  "  by  Edward  Maria  Wing- 
field,  f .  382.  This  narrative  is  preceded  by  an  anonymous  letter 
relating  to  Virginia. 

(Printed  by  the  American  Antiquarian  Society  in  1860  in  Archaeologia 
Americana,  IV.  61-103.) 

250.  25.  ff.  406-412.  "  The  Jornall  of  our  voiadge  in  the  Indeavour  [New 
foundland]  begunne  the  7  of  October  1612  ",  by  John  Guy. 

250.  26.  ff.  414-416.  "  Captain  William  Morgans  discourse  concerninge  the 
Northwest  passage,  from  thence  to  the  South  Sea." 

250.  27.  f.  419.  "A  briefe  Narration  of  the  discoverie  of  the  Northern 
Seas,  to  approve  his  Majesties  right  to  Greenland  ",  written  in  1613. 

494.     6.  ff.  273-278.  "  An  Abstract  of  some  materiall  pointes  that  are  in  my 
discovery  of  New-land  [Newfoundland]  wch  was  presented  to  his 
Majestic  at  Huntington  the  I7th  day  of  October  1619." 
(Letter  from  Richard  Whitbourne  to  Lord  Carew.) 

645.  45.  From  the  Duke  of  York  to  King  Charles  II.,  Portsmouth,  15 
November  .  .  .  .  "  Yesterday  Cap :  Grove  Cap.  of  the  Martin, 
brought  me  an  account  from  Nichols  of  his  proceeding  at  Long 
iland,  where  all  things  are  in  a  very  good  condition,  he  hath  also 
reduced  Orainge  fort  to  your  Ma :  obediance  and  had  sent  Sir  R : 
Car  with  the  Guinne  frigatt  and  a  hundred  Land  men  to  reduce 
what  the  Dutch  have  in  Delaware  bay." 

688.  Second  part.  19.  "  A  Breife  Journall  of  A  voyage  made  in  the  Barque 
Warwick  to  Virginia  and  other  parts  of  the  Continent  of  America. 
A°  1631  by  Henry  Fleete."    12  pp. 
(Printed  in  E.  D.  Neill's  The  English  Colonization  of  America,  221-237.) 

711.  16.  Account  of  Porto  Rico. 

(Begins:  "The  Island  of  St.  John  de  Porto  Ricco  is  esteemed  by  most  to 
bee  very  unhealthfull.") 

19 


288  Lambeth  Palace  Library. 

711.  17.  Letter  from  several  Indians  to  Archbishop  Tenison  thanking-  him 
and  the  Society  for  their  kindness  to  them  when  in  Britain.  Boston, 
N.  E.,  July  21,  1710. 

711.  18.  Bishop  of  London's  paper  about  a  suffragan  for  the  plantations  in 
America.  December,  1707.  (H.) 

745.  3.  "  An  answer  to  several!  heads  of  enquiry  concerning  the  present 
state  of  New  England  ",  addressed  by  Mr.  Randolph  to  the  Com 
mittee  for  Trade  and  Plantations.  (P.) 

754.  "  A  Voyage  to  Virginia." 

Begins :    "  The  month  of  August  Anno  1649  being  the  time  I  engaged 
to  meet  my  two   Comrades   Major  Fran.   Morrison  and   Major 
Richard  Fox  at  London,  in  order  to  a  full  accomplishment  of  our 
purpose  to  seek  our  fortunes  in  Virginia."    Quarto  vol.,  152  pp. 
(Printed  in  Force's  Tracts,  vol.  III.,  no.  10.) 

806.  14.  "  The  Relation  of  a  Voyage  unto  New  England ;  Began  from  the 
Lizard,  the  first  of  June,  1607,  By  Captn  Popham  in  the  ship  the 
Gift,  and  Captn  Gilbert  in  the  Mary  and  John:  written  by  .  .  .  . 
[sic]  and  found  amongst  the  Papers  of  the  truly  Worshipfull  Sir 
Ferdinando  Gorges  Knt  by  me  William  Griffith."  20  pp. 

(Printed  in  Proceedings  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  vol.  XVIII., 
1880-1881 ;  by  the  Gorges  Society  of  Portland,  Maine,  1892 ;  and  in  H.  S. 
Burrage's  Early  English  and  French  Voyages,  1906.) 

841.  7.  "An  Account  Of  the  Colonys  and  Provinces  of  New  England  in 
generall.  More  particularly  of  that  of  the  Massachusetts."  22  pp. 

fP.) 

(Begins:  "Sir,  He  that  stirs  a  nest  of  hornets,  will  have  a  confused  dinn 
about  his  ears.") 

841.  18.  Proposals  for  erecting  a  School,  Library,  and  Chapel  at  New 
York,  1712-13  by  John  Sharpe,  Chaplain  to  her  Majesties  Forts 
and  Forces  in  the  Province  of  New  York  in  America ;  also  a  Cata 
logue  of  Books  belonging  to  John  Sharpe  intended  to  be  given  as  a 
foundation  of  a  Publick  Library  at  New  York.    34  pp.    (H.) 
(Printed  in  Collections  of  the  New  York  Historical  Society,  1880,  341-363.) 
930.  24.  Letter  from  Lord  Somers  to  Archbishop  Tenison.    May  30,  1698. 
(Begins:     "The  king  was  pleased  last  night  to  determine  that  Coll.  Nichol 
son  should  be  Governour  of  Virginia,  and  gave  mee  leave  to  acquaint  your 
Grace  with  it  wch  I  said  I  was  sure  would  please  you  very  much  ....") 
930.  38.  Letter  from  Mr.  Henry  Dodwell  to  Archbishop  Tenison.    August 
29,  1700. 

(Urges  that  the  plantations  should  have  bishops  of  their  own.) 
933.  91.  Proposals  for  "attempting  some  Advantageous  Acquisition  from 
the  Spaniards  in  the  West  Indies:  particularly  ....  the  Isthmus 
of  Darien."    n.  d. 
933.  92.  "The  method  propos'd  for  the  Execution  of  the  aforesaid  (see 

933.  91)  Design."    n.  d. 
937.  20.  "  An  Abstract  of  Mr.  Cordiner's  Journall." 

(Begins:  "Being  admitted  a  missionary  of  the  Honble  Society  for  the 
Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts,  to  Shrewsbury  Parish  in  Cecil 
County,  Maryland."  Relates  numerous  difficulties  experienced  in  getting 
out  to  sea,  where,  on  the  third  day  out,  he  was  taken  prisoner  by  the  French 
October  10,  1707;  also  an  account  of  his  hardships  while  prisoner  in 
France.) 


Lambeth  Palace  Library. 

941.  4.  Minutes  of  the  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts.  June  19,  1704. 

941.  9.  Letter  to  Archbishop  Tenison  from  James  Blair,  President  of  the 
College  of  Williamsburgh,  concerning  the  affairs  of  that  college. 
Williamsburgh  in  Virginia,  September  2,  1706.  (P.) 

941.  16.  Address  to  the  Bishop  of  London  from  the  Episcopalians  of  Strat 
ford,  Connecticut,  complaining  of  the  ill-treatment  received  from 
the  Dissenters.  April  I,  1707. 

941.  24.  Letter  from  Col.  Francis  Nicholson  to  Archbishop  Tenison.  May 
22,  1710.  (H.) 

(Relates  chiefly  to  the  need  of  a  bishop  for  the  colonies  and  the  sending  of 
some  missionaries  among  the  Indians.) 

941.  39.  Letter  from  Queen  Anne  to  Archbishop  Tenison  requiring  a  col 
lection  in  the  city  of  London,  and  elsewhere,  for  the  Society  for 
Propagating  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts.  May  18,  1714. 

941.  71.  "  The  Memorial  of  Thomas  Bray,  D.  D.,  Relating  to  the  Libraries 
sent  into  America  ".  1704. 

(Begins:     "First  there  are  30  Parochial  Libraries  already  sent  into  His 
Majties  Plantations  in  America.") 

941.  72.  "  A  Draught  of  a  Bill  For  Converting  the  Negros,  etc.,  In  the 
Plantations."  n.  d. 

941.  73.  "  The  Missionaries  Library  Reviewed  and  Corrected  and  Enlarged 

(according  to  Order)  by  the  Committee  on  the  I3th  Instant  etc." 
(Endorsed :    Missionary's  Library  etc.    Approved  by  the  Society,  15  March 
1705-) 

942.  45.  "  Extract  from  the  Journals  of  Virginia  and  Maryland  of  1691- 

92-1694  shewing  how  acceptable  Coll :  Francis  Nicholson  hath  been 
and  is  to  those  Governments." 

942.  48.  Copy  of  the  charter  of  William  and  Mary  College,  Virginia. 
Dated  8  Feb.  4  Wm.  and  Mary. 

942.  49.  "  Remarks  from  [on]  the  Charter  of  William  and  Mary  College 
in  Virginia."  n.  d. 

942.  50.  Paper  beginning  "  Sir  E.  Andr.  [os]  is  an  enemy  to  the  College 
of  W.  and  M.  in  Virga."  n.  d. 

942.  82.  Copy  of  Geo.  Everett's  Memorial  to  the  Lords  of  the  Councill, 
appointing  a  Committee  of  Trade  and  Plantations.  London,  Feb 
ruary  25,  1694/5. 

942.  98.  Letter  to  Archbishop  Tenison  from  the  Maryland  Assembly  rela 
tive  to  acts  for  the  establishment  of  the  Protestant  religion  in  the 
province.  Annapolis,  May  22,  1695.  (P.) 

942.  149.  Letter  to  Archbishop  Tenison  from  the  churchwardens  and 
vestry  of  Trinity  Church  in  New  York  concerning  the  enmity  of 
the  then  governor  to  the  church.  May  22,  1699.  (H.) 

952.  24.  Copy  of  an  address  from  William  Vesey,  John  Sharpe,  and  Wil 

liam  Urquhar[t]  in  behalf  of  Mr.  Honyman  of  Rhode  Island, 
n.d.  (H.) 

953.  24.  Letter  from  council  and  burgesses  in  behalf  of  free  schools  in 

Maryland.     Maryland,  October  18,  1694.     (P.) 

953.  65.  Letter  from  William  Blathwayt  to  Archbishop  Tenison  touching 
Dr.  Bray's  petition  to  Lords  of  the  Treasury.  September  i/n, 
1699. 


290  Lambeth  Palace  Library. 

953.  103.  Letter  from  John  Chamberlayne  to  Archbishop  Tenison  in  which 

he  begs  "  leave  that  Coll.  Hunter's  chaplain  Mr.  Sharpe  might  be 
permitted  to  wait  on  your  Lordship  to  give  you  a  True  State  of 
the  Church  at  N.  York,  wch  both  he  and  the  Governor  are  very 
Desirous  your  Grace  should  be  inform'd  of."  August  I,  1713. 

954.  38.  John  Smith's  map  of  New  England.     (Printed  1612.) 

954.  60.  Paper  beginning  "  Sir  E.  And.  [ros]  no  real  friend  to  the  Clergy  ". 
Imperfect,  continued  in  1029.  22 ;  not  dated  or  signed,  but  in  same 
hand  as  942.  50.     (P.) 
1025.  3.  "  An  account  of  the  Revolution  at  Boston  ".     18  pp.     Against 

Governor  Andros,  18  April,  1689.    No  name.     (P.) 
1029.  22.  Imperfect.    A  continuation  of  954.  60.     (P.) 
1123.  Papers  relating  to  the  American  colonies,  three  volumes. 

I.  I.  Printed  pamphlet  entitled  A  Petition  of  W.  C.  Exhibited  to  the 
High  Court  of  Parliament  now  assembled,  for  the  propagating^  of 
the  Gospel  in  America,  and  the  West  Indies  ....  by  William 
Castell  (1641). 

I.  2.  Plain  Dealing:  or,  Newes  from  New  England  ....  by  Thomas 
Lechford  (London,  1642). 

I.  3.  Printed  paper  entitled  Proposal  for  the  Encouragement  and  Pro 
moting  of  Religion  and  Learning  in  the  Foreign  Plantations. 
Signed  by  archbishops  and  bishops.  Undated. 

I.  4.  Printed  paper  entitled  The  Present  State  of  the  Protestant  Religion 
in  Maryland.  Undated.  (P.) 

I.  5.  Will  of  Archbishop  Tenison,  containing  bequest  to  the  Society  for 
the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts.  1715.  (Printed.) 

I.  6.  Copy  of  a  petition  dated  May  27,  1725,  from  a  convention  of  Boston 
ministers  to  the  lieutenant-governor,  council  and  representatives  of 
Massachusetts,  asking  that  a  synod  be  convened.  Signed  by  Cotton 
Mather  in  the  name  of  the  ministers  assembled  in  their  general 
convention.  (P.) 

I.  7.  Copy  of  letter  from  the  Bishop  of  London  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle, 
Fulham,  August  17,  1725,  referring  to  the  above  petition  (I.  6), 
and  suggesting  that  it  may  be  unwise  to  grant  it.  (P.) 

I.   8.  Id.  from  same  to  same,  August  21,  1725,  on  same  subject.     (P.) 

I.  9.  Id.  from  same  to  same,  Fulham,  August  31,  1725,  relating  to  pro 
ceedings  of  the  council  and  representatives  of  New  England  upon 
the  petition,  I.  6.  (P.) 

I.  10.  Id.  from  Charles  Delafaye,  for  the  Lords  Justices,  Whitehall,  Sep 
tember  24,  1725,  requesting  that  further  information  be  sent  to 
the  attorney-general.  Relates  to  petition,  I.  6.  (P.) 

I.  II.  Id.  from  Charles  Delafaye  to  solicitor  and  attorney-general,  White 
hall,  September  24,  1725,  directing  investigation  of  legality  of  pro 
ceedings  with  regard  to  the  proposed  synod.  Cf.  I.  6.  (P.) 

1. 12.  Id.  from  same  to  same,  Whitehall,  September  25,  1725,  enclosing 

papers.    (P.) 

1. 13.  Id.  from  Charles  Delafaye  for  the  chief  justices  to  governor  of 

New  England,  Whitehall,  October  7,  1725,  stating  that  proposed 
synod  (cf.  I.  6)  is  illegal,  and  should,  if  in  session,  be  interrupted. 
(P.) 


Lambeth  Palace  Library.  291 

I.  14.  Copy  of  petition  of  the  Rev.  Timothy  Cutler  and  others,  for  the 
repeal  of  several  acts  passed  in  Massachusetts,  to  the  prejudice 
of  members  of  the  Church  of  England.  Addressed  to  the  king  in 
Council.  1726.  (P.) 

1. 15.  Account  of  the  steps  which  were  taken  on  the  petition  of  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Timothy  Cutler  and  others.  1727.  (P.) 

I.  1 6.  Commissio  regia  pro  exercenda  jurisdiction?  spirituali  et  ecclesias- 
tica  in  plantationibus  Americanis,  printed ;  dated,  in  writing,  April, 
1728. 

I.  17.  Letter  recommending  Robert  Auchmuty  for  governor  of  Massa 
chusetts  in  place  of  Belcher.  Boston,  June  25,  1737.  Signature 
torn  off.  (P.) 

I.  18.  Letter  from  Alexander  Garden  to  Philip  Bearcroft,  Charleston, 
May  6,  1740,  proposing  plan  for  education  of  negro  and  Indian 
slaves.  (H.) 

1. 19.  Id.  from  Philip  Bearcroft,  Charterhouse,  January  28,  1740/1.     In 

formation  regarding  converted  negroes. 

1. 20.  Id.,  Charterhouse,  February  3,  1740/1,  concerning  money  voted  by 

the  Pennsylvania  assembly,  and  relations  between  Episcopalians 
and  Dissenters.  (P.) 

I.  23.  Id.,  Charterhouse,  March  14,  1740/1,  dealing  with  attitude  of  colo 
nial  governments  toward  Episcopalians.  (P.) 

1. 24.  Letter  from  George  Whitefield,  London,  June  9,  1741,  criticising 
character  of  missionaries  sent  to  America  by  the  Society  for  the 
Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts. 

1.26.  Id.,  London,  June  18,  1741,  on  same  subject. 

1. 27.  Letter  from  Philip  Bearcroft,  Charterhouse,  June  27,  1741,  on  same 

subject,  with  copy  of  a  letter  from  George  Whitefield,  November 
30,  1740,  appended.  (H.) 

1. 28.  Printed  paper  headed  Several  Proceedings  in  the  two  late  Sittings 

of  Assembly,  on  the  Affair  of  raising  Money,  Men,  &c.,  for  the 
Expedition  now  on  foot  against  the  Spanish  West-Indies,  dated 
Pennsylvania,  1740. 

1. 29.  Letter  from  George  Whitefield,  dated  at  sea,  July  28,   1741,  on 

character  of  the  missionaries  sent  to  the  colonies  by  the  Society 
for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts.  Cf.  I.  24,  26. 
(H.) 

I.  30.  Bishop  of  Oxford  to  Whitefield,  dated  Cuddesden,  September  17, 
1741,  answering  Whitefield's  objections.  (H.) 

I.  35.  Letter  from  Samuel  Johnson,  Stratford,  Conn.,  July  25,  1745,  deal 
ing  with  training  of  missionaries  in  colonial  colleges,  and  the  need 
of  bishops  in  America. 

I.  36.  Copy  of  letter  from  Bishop  of  Oxford  to  Samuel  Johnson,  West 
minster,  March  8,  1745/6,  on  same  subjects.  (H.) 

I.  37.  Printed  paper  entitled  Abstract  of  Two  Letters  from  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Hoedmaeker,  and  the  Rev.  M.  Pietat  ....  containing  what  they 
offer  to  the  Consideration  of  the  Ministers  of  His  Majesty's  Dutch 
Chapel  at  St.  James's,  and  the  Dutch  Minister  of  London,  and 
what  they  desire  of  them  in  Behalf  of  the  Palatines  in  Pensilvania. 
(1746).  A  plea  for  aid  in  supporting  the  clergy. 


292  Lambeth  Palace  Library. 

1. 38.  Letter  from  the  Church  of  England  clergy  in  New  England  and  New 
York,  dated  June  I,  1748.  Congratulation  on  accession  to  the 
archbishopric.  18  signatures. 

I.  39.  Id.  from  H.  Frankland  to  his  uncle,  London,  December  13,  1748, 
describing  state  of  religion  in  New  England,  from  Church  of  Eng 
land  standpoint.  (P.) 

1.40.  Id.,  from   Samuel  Johnson.     Undated.     Criticising  New  England 

government.  "  Liberty  is  here  Licentiousness ;  a  Junto  rule  ",  and 
it  would  be  advisable  for  the  Crown  to  resume  the  government. 

1. 41.  Letters  from  William  Gibbs,  Simsbury,  October  9,  and  Hartford 

gaol,  December  28,  1749,  complaining  of  injustice  that  Episco 
palians  should  be  forced  to  contribute  to  support  of  a  Dissenting 
minister,  and  enclosing  copy  of  the  warrant  for  his  commitment 
for  non-payment  of  church  rates. 

1. 42.  Letter  from  Samuel  Johnson,  Stratford,  March  5,  1749/50,  dealing 

with  subject  of  bishops  for  New  England. 

1. 43.  Minutes  of  meeting  of  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel 

in  Foreign  Parts,  April  20,  1750,  containing  reports  from  mis 
sionaries  in  Newport,  Narragansett,  Newbury,  Providence,  etc. 

1. 44.  Letter  from  Henry  Barclay,  New  York,  April  9,  1750.    A  plea  for 

bishops. 

1. 45.  Paper  beginning  "  To  the  Kings   Most  Excellent   Majesty,   The 

Humble  Petition  of  Hans  Jacob  Reimsperger,  Late  of  Tuggenburgh 
in  Switzerland,  now  of  Saxe  Gotha  in  South  Carolina,  relating  to 
Swiss  and  German  settlers  in  South  Carolina.  Undated. 

1. 47.  Minutes  of  meeting  of  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel 

in  Foreign  Parts,  July  20,  1750.  Reports  of  troubles  on  the  ques 
tion  of  church  rates. 

1. 48.  Paper  by  Philip  Bearcroft  beginning  "  The  Charter  of  the  Colony 

of  Connecticut,"  relating  to  Presbyterian  assumption  of  position 
of  established  church.  Undated. 

1. 49-50.  Papers  relating  to  finances  of  the  Society  for  the  Propagation  of 
the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts.  1750. 

I.  51.  Letter  of  H.  Walpole,  London,  January  2,  1750/1,  relating  to  the 
establishment  of  bishops  in  West  Indies. 

I.  52.  Letter  from  George  Cadogan  et  a/.,  Augusta,  August  31,  1751,  on 
church  affairs  in  Georgia.  (H.) 

I.  53-56.  Papers  relating  to  collection  of  funds  for  the  Society  for  the 
Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts.  1751/1752. 

1. 60.  Copy  of  a  letter  from  Jonathan  Edwards  to  Joseph  Paice,  Stock- 
bridge,  February  24,  1752,  relating  to  education  of  Indians,  and 
contrasting  French  and  English  policies  in  this  matter. 

I.  61.  Letter  of  Joseph  Paice  referring  to  Edwards's  letter.  London,  July 
18,  1752. 

I.  62.  Minutes  of  the  Society  for  the  Pennsylvanian  Germans.  London, 
March  23,  1753. 

1. 63.  Letter  from  Samuel  Johnson,  Stratford,  June  25,  1753,  introducing 
William  Smith  and  commending  his  defence  of  the  proposed  col 
lege  against  newspaper  and  other  opposition. 

I.  64.  Id.,  June  25,  1753,  mentioning  Independent  Whig  and  Independent 
Reflector. 


Lambeth  Palace  Library.  293 

1. 65-68.  Letters  recommending-  William  Smith,  from  Samuel  Seabury, 
et  al.,  John  Ogilvie,  Henry  Barclay,  James  De  Lancey,  and  Th. 
Penn.  June  25,  1753. 

I.  69.  Letter  from  Timothy  Cutler,  Boston,  August  30,  1753,  on  contro 
versial  pamphlets  published  in  New  England  on  the  state  of  the 
church. 

I.  70.  Id.  from  Benjamin  Avery,  Guy's  Hospital,  November  9,  1753,  deal 
ing  with  the  case  of  John  Pitts. 

I.  71.  Id.  from  David  Thomson,  Amsterdam,  November  16,  1753,  refer 
ring  to  English  assistance  in  his  labors. 

I.  72.  Extract  from  letter  of  Thomas  Prince,  Boston,  December  31,  1753, 
dwelling  upon  liberality  of  treatment  accorded  to  Episcopalians  in 
Boston.  (P.) 

I.  73.  Letter  from  Samuel  Chandler,  London,  February  5,  1754,  dealing 
with  German  emigrants  to  Pennsylvania. 

1. 74.  Copy  of  letter  from  Archbishop  to  Samuel  Chandler,  Croydon 
House,  February  7,  1754,  on  same  subject. 

I.  75.  Letter  from  Samuel  Chandler,  London,  February  26,  1754,  on  same 
subject. 

I.  76.  Id.,  London,  March  17,  1754,  on  same  subject. 

I.  77.  Id.  from  Samuel  Johnson,  New  York,  July  10,  1754,  mentioning 
proposed  college  in  New  York. 

I.  78.  Id.,  July  10,  1754. 

1. 81.  Id.  from  Timothy  Cutler,  Boston,  August  28,  1754,  on  controversial 
publications  in  the  colonies,  and  giving  opinion  of  Jonathan 
Edwards,  "  A  New  Light  ". 

I.  82.  Dr.  MacSparran's  narrative  of  the  lawsuit  concerning  the  glebe  land 
at  Narragansett  in  New  England.  (1752^.) 

I.  83.  Letter  from  William  Smith,  Philadelphia,  October  17,  1754,  plead 
ing  for  more  missionaries  on  the  frontiers. 

I.  84.  The  Charter  of  the  College  of  New  York,  in  America.    1754. 

I.  85.  Letter  from  Samuel  Johnson,  Stratford,  October  25,  1754,  dealing 
with  troubles  with  Dissenters.  (H.) 

I.  88.  Id.  from  Timothy  Cutler,  Boston,  January  i,  1755,  giving  informa 
tion  concerning  William  McClenachan. 
11.89.  Id-    fr°m   Philip   Bearcroft,   Charterhouse,   January    18,    1755,   on 

church  affairs  in  New  England.     (H.) 

II.  91.  Paper  entitled  "  Some  Hints  humbly  offer'd.  With  a  View  to  the 
preserving,  supporting  and  propagating,  the  great  Interests  of 
Christianity  and  the  Protestant  Religion,  amongst  the  numerous 
Body  of  German  and  Swiss  Emigrants,  settled  in  the  Backparts  of 
the  Province  of  Pennsylvania  &c.,  and  for  encouraging  them  and 

their  Children  to  learn  the  English  Language  " Undated. 

II.  92.  Letter  from  Samuel  Chandler,  London,  February  3,  1755,  on  educa 
tion  of  German  settlers  in  Pennsylvania. 
II.  93.  Id.,  February  24,  1755,  on  same  subject. 

II.  94.  Id.  from  Archbishop  to  Bishop  of  Oxford,  Croydon  House,  Feb 
ruary  27,  1755,  on  same  subject. 

II.  95.  Id.  from  Bishop  of  Oxford  to  Archbishop,  London,  March  I,  1755, 
on  same  subject. 


294  Lambeth  Palace  Library. 

II.  96.  Address  of  churchwardens  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Narragansett, 
South  Kingston,  March  17,  1755,  concerning  difficulties  with  the 
Dissenters.  (H.) 

II.  97.  Extract  from  a  letter  to  Dr.  MacSparran  from  one  of  his  parish 
ioners  "  unless  all  the  Colonys  be  reduced  to  some  uniformity  in 
Government  and  are  by  Some  Means  reduced  to  a  single  Direction 
we  are  all  undone,  and  shall  sooner  or  later,  be  reduced  to  Colonys 
of  France  ".  Narragansett,  March  27,  1755. 

II.  105.  Letter  from  William  Smith,  Philadelphia,  November  i,  1756,  begin 
ning  "  The  Misery  and  distress  of  this  unhappy  Province,  bleeding 
under  the  murderous  Knives  of  a  Savage  Enemy,  instigated  and 
led  on  by  Popish  Cruelty  ....  and  the  Confusion  arising  from  a 
Quaker  Government."  Deals  with  the  missionaries,  and  criticizes 
the  government. 

II.  106.  Id.  from  Thomas  Coram,  suggesting  founding  of  a  college  at 
Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  to  be  called  King's  College.  Undated. 

II.  109.  Id.  from  Thomas  Barton,  York,  Pennsylvania,  March  12,  1757, 
dealing  with  conditions  since  Braddock's  defeat. 

II.  no.  Supplement  to  the  Pennsylvania  Journal,  No.  782,  dated  Philadel 
phia,  October  29,  1757,  containing  letter  of  William  Moore  to  Gov. 
Denny,  defending  his  conduct. 

II.  in.  Letter  from  Samuel  Johnson,  New  York,  December  5,  1757,  deal 
ing  with  need  of  bishops,  and  vacancies  in  the  ministry. 

II.  112.  Id.  of  William  Smith,  dated  Philadelphia  County  Gaol,  February 
7,  1758,  criticizing  Quaker  policy.  (P.) 

II.  113.  Paper  entitled  "A  Brief  Narrative  of  the  Case  of  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Smith  ",  giving  an  account  of  his  imprisonment  for  publication  of 
letter  of  Moore.  Cf.  II.  no.  (P.) 

II.  114.  Letter  from  Robert  McKean  to  Dr.  Bearcroft,  New  Brunswick, 
New  Jersey,  February  5,  1758,  about  the  case  of  William  Smith. 

(P-) 

II.  115.  Extract  from  a  letter  of  William  Allen  to  Dr.  Chandler,  Philadel 
phia,  February  4,  1758,  criticizing  the  government  of  the  colony. 

II.  1 1 6.  Paper  entitled  "The  humble  Address  of  the  Governors  of  the 
College  of  the  Province  of  New  York ".  New  York,  May  27, 

1758. 

II.  117.  Copy  of  the  Public  Advertiser,  London,  June  9,  1758,  containing 
letter  of  Gov.  Denny  to  Pennsylvania  Assembly,  dated  April  27, 
1758. 

II.  118.  "The  humble  Address  of  the  Clergy  of  the  Provinces  of  New 
York  and  New  Jersey  in  America  ".  New  York,  June  22,  1758.  A 
request  for  bishops,  and  announcement  of  first  commencement  of 
King's  College. 

II.  119.  Letter  from  Samuel  Fayerweather,  New  York,  July  3,  1758,  con 
taining  reference  to  first  commencement  at  King's  College. 

II.  121.  Copy  of  letter  from  the  Archbishop  to  Samuel  Johnson.  Lambeth, 
September  27,  1758.  Brief  notes  of  colonial  affairs.  (H.) 

II.  122.  Letter  from  the  Church  of  England  clergy  in  Connecticut.  Octo 
ber  5,  1758.  Congratulations  on  accession  to  the  archbishopric. 

II.  123.  Id.  from  Samuel  Johnson,  New  York,  October  25,  1758,  about 
candidates  for  the  ministry. 


Lambeth  Palace  Library.  295 

II.  124.  Id.  from  Robert  Jenney,  Philadelphia,  November  27,  1758,  criti 
cizing  William  Smith.  (P.) 

II.  125.  Letters  from  William  Allen  and  Richard  Peters,  Philadelphia, 
November  28,  1758,  on  the  education  of  German  settlers,  and  the 
case  of  William  Smith. 

II.  130.  Letter  from  Samuel  Johnson,  New  York,  March  20,  1759,  mention 
ing  the  Independent  Reflector  and  other  colonial  publications.  (H.) 

II.  132.  Id.  from  Henry  Caner,  Boston,  April  7,  1759,  on  the  subject  of  a 
mission  in  Cambridge.  "  Socinianism,  Deism,  and  other  bad  Princi 
ples  find  too  much  Countenance  among  us."  (P.) 

II.  133.  Id.  from  Samuel  Johnson,  New  York,  April  15,  1759,  on  same 
subject. 

II.  136.  Minutes  of  a  council  at  Philadelphia  on  the  bill  against  lotteries 
and  plays.  Philadelphia,  June  2,  1759. 

II.  139.  Copy  of  report  of  the  attorney  and  solicitor-general  in  the  case  of 
Rev.  Dr.  Smith.  London,  June  2,  1759. 

II.  140.  Letter  from  William  Smith,  June  25,  1759,  about  his  case. 

II.  141.  Copy  of  the  minutes  of  the  Committee  of  Council  in  Dr.  Smith's 
case.  London,  June  26,  1759. 

II.  143.  Copy  of  letter  from  the  Archbishop  to  Dr.  Jenney,  Lambeth,  July 
18,  1759,  about  Smith's  case. 

II.  144.  Id.  to  Henry  Caner,  Lambeth,  July  19,  1759,  about  the  proposed 
Cambridge  mission.  (P.) 

II.  145.  Id.  to  Samuel  Johnson,  Lambeth,  July  19,  1759,  on  same  subject. 

II.  146.  Letter  from  Samuel  Johnson,  New  York,  July  25,  1759,  giving  an 
account  of  church  and  missions.  (H.) 

II.  147.  Id.  from  the  churchwardens  of  Christ  Church,  Philadelphia,  Octo 
ber  3,  1759,  about  William  Macclenachan  and  other  clergymen. 

II.  149.  Id.  from  William  Spurgeon,  Philadelphia,  November  29,  1758, 
pleading  for  bishops,  and  giving  an  account  of  William  Smith's 
case. 

11.150.  Paper  docketed  "Case  of  Rev.  William  Smith  of  Philadelphia". 
London,  January  27,  1759. 

II.  151.  Letter  from  J.  Wetmore  to  Dr.  Johnson,  Rye,  October  12,  1759, 
about  the  case  of  Dr.  Beach. 

II.  152.  Id.  from  Samuel  Johnson,  New  York,  October  20,  1759,  about  the 
Cambridge  mission,  college  and  church  affairs. 

II.  153.  Paper  docketed  "  Remonstrance  of  the  Clergy  of  Pennsylvania 
against  Mr.  Macclenachan  ".  Philadelphia,  October  21,  1759. 

II.  154.  Letter  from  William  Smith,  Philadelphia,  October  21,  1759,  chiefly 
about  William  Macclenachan,  with  references  to  events  of  the  war. 

II.  155.  Id.  from  Samuel  Johnson,  Stratford,  October  29,  1759,  dealing 
with  relations  toward  Dissenters.  (H.) 

II.  156.  Id.  from  William  Smith,  Philadelphia,  November  27,  1759,  giving 
an  account  of  religious  affairs  in  the  colony,  with  estimate  of 
numbers  belonging  to  various  denominations,  and  details  of  griev 
ances  in  Christ's  Church. 

II.  158.  Copy  of  letter  from  William  Smith  to  Thomas  Penn,  November, 
1759,  in  defence  of  lotteries. 

II.  159.  Letter  from  Henry  Caner,  January,  1760,  on  the  Macclenachan 
affair. 


296  Lambeth  Palace  Library. 

II.  162.  "  Observations  and  Questions  concerning  the  Barbadoes  Estate  ". 

January  26,  1760. 
II.  163.  Letter  from  Abraham  Immer  to  the  Society  for  the  Propagation 

of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts,  February  14,  1760,  appealing  for 

assistance.     (In  Latin.) 
II.  164.  Id.  London,  February  15,  1760,  expressing  thanks,  and  hope  for 

continued  protection  of  his  church  in  Carolina.     (In  French.) 
II.  165.  Id.  from  Samuel  Johnson,   Stratford,  Connecticut,  February   15, 

1760,  dealing  with  affairs  of  King's  College. 
II.  166.  Id.  from  Henry  Barclay,  in  behalf  of  Committee  of  Governors  of 

King's  College,  New  York,  February  16,  1760,  on  same  subject. 
II.  167.  Extract  from  the  last  will  of  Gov.  Christopher  Codrington,  be 
queathing  estates  in  Barbadoes  to  the  Society  for  the  Propagation 

of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts.    Undated. 

II.  168.  Letter  from  Bishop  Drummond,  London,  February  29,  1760,  deal 
ing  with  Barbadoes  plantations. 
II.  169.  Id.  from  Archbishop  to  Bishop  Drummond,  Lambeth,  March  3, 

1760,  on  same  subject. 
II.  170.  "  Memorandum  for  Mr.  Trecothie  of  some  Covenants  proper  for 

a  Lease  of  the  Society's  Plantations."     (Barbadoes.)     March  n, 

1760. 

II.  171.  Letter  from  Bishop  Drummond.    London,  March  15,  1760. 
II.  172.  Draft  of  a  letter  from  the  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel 

in  Foreign  Parts  to  their  attornies  in  Barbadoes.    March  15,  1760. 
II.  174.  Copy  of  letter  from  Samuel  Nicolls  to  Dr.  Jenner  et  al.,  London, 

March  25,  1760,  about  William  Macclenachan. 
II.  175.  Paper  entitled  "  Mr.  Morton  abt  Philadelphia  College."    April  12, 

1760.    Note  on  the  support  of  Pennsylvania  College  by  lotteries. 
II.  176.  Letter  from  Thomas  Penn,  Philadelphia,  April  12,  1760,  on  same 

subject. 
II.  177.  Paper  entitled  "  The  humble  Petition  of  a  poor  negro  Woman, 

commonly  called  by  the  name  of  Esther  Smith."     July  19,  1760. 

Appeal  of  a  slave  born  in  New  York  and  brought  to  England. 
II.  178.  Letter  from  Lord  Hardwicke,  London,  July  19,  1760,  delivering 

opinion  that  a  slave  brought  to  England  is  still  a  slave,  and  that 

baptism  does  not  alter  this  status. 
II.  179.  Id.  from  Dr.  Squire,  Greenwich,  July  20,  1760,  concerning  Esther 

Smith. 

II.  180.  Id.  July  21,  1760. 
II.  181.  Id.  from  Silas  Told  on  same  subject.    Undated.    Received  August 

20,  1760. 
II.  182.  Id.  from  Churchwardens  and  vestrymen,  Westchester,  August  I, 

1760,  requesting  appointment  of  a  missionary. 
II.  183.  "  Minutes  of  a  Convention  or  voluntary  Meeting  of  the  Episcopal 

Clergy  of  Pennsylvania  ",  Philadelphia,  April  30,  1760. 
II.  184.  "  Some  Account  of  the  Missions  in  Pennsylvania,  etc.,  delivered 

in  at  a  Convention  of  the  Clergy  of  that  Province  ",  Philadelphia, 

May  2,  1760. 
II.  186.  Letter  from  Presbyterian  ministers  of  Pennsylvania,  May  24,  1760, 

in  behalf  of  William  Macclenachan.     18  signatures. 


Lambeth  Palace  Library.  297 

II.  187.  "  The  humble  Address  of  the  Missionaries  and  other  Clergy  of  the 
Church  of  England  residing  in  and  near  the  Province  of  Penn 
sylvania  ",  1760,  setting  forth  difficulties  facing  the  churches.  (P.) 

II.  188.  Letter  from  Thomas  Penn,  Spring  Garden,  June  13,  1760,  enclos 
ing  copy  of  minutes  of  assembly  on  subject  of  lotteries. 

II.  189.  Id.  from  William  Smith,  July  I,  1760,  on  church  affairs  in  Penn 
sylvania.  (P.) 

II.  190-191.  Id.  from  Samuel  Johnson,  New  York,  July  13-30,  1760,  deal 
ing  with  affairs  of  church  and  colony.  Postscript  mentions  death 
of  Gov.  De  Lancey,  and  importance  that  his  successor  be  "  not  only 
a  good  Statesman,  but  a  Friend  to  Religion  and  the  Church." 
Printed  in  Hawks  and  Perry's  Connecticut,  I.  310-315. 

II.  193.  Copy  of  letter  from  Archbishop  to  Lord  Barrington,  Lambeth, 
August  22,  1760,  referring  to  Ogilvie  and  the  Mohawk  Indians. 

II.  194.  Letter  from  several  members  of  the  Church  of  England  at  Phila 
delphia,  on  behalf  of  William  Macclenachan.  Undated.  Received 
August  23,  1760. 

II.  195.  Id.  from  William  Macclenachan,  giving  an  account  of  himself. 
Undated.  Received  August  23,  1760. 

II.  196.  Id.  from  William  Smith,  Philadelphia,  August  26,  1760,  stating 
his  position. 

II.  197.  Id.  from  Lord  Barrington,  War  Office,  August  28,  1760,  dealing 
with  question  of  places  of  worship  and  chaplains  for  the  army  in 
America. 

II.  198.  Minutes  of  Committee  of  Council  about  bills  from  Pennsylvania, 
August  27,  28,  1760. 

II.  199.  Letter  from  Bishop  Drummond,  Brodsworth,  September  24,  1760, 
about  Barbadoes. 

II.  200.  An  extract  from  the  books  of  the  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the 
Gospel  ....  dated  1760,  relating  to  Mr.  Macclenachan. 

II.  201.  Letter  from  Samuel  Nicolls,  Northall,  Middlesex,  October  3,  1760, 
about  William  Macclenachan. 

II.  205.  Id.  from  Henry  Caner,  Boston,  October  6,  1760. 

II.  206.  Copy  of  letter  from  Archbishop  to  Macclenachan,  Lambeth,  October 
9,  1760,  reviewing  his  case. 

II.  207.  Id.  to  William  Smith,  Lambeth,  October  12,  1760,  about  the  Phila 
delphia  convention  of  clergymen. 

II.  208.  Id.  to  same,  Lambeth,  October  20,  1760,  containing  reference  to 
Free-Masons. 

II.  213.  Id.  to  Samuel  Johnson,  Lambeth,  November  4,  1760,  chiefly  about 
King's  College.  (H.) 

II.  214.  Draft  of  proxy  for  Archbishop's  representative  on  board  of  gov 
ernors  of  King's  College,  dated  1760. 
III.  216.  Letter  from  Samuel  Johnson,  New  York,  November  24,  1760,  on 

colonial  publications  and  affairs  of  King's  College. 

III.  217.  Copy  of  letter  from  Archbishop  to  Samuel  Johnson,  Lambeth, 
January  20,  1761,  dealing  with  affairs  of  King's  College  and  atti 
tude  of  the  king  toward  the  American  churches. 

III.  218.  Letter  from  Episcopal  clergymen  of  Boston  and  vicinity,  Boston, 
January  26,  1761,  enclosing  No.  219.  16  signatures. 


298  Lambeth  Palace  Library. 

III.  219.  Address  from  ministers  in  and  about  Boston  to  George  the  Third. 

1761.    A  note  states  that  it  was  not  presented,  because  it  asked  for 

bishops. 
III.  224.  Letter  of  Samuel  Johnson,  New  York,  May  2,  1761,  concerning 

candidates  for  the  ministry,  and  the  question  of  bishops. 
III.  225,  226.  Address  of  the  Governors  of  the  College  in  the  Province  of 

New  York  to  George  III.    May  12,  1761.    2  copies. 
III.227.  Letter  from  Samuel  Johnson,  New  York,  May  20,  1761,  chiefly  on 

college  affairs. 

III.  228.  Draft  of  projected  address  enclosed  in  No.  224. 
111.229.  Letter  from  Jean  Moore  to  Bourdillon,  London,  May  21,  1761,  in 

relation  to  Abraham  Immer.     (In  French.) 
III.  230.  Id.  from  Bourdillon  to  Jean  Moore,  May  22,  1761,  dealing  with 

Immer's  position  in  Carolina. 
III.  231.  Id.  from  Episcopal  clergy  of  Philadelphia,  Philadelphia,  May  28, 

1761,  dealing  with  William  Macclenachan. 

III.  233.  Id.  from  Samuel  Johnson,  New  York,  June  14,  1761,  on  church 
affairs. 

III.  234.  Id.  from  Charles  Inglis,  Dover,  June  21,  1761,  containing  refer 
ences  to  Dunkards. 

III.  235.  Id.  from  William  Smith,  Philadelphia,  July  20,  1761,  about  church 
matters. 

III.  236.  Id.  August  20,  1761. 

III.  238.  Copy  of  letter  from  Archbishop  to  William  Smith,  Lambeth,  Octo 
ber  10,  1761,  about  church  matters. 

III.  242.  Memoranda  of  letter  from  Archbishop  to  Samuel  Johnson,  Decem 
ber  10,  1761. 

III.  244.  Letter  from  George  Harrison,  New  York,  January  2,  1762,  about 
church  affairs  on  Long  Island.  (H.) 

III.  245.  Id.  from  Samuel  Johnson,  New  York,  January  9,  1762,  on  King's 
College  affairs. 

111.246.  Id.  from  Henry  Barclay,  New  York,  January  n,  1762,  in  behalf 
of  committee  of  governors  of  King's  College. 

III.  247.  Id.  of  Archbishop  of  York  to  Dr.  Burton,  London,  January  23, 

1762,  about  estate  in  Barbadoes. 

III.  250.  Id.  from  Henry  Barclay,  New  York,  February  12,  1762,  in  behalf 
of  committee  of  governors  of  King's  College.  Duplicate  of  no. 
246. 

111.251.  Id.  from   Samuel   Johnson,    New   York,   February   27,    1762,  on 
church  matters. 

111.252.  Id.  from  Dr.  Bentham,  Christ  Church,  March  n,  1762,  referring 
to  Mr.  Cooper's  leaving  Oxford  for  New  York  College,  and  the 
Archbishop's  patronage  of  the  college. 

III.  254.  Letter  from  Myles  Cooper,  Queen's  College,  Oxford,  March  15, 
1762,  relative  to  his  appointment  in  the  College  of  New  York. 

III.  255.  Archbishop's  reply  to  Mr.  Cooper  approving  of  his  having  reason 
able  time  to  prepare  for  his  voyage.  An  unsigned  copy. 

III.  256.  Letter  from  Mr.  Cooper,  Queen's  College,  Oxford,  March  24,  1762, 
stating  that  he  is  ready  to  sail  for  New  York. 

111.257.  Id.  from  William  Smith,  London,  March  29,  1762,  about  college 
affairs,  and  need  of  more  missionaries. 


Lambeth  Palace  Library.  299 

III.258.  An  Humble  Representation.  By  William  Smith,  D.  D.,  Provost 
of  the  College,  Academy,  and  Charitable  School  of  Philadelphia; 
in  Behalf  of  the  said  Seminary,  and  by  Appointment  of  the  Trus 
tees  thereof.  1762. 

III.  259.  Id.  from  Samuel  Johnson,  New  York,  April  10,  1762,  on  church 
and  college  affairs.  (H.) 

III.  262.  "  An  humble  Address  of  the  Governors  of  the  College  of  the  prov 
ince  of  New  York  ",  May  14,  1762,  on  the  need  of  funds. 

III.  263.  Letter  from  George  Harison,  New  York,  July  5,  1762,  asking  for 
recommendation  as  judge  of  vice-admiralty  court. 

III.  264.  Id.  from  James  Jay,  July  19,  1762,  on  the  plan  for  raising  funds 
for  King's  College. 

III.  265.  Id.  July  21,  1762. 

III.  268.  Id.  from  William  Smith  and  James  Jay,  London,  August  9,  1762, 
on  funds  for  the  colleges. 

III.  269.  Id.  from  Henry  Caner,  Boston,  August  9,  1762,  on  a  rival  society 
for  converting  the  Indians.  (P.) 

III.  270.  Printed  paper  headed  "  Colleges  of  Philadelphia  and  New  York, 
in  America."  August  19,  1762.  A  grant  from  king  to  collect 
money  in  Great  Britain  and  Ireland. 

III.  271.  An  Act  to  incorporate  certain  Persons  by  the  Name  of  the  Society 
for  propagating  Christian  Knowledge  among  the  Indians  of  North 
America.  1762. 

III.  273.  Letter  from  William  Smith,  London,  September  27,  1762,  about 
Mr.  Harison. 

111.275.  ^.  from  James  Jay,  September  30,  1762,  on  collections  for  the 
colleges. 

III.  276.  Copy  of  letter  from  Archbishop  to  Bishop  of  London,  Lambeth, 
October  5,  1762,  on  a  "  Society  for  propagating  Christian  Knowl 
edge  among  the  Indians  in  North  America." 

III.  277.  Id.  to  Henry  Caner,  October  6,  1762,  on  same  subject.     (P.) 

III.  278.  Id.  to  Samuel  Johnson,  Lambeth,  October  6,  1762,  on  controversial 
publications,  and  the  rival  society.  (H.) 

111.279.  Id-  frorn  Bishop  of  London,  Bath,  October  n,  1762,  on  the  rival 
society.  (P.) 

III.  281.  Id.  from  William  Smith,  London,  November  22,  1762,  on  the  rival 
society.  (P.) 

III.  282.  Paper  entitled :  "  Remarks  on  an  Act  lately  passed  in  the  Massa 
chusetts  Government  erecting  and  incorporating  a  New  Society 
'  for  propagating  Christian  Knowledge  among  the  Indians  in  Amer 
ica  ' ",  by  William  Smith.  (Nos.  269,  273-282,  287-289,  294,  309, 
refer  to  this  act.)  (P.) 

III.  283.  Letter  from  Francis  Alison,  Philadelphia,  December  2,  1762,  about 
funds  for  freeing  captives  from  among  the  Indians. 

111.284.  Id.  from  Myles  Cooper,  New  York,  December  2,  1762,  about 
King's  College. 

III.  285.  Id.  from  Anthony  Benezet,  Philadelphia,  December  4,  1762,  against 
the  slave  trade. 

III.  286.  Id.  from  Samuel  Johnson,  New  York,  December  5,  1762,  about 
King's  College. 

111.287.  Id.  from  Bishop  of  York,  London,  December  n,  1762,  about  the 
new  society. 


300  Lambeth  Palace  Library. 

III.  288.  Id.  from  Henry  Caner,  Boston,  December  23,  1762,  on  same  sub 
ject.  (P.) 

III.  289.  Id.  from  Samuel  Johnson,  New  York,  January  6,  1763,  on  same 
subject.  (H.) 

III.  290.  Id.  from  Henry  Caner,  Boston,  January  7,  1763,  about  contro 
versial  literature  published  by  Dissenters.  (P.) 

III.  291.  "  The  Address  of  the  Trustees  of  the  College,  Academy  and  Charity 
School  in  the  City  of  Philadelphia".  Philadelphia,  January  II, 
1763.  A  letter  of  thanks. 

III.  292.  Letter  from  Richard  Peters,  Philadelphia,  January  15,  1763,  on 
church  and  college  affairs. 

III.  294.  Id.  from  Edward  Chester,  London,  February  I,  1763,  on  the  new 
society. 

III.  295.  Id.  from  Jacob  Duche,  Philadelphia,  February  4,  1763,  on  church 
affairs. 

III.  296.  A  letter  of  thanks  on  behalf  of  the  college  from  governors  of 
King's  College.  New  York,  February  6,  1763. 

III.  297.  Letter  from  John  Burton,  Eton  College,  February  25,  1763,  about 
Barbadoes. 

III.  298.  Id.  from  members  of  St.  Andrew's  Church  in  Simsbury,  Connecti 
cut,  appealing  for  aid  for  the  church.  Undated.  Received  March, 
1763.  29  signatures. 

III.  300.  Copy  of  letter  from  Archbishop  to  Samuel  Johnson,  Lambeth, 
March  30,  1763,  on  church  affairs.  (H.) 

III.  301.  Id.  to  Henry  Caner,  Lambeth,  March  30,  1763,  dealing  with  the 
troubles  with  Dissenters.  (P.) 

III.  305.  Id.  to  Richard  Peters,  Lambeth,  April  18,  1763,  on  the  same  sub 
ject.  (H.) 

III.  306.  Id.  from  Anthony  Benezet,  Philadelphia,  April  24,  1763,  against 
the  slave  trade. 

III.  309.  Id.  from  Henry  Caner,  Boston,  June  8,  1763,  on  troubles  with  the 
Dissenters.  (P.) 

III.3H.  Id.  from  Myles  Cooper,  New  York,  June  23,  1763,  on  King's 
College  affairs. 

III.  316.  Id.  from  Samuel  Johnson,  Stratford,  August  10,  1763,  concerning 
bishops  and  missions.  (H.) 

III.  317.  Id.  from  Henry  Caner,  Boston,  August  16,  1763,  on  the  "  Estab 
lished  Church  "  of  New  England.  (P.) 

III.  319.  Copy  of  letter  from  Archbishop  to  Henry  Caner,  Lambeth,  Sep 
tember  15,  1763,  chiefly  about  the  rival  society.  (H.) 

III.  320.  Id.  to  Jacob  Duche,  Lambeth,  September  15,  1763,  stating  that 
there  is  danger  of  the  college  of  Philadelphia  becoming  "  a  mere 
Presbyterian  faction."  (P.) 

111.321.  Letter  from  Archbishop  of  York,  September  15,  1763,  dealing 
with  Barbadoes. 

III.  322.  Copy  of  letter  from  Archbishop  to  H.  Barclay,  September  19,  1763, 
on  King's  College  affairs. 

III.  323.  Id.  to  Myles  Cooper,  Lambeth,  September  19,  1763,  on  same  sub 
ject. 

III.  324.  Id.  from  Myles  Cooper,  New  York,  September  23,  1763,  on  same 
subject. 


Lambeth  Palace  Library.  301 

III.  325.  Copy  of  letter  from  Archbishop  to  Samuel  Johnson,  September 

28,  1763,  referring  to  Mr.  Cooper  and  to  missions  in  New  England 

and  New  York.     (H.) 
III.  327.  Id.  from  Thomas  Barnard  to  William  Hooper,  Salem,  October  15, 

1763,  on  the  character  of  William  Walter.     (P.) 
III.  328.  Letter  from  Richard  Peters,  Philadelphia,  October  17,  1763,  on  the 

college ;  Mr.  Whitefield  ;  the  great  number  of  Presbyterians  ;  and  the 

question  of  bishops.     (P.) 
III.  329.  Id.  from  Samuel  Johnson,  Stratford,  October  20,  1763,  on  church 

affairs  in  Connecticut.     Cf.  Hawks  and  Perry's  Connecticut,  II. 

53-55- 

III.  330.  Id.  from  Myles  Cooper,  New  York,  November  2,  1763,  about  his 
salary  as  president  of  King's  College. 

III.  331.  Id.  from  Henry  Caner,  Boston,  November  16,  1763,  on  Dr.  May- 
hew's  publications.  (P.) 

III.  332.  Id.  from  William  Hooper,  Boston,  November  23,  1763,  on  a 
bequest  to  the  church.  (P.) 

III.  335.  Id.  from  Archbishop  of  York,  London,  December  16,  1763,  deal 
ing  with  Barbadoes. 

III.  336.  Id.  from  Samuel  Johnson,  Stratford,  December  20,  1763.  "  Is 
there  then  nothing  more  that  can  be  done,  either  for  obtaining 
Bishops,  or  demolishing  these  pernicious  Charter  Governments,  and 
reducing  them  all  to  one  form,  in  immediate  dependance  on  the 
King?"  (H.) 

1124.  Three  volumes  of  MS.  Journals  of  the  S.  P.  G.,  1758-1766,  containing 
full  abstracts  of  letters  from  the  Society's  missionaries  in  America 
and  elsewhere. 


FULHAM  PALACE. 

FULHAM  ROAD,  S.  W. 

Documents  may  be  examined  by  appointment  either  at  the  Palace,  where 
they  are  regularly  deposited,  or  on  occasion,  at  London  House,  32  St.  James's 
Square.  It  is  generally  necessary  to  make  appointments  some  time  in 
advance.  Satisfactory  introductions  must  be  presented. 

The  archives  of  the  Bishop  of  London,  who  was  substantially  the  diocesan 
head  of  the  Episcopal  church  in  America  during  the  colonial  period,  contain 
over  two  thousand  letters  and  miscellaneous  papers  relating  to  the  thirteen 
colonies,  mostly  from  leading  members  of  the  Church  of  England  in  this 
country  to  the  Bishop  of  London  and  treating  of  religious  affairs.  A  con 
siderable  proportion  of  these  documents  were  transcribed  by  Dr.  Hawks 
(cf.  above  p.  286),  and  are  thus  accessible  either  in  print  in  the  works  of 
Bishop  Perry  and  Dr.  Hawks  or  in  MS.  in  the  Church  Mission  House,  New 
York.  In  the  following  list,  (P.)  indicates  that  a  document  has  been  printed 
in  Bishop  Perry's  Collections;  (H.),  that  it  is  among  the  Hawks  MSS.,  and 
has  not  been  identified  with  any  in  the  printed  Collections.  Many  documents 
have  also  been  recently  published  in  a  volume  entitled  The  Early  English 
Colonies  (London,  Stock),  a  summary  of  the  lecture  delivered  by  the  Bishop 
of  London  at  Richmond,  Virginia,  October  4,  1907,  with  additional  notes 
transcribed  by  the  Rev.  Sadler  Phillips.  This  book  also  contains  (pp.  45-48) 
the  Parliamentarian  commission  appointing  William  Coddington  governor 
of  Rhode  Island,  April  3,  1651,  of  which  the  original  was  preserved  at  Ful- 
ham  until  the  Bishop's  visit  to  America  in  1907,  when  it  was  presented  by  him 
to  President  Roosevelt.  Some  of  the  documents  printed  in  this  volume, 
especially  those  relating  to  the  West  Indies,  are  not  listed  as  separate  items  in 
the  following  pages. 

The  manuscripts  are  uncatalogued  and  are  kept  loose  in  some  thirty  paste 
board  boxes.  They  are  therefore  subject  to  rearrangement;  and  indeed 
within  the  last  few  months  many  documents  have  been  transferred  from  one 
box  to  another. 

The  boxes  containing  the  more  important  documents  bear  the  following 
labels :  New  Hampshire,  New  Jersey,  New  York,  Rhode  Island ;  Massachu 
setts,  two  boxes;  Connecticut;  Pennsylvania;  Maryland;  Virginia,  two 
boxes;  North  and  South  Carolina  and  Georgia;  South  Carolina;  Papers 
collected  ....  1907 ;  S.  P.  G.  Missions  to  American  churches  and  West  Indian 
Islands  ;  Letters  about  colonial  churches  ;  Papers  concerning  colonial  history. 
The  papers  kept  in  these  boxes  are  listed  in  detail  below,  under  headings  cor 
responding  to  the  labels  on  the  boxes,  and  a  bundle  of  "  Odd  papers  from 
London  House  "  is  also  listed.  It  has  not  seemed  necessary  to  notice  in  the 
same  way  the  contents  of  the  other  boxes,  labelled :  Applications  for  work, 
colonies ;  Applications  for  licenses,  colonies  (containing  about  a  dozen 
papers)  ;  Applications  for  ordination,  colonies ;  Missionary  bonds,  two  boxes 
(the  bonds  given  by  missionaries  of  the  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the 
Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts,  before  going  to  the  colonies)  ;  Colonial  letters  of 
orders,  1748-1783,  nine  small  boxes ;  Queries  to  American  clergy  (printed 
forms,  mostly  relating  to  Maryland ;  one  relating  to  Stratford,  Connecticut ; 
302 


New  Hampshire,  Nezv  Jersey,  New  York,  Rhode  Island.        303 

all  that  are  dated  are  of  the  year  1724)  ;  West  Indies ;  Central  and  South 
America,  Cuba  and  Falkland  Islands,  papers  dating  from  the  nineteenth 
century,  among  them  three  or  four  letters  relating  to  Cuba,  dated  1873-1874, 
of  which  the  most  important  treats  of  spiritual  conditions  in  the  island. 
A  number  of  the  papers  transcribed  by  Dr.  Hawks  were  not  found. 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE,  NEW  JERSEY,  NEW  YORK,  RHODE  ISLAND. 

Letters. 
(From)G.  Berkeley.    September  5,  1728. 

Christopher  Bridge.    June  17,  1709;  December  30,  1718. 

J.  Bridges.    February  2,  1712.    (H.) 

Arthur  Browne.    August  3,  1730;  March  23,  1732;  April  21,  1736; 

June  16,  1736  (H.)  ;  October  15,  1736.     (H.) 
W.  Burnet.    October  18,  1726;  December  4,  1726. 
Thomas  B.  Chandler.    July  20,  1766;  October  21,  1767. 
Timothy  Cutler  et  al.    July  21,  1725;  October  6,  1726  (2  copies). 
Dartmouth  et  al    April  25,  1771  (extract)  ;  July  I,  1771  (copy). 
David  Dunbar.    December  28,  1734;  December  2,  1735;  October  15, 

1736.     (H.) 

Nathaniel  Evans.    February  24,  1766. 
John  Gibbins.    April  17,  1736. 
William  Guy.    December  17,  1717;  October  I,  1718  (2  copies). 

(The  first  letter  is  printed  in  Phillips's  Colonies,  pp.  71-72.) 
Johan  Friderich  Hager.    April  2,  1718.    (In  German.) 
Josiah  Hardy.    July  30,  1762. 
William  Harrison.    June  21,  1738. 
James  Honyman.     November  2,   1715    (2);  November  25,   1717; 

October  24,  1718;  December  5,  1718;  December  12,  1721 ;  April  17, 

1723;  October  28,   1723;  November  19,   1723    (2);  January  26, 

1725   (H.)  ;  April  23,  1724;  September  15,  1725;  November  24, 

1725;  February  23,  1726;  June  16,  1726;  September  23,  1726  (H.) 

(2  copies);  October  14,  1726;  October  20,  1726;  June  25,  1728; 

December  9,  1728;  April  26,  1732;  September  20,  1732;  May  2, 

*734;  October  14,  1736  (2  copies)  ;  March  28,  1750  (2  copies). 
Samuel  Johnson.    September  26,  1726;  April  5,  1732. 
Nathaniel  Kay.    November  17,  1718. 
Bishop  of  London.    February  14,  1705 ;  n.  d. 
James  MacSparran.    December  2,  1721 ;  May  29,  1723;  May  5,  1724; 

June  9,  1724;  June  16,  1724;  December  I,  1724;  October  15,  1726; 

August  n,  1730;  April  21,  1732;  May  3,  1734;  June  25,  1737; 

October  18,  1742  (H.)  ;  July  7,  1746;  July  25,  1747;  June  14,  1748; 

January  3,  1749;  March  15,  1749  (H.)  ;  March  26,  1751   (H.)  ; 

November  i,  1751 ;  November  10,  1752  (H.)  ;  n.  d. 

(The  letter  of  March  26,  1751,  is  printed  in  part  in  Phillips's  Colonies,  pp. 

75-76.) 

Lewis  Morris.    July  12,  1703;  June,  1704. 
Elias  Neau.    February  23,  1719.     (In  French.) 
Joseph  O'Hara.    July  8,  1729;  September  15,  1729. 
Richard  Peters.    November  30,  1764. 
George  Pigot.    May  6,  1724. 
William  Smith.    May  12,  1768. 

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304:  Fulham  Palace. 

J.  Talbot.    July  2,  1725.     (H.) 

John  Usher.    May  6,  1724. 

Edward  Vaughan.  February  20,  1733 ;  February  26,  1733 ;  February 

29,  1733- 

William  Vesey.    March  26,  1730;  November  10,  1738;  October  17, 

1739- 

(The  second  letter  is  printed  in  part  in  Phillips's  Colonies,  pp.  74-75.) 

William  Vesey  and  J.  Wetmore.    November  2,  1729. 

Gov.  Wentworth.    September  24,  1769;  April  28,  1770.    (H.) 

J.  Wetmore.    November  i,  1728. 

Anonymous.    December  10,  1764.    (On  missionaries  practising  medi 
cine.) 

Memorials,  Addresses  and  Petitions. 

Addresses  from  churches:  King's  Chapel,  Boston,  May  i,  1736;  Braintree, 
September  i,  1710;  Bristol,  October  29,  1722;  Burlington,  Novem 
ber  4,  1725  (H.)  ;  March  12,  1730  (H.)  ;  Narragansett,  October 
20,  1715;  September  13,  1716;  June  15,  1720;  August  7,  1723; 
May  u,  1754  (H.)  ;  Perth-Amboy,  October  2,  1765;  October  4, 
1765;  Portsmouth,  April  6,  1737;  Providence,  December  9,  1728. 

Addresses  from  clergy:  New  England,  December  12,  1727;  New  Jersey, 
September  20,  1764;  New  Jersey  and  New  York,  December  5, 
1767. 

(The  address  of  September  20,  1764,  is  printed  in  Phillips's  Colonies,  pp. 
76-77.) 

Address  of  trustees  of  Dartmouth  College.    December  14,  1769. 
(Printed  in  Phillips's  Colonies,  pp.  82-83.) 

Petitions  of  inhabitants  of  Narragansett.  October  20,  1715 ;  September  13, 
1716. 

Representation  of  Richard  Partridge,    n.  d. 

Address  of  Church  of  England  people  in  Portsmouth.    December  26,  1734. 

Petitions  of  inhabitants  of  Providence.  November  7,  1722  (2  copies)  ;  De 
cember  26,  1727;  December  9,  1728  (2  copies)  ;  July  8,  1730. 

Petition  of  Joseph  Torrey.    February  25,  1754.     (H.) 

Petition  of  inhabitants  of  Warwick,  Rhode  Island.  October  i,  1731.  (Two, 
one  printed.) 

Miscellaneous  Papers. 

Affidavits  from  Church  of  England  members  in  Bristol  County.  December, 
I73I-  (On  assessments  for  support  of  dissenting  ministers.) 

"  A  Supplement  to  the  Vindication  of  Mr.  Alex.  Campbell."  New  York, 
August  15,  1732.  (Printed.) 

Correspondence  relating  to  Nathaniel  Harward.    1729-1730  (copies). 

Papers  about  James  MacSparran.     1719,  1720,  1721,  1724,  1741,  1752,  1754. 

Papers  in  case  of  James  MacSparran  vs.  George  Mumford.    1723-1724. 

Papers  (10)  concerning  Joseph  O'Hara.     1729. 

A  General  Idea  of  the  College  of  "  Mirania  ".    1753.     (Printed.) 

Paper  book  containing  copies  of  the  following:  Petitions  of  Philadelphia 
Church,  December  26,  1699 ;  Trinity  Church,  New  York,  November 

30,  1699  5  letter  from  William  Vesey,  New  York,  December  2,  1699 ; 
petition  of  Church  of  England  people  of  Rhode  Island  to  Gov. 


Massachusetts.  305 

Nicholson,  n.  d. ;  letters  of  John  Arrowsmith,  Philadelphia,  January 

2,  1699 ;  Robert  Quarry,  Philadelphia,  November  29,  1699 ;  Edward 
Portlock,    Philadelphia,    March    26,    1700;    Philadelphia    Church, 
March  25,  1700;  Robert  Gardner,  Newport,  November  6,  1699; 
William  Brinley,  Rhode  Island,  November  7,  1699 ;  Robt.  Gardner, 
December  18,  1699;  Arthur  Blount,  Newport,  December  28,  1699; 
Francis    Foxcroft,   Boston,    February   27,    1699;    Samuel    Myles, 
Boston,  February  29,  1700  and  n.  d. ;  New  Church  in  Boston,  Nov 
ember  17,  1699 ;  Philadelphia  Church,  June  19,  1699 ;  Thomas  Clay 
ton,  Philadelphia,  July  3,  1699;  Philadelphia  Church,  August  21, 
1699;  John  Arrowsmith,  Philadelphia,  August  24,  1699;  Increase 
Mather,   Peter   Thatcher  and   Jonathan   Pierpoint  to   Charleston 
Church,  n.  d. ;  Christ  Church's  answer,  n.  d. ;  letter  from  Henry 
Ashurst,  May  24,  1699. 

Queries. 

Perth- Amboy  (H.),  "Providence,  Warwick,  Greenwich,  etc.,  in  colony  of 
Rhode  Island"  (H.)  ;  New  Bristol;  Narragansett  and  Providence; 
Newport  (H.)  ;  Salem.  (H.) 

MASSACHUSETTS  (FIRST  BOX). 
Letters. 

(From) Charles  Brockwell.     June  15,  1741    (P.)  ;  January  21,  1752   (P.)  ; 

May  3,  1753.     (P.) 
H.  Caner.    December  3,  1770. 

H.  Caner  et  al.    June  22,  1756;  September  21,  1769. 
John  Checkley.    March  31,  1728.     (P.) 
(Printed  in  Phillips's  Colonies,  pp.  189-192.) 

Benjamin  Colman.    February  19,  1728.     (P.) 

Timothy  Cutler.    October  10,  1728;  September  n,  1728;  February 

4,  1730  (P.) ;  June  n,  1730  (P.)  ;  June  25,  1730  (P.);  May  13, 

1731  (P.)  ;  October  31,  1735;  December  5,  1740. 
Timothy  Cutler  et  al.     May  2,   1726   (2  copies)  ;  June  23,   1736; 

January  26,  1761. 

Addington  Davenport.    October  6,  1741.     (P.) 
James  Forbes  et  al.    August  26,  1755. 

H.  Harris.    January  26,  1728.     (P.)  ;  February  16,  1728.     (P.) 
H.  Harris  and  David  Mossom.    December  7,  1725.     (P.) 
Thomas  Harward.    November  17,  1730;  July  19,  1731  (P.)  ;  October 

30  and  November  16,  1732;  October  28,  1735;  January  12,  1736. 
James  Honyman.    October  29,  1735. 
Samuel  Johnson.    May  9,  1726;  November  25,  1745. 
William  Lambert.    December  5,  1728. 
Bishop  of  London.    February  12,  1705  (2)  ;  May  28, 1708;  September 

3,  1724  (copies).     (P.) 

Alexander  Malcolm.    July  6,  1747.     (P.) 

Ebenezer  Miller.    May  10,  1728  (P.)  ;  October  II,  1729  (2  copies)  ; 

December  2,  1729. 
David  Mossom.    December  7,  1725. 
David  Mossom  et  al.  n.  d.  (Copy.) 


306  Fulham  Palace. 

Samuel  Myles.    July  31,  1724;  October  10,  1724;  April  27,  1727. 

Samuel  Myles  et  al.    November  18,  1714. 

Francis  Nicholson.    August  3,  1714. 

Joseph  O'Hara.    October  5,  1728. 

Roger  Price.     December  9,  1729;  August  2,  1732;  November  10, 

1732;  November  14,  1735;  November  22,  1746.     (P.) 
Roger  Price  et  al.    November  12,  1735. 
William  Tailer.    June  19,  1713. 
John  Vesey  et  al.    December  28,  1726. 

Memorials,  Petitions  and  Addresses. 

Memorial  of  Cotton  Mather,  to  Lieut.-Gov.  Dummer,  in  the  name  of  the 
general  convention  of  ministers,  May  27,  1725,  and  the  proceedings 
of  the  council  and  representatives  upon  it.  (Copy.)1  (P.) 

Memorial  of  the  Episcopal  clergy  of  Boston  relative  to  the  memorial  of  Cot 
ton  Mather.    June  10,  1725.     (P.) 
(Both  memorials  are  printed  in  Phillips's  Colonies,  pp.  185-188.) 

Addresses  from:  Clergy  and  churchwardens  of  province,  n.  d. ;  June  21, 
1713;  June  27,  1767;  Boston  clergy,  September  29,  1714;  July  21, 
1725  (P.)  ;  July  20,  1727  (2  copies). 

Christ  Church,  Boston.    June  9,  1724;  November  18,  1730  (2  copies)  ; 
October  4,  1733  (2). 

(The  second  address  is  printed  in  Phillips's  Colonies,  p.  73;  and  the  third, 
ibid.,  pp.  65-66.) 

King's  Chapel,  Boston.    Between  1711  and  1749  (17). 
(Several  addresses  are  printed  in  Phillips's  Colonies.) 

Trinity  Church,  Boston.    June  8,  1717;  April  30,  1736. 

Church  of  Braintree.    June  2,  1713;  December  II,  1713;  December  28, 
1726. 

Church  of  Marblehead.    January  1718  (2  copies). 

Trinity  Church.    Newport,  October  29,  1722. 

Church  of  Salem.    August  i,  1733. 

St.  Andrews  Church  at  Scituate.    December,  1738. 
Petition  of  Henry  Harris.    April  24,  1724.    (Cf.  P.) 

Memorial  of  Timothy  Cutler.     August  27,  1725.     (Cf.  P.,  pp;  272,  273.) 
Memorial  of  Roger  Price  et  al.    December  9  and  15,  1731  (2  copies). 

Miscellaneous  Papers. 

Papers  concerning  Braintree.    1708,  1713  (5). 

Paper  Mr.  Quincy.    December  26,  1744. 

Paper  Timothy  Cutler.    December  I,  1724. 

Papers  Mr.  Harris.    July  21. 

Papers  Miles  and  Price.     1730,  1736. 

Proceedings  of  King's  Chapel  congregation.    September  23,  1706;  April  I, 

1709  (2  copies);  March  13,  1728   (4  copies);  March  30,  1730; 

November  25,  1730. 
"  Remarks  on  an  Act  lately  passed  in  the  Massachusetts  Government  .... 

incorporating    a    New    Society  ....  for    propagating    Christian 

Knowledge  among  the  Indians  in  North  America."    1763  c. 

xThe  original  is  in  Lambeth,  1123,  I.  6. 


Massachusetts.  307 

Sworn  declarations  of  Timothy  Cutler  and  Thomas  Harward.  December 
23»  I73I-  (About  a  dispute  with  the  governor  concerning  a  fast 
day.) 

Vote  of  Harvard  College  overseers,  June  22,  1730,  on  Timothy  Cutler's 
memorial.  (Cf.  P.,  pp.  257-259.) 

Queries. 
Christ  Church,  Boston ;  Marblehead ;  Newbury.    (P.) 

MASSACHUSETTS  (SECOND  BOX). 
Letters. 

(From)H.  Addison.    September  10,  1768. 

Jonathan  Arnold.    June  24,  1736  (P.)  ;  September  7,  1736. 

Henry  Barnes.    September  25,  1769. 

Jonathan  Belcher.  December  12,  1730  (2)  ;  May  20,  1731 ;  July  24, 
1731  (P.);  December  4,  1731;  November  II,  1732;  October  5, 
1733  (P.);  February  4,  1734;  February  25,  1734;  December  8, 
1735 ;  March  I,  1739. 

Jonathan  Belcher,  jr.    November  20,  1733. 

John  Bridges.    June  12,  1712. 

Charles  Brockwell,  December  27,  1737;  June  25,  1739;  October  25, 
1746;  April  28,  1747;  June  2,  1747;  October  5,  1748;  January  18, 
1750;  April  13,  1750;  June  23,  1750;  February  25,  1751;  June  8, 
1751;  October  2,  1751;  March  21,  1752;  July  2,  1752;  September 

15,  1752. 

Arthur  Browne.    October  12,  1736. 

Isaac  Browne.    July  15,  1740. 

Gov.  Burnet.    November  27,  1728;  May  30,  I72[]. 

Mather  Byles.    September  24,  1770. 

Henry  Caner.  April  10,  1732;  September  13,  1736  (2);  December 
3,  1747;  January  31,  1750;  May  6,  1751;  October  15,  1751;  Feb 
ruary  25,  1755;  August  27,  1755;  September  I,  1764;  September  6, 
1764;  February  3,  1766;  May  15,  1766;  July  28,  1767. 

Benjamin  Colman.  January  22,  1725;  September  30,  1726;  Septem 
ber  13,  1734.  (P.) 

Timothy  Cutler.  May  9,  1726;  September  18,  1732;  May  I,  1733 
(P.)  ;  October  16,  1751;  June  21,  1754. 

Addington  Davenport.  July  19,  1733 ;  April  16,  1736  (2  copies)  ; 
October  12,  1736;  May  9,  1739  (2  copies)  ;  May  9,  1740  (2  copies)  ; 
May  15,  1740. 

J.  Dudley.    December  20,  1711. 

William  Dummer.    November  15,  1725 ;  May  3,  1727. 

Henry  Harris.  January  7,  1712;  January  8,  1713;  September  17, 
1714;  December  2,  1718;  May  6,  1724;  December  14,  1724;  De 
cember  23,  1724;  February  25,  1728. 

James  MacSparran.    n.  d. 

Ebenezer  Miller.  February  5,  1728;  December  27,  1731;  May  10, 
1736;  October  5,  1736. 

Thomas  Moore.    March  31,  1733. 


308  Fulham  Palace. 

David  Mossom.  May  2,  1720;  September  23,  1720;  April  28,  1724 
(P.)  ;  July  18,  1725  ;  January  7,  1726;  November  10,  1726;  Novem 
ber  28,  1726  (2)  ;  May  I,  1727;  July  3,  1728. 

Samuel  Myles,  July  7,  1710;  September  8,  1714;  September  12,  1719; 
January  29,  1724;  October  14,  1725;  December  4,  1727. 

Henry  Newman.  February  26,  1726;  July  6,  1731;  December  22, 
1733;  March  10,  1738;  May  14,  1739. 

Francis  Nicholson.    August  4,  1714. 

Richard  Peters.     May  n,  1741. 

George  Pigot.    July  12,  1727;  November  30,  1737. 

Matthias  Plant.    October  21,  1726;  December  20,  1726. 

W.  Powlett.    January  26,  1742. 

Benjamin  Price.    November  25,  1736. 

Roger  Price.  December  27,  1731 ;  May  5,  1732;  May  6,  1733;  Nov 
ember  20,  1736;  December  21,  1738  (P.)  ;  March  2,  1741. 

Stephen  Roe.    February  25,  1742;  March  12,  1742. 

John  Thomlinson.    August  3,  1747. 

John  Troutbeck.    August  27,  1755. 

John  Ussher.    October  12,  1736. 

[     ]  Walter.    September  10,  1764. 

Anonymous.    December  27,  1737.     (About  Mr.  Davenport.) 

Miscellaneous  Documents. 

Notes  on  salary  of  governors  of  New  England,  Wednesday,  July  7. 
Paper  concerning  John  Checkley.    May  20,  1724. 

Paper  concerning  Timothy  Cutler  and  Samuel  Johnson.    November  I,  1722. 
Memorandum  of  action  of  overseers  of  Harvard  College  on  Dr.  Cutler's 

petition.    June  16,  1730.    (P.) 
Council  order.    September  2,  1725.     (About  newspapers.) 

(Printed  in  Phillips's  Colonies,  pp.  49-50.) 
Resolution  of  Massachusetts  General  Court.     October  3,   1730.     (Copy, 

attested  by  Gov.  Belcher.) 
Notes  on  church  matters,    n.  d. 
Minutes  of  S.  P.  G.    May  17,  1723. 
Boundaries  of  glebe  land.    Piscataqua,  February  18,  1725. 

CONNECTICUT. 

Letters. 

(From)  Jonathan  Arnold.    December  14,  1738. 
Joseph  Browne.    March  15,  1725. 
Peter  Buor.    September  13,  1728. 
Henry  Caner.    March  15,  1728;  September  18,  1730;  April  6,  1732; 

November  6,  1732 ;  November  22,  1738. 
Ebenezer  Dibble  and  Jeremiah  Learning.    August  15,  1764. 
Matthew  Graves.    July  20,  1750;  April  29,  1751 ;  December  17,  1751 ; 

December  23,  1751 ;  May  29,  1754. 

Samuel  Johnson.  January  18,  1724;  June  23,  1724;  October  10, 
1724;  June  15,  1725;  November  4,  1725;  January  25,  1726;  Feb 
ruary  10,  1727;  September  25,  1727;  April  2,  1728;  September  21, 
1728;  June  10,  1729;  October  27,  1729;  June  4,  1731;  April  19, 


Pennsylvania.  309 

1733;  December  10,  1733;  May  10,  1736;  September  5,  1742;  Sep 
tember  17,  1750;  March  26,  1751 ;  September  25,  1751 ;  October  20, 
1751;  August  12,  1764;  July  15,  1765;  September  5,  1765. 
Samuel  Johnson  et  al.    March  25,  1732;  March  14,  1734;  September 

ii,  1735- 

Jeremiah  Learning.    July  20,  1765  (2  copies). 

Henry  Newman.    November  25,  1725. 

Ebenezer  Punderson.    November  4,  1737;  December  12,  1741;  De 
cember  27,  1756. 

Joseph  Talcott.    July  27,  1726. 

Addresses,  etc. 

From  Connecticut  clergy.    August  24,  1742;  September  14,  1764;  June  5, 

1765;  October  8,  1766;  May  29,  1771. 

Id.  from  Church  of  England  members  in  New  Haven,  West  Haven,  Mil- 
ford,  Darby  and  Waterbury.    September  25,  1735. 
Id.  New  London.    February  8,  1727  (2  copies). 
Id.  Wallingford.    n.  d. 
"  Narrative  of  what  pass'd  at  the  Church  Meeting  at  Pomfret  in  Connecticut 

respecting  the  Building  a  new  Meeting  house."    n.  d. 

"  Protest  of  Mr.  Malbone  and  others  against  the  Determination  to  Build  a 
New  Meeting  house  at  Pomfret  in  Connecticut."    February  6,  1770. 

Miscellaneous  Documents. 

Copy  of  an  order  of  the  general  assembly.    October  12,  1732. 
Papers  in  a  quarrel  between  John  Bliss  and  Jonathan  Colton.    1750-1754. 
Bonds  of  James  Masters  and  Hezekiah  Thompson  to  John  Rutgers.    Novem 
ber  19,  1770. 

Testimony  of  Jacob  Ford  et  al.  against  Matthew  Graves.    January  3,  1751. 
Extract  from  laws  of  New  England  concerning  worship. 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

Letters. 
(From)  Francis  Alison.    June  24,  1762. 

Richard  Backhouse.    June  I,  1741. 

William  Becket.    March  15,  1728  (P.)  ;  n.  d. 

Alexander  Campbell.    September  28,  1727;  February  26,  1728;  May 

31,  1728;  June  2,  1728;  July  8,  1728;  November  8,  1728. 
Colin  Campbell  et  al.    n.  d. 
William  Chancellor.    August  2,  1737;  August  20,  1737;  November 

30,  1737- 

Thomas  Clayton.    October  20,  1698;  November  29,  1698  (2).     (P.) 
Archibald  Cummings.    October  19,  1726  (P.);  December  15,  1726; 

January  31,  1728;  June  7,  1728;  March  29,  1732;  March  6,  1733; 

May  n,   1736;  June  15,   1736;  July  22,   1737;  August  I,  1737; 

August  6,  1737;  March  30,  1738  (P.)  ;  August  12,  1738;  November 

17,  1739;  August  29,  1740. 

William  Currie.    May  19,  1741 ;  September  4,  1743. 
William  Currie  et  al.    May  18,  1741. 
R.  Davies.    January  23,  1724. 
Jacob  Duche.    February  4,  1763;  October  31,  1775. 


310  Fulham  Palace. 

Evan  Evans.    June  25,  1716. 

John  Evans.    March  13,  1716. 

R.  W.  Evans.    July  26,  1737. 

Gabriel  Falk.    March  8,  1733. 

Charles  Gookin.    August  13,  1715. 

Charles  Gookin  et  al.    April  20,  1715  (3  copies). 

P.  Gordon.    July  19,  1726  (P.)  ;  February  17,  1728. 

W.  Hall.    August  n,  1715. 

Jacob  Henderson.    September  30,  1736. 

Andreas  Hesselius.    April  26,  1715. 

Richard  Holt.    June  20,  1749. 

Alexander  Howie.     July  22,  1731 ;  August  19,  1737  (incomplete) ; 

November  19,  1739;  May  19,  1741 ;  May,  1741. 
John  Hughes.    February  19,  1765. 
John  Humphreys.    November  25,  1724. 
T.  F.  Illing.    October  6,  1773. 
Robert  Jenney.     January  14,  1742;  August  7,  1742;  December  8, 

1742;  June  24,  1743  (P.)  ;  October  4,  1743;  June  27,  1749;  May 

18,  1751;  May  23,  1751. 
W.  Keith.    September  23,  1717 ;  October  23,  1718 ;  December  5,  1720 ; 

April  12,  1722;  July  20,  1724;  April  18,  1726. 
Jeremiah  Langhorne.     May  28,  1736  (P.) ;  October  20,  1736  (2) ; 

August  3,  1737;  August  13,  1737. 
Thomas  Lawrence  et  al.    May  n,  1751. 
Bishop  of  London.     May  24,  1763;  n.  d.  (3). 
Benjamin  Morgan.    May  21,  1741. 
Lewis  Morris.    May  17,  1741. 
John  Newbery.    November  30,  1715. 
Thomas  Penn.    December  23,  1741. 
Richard  Peters.    September  31,  1736;  October  20,  1736;  July,  1737; 

August  3,  1737;  August  22,  1737;  November  29,  1737;   [1737] 

(copy)  ;  May  20,  1741 ;  January  15,  1763;  March  I,  1766;  October 

12,  1766;  November  14,  1766  (P.)  ;  May  17,  1768;  August  30  (P.)  ; 

and  September  2,  1768;  October  22,  1770. 
Richard  Peters  and  William  Smith.    October  29,  1773.    (P.) 
Richard  Peters  et  al.     April  22,   1768    (P.);  December  5,   1772; 

October  30,  1775. 

Andrew  Peterson  et  al.    August  23,  1728  (copy). 
Francis  Phillips.    March  23,  1715  (P.);  March  31,  1715;  May  16, 

1715 ;  May  22,  1715 ;  August  15,  1715  (2)  ;  August  16,  1715. 
Edward  Portlock.    July  12,  1700.     (P.) 
Aeneas  Ross.    November  16,  1741. 
George  Ross.    May  26,  1724;  September  I,  1740;  May  8,  1741 ;  May 

24,  1741. 

Richard  Sewell.    October  9,  1677  (copy). 
William  Skinner.    November  30,  1720. 
William  Smith.    September  26,  1764;  June  25,  1765;  November  13, 

1766  (P.)  ;  December  18,  1766  (P.)  ;  April  24,  1768  (P.)  ;  May  6, 

1768  (P.);  October  22,  1768  (P.);  November  8,   1769;  May  3, 

1771  (P.)  ;  October  30,  1773. 
William  Smith  et  al.    December  5,  1772. 


Pennsylvania.  311 

Robert  Snead.    November  20,  1698. 

William  Stringer.    October  28,  1773. 

Philip  Stubbs.    April  16,  1725.     (P.) 

William  Sturgeon.    June  29,  1762  ;  July  I,  1762. 

John  Talbot.    October  21,  1715. 

Gabriel  Talck.    n.  d. 

George  Thomas.    May  14,  1741. 

William  Thomas.    May  13,  1743. 

Arthur  Ussher.    September  7,  1743. 

J.  Vicary.    November  10,  1721. 

Acts,  etc. 

Remarks  upon  Penn's  Act  of  1699  for  regulating  trade,  by  Edward  Ran 
dolph,  n.  d. 

Copies  of  resolutions  of  governor  in  council,  September  28,  1696 ;  of  House  of 
Burgesses,  July  7-9,  1696;  July  10,  1696. 

An  Humble  Representation  ....  By  William  Smith,  1762.     (Printed.) 

Memorials,  Petitions,  etc. 

Addresses  of  clergy,  April  23,  1741  (2  copies)  (P.)  ;  February  3,  1763;  May 

31,  1765  ;  October  6,  1775  (P.) ;  n.  d. 

Petitions    from   churches:     Christ   Church,    Philadelphia,   July    12,    1700; 
August  12,  1715;  May  4,  1728;  August,  1727;  1737;  1738;  April 
23,  1741    (P.)  ;  May  3,   1741 ;  May  7,   1741 ;  May  18,   1741    (2 
copies)  ;  May  30,  1741 ;  May  27,  1742;  November  17,  1742;  June  8, 
1762;  January  21,  1763;  October  30,  1775;  n.  d. 
Mr.  Phillips'  Church.    August,  1737. 
St.  George's  Church.    October  21,  1764.    (P.) 
St.  James's  Church.    Perquahoma.    August  I,  1736. 
St.  Paul's  Church.    June  22,  1762  (2  copies)  ;  December  3,  1772;  Octo 
ber  29,  1773. 
Petition  of  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia.    1739  (copy). 

Miscellaneous  Documents. 

"  The  condition  of  the  church  at  Apoquiniminck  ".    1723. 

"  Particulars  relative  to  the  case  of  Mr.  Chambers  ".    1768.     (P.) 

List  of  vestry,  Christ  Church,    n.  d. 

Minutes  of  vestry,  Christ  Church.    February  3,  1717. 

"  Churches  in  Pensilvania  how  supplyed  with  Ministers  ".    1726.    (P.) 

"  Certain  Agreements,  Concessions  and  Constitutions  ....  for  Building  a 

Church  in  the  City  of  Philadelphia  .  .  .  .  "  June  24,   1760   (2 

copies) . 
An   appointment   of   Collector   for  the   Briefs    for   Colleges   in   America. 

(Printed.) 

(See  British  Museum,  Briefs  or  Church  Briefs.} 
Paper  book  entitled  "  Letters  to  Coll.  Nicholson  from  Pensilvania,  New  York 

and  Rode  Island  on  Church  Maters."     Contains  copies  of  letters 

from:    Philadelphia  Church,  December  26,  1699;  March  25,  1700; 

New  York  Church,  November  30,  1699 ;  William  Vesey,  November 

2,  1699;  Rhode  Island  Church,  n.  d. ;  John  Arrowsmith,  January  2, 


312  Fulham  Palace. 

1699;  Robert  Quary,  November  29,  1699;  Edward  Portlock,  March 
26,  1700;  Robert  Gardiner,  November  6,  1699;  December  18,  1699; 
William  Brimley,  November  7,  1699 ;  Arthur  Blount,  December  28, 
1699;  Francis  Foxcroft,  February  27,  1699;  Samuel  Myles,  Feb 
ruary  29,  1700;  a  Manifesto  of  the  new  Church  at  Boston,  Novem 
ber  17,  1699. 

Two  sermons  by  Archibald  Cummings.    1737.     (Printed.) 

"  A  Representation  of  the  Case  of  the  Protestant  Ministers  and  School 
masters  of  Philadelphia  in  Pensilvania ",  Charles  Gookin  et  al. 
March  7,  1714  (2  copies). 

"  The  Present  State  of  the  Church  at  Newcastle  ".    September  7,  1743. 

"  A  Brief  Narrative  of  the  Proceedings  of  W.  P."  n.  d. 

Richard  Peters's  resignation  of  his  rectory.    September  23,  1775, 

Resolution  of  John  Robinson  and  other  members  of  Christ  Church.     [1737.] 

"  A  Journal  of  Mr.  Ross's  Labours  in  the  Gospel  during  his  short  Stay  in 
the  County  of  Sussex  upon  Delaware."  August  27,  1717. 

Paper  about  St.  Paul's  Church.    Philadelphia,  January  22,  1762. 

"  A  Brief  Narrative  of  the  Case  of  the  Revd.  Mr.  [William]  Smith  ".    n.  d. 

Letters  of  recommendation  and  other  papers  concerning  Peter  Evans,  John 
Gordon,  Richard  Peters,  Francis  Phillips,  William  Skinner,  Mr. 
Sturgeons  and  Thomas  Lawrence. 

Queries. 

"  Queries  to  be  answered  by  the  persons  who  were  commissaries  to  my  pre 
decessor."    Signed  by  George  Ross  et  al.  Philadelphia.    (P.) 
Printed  forms:    Lewes  in  Sussex. 

MARYLAND. 
Letters. 

(From)  Alexander  Adams.  October  5,  1751  (P.)  ;  September  29,  1752  (P.)  ; 
October  18,  1752.  (P.) 

Henry  Addison.  October  29,  1766  (P.)  ;  September  29,  1769;  Octo 
ber  24,  1769.  (P.) 

Lord  Baltimore.  March  23,  1718  (P.)  ;  September  30,  1725 ;  January 
30,  1730  (copy)  (P.)  ;  November  19,  1733. 

N.  Blakiston.  April  10,  1700  (P.)  ;  May  28,  1700  (P.)  ;  June  12, 
1700. 

Thomas  Bordley.    August  9,  1725. 

Thomas  Bray.    April  u,  1700. 

Thomas  Brook.  June  25,  1720  (P.)  ;  July  18,  1720  (P.)  ;  August 
10,  1724. 

William  T.  Bull.    September  29,  1726. 

Charles  Calvert.  November  8,  1721;  April  19,  1723;  July  26,  1724; 
June  22,  1725  (P.)  ;  July  I,  1726.  (P.) 

Alexander  Campbell.    October  22,  1727. 

Thomas  Claggett.    September  20,  1769.     (P.) 

Joseph  Colbatch.    May  29,  1700. 

John  Dalton.    November  19. 

John  Eversfield.    July  4,  1728.     (P.) 

Thomas  Fletcher.    June  18,  1740. 


Maryland.  313 

John  Hart.    June  24,  1714  (P.)  ;  July  10,  1714  (P.) ;  September  6, 

1715  (P.)  ;  June  20,  1717. 
Jacob  Henderson.    September  I,  1715  (P.)  ;  June  17,  1718  (2)  (P.)  ; 

September  4,  1718  (P.)  ;  September  5,  1718;  May  20,  1720  (P.)  ; 

June  28,  1720;  July  16,  1720  (P.)  ;  August  19,  1724;  August  12, 

1730  (P.)  ;  October  27,  1730;  August  7,  1731   (P.);  October  n, 

1731  (P.);  October  29,  1731  (P.);  March  13,  1732  (P.);  June  5, 

1733  (P.) ;  April  25,  1735. 

Arthur  Holt.  September  27,  1733  (P.)  ;  May  20,  1734  (P.)  ;  May  21, 

1734  (P.) ;  May  23,  1735.    (P.) 
W.  Houghton  et  al.    June  31,  1725. 
Richard  Jackson  et  al.    November  16,  1725. 
Hugh  Jones.    October  19,  1741.     (P.) 

Hugh  Jones  and  Henry  Addison.    August  27,  1753.     (P.) 

W.  Keith.    November  3,  1714. 

John  Lang.    August  14,  1731;  May  29,  1735;  November  22,  1735; 

February  8,  1736;  June  25,  1736. 
Philip  Lee.    July  6,  1725. 
Bishop  of  London.    March  4,  1717;  October  7,  1717  (P.);  August 

25,  1718  (2  copies).     (P.) 

George  Murdoch.    June  28,  1725;  June  17,  1730;  June  30,  1732. 
Hugh  Neill.    September  20,  1768  (P.)  ;  July  18,  1771. 
F.  Nicholson.    April  30,  1697;  May  26,  1698.     (P.) 
Henry  Nicols.    July  16,  1724. 
John  Povey.    July  4,  1696. 
Giles  Rainsford.    April  10,  1724,  (extract)   (P.);  August  10,  1724; 

July  22,  1725.     (P.) 
Gerard  Slye.     (Abstract),    n.  d. 
A.  Spencer.     September  25,  1750. 
Thomas  Trevor.    January  n,  1700. 
John  Urquhart.    July  26,  1735. 
Jonathan  White.    October  31,  1716. 
Christopher  Wilkinson.    October  10,  1716  (P.)  ;  July  3,  1717  (P.)  ; 

May  26,  1718  (P.)  ;  July  29,  1719;  May  18,  1720  (P.)  ;  August  16, 

1723;  November  20,  1724  (P.);  June  15,  1726  (P.);  August  I, 

1726  (P.)  ;  December  4,  1727  (P.) ;  October  18,  1728;  December 

10,  1728.    (P.) 

Anonymous.    October  5,  1721.    About  church  affairs. 
Anonymous.    October  26,  1725.    Against  Mr.  Henderson. 

Acts  of  Assembly,  etc. 

An  Act  for  the  Service  of  Almighty  God  and  the  Establishment  of  the 
Protestant  Religion  within  this  province.     1696. 

Legal  Proceedings. 

Proceedings  in  case  of  John  Caldwell  vs.  Adams  and  Brewster.    1726. 

Articles  against  Henry  Hall.    February  25,  1717. 

Case  of  Sir  Thomas  Lawrence.     1712.     (Printed,  with  MS.  note  signed  by 

Lawrence.) 

Presentment.    King  vs.  Mason.    1697-1698. 
Bond  of  Thomas  Fletcher.    February  18,  1739. 


314:  Fulham  Palace. 

Memorials,  Petitions  and  Addresses. 

Addresses  and  petitions  of  Maryland  clergy.  May  14,  1698  (with  list  of 
parishes,  their  yields  and  incumbents)  ;  May  I,  169  []  (torn)  ;  May 
19,  1720;  May  20,  1720  (P.)  ;  June  29,  1720  (P.)  ;  November  24, 
1728  (2)  (P.)  ;  July  1  6,  1730  (P.)  ;  two  undated. 

Addresses  of  clergy  of  Eastern  shore,  October  25,  1717  (P.)  ;  July  16,  1724 
(P.)  ;  clergy  of  Western  shore,  May  18,  1718  (cf.  P.,  page  105)  ; 
June  29,  1720  (P.)  ;  May  29,  1724.  (P.) 

Petitions  from  Allhallows  vestry,  August  i,  1719  (P.)  ;  members  of  Christ 
Church,  Kent  Island,  July,  1726  (P.)  ;  parishioners  of  North  Elk 
River,  n.  d.  (P.?);  St.  James's  Vestry,  July  5,  1726;  St.  Paul's 
Vestry,  Baltimore,  February  15,  1715. 

Petitions  of  General  Assembly,    n.  d.  and  1696. 

Thomas  Bray.    Memorial  relating  to  Col.  Seymour.    1705.     (P.) 

Peter  Evans.    Memorial  1725  c.    (Account  of  Pennsylvania.) 

Gov.  Hart.    Speech  to  the  Clergy.    April  25,  1718.     (P.) 

Maryland  Clergy,  etc. 

"A  conjectural  Estimate  of  the  amount  of  the  annual  Incomes  of  all  the 
Church  Livings  in  Maryland,  as  they  now  are,  and  as  they  were 
before  the  passing  of  the  late  Law."  [1775.]  (P.) 

Names  of  the  clergy.    1723.     (P.) 

"  List  of  the  Parishes  in  Maryland  and  their  annual  Value  as  returned  in  the 
Year  1767."  (P.) 

Counties  and  parishes  in  Maryland,  with  names  of  incumbents.    1775.    (P.) 

"  Articles  of  Enquiry  Exhibited  to  the  Church  Wardens  ".     May  30,  1722. 

(P.)  . 

Paper  on  question  of  pluralities,    n.  d. 

"  A  Journall  Conteyning  the  Acts  of  Dr.  Bray's  Visitation."    May  23,  1700. 
Visitation  articles.    Western  shore,  1717.    (P.) 
Report  of  meeting  of  governors  of  Annapolis  free  schools.     September  6, 


Recommendations  of  John  Eversfield,  Nathaniel  Whitaker  and  Nicholas 

Wale. 

"  Some  Queries  concerning  the  39  articles."    n.  d. 
Inventory  of  effects  sold  by  Rev.  Mr.  Rainsford  to  Mr.  Eversfield.    n.  d. 

Queries  to  Ministers. 
St.  Barnabas,  Queen  Ann  Parish.    (P.) 

VIRGINIA  (FIRST  BOX). 
Letters. 

(From)  William  Agar.    January  26,  1767. 

Henry  Armistead.    June  8,  1736. 

James  Blair.  February  12,  1700  (P.)  ;  July  13,  1702  (P.)  ;  November 
18,  1714  (P.)  ;  June  20,  1723  ;  February  10,  1723  (P.)  ;  May  13;  1724: 
July  17,  1724  (P.)  ;  May  25,  1725  ;  June  21,  1725  (extract)  ;  October 
18,  1727;  June  28,  1729;  July  5,  1729;  October  8,  1729;  May  14, 
I731  5  June  10,  1731  ;  May  27,  1732;  January  15,  1735;  March  24, 


Virginia.  315 

1735  (P-);  September  18,  1735;  June  18,  1736;  June  25,  1736; 
March  II,  1737;  April  21,  1738  (2);  July  17,  1738;  July  21,  1738; 
May  12,  1739;  September  17,  1741. 

John  Blair.    January  25,  1754;  March  22,  1768. 

Joseph  Blumfield.     September  3,  1737. 

Lord  Botetourt.    December  13,  1768;  August  14,  1769. 

John  Boyd.    April  5,  1733. 

Charles  Bridges.    October  19,  1738.     (P.) 

John  Camm.    June  4,  1752.     (P.) 

Andrew  Cant.    September  8,  1724. 

Archbishop  of  Canterbury.    May  21,  1698. 

Samuel  Davies.    October,  1750  (extract).     (P.?) 

Thomas  Dell.    June  I,  1724.     (P.) 

Robert  Dinwiddie.  August  29,  1752 ;  December  10,  1752  (P.)  ;  Janu 
ary  29,  1753  (P.)  ;  May  20,  1757  (copy)  (P.)  ;  September  12,  1757. 

(P-) 
P.  Doddridge.    May  14,  1751.    (P.) 

W.  Dunlap.    June  2,  1769. 

Hugh  Drysdale.    July  10,  1724.    (P.) 

Francis  Fauquier.    July  29,  1761  (P.)  ;  September  9,  1765 ;  April  27, 

1767;  February  16,  1768. 

Francis  Fauquier  and  William  Robinson.    March  18,  1767. 
S[?]  Fouace.    June  21,  1725. 
John  Fox.    August  15,  1737. 
Anthony  Gavin.    August  5,  1738  (P.) ;  n.  d. 

(The  first  letter  is  printed  in  Phillips's  Colonies,  pp.  93-95.) 

I.  Giberne.    August  31,  1764.    (P.) 

Jonathan  Gibson.    April  27,  1731. 

William  Gooch.  October  18,  1727;  July  23,  1730;  May  15,  1731; 
May  28,  1731;  September  20,  1735;  August  20,  1736;  March  3, 
1737;  April  20,  1738;  May  13,  1738;  July  13,  1738;  August  25, 
1738;  October  5,  1741 ;  February  4,  1742. 

Charles  Griffin.    January  10,  1716. 

Patrick  Henry.    July  2,  1747. 

James  Horrocks.  February  10,  1766;  September  20,  1766;  June  4, 
1767;  June  22,  1767;  March  29,  1768;  July  6-7,  1769  (P.)  ;  August 
14,  1769. 

Emmanuel  Jones.    April  28,  1726. 

Hugh  Jones.    May  30,  1719. 

Walter  Jones.    March  27,  1733. 

William  Kay.    June  14,  1752.     (P.) 

John  Lang.    February  7,  1726.     (P.) 

Nicholas  Moreau.    April  12,  1697.    (P.) 

President  Nelson.  November  15,  1770  (P.)  ;  April  17,  1771  (ex 
tracts).  (P.) 

Francis  Nicholson.  June  28,  1699;  April  10,  1700  (2  copies)  (P.)  ; 
May  27,  1700  (P.)  ;  July  23,  1700  (P.)  ;  July  22,  1702  (P.)  ;  March 
29,  31,  1703. 

"  Philagathus  ".    May  30,  1732  (about  Mr.  Yates).     (P.) 

John  Pownall.    May  24,  1759. 

Robert  Raymond.    November  17,  1718. 


316  Fulham  Palace. 

Thomas  Robinson.    June  30,  1757. 

William  Robinson.     July  27,  1748;  November  20,  1760  (P.);  1763 

(P.?)  ;  August  17,  1764  (P.)  ;  August  12,  1765  (P.)  ;  June  6,  1766 

(P.)  ;  October  16,  1767.    (P.) 

William  Robinson  and  Francis  Fauquier.    March  18,  1767. 
Charles  Rose.    March  29,  1748. 
James  Scott.    March  15,  1768. 
Joseph  Smith.    March  10,  1729. 
A.  Spotswood.    December  I,  1721.     (P.) 
William  Stith.    August  13,  1755. 
John  Thorpe.    May  16,  1753.    (P.) 
Peter  Wagener.    January  6,  1739. 
John  Watson.    May  26,  1768. 
James  Wetmore.    July  21,  1739. 
Solomon  Whately  et  al.     1703. 
Charles  Woodmason.    September  16,  1776.     (P.) 
Bartholomew  Yates.    July  23,  1726.     (P.) 
Anonymous.     February   i,   1754    (criticism  of  Church  of  England 

missionaries).    (P.) 

Acts  of  Assembly,  etc. 

Enactments  relating  to  Virginia  churches,    n.  d. 

Edmund  Northey's  opinion  concerning  these  acts.    July  29,  1703  (2  copies). 

Copy  of  the  Act  entitled  "  An  Act  for  the  Effectual  Suppression  of  Vice  and 

Restraint  and  Punishment  of  Blasphemous  Wicked  and  Dissolute 

Persons  ",  1705,  with  the  opinion  of  the  Council  of  Virginia  upon  it. 
An  Act  for  the  better  Regulation  of  the  Indian  trade.    1714  (2  copies). 
Copy  of  Act  for  dissolving  Wilmington  parish.    1722  (2  copies). 
Council  proceedings  relating  to  John  Brunskill.    April  21,  1757.     (P.) 
Paper  endorsed  "  Lords  of  Trade's  Report  on  the  Virginia  Clergy's  Petition 

against  the  Acts  of  Assembly  passed  there."    July  4,  1759. 
Paper  endorsed :     "  Report  of  the  Lords  Commissioners  for  Trade  and 

Plantations  for  his  Majesty's  Disallowance  of  several  Acts  passed 

in  Virginia  in  1753,  1755  and  1758,  relating  to  the  Clergy."    July  4, 

[1759?].    (P.)  * 
Report  of  the  Lords  of  the  Committee  for  repealing  four  Acts  passed  in  the 

Colony  of  Virginia  in  the  Years  1753,  1755  and  1758.    August  3, 

1759- 

Kings  order  in  Council  declaring  above  acts  void.    August  10,  1759. 

Additional  instructions  to  Governor  Fauquier.  September  21,  1759.  (Relat 
ing  to  above  acts.  Copy.) 

Notes  on  Virginia  tobacco  acts.    n.  d. 

Copy  of  bill  entitled  "  An  Additional  ....  Act  to  the  ....  Act  for  the 
Establishment  of  Religious  Worship  in  this  Province."  1760. 

Extracts  from  instructions  of  governors:  Yeardley,  1626;  Wyatt,  1638; 
Berkeley,  1650  (P.);  Culpeper,  1679.  (P.) 

Legal  Proceedings. 

Articles  in  case  of  Carlyle  et  al.  vs.  Townshend  Dade.    n.  d. 

Articles  in  case  of  Carter  et  al.  vs.  Ramsay,    n.  d. 

Articles  in  case  of  Goodwin  et  al.  vs.  Patrick  Lunan.    n.  d. 


Virginia.  317 

Proceedings  in  case  of  William  Kay;  attested  by  Robert  Dinwiddie,  with 

seal  of  the  colony  attached.    1747. 
Other  papers  in  Kay's  case  ( 12) . 
Proceedings  of  governor  and  council  in  case  of  James  Sherlock  and  Benjamin 

Harrison.     1698-1700. 
Charge  to  the  grand  jury,  October  19,  1730.    By  William  Gooch.    (Printed.) 

Memorials,  Petitions  and  Addresses. 

Memorial  concerning  Sir  Edmund  Andros.  [1697.]  (Endorsed  "by  Dr. 
Blair".)  (P.) 

"  A  short  character  of  Sir  Edmund  Andros's  conduct,  concerning  the  Mili 
tia,  General  Court,  Council ",  etc.  n.  d. 

Addresses  and  petitions  of  Virginia  clergy.  August  25,  1703;  November 
29,  1755  (P.) ;  February  25,  1756  (P.)  ;  c.  1759  (2)  ;  1760;  without 
date  (4). 

Address  from  council  to  Board  of  Trade  (on  decay  of  tobacco  trade).  Sep 
tember  u,  1713. 

A  similar  address  (n.  d.)  from  Maryland,  and  a  letter  from  the  commis 
sioners  enclosing  these,  dated  April  16,  1714. 

Addresses  of  council  to  governor.  February  16,  1754,  and  February  18, 
1754.  (Printed.) 

Address  of  burgesses  to  governor.    February  18,  1754.     (Printed.) 

Speech  of  Robert  Dinwiddie  to  the  general  assembly.  February  14,  1754. 
(Printed.) 

Copy  of  part  of  governor's  speech  to  the  General  Assembly,  November  17, 
1714;  part  of  House  of  Burgesses'  answer,  November  25,  1714. 

Memorial  of  Indian  Company,    n.  d.     (2  copies,  one  incomplete). 

Representation  of  London  merchants  against  Act  of  1758.    1759  (copy). 

Request  of  inhabitants  of  Monocantown  (Manicantown)  for  a  minister. 
March  25,  1718.  (French.) 

Part  of  Spotswood's  speech  to  general  assembly.    1711.     (P.) 

Petition  of  Wilmington  parishioners.    May  23,  1724. 

Memorial  of  Charles  Woodmason.    September  16,  1776.     (P.) 

College  of  William  and  Mary. 

Address  in  favor  of  founding  the  college,  signed  by  Francis  Nicholson,  Wil 
liam  Randolph,  et  al  April  16,  1697. 

"  A  true  Account  of  a  Conference  at  Lambeth,  December  27,  1697."  (P.) 

Instrument  of  election  of  Bishop  Sherlock  as  chancellor.    May  5,  1749. 

Notification  of  Richard  Terrick's  election  as  chancellor.    November  21,  1764. 

"  A  Statute  for  the  better  Government  of  the  College."    n.  d. 

"  A  Statute  for  amending  A  late  Statute  made  for  the  better  Government  of 
the  College."  1766  (2  copies). 

Representation  of  the  visitors.    July  15,  1767. 

Address  of  president  and  masters,  and  minutes  of  the  visitors.    July,  1768. 

Letter  of  the  visitors.    July  22,  1768. 

Report  of  the  visitors.    July  i,  1768. 

Proceedings  at  meeting  of  visitors  and  governors.  May  20,  1757;  March- 
August,  1760;  June,  1767. 


318  Fulham  Palace. 

Clergy. 

A  List  of  the  present  ministers  of  Virginia.    October  30,  1754.     (P.) 
A  Journal  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  Convention  held  at  the  College  of  Wil 
liam  and  Mary,  October  30,  1754  (bound  with  preceding).     (P.) 
Propositions  concerning  the  Virginia  clergy,    n.  d.     (2  copies). 
Paper  docketted  "  Patronage  of  Churches  in  Virginia."    n.  d. 

Testimonials  and  Letters  of  Recommendation. 

For  Isaac  Avery,  George  Berkeley,  John  Boyd  (2),  John  Holmes,  George 
Purdie  (7),  John  Ramsay,  "Mr.  Thomson",  Isaac  Twycross  and 
B.  Yates. 

Queries. 

MSS :  "  Queries  to  be  answered  by  the  persons  who  were  Commissaries  to 
my  Predecessor."  Answered  by  James  Blair,  July  17,  1724,  with 
note  by  Hugh  Drysdale.  (P.) 

Printed  forms:  Abingdon  (P.),  Accomacke  (P.),  Blissland  (P.)>  Bristol 
(P.),  Bruton  (P.)>  Christ  Church,  Lancaster  Co.  (P.),  Christ 
Church  (Middlesex  Co.)  (P.),  Elizabeth  City  (P.),  Hungar's  (P.), 
Henrico,  Isle  of  Wight  (upper  parish)  (P.),  James  City  (P.), 
Lawns  Creek  (P.),  Newport,  Overwharton  (P.),  Petsworth  (P.), 
St.  Mary's  (P.),  St.  Peter's  (P.),  St.  Stephen's  (P.),  South  Farn- 
ham  (P.),  Southwark  (P.),  Westminster  (P.),  Westover  (P.), 
York  Hampton.  (P.) 

VIRGINIA  (SECOND  BOX). 
Letters. 

(From)  John  Andrews.    February  23,  1749. 

Edmund  Andros.    April  28,  1697. 

John  Bagg.    October  14,  1724. 

James  Blair.  May  29,  1700;  May  14,  1717;  July  9,  1723;  July  22, 
1723;  July  28,  1724;  September  12,  1724;  March  24,  1726;  April 
22,  1726;  June  8,  1728;  September  8,  1729;  July  13,  1730;  July  20, 
1730;  June  17,  1732;  August  14,  1732;  May  5,  1733;  August  n, 
1734;  July  7,  1735;  May  29,  1740  (P.);  October  11,  1740;  Feb 
ruary  19,  1742  (P.);  January  21,  [  ]  (extract). 

John  Blair.    May  28,  1743;  July  25,  1752;  August  15,  1752. 

Thomas  Bray.    October  15,  1727. 

Charles  Bridges.    October  20,  1735. 

John  Brunskill.    June  27,  1724;  July  6,  1724;  June  29,  1730. 

William  Byrd.  October  3,  1697;  October  10,  1698;  April  12,  1699; 
September  12,  1699.  n.  d.  (all  copies). 

John  Camm.    October  23,  1761 ;  January  i,  1762 ;  September  8,  1768. 

Thomas  Dawson.  July  30,  1752;  November  24,  1752;  July  23, 
X753  (P-);  March  u,  1754  (P.);  July  28,  1754;  November  15, 
1754  (P.);  June  10,  1755  (P.);  August  13,  1755;  February  25, 
1.756  (P.);  July  9,  I757-  (P-) 

William  Dawson.  May  17,  1731 ;  August  7,  1732;  August  n,  1732; 
Novembers,  1734  (P.) ;  November  22,  1734;  September  14,  1736 
(P.)  ;  June  2,  1740;  March  I,  1748;  May  5,  1749;  May  10,  1749; 


Virginia,  319 

July  n,  1749  (P.)  ;  August  5,  1749;  October  16,  1749  (2)  ;  July 
27,  1750  (P.)  ;  August  30,  1750;  May  7,  1751 ;  July  15,  1751  (P.)  ; 
August  6,  1751;  February  10,  1752  (P.)  ;  June  17,  1752;  July  30, 
1752. 

Laurence  De  Butts.    November  5,  1721  ;  1722;  July  I,  1722. 

[     ]  Dell.    October  28,  1721. 

Adam  Dickie.    June  27,  1732  (extract). 

Robert  Dinwiddie.  June  5,  1752  (copy)  (P.)  ;  July  21,  1752;  July  27, 
1752  ;  July  28,  1752  ;  August  15,  1752  (copy). 

Hugh  Drysdale.    May  31,  1724;  November  26,  1723. 

Francis  Fauquier.  November  4,  1761 ;  June  12,  1762;  September  4, 
1762;  September  9,  1762;  April  15,  1763;  January  16,  1764;  Feb 
ruary  7,  1764;  February  17,  1764;  February  20,  1764;  November 
24,  1764;  November  6,  1765;  March  28,  1766;  January  14,  1767. 

Alexander  Forbes.    July  21,  1724. 

Henry  Ford.    n.  d. 

Stephen  Fouace.    April  22,  [i6]97. 

John  Garzia.    July  7,  1727. 

Jonathan  Gibson.    May  4,  1732;  May  9,  1741. 

William  Gooch.  February  14,  1728;  May  26,  1728;  July  10,  1728; 
June  29,  1729;  October  9,  1729;  August  12,  1732;  January  14, 
1734;  June  20,  1734;  July  8,  1735;  May  21,  1739;  September  16, 
1741 ;  May  10,  1743  (P.)  ;  May  24,  1744;  April  20,  1749. 

Edward  Hawtrey.    October  2,  1765. 

Patrick  Henry.    September  4,  1735. 

Richard  Hewitt.    June  i,  1725;  July  29,  1725. 

James  Horrocks.  January  16,  1764;  November  22,  1764;  September 
17,  1765;  October  3,  1765;  December  27,  1765;  January  n,  1768; 
June  27,  1768;  November  i,  1768;  December  12,  1768;  January  12, 
1769;  December  15,  1769;  May  i,  1770;  May  15,  1770;  February 
12,  1771;  October  8,  1771. 

Mungo  Ingles.    September  20,  1707. 

Emmanuel  Jones.    July  20,  1723;  June  i,  1724. 

Walter  Jones.    July  28,  1725. 

William  Le  Neve.    July  20,  1724;  July  i,  1735. 

Bishop  of  London.    June  14,  1759  (P.)  ;  October  10,  1763  (3)  ;  Janu 
ary  7,  1766. 
(The  first  letter  is  printed  in  Phillips's  Colonies,  pp.  67-71.) 

Philip  Ludwell.    July  10,  1716. 

T.  Marye.    July  22,  1730. 

John  Moncure.     September  10,  1738. 

Nicholas  Moreau.    April  12,  1697  (P.)  ;  May  29,  1700. 

Francis  Nicholson.    June  8,  1698  (copy)  ;  July  28,  1702. 

Francis  Peart.    April  15,  1732. 

William  Robinson.  November  3,  1761;  January  18,  1762;  June  8, 
1762;  September  4,  1762;  May  4,  1763;  October  23,  1765;  October 
16,  1767  (P.)  ;  n.  d.  (about  College  of  William  and  Mary). 

Gov.  Spotswood.  January  27,  1714;  June  3,  1717;  September  3, 
1718  (copy). 

T.  Staige.    July  5,  1732. 


320  Fulham  Palace. 

William  Stith.    August  15,  1752;  September  I,  1752;  April  21,  1753; 

August  18,  1753. 

Thomas  Troughear.     September  3,  1729. 
Anonymous.    September  28,  1702  (about  Gov.  Nicholson.    Endorsed 

"Mr.  Foace"). 

Acts,  etc. 

Act  for  the  better  support  of  the  clergy.     1749. 

Proclamation  dissolving  Wilmington  parish.    December  5,  1722. 

Copies  of  proclamation  of  General  Court,  allowing  Samuel  Davies  to  hold 

meetings  of  dissenters.    April  14,  1747;  November  i,  1748. 
Proceedings  of  council  in  case  of  John  Brunskill.    April-May,  1757.     (P.) 
"  State  of  Virginia,  1726."     (Table  giving  names  of  officials  and  clergy ;  and 

the  acreage,  number  of  tithables,  number  of  militia  and  sort  of 

tobacco  in  each  county.) 

Petitions  and  Addresses. 

Commissary  and  clergy,    n.  d. 
Alexander  Forbes.    1723. 

Clergy. 

Journals  of  Convention.    April,  1719  (2  copies),  October  30,  1754.     (P.) 
Accounts  of  counties,  parishes  and  ministers.    March  25,  1735 ;  December  15, 

1744 ;  January  4,  1758 ;  n.  d. 

List  of  negroes  instructed  and  baptized.    Northern  Farnham,  March,  1724. 
Catalogue  of  the  parochial  library  in  Manicantown.     1710. 

(Printed  in  Phillips's  Colonies,  pp.  91-93.) 

College  of  William  and  Mary. 

"An  abstract  of  the  Design  and  Institution  of  the  College  of  William  and 

Mary  in  Virginia  ".    n.  d. 

Charter.    Transfer  and  Statutes.     1758.     (Printed.) 
Minutes  of  Visitors.    November,  1757. 
Catalogue  of  books  of  Col.  Nicholson,  with  valuations,  to  be  bequeathed  to 

college,  taken  May  30,  1695. 

(Printed  in  Phillips's  Colonies,  pp.  39-44.) 

Letters  of  Recommendation. 

Joseph  Ball,  Adam  Dickie,  J.  Hubbard,  Mr.  Lennon,  James  McGill   (?), 

George  Murdock,  William  Wilkie. 
Ratifications,  4. 

Queries. 

St.  Paul's  Parish,  Hanover  County  (P.)  ;  Stratton  Major  (P.)  ;  Washington 
(P.)  ;  Wilmington.     (P.) 

NORTH  AND  SOUTH  CAROLINA  AND  GEORGIA. 
Letters, 

(From)  Martin  Bladen  and  Richard  Plummer.    August  20,  1724. 
John  Boyd.    April  12,  1735.     (H.) 
George  Burrington.    May  10,  1732.     (H.) 


North  and  South  Carolina  and  Georgia.  321 

Nathaniel  Cotton.     December  15,  1768. 

Arthur  Dobbs.    August  9,  1762;  March  29,  1764  (extract).     (H.) 

Theodorus  S.  Drage.    November  23,  1769. 

William  Duncanson.    March  26,  1762. 

Samuel  Frink.     December  7,  1770. 

C.  Gale.    April  6,  1732.     (H.) 

A.  Garden.    April  24,  1740. 

John  Garzia.    March  19,  1735 ;  May  8,  1735. 

Bevill  Granville.     May  6,  1732.     (H.) 

Francis  Harris  et  al.    November  22,  1770  (3). 

Alexander  Keith.    May  31,  1771. 

John  Lapierre.     November  29,  1732  (H.)  ;  October  9,  1733  (H.)  ; 

April  23,  1734.     (H.) 
Isaac  Le  Grand  et  al.    December  27,  1731. 
Richard  Marsden.    June  20,  1733;  July  7,  1735.     (H.) 
John  Pownall.     November  27,  1761 ;  December  3,  1761 ;  March  22, 

1762. 

Giles  Rainsford.    July  25,  1712. 
[  ]  Reed.    July  10,  1765  (extract). 

Woodes  Rogers.    April  i,  1731. 
William  Tryon.    August  12,  1765  (extract)    (H.)  ;  October  6,  1766 

(2)   (H.)  ;  April  30,  1767  (H.)  ;  January  15,  1768;  February  12, 

1768;  June  10,  1768;  June  II,  1768;  October  9,  1768;  July  22,  1770. 
John  Urmston.    January  21,  1712;  September  29,  1712. 
Gov.  Wright.    July  2,  1770;  December  I,  1770. 

Acts,  etc. 

Laws  of  North  Carolina  ....  May  18,  1765.     (Printed.) 

Order  of  Council  upon  the  North  Carolina  act.    June  3,  1762. 

"  Extract  of  a  Report  of  the  Board  of  Trade  upon  considering  an  Act  passed 
in  the  province  of  North  Carolina  in  January,  1771,  Authorizing 
Presbyterian  Ministers  to  Solemnize  the  Rites  of  Matrimony." 

Copies  of  papers  relating  trouble  between  Rev.  Haddon  Smith  and  the  Pro 
vincial  Congress  of  Georgia ;  and  the  tarring  and  feathering  of  one 
of  Mr.  Smith's  parishioners.  July,  1775. 

Papers  in  the  case  of  Thomas  Bailey.     1725  (4). 

Addresses. 

(From)  John  Garzia.    May  8,  1735  (2). 

Church  of  St.  Thomas.    Pamlico  River,  October  10,  1734  (2). 
Church  of  St.  James.     Santee,  December  27,  1731. 

Other  Papers. 

"  Memoranda  Concerning  the  Endowment  of  the  Church  In  North  Caro 
lina",  n.  d.  (H.) 

Memoranda  concerning  Col.  Wyeth.    n.  d. 
Proceedings  of  S.  P.  G.    May  18,  1739. 
Appointments  of  ministers  (3). 


322  Fulham  Palace. 

SOUTH  CAROLINA. 
Letters. 

(From)  James  Abercromby.    January  20,  1733. 

Andrew  Allen  and  Charles  Hill.  June  23,  1727. 

John  Barnwell.    March  16,  1723. 

Philip  Bearcroft.    March  15,  1741. 

Albert  Bouderous.    April  25,  1724. 

Thomas  Broughton.    November  19,  1726. 

Arthur  Browne.    June  16,  1736. 

Hugh  Bryan.  November  20,  1740  (from  South  Carolina  Gazette, 
no.  359). 

Joseph  Bugmon.    June  20,  1733;  July  15,  1733. 

William  Tredwell  Bull.  May  15,  1718  (copy.  Gives  list  of  current 
prices)  (H.)  ;  November  18,  1718;  March  20,  1719;  May  12,  1720; 
August  12,  1720;  December  19,  1720;  January  13,  1722  (H.)  ; 
March  5,  1723;  May  13,  1728. 

William  Bull.    February  I,  1766. 

Alexander  Campbell.    February  12,  1730. 

Thomas  Christie.    July  6,  1735. 

Charles  Craven.    March  23,  1713. 

James  Dormer.    February  25,  1762. 

N.  Dukenfeld.    October  3,  1726. 

Alexander  Garden.  January  22,  1723;  January  31,  1723;  May  4, 
1724;  July  16,  1724  (2)  ;  May  24,  1725;  May  26,  1727;  June  28, 
1729;  November  24,  1729;  April  28,  1730;  April  20,  1731 ;  July  24, 
1731;  February  25,  1732;  November  8,  1732;  April  7,  1733;  July 
24,  1733;  December  28,  1733;  April  18,  1734;  April  30,  1734;  June 
8,  1734;  June  15,  1734;  November  13,  1734;  January  19,  1735  (2)  ; 
May  15,  1735  (H.)  ;  March  8,  1736;  June  4,  1736  (H.)  ;  October 
24,  1736;  March  10,  1737;  December  22,  1737;  May  4,  1739;  June 
12,  1739;  May  30,  1740;  January  28,  1741  (2)  ;  February  n,  1741 
(2);  February  21,  1741;  July  30,  1741;  August  15,  1741;  July  8, 
1743;  September  16,  1748;  December  29,  1748;  October  2,  1749; 
October  23,  1749;  February  i,  1750  (H.) ;  n.d. 

James  Glen.    May  15,  1749;  April  10,  1762. 

William  Guy.    November  20,  1718  (H.)  ;  November  7,  1726. 

H.  Herbert.    April  20,  1733. 

James  Honyman.    December  4,  1718. 

Brian  Hunt.  March  18,  1723;  May  18,  1723;  October  30,  1723; 
November  12,  1723;  April  22,  1724;  March  20,  1727;  December 
1 8,  1727;  September  8,  1729;  n.  d. 

Robert  Johnson  et  al.    December  20,  1717. 

Gideon  Johnston.     December  9,  1715 ;  April  6,  1716. 

Lewis  Jones.    June  2,  1730  (2  copies). 

Alexander  Keith.    December  30,  1766;  July  12,  1770. 

John  Lapierre.    January  I,  1726. 

Francis  Le  Jau.  September  17,  1711;  May  26,  1712;  February  23, 
1713 ;  February  7,  1715  ;  December  I,  1715  ;  April  25,  1716;  January 

7,  1717. 

Andrew  Leslie.    January  7,  1734. 
Richard  Marsden.    August  16,  1736;  November  8,  1736. 


South  Carolina.  323 

J.  Adam  de  Martel.    July  13,  1769.     (H.) 
(Printed  in  Phillips's  Colonies,  pp.  179-180.) 

Charles  Martyn.     February  i,  1763  (H.)  ;  October  20,  1765  (H.)  ; 

December  20,  1765.     (H.) 
Thomas  Morritt.     January  24,  1732;  November  7,  1732;  February 

3>  I735;  September  18,  1735  (2  copies). 
Francis   Nicholson.     August  22,    1723    (2  copies)  ;  June  30,   1724 

(copy)   (H.)  ;  August  5,  1724;  October  31,  1724. 
William  Orr.    April  9,  1737 ;  February  9,  1741 ;  July  12,  1750. 
Robert  Pocklington.    April  3,  1762. 
Dr.  Scheurer.     April  17,  1734. 
W.  Sharpe.     January  13,  1721;  May  15,  1742  (about  Whitefield) . 

(H.) 

Michael  Smith.     May  13,  1753. 
Thomas  Thompson.    November  5,  1734. 
Nicholas  Trott.     February  17,  1703;  June  17,  1715;  September  7, 

1728;  January  10,  1730;  March  28,  1730. 
B.  Tustian.    December  5,  1720.     (H.) 
George  Whitefield.    September  8,  1740.     (H.  ?) 
J.  Winteley.    July  20,  1728 ;  February  13,  1729. 
Charles  Woodmason.    October  19,  1766  (H.)  ;  March  26,  1771  (long 

account  of  conditions  in  province,  with  documents  bearing  on  the 

Remonstrance) ;  n.  d. 
William  Wye.    June  26,  1718. 

Acts,  etc. 

"  An  act  for  the  founding  and  erecting  a  free  school." 

"  The  act  in  the  4th  of  William  and  Mary  ....  for  providing  missionaries." 

"  An  act  for  the  establishment  of  religious  worship  in  this  province."    Nov 
ember  30,  1706. 

4  copies  of  Nicholas  Trott's  commission  as  chief  justice.    March  8,  1707. 

"  A  further  additional  act  to  an  act  entituled  an  act  for  the  establishment  of 
religious  worship  in  this  province."    April  8,  1716. 

Copy  of  act  allowing  an  assistant  to  the  rector  of  St.  Philip's,  Charlestown. 
June  8,  1736. 

An  act  to  establish  courts,  etc.     1769.     (Printed.) 

Proclamation  of  Lieut-Gen.  Bull.    August  6,  1768.    (Printed.) 
(Printed  in  Phillips's  Colonies,  pp.  170-172.) 

Eight  resolutions  against  importing  European  or  East  Indian  goods.     July 

7,  1769.     (Printed.) 
Extracts  from  instructions  of  Francis  Nicholson.    September  27,  1720.  (H.) 

Memorials,  Addresses,  etc. 

"  Copy  of  a  Remonstrance  presented  to  the  Commons  House  of  Assembly  of 

South  Carolina,  by  the  upper  inhabitants  of  the  said  Province." 

November,  1767.     (With  notes.) 
"  A  Short  memorial  of  the  Present  State  of  the  Church  and  Clergy  in  .... 

South  Carolina."     By  William  Tredwell  Bull.     August  10,  1723. 

(H.) 
Ten  addresses  from  clergy  of  province.     (H.,  several.) 


324:  Fulham  Palace. 

Addresses  from  Parishes. 

Caroline;  Charleston  (3)  ;  Christ  Church  (6)  ;  Prince  Fredericks  (9)  ; 
Prince  George;  St.  Andrew  (3)  ;  St.  Bartholomew  (3)  ;  St.  Helen 
(2)  ;  St.  James,  Goose  Creek  (6)  ;  St.  James,  Santee  (2)  ;  St.  John, 
Berkeley  (3)  ;  St.  John,  Colleton  (3)  ;  St.  Mark;  St.  Paul  (2)  ;  St. 
Philip  (4). 
(Several  addresses  are  printed  in  Phillips's  Colonies,  pp.  166-170.) 

Addresses  from  inhabitants  of  Orangeburg  and  the  same  from  inhabitants 
of  Purisburg. 

Clergy  and  Churches. 

List  of  the  ministers  in  Carolina,  Pennsylvania,  etc.     1722. 

List  of  the  missionaries  of  the  S.  P.  G.    May  3,  1723. 

The  Bishop  of  London's  instructions  to  the  clergy  of  North  and  South 

Carolina.    April  22,  1717.     (H.) 

Extract  from  vestry  books  of  Caroline  Church.    January  25,  1730. 
Notes  on  church  matters  by  Charles  Martyn.    March  30,  1762  (H.)  ;  April 

11,1762.    (H.) 

Proceedings  in  ecclesiastical  court,  March- April,  1734,  against  John  Fulton. 
Order  of  commissioners,  with  regard  to  St.  Paul's  parish.    December  3,  1712. 

Other  Papers. 

Mr.  Woodmason's  account  of  South  Carolina,  North  Carolina,  Georgia,  etc. 

1766.     (H.) 

(Printed  in  Phillips's  Colonies,  pp.  175-179.) 
"  A  Short  Discourse  On  the  present  State  of  the  Colonies  in  America,  with 

Respect  to  the  Interest  of  Great  Britain." 
Copies  of  papers  concerning  Nathan  Bassett.     1724. 
Clipping  from  South  Carolina  papers.     November  17,  1767. 
Letters  recommending  Mr.  Guy,  Charles  Martin,  Gilbert  James  and  Mr. 

Morritt. 
Certificate  about  Francis  Merry,  signed  by  Gen.  Nicholson,  and  sealed. 

Queries. 

Commissary  Garden  to  L.  Neill.    June  13,  1734. 

"  Queries  to  be  answer'd  by  the  persons  who  were  Commissaries  to  my 

predecessor."    Answered  by  A.  Garden.    (H.) 
Printed  forms:     Christ  Church  (H.) ;  St.  Andrew  (H.) ;  St.  Dennis  (H.) ; 

St.  George  (H.)  ;  St.  James  (H.)  ;  St.  James,  Goose  Creek  (H.)  ; 

St.  John  (H.)  :  St.  Philip  (H.)  ;  St.  Thomas. 

"  S.  P.  G.  MISSIONS  TO  AMERICAN  CHURCHES  AND 
WEST  INDIAN  ISLANDS." 

Letters  from  Thomas  Bray,  Aldgate,  October  28,  1723,  and  Sheldon,  July 
15,  1724;  B.  De  La  Roche,  Lunenburg,  August  4,  1772;  William 
Duncanson,  Savannah,  March  30,  1762;  Nathaniel  Horwood,  Bur 
lington,  October  10,  1729;  Peter  Houpe,  New  Rochelle,  May  12, 
1725  (copy)  ;  David  Mossom,  Marblehead,  December  17,  1724 
(P.)  ;  A.  Spencer,  June  12,  1749. 


S.  P.  G.  Missions,  America  and  West  Indies.  325 

Paper  book  containing-  copies  of  letters  relating  to  illegal  trade  in  Virginia 
from  William  Popple,  June  15,  1699;  Jonn  Povey,  June  17,  1699, 
and  October  13,  1699;  James  Vernon,  July  25,  1699,  the  judge, 
registrar,  advocate  and  marshal  of  Virginia,  April  6,  1700;  the 
collectors  and  naval  officers,  April  20,  1700. 

"  A  List  of  Persons  Licensed  to  the  Plantations  by  the  Bishops  of  London 
from  the  Year  1745  inclusive."  (H.) 

List  of  the  parishes  in  the  colonies,  taken  from  the  books  of  the  S.  P.  G. 
July  I,  1724. 

Memoranda  and  observations  relative  to  the  Society,    n.  d. 

Extracts  from  minutes  of  S.  P.  G. 

"  A  Memoriall  Conserning  foraingne  Plantations  ",  chiefly  about  the  relations 
of  the  colonies  with  Canada,  n.  d. 

Copy  of  Gov.  Nicholson's  will. 

Papers  about  the  appointment  of  bishops  for  America. 

Papers  concerning  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Bishop  of  London  in  the  colonies. 
April  26,  1725,  December  27,  1725,  May  25,  1726,  June  14,  1726, 
April  u,  1750. 

Petition  of  James  Maynard  concerning  the  paying  of  taxes  to  support  dis 
senting  ministers. 

Proposals  for  promoting  religion,    n.  d.     (2). 

"  Proposals  for  propagating  Christianity  among  the  Native  Indians  of  North 
America."  n.  d. 

"  Some  general  Account  of  the  Church  in  the  British  Colonies."    April,  1762. 
(Endorsed,  from  William  Smith.) 
(Printed  in  Phillips's  Colonies,  pp.  107-110.) 

Ratifications  of  appointments. 

Recommendations  of  Duncanson,  1761  (2)  ;  Mr.  Lucius,  Thomas  Pollen. 

"  A  Discourse  shewing  how  requisite  it  is  to  Incourage  Learning,  Religion, 

and  Episcopal  Church  Government  in  the  English  Plantations,  and 

that  this  is  no  way  inconsistent  with  the  Interests  of  Great  Britain." 

n.  d. 

(Printed  in  part  in  Phillips's  Colonies,  pp.  06-101.) 

Thoughts  upon  the  present  state  of  the  Church  of  England  in  America. 
June,  1764. 

LETTERS  ABOUT  COLONIAL  CHURCHES. 

Chiefly  letters  from  or  about  the  Leeward  Islands. 

(Several  are  printed  in  Phillips's  Colonies,  chap,  vi.) 

Letter  from  Governor  Martin  of  North  Carolina,  about  the  public  school 
at  New  Bern.  June  20,  1772.  (H.) 

PAPERS  CONCERNING  COLONIAL  HISTORY. 

Letter  from  Bishop  of  London,  September  20,  1750,  about  bishops  for  the 

plantations. 
Petition  of  Theodorus  Swaine  Drage,  to  governor  and  assembly  of  North 

Carolina,  January   10,  1773,  about  his  salary  as  minister  of  St. 

Luke's. 


326  Fulham  Palace. 

"  PAPERS  COLLECTED  ....  1907." 
Letters. 

(From)  John  Banister.    Virginia,  April  6,  1679. 

(Extract  printed  in  Phillips's  Colonies,  pp.  193-201.) 

Robert  Dinwiddie.    Virginia,  July  26,  1755 ;  July  29,  1755  (copies)  ; 

August  n,  1755. 

Thomas  Dunbar.    August  I,  1755  (copy). 
Alexander  Forbes.    Virginia,  July  21,  1724.     (P.) 

(Printed  in  Phillips's  Colonies,  pp.  207-223.) 

W.  Hall.    May  n,  1723. 

John  Harte.    n.  d. 

Jacob  Henderson.    Maryland,  August  16,  1724.     (P.) 

Bishop  of  London.     April   15,   1718   (P.)  ;  April   16,   1718    (P.)  ; 

August  6,  1718  (3);  September  9,  1718  (P.);  May  n,  1751  (P.); 

November  25,  1752  (P.) ;  May  18,  1753  (P.) ;  February  19,  1759. 

(Two  draft  letters,  of  which  one  is  dated  August  6,  1718,  are  printed  in 
Phillips's  Colonies,  pp.  64-65.) 

William  Nairn.    Virginia,  April  29,  1727. 

Robert  Orme.    July  18,  1755. 

John  Salkeld.    Port  Mahon,  November  6,  1716;  November  8,  1716; 

January  12,  1717. 

Samuel  Skippon.     Annapolis,  January  19,  1715.     (P.) 
John  Urmston.    June  30,  1724.     (P.) 

George  Washington  to  Gov.  Dinwiddie.    July  18,  1755  (copy). 
Chris.  Wilkinson.    September  9,  1724  (P.)  ;  September  14,  1724. 
P.  Yorke  and  C.  Talbot.    May  25,  1726;  June  i,  1726;  January  6,  []. 
Unsigned,    n.  d. 

Maryland. 

"An  Act  for  the  service  of  almighty  God  and  the  establishment  of  the 
Protestant  Religion  in  this  Province."  n.  d. 

"An  Act  for  erecting  free  schools  in  Maryland  under  the  patronage  of  his 
Grace  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury."  n.  d. 

Speech  of  Gov.  Harte  at  Convention  of  Maryland  clergy.  (Endorsed  "1717 
or  thereabouts  ".) 

Table  of  Maryland  clergy,  characterized  as  Whig  or  Tory,  etc.  n.  d.  (En 
dorsed  "  about  the  year  1722  ".)  (P.) 

Address  of  Maryland  clergy.     [1714.] 

Proceedings  at  visitation,  clergy  of  Eastern  shore,  June  24,  1730  (P.)  ;  June 
16,  1731.  (P.) 

Virginia. 

Proceedings  of  council  concerning  the  French  refugees  to  Virginia.    March 

7,  1699.     (P.) 

Extracts  from  proceedings  of  Virginia  council.    March  30,  April  8-9,  1703. 
Royal  instructions  for  Gov.  Nicholson.     December  12,  1702.     (With  seal.) 

(Printed  in  part  in  Phillips's  Colonies,  pp.  26-34.) 

Extracts  from  instructions  to  governor  of  Virginia,  concerning  liberty  of 
conscience,  n.  d. 


Fulham  Palace.  327 

Account  of  protest  of  Gov.  Nicholson  against  Edmund  Andros.  January  30, 
1698. 

Memorial  of  the  Virginia  Indian  Company  to  Gov.  Spotswood.  (Incom 
plete.) 

Instructions  from  Gov.  Nicholson  to  Robert  Hicks  and  John  Evans,  concern 
ing  treating  with  the  Indians,    n.  d.     (P.) 
(Printed  in  Phillips's  Colonies,  pp.  34-36.) 

"  Treaty  of  Peace  made  and  concluded  on  the  one  part  by  the  Honoble  Alex 
ander  Spotswood  her  Majesty's  Lieut.  Governor  and  Commander 
in  chief  of  the  Colony  and  Dominion  of  Virginia  for  and  in  behalf 
of  the  said  Colony :  And  on  the  other  part  by  Ouracooras  Turheer 
of  the  Nottoway  Indians  in  behalf  of  the  said  Nation.  Done  and 
Signed  at  Williamsburgh  the  2/th  of  February  1713." 
(Printed  in  Phillips's  Colonies,  pp.  201-205.) 

Same  with  "  Tuscaruro  "  Indians.     Same  date. 

Same  with  Saponie,  Stukanox,  Ocioneechee  and  Tottero  Indians.  Same  date. 

Commission  from  King  Charles  concerning  government  of  Virginia  church, 
n.  d.  (In  Latin.) 

Paper  on  induction  of  ministers  in  Virginia,    n.  d.     (P.) 

Address  of  council  of  Virginia  to  the  Queen.    April  10,  1703  (copy). 

Addresses  of  Gov.  Nicholson  to  House  of  Burgesses.  March  20,  March  22, 
April  6,  1703. 

Address  of  burgesses  to  Gov.  Nicholson. 

Petition  of  Edmund,  bishop  of  London,  to  the  king  about  the  Virginia  clergy. 
n.d.  (P.) 

Address  of  Martin's  Brandon  Church.    July  14,  1722. 

Parchment  headed  "  Present  Rules  and  Methods  settled  and  agreed  on  by 
us  Richard,  Earl  of  Burlington  and  Henry,  Lord  Bishopp  of  London 
for  the  disposicion  of  the  Rents  and  profitts  of  the  Mannor  of 
Brafferton  in  the  County  of  Yorks  towards  the  Propagating  the 
Gospell  in  Virginia  ....  December  21,  1697."  (With  seals  at 
tached.) 

Other  Colonies. 

Table  of  towns  and  clergy  of  New  England,    n.  d. 
Address  of  Connecticut  clergy  to  king.    June  5,  1765. 

Petition  to  king  of  Charles  Augustus  Ninagret,  sachem  of  the  Narragansett 
Indians.  July  13,  1727. 

(Printed  in  Phillips's  Colonies,  pp.  226-228.) 

"  Talk  takeing  in  Writeing  this  Eleventh  day  of  June  One  Thousand  Seven 
hundred  and  thirty  five  at  Savannah  in  Georgia  from  the  Mouths 
of  Chekelli  Mico  or  King  and  Chief  of  the  Upper  and  Lower  Creeks 
and  Antiche  head  Warriour  from  the  Cowetaco  Town  ",  etc. 

"A  Summary  of  the  Title  of  the  English  to  the  Country  of  Florida."  (En 
dorsed  "  Dr.  Coxe's  Paper.  Rd.  September  18,  1699.") 

Brief  for  collection  of  funds  in  aid  of  colleges  of  Philadelphia  and  New 
York.    1762.     (Printed.) 
(See  British  Museum,  Briefs  or  Church  Briefs.) 


328  Fulham  Palace. 

General. 

"  A  General  Plan  of  the  Constitution  of  the  Desired  Congregation  Pro  pro 
paganda  Fide  et  Moribus  Christianis."    By  Dr.  Bray.    n.  d. 
(Printed  in  Phillips's  Colonies,  pp.  79-81.) 

Extract  from  Journal  and  books  of  S.  P.  G.  on  the  subject  of  bishops  for 
America.  1702-1705. 

S.  P.  G.  petition  to  George  I.     [June  3,  1715.] 
(Printed  in  Phillips's  Colonies,  pp.  223-226.) 

List  of  parishes  in  the  colonies  and  plantations,  by  William  Hall.    n.  d. 

"  A  True  State  of  the  Bishop  of  London's  Jurisdiction  in  the  Plantations 
Abroad."    n.  d.    (Printed.) 
(Printed  in  Phillips's  Colonies,  pp.  60-63.) 

Paper  endorsed  "  Concerning  Bishops  in  America  by  Bishop  Sherlock ". 
n.  d. 

Report  of  the  attorney  and  solicitor-general  concerning  ecclesiastical  juris 
diction  in  the  plantations.  December  27,  1725  (2  copies). 

Commission  to  the  Lords  of  Trade.    June  27,  1737. 
(Printed  in  Phillips's  Colonies,  pp.  119-127.) 

Copies  of  commissions  of  Bishop  of  London  to  exercise  ecclesiastical  juris 
diction  in  America,  February  9,  1727;  May  25,  1726.  (Latin 
originals  and  English  translations.) 

Original  commission  for  the  American  plantations  from  George  II.  to  Ed 
mund,  bishop  of  London.    April  29,  1728.     (Parchment,  with  great 
seal  atached.) 
(Printed  in  Phillips's  Colonies,  pp.  113-119.) 

"  Bill  for  Allowing  his  Majesty's  Protestant  Subjects  dissenting  from  the 
Church  of  England  the  Exercise  of  their  Religion."  n.  d. 

BUNDLE  MARKED  "ODD  PAPERS  FROM  LONDON  HOUSE". 

Letters. 

(From)  John  Barnett,  Jonathan  Belcher  (December  9,  1737),  George  Bur- 
rington,  Thomas  Caner,  Timothy  Cutler,  J.  Dudley,  David  Dunbar, 
Richard  Everard,  H.  Harris,  Thomas  Harward,  Thomas  Lawrence 
(1696),  Thomas  Martin  (1698)  (P.?),  D.  Mossom,  Samuel  Myles, 
Francis  Nicholson  (1696-1697),  Roger  Price,  William  Smith,  Wil 
liam  Tryon,  Richard  Watts,  Robert  Weyman  (report  of  a  Penn- 
sylvanian  parish,  1728).  (P.) 

Miscellaneous  Documents. 

List  of  pew-holders  in  King's  Chapel,  Boston.    March  13,  1728. 
(Printed  in  Phillips's  Colonies,  pp.  110-112.) 

Abstract  of  sheriff's  return  on  number  of  Roman  Catholic  clergy,  Quakers 
and  other  dissenters,  in  Maryland.  May  24,  1698.  (P.) 

Account  of  parishes  of  Maryland,  and  taxables  in  each.     1697.     (P.) 

"  The  Case  of  the  Clergy  of  Maryland  under  an  Act  of  assembly  made  in 
that  Province  the  2ist  day  of  May  1730,  Entitled  an  Act  for  Im 
proving  the  Staple  of  Tobacco."  n.  d.  (P.) 

"  The  Case  of  the  people  called  Quakers  ".  May,  1697.  (A  petition  to 
Maryland  government.)  (P.) 


Fulham  Palace.  329 

"  A  Memorial  Representing  the  present  Case  of  the  Church  in  Maryland  ". 
n.  d.  (P.) 

A  "  Scheme  for  the  Settlement  of  a  New  colony  to  the  Westward  of  Penn 
sylvania  ".  n.  d. 

"  Return  of  the  Names  of  the  Counties  and  Parishes — Estimate  of  the  White 
Taxables  in  the  Province  of  North  Carolina.  Remarks  on  the 
Ability  of  the  respective  Parishes,  and  the  Names  of  the  Clergy  ". 
1767. 

Other  letters  and  papers. 


COMPANY  FOR  THE  PROPAGATION  OF  THE  GOSPEL  IN 

NEW  ENGLAND. 

i  HATTON  GARDEN,  HOLBORN,  E.  C. 

An  act  establishing  "  A  Corporation  for  the  Promoting  and  Propagating 
the  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ  in  New  England  "  was  passed  by  the  Long  Parlia 
ment  on  July  27,  1649.  After  the  Restoration,  in  1662,  the  corporation  was 
revived  under  the  name  of  "  The  Company  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel 
in  New  England  and  the  parts  adjacent  in  America  ".  The  company  carried 
on  its  work  in  New  England  until  the  Revolution,  after  which  its  operations 
were  continued  in  British  America.  A  volume  entitled  Some  Correspondence 
between  the  Governors  and  Treasurers  of  the  New  England  Company  in 
London  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  United  Colonies  in  America,  The 
Missionaries  of  the  Company  and  Others  between  the  Years  1657  and  1712, 
to  which  are  added  the  Journals  of  the  Rev.  Experience  May'hew  in  17/3 
and  1714  (London,  Spottiswoode,  1896),  edited  by  John  W.  Ford,  governor 
of  the  Company,  contains  "  the  few  remaining  relics  of  the  correspondence 
which  passed  between  the  Company  at  home  and  their  representatives  in 
....  America  ".  The  volume  includes  letters  from  the  Commissioners  of 
the  United  Colonies,  who  were  the  agents  for  dispensing  in  America  the 
funds  received  by  the  Company  in  England,  September  26,  1658,  September 
13,  1665,  September  10,  1668,  September  8,  1669,  postscript,  October  22, 
1669,  September  8,  1670,  September  5,  1678,  December  26,  1679,  May  29, 
1682,  March  I,  1683/4;  from  John  Cotton,  September  7,  1671 ;  from  Com 
missioner  Joseph  Dudley,  November  15,  1710;  from  John  Eliot,  October  8, 
1657,  September  6,  1669,  November  30,  1670,  September  4,  1671,  December 
i,  1671  (2),  December  17,  1675,  June  17,  1681  ;  from  the  President  of  Har 
vard  College,  October  2,  1664,  October  27,  1669;  from  Indians  at  Natick, 
Massachusetts,  to  John  Eliot,  March  19,  1683/4 ;  from  Cotton  Mather,  Janu 
ary  30,  1709/10,  November  9,  1710;  from  Increase  Mather,  Cotton  Mather 
and  Nehemiah  Walker,  March  2,  1705 ;  from  Increase  Mather,  January  20, 
1697,  July  20,  1698;  from  Thomas  Mayhew,  August  23,  1671 ;  from  Commis 
sioner  William  Stoughton,  April  14,  1693 ;  from  the  Company,  September  26, 
1684;  from  the  governor  of  the  Company,  1664,  June  4,  1668,  April  28,  1669, 
October  13,  1682,  January  15,  1711/12,  January  31,  1711/12. 

A  few  papers  relating  to  the  early  history  of  the  Society  are  in  the  Bodleian 
Library,  Rawlinson,  C.  934. 


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SOCIETY  FOR  PROMOTING  CHRISTIAN  KNOWLEDGE. 

NORTHUMBERLAND  AVENUE,  CHARING  CROSS,  W.  C. 

The  archives  may  be  inspected  with  the  permission  and  at  the  convenience 
of  the  Secretaries. 

The  S.  P.  C.  K.,  founded  in  1698,  carried  on  educational  and  missionary 
work  in  the  plantations,  up  to  the  autumn  of  1701  when  the  newly-founded 
Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts  took  over  the 
care  of  the  colonies.  Even  after  1701,  however,  the  S.  P.  C.  K.  made  some 
grants  of  books,  corresponded  with  residents  of  the  colonies,  and  extended 
to  the  plantations  occasional  aid  of  other  kinds. 

By  1711,  charity  schools  were  founded  in  New  England  and  New  York; 
church  libraries  were  established,  and  negroes  taught.  Beginning  with 
March,  1731,  considerable  sums  of  money  were  raised  for  the  Protestant 
exiles  from  Salzburg  who  were  helped  to  emigrate  to  Georgia,  provided  with 
missionaries  and  a  schoolmaster  and  otherwise  cared  for. 

The  details  of  the  Society's  work  in  the  colonies  may  be  gathered  from  the 
MS.  records  preserved  in  the  Society's  archives,  consisting  of  the  minute 
books  ;  books  containing  "  Abstracts  of  Correspondents'  Letters  "  ;  and  copies 
of  outward  letters.  The  originals  of  letters  received  have  not  been  preserved. 

The  minutes  of  the  Society  from  March  8,  1699,  till  June  I,  1704;  and  the 
"  Abstracts  of  Correspondents'  Letters  "  from  .November  22,  1699,  till  No 
vember,  1701,  have  been  printed  in  a  volume  entitled  A  Chapter  in  English 
Church  History:  being  the  Minutes  of  the  Society  for  Promoting  Christian 
Knowledge  for  the  years  1698-1704  together  with  Abstracts  of  Correspond 
ents'  Letters  during  part  of  the  same  Period,  edited  by  the  Rev.  Edmund 
McClure,  M.  A.  and  published  by  the  S.  P.  C.  K.  In  this  work  are  printed 
abstracts  of  two  letters  from  Mr.  Elias  Neau  of  New  York,  dated  June  3, 
and  June  13,  1701. 

Other  letters  from  the  American  continent  preserved  in  the  volumes  of 
abstracts,  but  not  printed  in  the  above-mentioned  book,  are  from  Mr.  Evan 
Evans,  dated  Philadelphia,  1709,  praying  for  encouragement  for  a  school  in 
those  parts,  and  from  John  Emerson,  dated  Ipswich  in  New  England,  January 
7,  1713,  stating  that  he  had  received  a  packet  of  books  and  should  be  grateful 
for  more  of  the  same  kind.  There  are  also  several  letters  from  Jamaica. 

While  A  Chapter  in  English  Church  History  thus  contains  the  full  text  of 
the  principal  records  of  the  Society  during  the  early  years  when  it  was  most 
concerned  with  the  colonies,  a  volume  by  W.  O.  B.  Allen  and  Edmund 
McClure,  entitled  Two  Hundred  Years:  The  History  of  the  Society  for 
Promoting  Christian  Knoivledge,  1698-1898,  published  by  the  S.  P.  C.  K. 
in  1898,  contains  not  only  some  of  the  documents  printed  in  the  earlier  book, 
but  an  account  of  the  later  history  of  the  Society  and  also  the  text  of  a 
considerable  number  of  letters  written  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Society  to 
Gov.  Nicholson  of  Virginia,  Elias  Neau  of  New  York,  Gov.  Shute,  Col. 
Drysdale,  lieutenant-governor  of  Virginia,  Hon.  Paul  Dudley,  Rev.  Dr.  Col- 
man  of  Boston,  Cotton  Mather,  and  other  prominent  New  Englanders. 

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SOCIETY  FOR  THE  PROPAGATION  OF  THE  GOSPEL  IN 
FOREIGN  PARTS. 

TUFTON  STREET,  CORNER  OF  WOOD  STREET,  WESTMINSTER,  S.  W. 

Office  hours  are  from  10  a.  m.  to  5  p.  m.,  Saturdays  till  2  p.  m.  It  is 
required  that  the  searcher  present  an  introduction  satisfactory  to  the  Secre 
tary,  with  whom  arrangements  for  consulting  MSS.  should  be  made  in 
advance. 

The  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts  was 
founded  in  1701.  Its  archives  contain  great  numbers  of  documents  that 
throw  light  on  the  religious,  social,  and  to  some  extent  on  the  economic 
history  of  the  American  colonies — the  chief  field  of  the  Society's  missionary 
activity  in  the  eighteenth  century.  The  nature  of  these  records  may  be 
learned  from  the  Hawks  transcripts  in  the  Church  Mission  House,  281 
Fourth  Ave.,  New  York  City,  some  of  which  have  been  printed  in  Doctors 
Hawks  and  Perry's  Documentary  History  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  in  the  United  States  of  America,  containing  numerous  hitherto  un 
published  Documents  concerning  the  Church  in  Connecticut,  two  volumes ; 
in  Bishop  Perry's  Historical  Colections  relating  to  the  American  Colonial 
Church,  four  volumes,  treating  of  the  colonies  of  Virginia,  Pennsylvania, 
Massachusetts,  Maryland,  and  Delaware ;  or  from  Mr.  C.  F.  Pascoe's  admi 
rable  book,  Two  Hundred  Years  of  the  S.  P.  G.,  1701-1900,  published  at  the 
Society's  office,  1901. 

The  MSS.  are  in  bound  volumes  or  unbound  in  boxes.  The  bound  vol 
umes,  which  are,  at  present,  alone  accessible,  consist  of  the  following  classes 
of  records : 

I.  Letters  and  reports  of  missionaries  and  other  correspondents. 

"  A  "  MSS.,  volumes  1-26,  are  contemporary  copies  of  letters  received,  in 
general  covering  the  period  from  1701  to  1736,  though  a  few  documents  of 
the  seventeenth  century  are  included. 

"  B  "  MSS.  are  originals  of  letters  received  from  1701  to  1786  (with  a 
few  papers  of  later  date)  together  with  originals  of  some  of  the  "  A  "  MSS., 
and  a  few  miscellaneous  documents,  including  (B.,  vol.  i)  papers  relating 
to  the  English  Church  in  the  colonies,  lists  of  books  sent  to  missionaries  in 
America,  some  papers  of  Gov.  Nicholson's,  a  memorial  relating  to  "  certain 
lands  [in  New  York]  to  the  amount  of  many  thousand  acres  ....  pur 
chased  [by  Joseph  Totten,  Ebenezer  Jessup,  and  others]  of  the  native  Indians 
on  the  29  and  31  days  of  July  1772  ",  and  intended  to  be  granted  for  the 
benefit  of  the  Society  (no.  268)  ;  a  rough  sketch  map  of  New  England  with 
note  as  to  towns  which  support  their  own  ministers  (no.  276)  ;  a  copy  of 
Gov.  Hunter's  commission,  dated  19  October,  8  Anne  (no.  280)  ;  (B.,  vol.  5) 
North  and  South  Carolina,  1756-1781,  a  copy  of  Col.  Barn  well's  Journal 
relating  to  his  proceedings  at  Alatamaha  to  July  21,  1721  ;  and  others 
printed  or  transcribed  in  the  collections  noted  above. 

Volumes  1-5  contain  letters  relating  to  New  England,  New  York,  New 

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Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel.  333 

Jersey,  Pennsylvania,  Maryland,  the  Carolinas,  Georgia  and  Nova  Scotia 
from  1702  to  1799;  volume  6  relates  to  the  West  Indies,  Newfoundland, 
Nova  Scotia,  and  Pennsylvania,  1721-1786.  The  documents  in  these  six 
volumes  are  generally  referred  to  in  the  Hawks  transcripts  as  "  unbound 
letters  ".  Volumes  7-20,  all  but  two  of  which  bear  the  title  "  New  England, 
etc.",  contain  MSS.  relating  to  North  America  from  Newfoundland  to  the 
West  Indies.  Dating  from  1738  to  1752,  they  cover  the  greater  part  of  the 
period  when  Mr.  Bearcroft  was  secretary  of  the  Society  and  are  sometimes 
referred  to  as  the  "  Bearcroft  MSS." 

Volumes  21-25  contain  letters  relating  to  Pennsylvania,  Massachusetts, 
Connecticut,  New  Jersey,  and  Nova  Scotia  from  1756  to  1786. 

The  scarcity  of  papers  relating  to  Virginia  and  Maryland  is  explained  by 
the  fact  that  since  the  Church  of  England  was  established  in  these  colonies 
they  received  little  assistance  from  the  Society. 

Of  the  documents  contained  in  the  above-mentioned  series  between  one- 
third  and  one-half  are  represented  among  the  Hawks  transcripts,  either  in 
whole  or  in  part.  A  comparison  of  the  transcripts  with  the  originals  shows 
that  in  some  cases  the  "  transcript "  is  really  a  translation,  e.  g.t  the  letters 
of  Mr.  Neau  (of  New  York),  of  which  the  originals  are  in  French;  and  that 
where  only  extracts  are  transcribed,  the  omitted  portions  generally  refer  to 
personal  matters,  as  missionaries'  salaries,  etc. 

II.  The  MS.  Journals  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  Society  and  its  Commit 
tees,  1701  ff.,  which  contain  very  full  abstracts  of  letters  received. 

III.  Account  Books,  containing  information  as  to  payments  to  mission 
aries,  etc. 

Besides  these  bound  MSS.  there  are  many  large  boxes  of  unbound  letters, 
many  of  which  relate  to  America,  in  particular  to  the  years  1752-1756.  Now 
that  the  Society  is  installed  in  its  new  building  it  is  intended  to  classify  and 
render  accessible  this  great  mass  of  documentary  material. 


MANUSCRIPTS   OF   DR.   BRAY'S   ASSOCIATES. 

The  MSS.  of  the  Association  are  preserved  in  the  building  of  the  Society 
for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts  in  the  custody  of  the 
Secretary  of  the  Association,  by  whose  permission  they  may  be  inspected. 

The  objects  of  this  Association  are  the  establishing  of  clerical  libraries 
and  the  administering  of  a  trust  for  the  support  of  negro  schools.  The  former 
work  is  a  continuation  of  that  of  Dr.  Bray,  who  in  1695  began  to  collect 
funds  for  supplying  libraries  to  the  clergy  of  the  plantations  and  later  was 
active  in  the  founding  of  parochial  libraries  in  England  and  Wales.  The 
nucleus  of  the  trust  for  the  support  of  negro  schools  was  a  sum  of  money 
given  to  Dr.  Bray  by  M.  Abel  Tassin,  Sieur  d'Allone,  Secretary  to  the  King, 
to  be  applied  to  the  instruction  of  negroes.  In  1723  Dr.  Bray  nominated 
certain  trustees  who  in  1733  were  distinguished  by  the  name  of  Dr.  Bray's 
Associates.  From  the  interest  of  this  fund  a  catechist  to  teach  the  negroes 
in  Georgia  was  supported  for  several  years.  Since  1760,  the  Associates 
have  established  schools  in  Nova  Scotia  and  the  Bahamas.  The  minutes  of 
the  Society  contain  many  references  to  the  instruction  of  negroes  in  Georgia 
and  in  Carolina. 

a.  Dr.  Bray's  Accounts.     Part  I.  Being  an  Account  of  Benefactions  and 
Libraries  for  the  clergy  sent  into  the  Plantations,  procurd  by  him;  and  of 
Charges  thereunto  belonging  from  the  Time  he  undertook  the  Care  anno 
1695  To  the  Time  of  his  Departure  for  Maryland  Anno  1699  As  Given  into 
the   Society  at  Lincoln's  Inn   for   propagating   Christian   Knowledge   and 
Audited  by  the  Same.    Part  II.  Being  an  Account  of  Benefactions  and  Mis 
sions  procurd  by  him,  and  of  Charges  thereunto  belonging,  Since  His  Re 
turn  from  Maryland  Anno  1700.    As  Given  in  to  the  Incorporated  Society 
for  the  propagacon  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  parts.     March  6th.   1701/2 
[same  as  in  &.]. 

b.  Account  book  without  title  containing  "  A   List  of  the  Benefactors 
towards  the  Plantacon  Libraries  under  their  several  Distinctions  of  Lords, 
Ladys,  Knights  and  Gentlemen,  Divines,  Lawyers,  Physitians,  Merchants 
and  Tradesmen." — "  An  Account  of  the  Libraries  sent  into  America  and 
their  respective  value." — "  An  Acco4 :  of  Practical  Books  sent  into  the  Plan 
tations  to   promote  Christian   Knowledge,"   etc. — Accounts   of  charges   in 
printing  proposals;  cost  of  books  given  in  order  to  promote  the  design; 
charges  in  book  presses  and  sending  away  the  libraries;  charges  in  cata 
logues  and  registers. — "  Dr.  Bray's  account  of  Benefactions  and  Missions 
and  Charges  relating  thereunto  since  his  Return  from  Mary  Land  as  given 
in  by  him  then  to  a  Committee  of  the  Corporacon  for  the  Propagacon  of  the 
Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts  ".     March  6,  1701/2.     Same  as  in  a. — "  Dr.  Brays 
Accounts  ....  since  His  last  Account  March  6,  1701/2  ".     June  i,  1703. — 
Reports  of  Committee  for  examining  Dr.  Bray's  accounts. 

c.  Bibliothecae  Proznnciales  Americanae.     Being  the  Registers  of  Books 
sent  Towards  Laying  the  Foundacon  of  Five  more  provincial  Libraries  in 
Imitation  of  that  of  Anopolis  in  Maryland  For  the  use  and  Benefit  of  the 

334 


Manuscripts  of  Dr.  Bray's  Associates.  335 

Clergy  and  others  in  the  Provinces  of  New  England,  New  York,  Pensylvania, 
Carolina  and  Bermudas.    Vol.  II.  By  Thomas  Bray,  D.  D." 

d.  Two  volumes  of  Minute  Books,  I.,  1735-1768;  II.,  1768-1808;  contain 
ing  minutes  of  the  meetings  of  the  Associates  including  abstracts  of  letters 
received  from  the  plantations. 

e.  "  Catalogues  of  Books  for  Home  and  Foreign  Libraries,  1753  to  1817  ", 
containing  lists  of  books  sent  to  American  colonies. 

f.  A  volume  without  title  but  containing  catalogues  of  parochial  libraries. 
This  volume  was  committed  in  1761  to  Dr.  Bray's  Associates  by  the  S.  P. 
C.  K.    On  pp.  93-94  is  "  A  Catalogue  of  the  Parochial  Library  at  Manicanton, 
on  James  River,  in  ....  Virginia." 

g.  Account  Book,  1777  to  1800,  including  statements  of  salaries  paid  to 
schoolmasters  in  plantations;  charges  of  transportation  of  letters  and  books 
to  plantations ;  cost  of  books  for  libraries,  etc. 


22 


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VICTORIA  EMBANKMENT  NEAR  WHITEFRIARS  STREET,  E.  C. 

The  Library  is  open  daily  from  10  a.  m.  until  6  p.  m.  (2  p.  m.  on  Satur 
days),  except  at  the  following  times,  viz.,  on  all  Sundays,  and  from  Christmas 
Day  until  New  Year's  Day  inclusive ;  on  the  Epiphany ;  on  Ash  Wednesday ; 
from  Good  Friday  until  the  Wednesday  in  Easter  week ;  on  Ascension  Day ; 
on  Monday  and  Tuesday  in  Whitsun  week;  and  for  four  weeks  beginning 
from  the  first  Monday  in  August. 

Readers  must  be  introduced  by  a  clergyman  of  the  Church  of  England 
who  is  a  member  of  the  college.  A  list  of  members  may  be  seen  at  the 
Library  by  anyone. 

This  is  a  theological  library  of  100,000  volumes,  founded  in  1629  by  an 
executor  of  Dr.  Thomas  White,  who  had  bequeathed  funds  "  for  the  buying 
a  house  ....  to  serve  as  a  College  for  a  Corporation  of  all  the  Ministers, 
Parsons,  Vicars,  ....  Lecturers  within  London  and  its  Suburbs  ".  The 
"  Americana  "  preserved  here  form  one  volume  of  documents,  mostly  by  Dr. 
Thomas  Bray,  and  bequeathed  by  him  to  Sion  College.  The  contents  of 
this  volume  are  listed  below  excepting  a  few  duplicates  and  rough  drafts  of 
the  listed  manuscripts. 

ff.  1-6.  A  Memorial  representing  the  necessity  of  constituting  a  Suffragan 
Bishop  in  Maryland. 
(No  date  or  signature.    Presumed  to  be  by  Dr.  Bray.) 

ff.  7-20.  A  Memorial  Representing  the  Rise  Progress  and  Ishue  of  Dr. 
Brays  Missionary  Undertaking  with  other  Incidents  during  the 
whole  To  which  are  subjoind  in  an  Appendix  such  Papers  as  may 
be  material  to  Confirm  or  Illustrate  the  Particulars  of  the  foregoing 
Account.  Pencil  note  on  f .  7 — "  This  seems  to  be  the  rough  draft 
of  what  is  contained  p.  32  ff." 

(The  substance  of  this,  as  found  in  the  Rawlinson  MSS.,  is  printed  on  pp. 
J4-35  of  B.  C.  Steiner's  Rev.  Thomas  Bray,  Maryland  Historical  Society, 
1901 ;  and  the  document  is  referred  to  in  a  note  on  p.  240  of  the  same 
work.) 

ff.  21-125.  "  A  True  Narrative  or  Memorial  Representing  the  Rise  Progress 
and  Issue  of  Dr.  Bray's  Missionary  Undertaking  with  other  Inci 
dents  during  the  whole  proper  to  come  into  account.  To  which  is 
subjoind  in  an  Appendix  such  Papers  and  other  Miscellanies  of 
his,  as  may  be  not  only  Material  to  Confirm  or  Illustrate  the  Chief 
Particulars  of  the  foregoing  Memorial  But  also  to  promote  some 
very  Useful  and  Publick  Designs.  In  III.  Parts.  By  a  Member 
of  the  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts. 
In  the  year  1705  ". 

ff.  126-189.  A  Charge  given  to  the  Clergy  of  Maryland  at  their  Visitation 
Holden  at  Annopolis  May  1700  Giving  a  Scheme  of  Concionatory 
Divinity  proper  to  be  the  Subject  Matter  of  their  Discourses  to  the 
People."  By  Thomas  Bray  D.  D. 

336 


Sion  College  Library.  337 

ff.  189-198.  The  Acts  of  Dr.  Bray's  Visitation,  held  at  Annopolis  in  Mary- 
Land,  May  23,  24,  25.    Anno  1700.     (London,  1700.) 

(Reprinted  in   Hawks's   Contributions  to   the  Ecclesiastical  History  of  the 
United  States,  Maryland,  app.    See  note  on  p.  245  of  Steiner's  Bray!) 

ff.  199-206.  A  Memorial,  representing  the  Present  State  of  Religion,  on  the 

continent  of  N  orth- America.     By  Thomas  Bray,  D.  D.     (London, 

1701.) 

(Reprinted  in  Steiner's  Bray,  pp.  157-173.) 
ff.  207-208.  A  Letter  from  Dr.  Bray,  to  such  as  have  Contributed  towards 

the  Propagating  Christian  Knowledge  in  the  Plantations. 

(Reprinted  in  Steiner's  Bray,  pp.  177-182.) 
ff.  209-212.  "  A  memorial  shewing  the  Necessity  of  one  to  Superintend  the 

Church  and  Clergy  in  Mary  Land  with  a  proposal  relating  to  its 

Suport  and  an  Account  also  how  far  the  Latter  is  Advanced." 
ff.  213-214.  "  A  Memorial  Representing  the  present  State  of  the  Church  and 

Clergy  of  Maryland,  the  want  of  a  better  Provision  for  the  Paro 
chial  Ministers,  and  of  a  Superintendent  with  Sufficient  Powers  to 

preside  over  them,  humbly  offered  to  the  Venerable  Committee  of 

Convocation  appointed  to  .  ..."     [Sic] . 
ff.  219-224.  "  A  Letter  from  Dr.  Bray  to  the  Commissary  and  Clergy  of 

Virginia  ".    Annopolis,  April  3,  1700. 
ff.  224-225.  Minutes  of  a  Meeting  of  the  Governors  and  Visitors  of  the  Free 

School  at  Annapolis,  May  7,  17- 
ff.  226-227.  A  List  of  His  Majesty's  Councill  of  Maryland  and  the  Burgesses 

of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  said  Province,  with  Remarques  who 

are  supposed  to  be  for  and  who  against  passing  the  Act  for  the 

forty  Poll  for  Supporte  of  the  Ministry  of  the  Church  of  England 

within  this  Province. 

(Printed  in  Steiner's  Bray,  pp.  230-233.) 
ff.  228-230.  An  Order  of  Council  the  3Oth  day  of  November  1699  at  the 

court  at  Kensington  disallowing  two  laws  passed  in  the  General 

Assembly  of  Maryland  in  1696  and  1699. 
f.  231.  Undated  petition  of  Richard  Smith  and  others  to  the  Speaker  of  the 

House  of  Burgesses  relative  to  a  piece  of  land  bequeathed  to  the 

Church  by  Capt.  Richard  Ladd  of  Calvert  County, 
f.  232.  Letter  from  Richard  Smith  to  Mr.  Hugh  Jones  regarding  the  same. 

St.  Leonards,  April  2,  1700. 
f.  233.  "  A  Short  State  of  the  Case  of  the  Church  of  Maryland  with  respect 

to  the  Law  of  Religion." 
ff.  234-235.  A  Memorial  representing  the  present  Case  of  the  Church  in 

Maryland,  with  relation  to  its  Establishment  by  Law." 

(Reprinted  in  Steiner's  Bray,  pp.  183-190.) 
ff.  236-241.  "  A  Letter  from  Dr.  Bray  to  the  Hon.  Mr.  Speaker  Smithson." 

Chelsey,  August  27,  1703. 

(Summarized  in  Steiner's  Bray,  p.  236.) 
ff.  242-243.  Copy  of  a  letter  from  Dr.  Bray  to  Col.  Quary.    Chelsey,  August 

27,  1703. 
ff.  244-245.  Copy  of  a  letter  from  Dr.  Bray  to  Major  Dent,  attorney  general 

of  Maryland.    Chelsey,  March  10,  1703. 

(Printed  in  Steiner's  Bray,  236-239.) 


338  Sion  College  Library. 

ff.  246-247.  Copy  of  a  letter  from  Dr.  Bray  to  Col.  Quary.    Chelsey,  March 


ff.  248-259.  Order  of  Council,  May  22,  1701,  memorials  and  other  papers, 
including  second  circular  letter  of  Dr.  Bray  to  clergy,  May  20, 
1701  —  all  relating  to  Quakers. 

ff.  262-316.  "  Bibliothecae  Americanae  Quadripartitae,  viz.  I.  Generales,  sive 
Bibliotheca  Regia  Annopolitana.  II.  Provinciales.  III.  Decana- 
les.  IV.  Parochiales,  or  Catalogues  of  the  Libraries  sent  into  the 
severall  Provinces  of  America,  belonging  to  the  Crown  of  Eng 
land  ",  etc. 
(A  copy  of  this  tract  is  in  the  Lenox  Library.) 

ff.  317-319.  The  Layman's  Library:  being  a  Lending  Library  for  the  Use  of 
the  Laity. 
(Reprinted  in  Steiner's  Bray,  pp.  153-156.) 

f.  320.  Memorial  from  clergy  of  Maryland  at  a  convocation  of  the  clergy  at 
Douglas,  August  23,  1704,  tendering  thanks  to  Dr.  Bray  and  "  to  all 
these  good  men  whom  he  has  engag'd  in  our  interest." 

ff.  323-330.  "  A  Plan  proposed  to  the  Society  for  the  propagation  of  the 
Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts  relating  to  the  Furnishing  out  of  Mr. 
Keith  with  Books." 

ff.  333-334.  Letter,  undated,  unfinished,  and  without  signature,  beginning 
"  My  Lord  —  I  crave  leave  to  offer  the  two  following  Draughts  to 
your  Lordship's  perusal  being  my  Finishing  Thoughts  upon  the  two 
Designs  which  have  taken  up  the  chiefest  part  of  my  Life  hitherto, 
the  first  relating  to  Libraries  the  Latter  to  Missionaries." 

ff.  342-343.  A  general  Plan  of  the  Constitution  of  a  Protestant  Congregation 
or  Society  for  Propagating  Christian  Knowledge. 


ARCHIVES  OF  THE  ROMAN  CATHOLIC  DIOCESE  OF 
WESTMINSTER. 

Before  1784,  America  was  nominally  in  the  "  London  District "  and  under 
the  London  Vicar  Apostolic.  The  archives  of  the  Vicars  Apostolic,  which 
since  1850  have  been  in  the  custody  of  their  successors,  the  Archbishops  of 
Westminster,  are  temporarily  deposited  in  the  Oratory,  Brompton,  South 
Kensington,  but  are  soon  to  be  transferred  to  the  Archbishop's  House  in 
Westminster.  Permission  to  examine  the  MSS.  must  be  obtained  from  the 
Archbishop  of  Westminster,  but  will  be  granted  to  persons  properly  intro 
duced  who  wish  to  use  the  archives  for  purposes  of  legitimate  investigation. 

During  portions  of  the  period  before  1784  the  affairs  of  the  Church 
in  England  were  in  the  hands  of  the  body  called  the  Old  Clergy  Chapter 
rather  than  in  those  of  a  vicar-general ;  and  it  might  therefore  be  ex 
pected  that  American  papers  would  be  found  in  the  archives  of  the  Old 
Clergy  Brotherhood,  the  present  representative  of  that  body.  We  are  how 
ever  assured  by  the  Rev.  Raymund  Stanfield,  who  has  an  intimate  knowledge 
of  the  archives  of  the  Brotherhood,  that  they  contain  but  one  American  docu 
ment — a  letter  1  from  the  Vicar-General  in  London  to  Bishop  Smith  in  Paris, 
dated  July  21,  1642,  about  Lord  Baltimore's  request  for  the  secular  clergy  to 
send  some  secular  priests  out  to  Maryland. 

The  documents  at  Westminster  dating  from  1509  to  1700  are  bound  in 
thirty-seven  volumes,  to  which  there  is  a  manuscript  index.  Later  documents 
are  arranged  chronologically  in  bundles  and  are  unindexed.  Since  many  of 
the  proceedings  referred  to  in  the  eighteenth-century  manuscripts  were  illegal 
(Roman  Catholic  priests  being  then  under  the  ban  of  the  law)  persons' 
names  are  often  indicated  by  initials,  and  many  of  the  papers  are  unsigned 
and  undated. 

The  following  documents  are,  it  is  presumed,  all  that  relate  to  American 
history  before  1783. 

1633,  February  10.  (Vol.  XXVII.,  no.  8,  p.  21).  A  declaration  of  the  Lord 
Baltenwre's  Plantation  in  Mary-land,  nigh  upon  Virginia;  mani 
festing  the  Nature,  Quality,  Condition,  and  rich  Utilities  it  con- 
tayneth. 

1633  c  [  ?]  (Vol.  XXVIL,  no.  10,  p.  31).  Draft  of  a  memorial  to  the  Pope 
about  the  mission  in  Maryland.  Undated. 

1633  c  [?]  (Vol.  XXVIL,  no.  11,  p.  35).    Idem. 

1641.  (Vol.  XXX.,  no.  28,  pp.  87-89).     Case  of  conscience  on  the  Indian 
lands. 
(Printed  in  Hughes's  Society  of  Jesus  in  North  America,  I.  570-573.) 

1669,  December  ik.   (Vol.  XXXIII.,  pp.  350-351).    Report  to  Rome  regard 
ing  Lord  Baltimore's  complaints  about  the  want  of  missionaries  in 
Maryland. 
(Printed  in  Hughes's  Society  of  Jesus  in  North  America,  II.  197-198.) 

1  Printed  in  Hughes's  History  of  the  Society  of  Jesus  in  North  America,  II.  186-190. 

339 


340  Roman  Catholic  Diocese  of  Westminster. 

1685  c.   (Vol.  XXXIV.,  no.  267,  p.  1037).    Faculties  granted  to  the  Church 

for  Jamaica.     Undated. 
16S7,  November  13.     (Vol.  XXXV.,  no.  65,  p.  437).    Faculties  granted  by 

Bishop  Leyburn  to  Thomas  Churchill,  whom  he  appoints  superior 

of  the  mission  of  Jamaica. 
1741-1745.  Letter  from  Gen.  Francis  Retz  to  Charles  Shireburn,  [Provincial], 

May  23,  1744,  referring  to  the  proposed  allotment  of  the  Talbot 

money  to  Penn. 

(Extract  printed  in  Hughes's  Society  of  Jesus  in  North  America,  II.  93.) 

1756-1758.  Account  in  Italian  of  the  English  mission,  given  in  by  Abbe 
Nicolini  to  Benedict  XIV.,  containing  a  brief  reference  to  Mary 
land  and  the  Lords  Baltimore. 

1759,  March  j I.  From  the  Propaganda  to  the  Vicar  Apostolic,  grant  for 
six  years  of  faculties  "  super  coloniis  et  insulis  Americanis  Anglo- 
rum  dominio  subjectis."  3 

1762,  January.  "  Funds  belonging  to  the  L.  District." 

(Sir  I.  I.  left  4OOO//  in  my  hands,  principally  for  Missioners  of  the  Society 
in  Pensilvania.*) 

1763,  July  p.  Letter  from  the  Propaganda  to  the  Vicar  Apostolic,  re  the 

mission  of  the  ceded  provinces  in  America. 

1764,  December  24.  Letter  from  the  Propaganda  to  the  Vicar  Apostolic  about 

jurisdiction  over  the  recently  ceded  provinces  in  America. 

1770,  December  ip.  A  Pastoral  Letter  addressed  to  the  Catholicks  of  the 
British  Islands  in  the  West  Indies.  Printed. 

[1776-1780.]  Note  as  to  several  missioners  in  the  West  Indies. 

1782,  October  12.  Letter  from  John  Mullowny  and  others  addressed  to  Rt. 
Rev.  Father,  dated,  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  asking  for  a  spiritual 
pastor  and  a  donation  to  enable  them  to  erect  a  building  for  public 
worship,  and  mentioning  enclosed  papers. 

[1782.]  Extract  of  Proceedings  respecting  Roman  Catholics  of  the  Province 
of  Nova  Scotia. 

1784,  January  18.  Letter  from  John  Thayer  of  Boston,  addresed  to  "  Most 
Rev'd  Sir  ",  dated  Paris,  giving  an  account  of  his  conversion  to 
Roman  Catholicism  and  stating  that  he  is  soon  to  return  to  New 
England,  to  become  a  missioner  among  his  friends  and  asking  for 
a  gift  of  books  "  adapted  to  remove  prejudices  and  promote  the 
great  work  ". 

1784,  June  ip.  From  the  Propaganda  to  the  London  Vicar  Apostolic,  an 
nouncing  the  appointment  of  John  Carroll  as  superior  of  the  mis 
sion  in  the  thirteen  Federated  States  of  North  America. 

1791,  March  13.  Letter  from  Bishop  of  Baltimore  to  Vicar  Apostolic. 
Dated,  Baltimore.1 

The  book  of  Monsignor  Christopher  Stonor,  English  agent  at  Rome  for 
the  Vicars- Apostolic  from  1748  to  1790,  contains  copies  of  documents  that 

1  Georgetown  Transcripts. 

*A  statement  regarding  the  account  of  Sir  John  James's  fund  for  Pennsylvania 
missionaries,  kept  in  ledger  books  preserved  in  the  Westminster  archives,  is  given 
in  Hughes's  Jesuits  in  North  America,  II.  262.) 


Roman  Catholic  Diocese  of  Westminster.  341 

passed  through  his  hands.  This  book,  which  is  the  property  of  the  Roman 
Catholic  Bishop  of  Southwark,  was  not  in  London  when  our  search  in  Catho 
lic  archives  was  in  progress.  It  contains  a  copy  of  a  manuscript  in  the 
archives  of  the  Propaganda,  written  in  1764,  in  Italian,  and  entitled  "  Rag- 
guaglio  dello  Stato  della  Religione  Cattolica  nelle  Colonie  Inglesi  d'Amer- 
ica  ",  of  which  an  English  translation  has  been  printed  in  the  United  States 
Catholic  Historical  Magazine  for  1888,  pp.  206-212 ;  and  several  letters  from 
Bishop  Challoner  to  Stonor,  most  of  which  are  printed  in  whole  or  in  part 
(in  translation)  in  American  Catholic  Historical  Researches,  volumes  XII. 
and  XIII.  Several  of  them  are  also  to  be  found  among  the  transcripts  at 
Georgetown  University,  Washington,  D.  C. 


ENGLISH  PROVINCE  ARCHIVES  S.  J. 

114  MOUNT  STREET,  W. 

The  older  records  of  the  English  Province  are  preserved  in  the  archives 
of  the  Jesuit  college  at  Stonyhurst,  near  Blackburn,  in  Lancashire.  Those 
here  described,1  which  are  still  kept  separate  from  the  Stonyhurst  MSS.,  are 
a  large  collection  of  bound  and  unbound  documents,  papers,  note-books, 
besides  a  valuable  set  of  English  procurators'  ledgers  and  waste-books, 
dating  from  1730.  They  include  much  information  about  Fathers  in  Amer 
ica,  and  about  the  young  Americans  of  both  sexes,  who  flocked  to  the  col 
leges  and  convents  in  Belgium  and  France.  This  occurred  especially  between 
1747  and  1769.  The  money  accounts,  too,  of  Maryland  and  Pennsylvania 
with  the  parent  Province  appear  from  1731  till  1818.  Here  may  be  seen  a 
fair  portion  of  Carroll's  correspondence  with  Father  Charles  Plowden;  the 
remainder,  now  found  in  the  Maryland  Province  Archives,  evidently  formed 
part  of  this  series.  Portfolio  6,  now  a  bound  volume,  entitled  Maryland, 
consisting  of  ff.  137,  with  other  documents  inserted,  contains  letters  or 
papers  of  John  Carroll  (thirty-three  in  number,  from  January  23,  1772,  to 
October  15,  1815) ;  Leonard  Neale,  Charles  Sewall,  Grassi,  Kohlmann, 
Grivel,  Christian  Mayer  (Mannheim,  April  24,  1778),  John  Ashton,  W. 
Strickland,  Ambrose  Marechal,  Austin  Hill  (Cincinnati,  April  12,  1825). 
The  correspondents  are  Ellerker  (Liege),  Charles  Plowden,  Nicholas  Se 
wall,  Strickland,  Stone,  Peter  Jenkins,  Korsak,  Tristram,  and  Lord  Arun- 
dell  of  Wardour.  There  is  a  set  of  extracts  made  in  Rome  by  Father  John 
Thorpe,  from  letters  of  the  Provincials,  etc.,  and  affording  us  points  of  in 
formation  on  America  from  1713  to  1759.  There  is  also  much  correspond 
ence  belonging  to  the  nineteenth  century — Grassi's,  Kohlmann's,  Bishop 
Milner's,  etc. 

1The  following  account  is  taken,  with  permission,  from  the  Rev.  Thomas  Hughes's 
History  of  the  Society  of  Jesus  in  North  America,  I.  14. 


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DR.  WILLIAMS'S  LIBRARY. 

GORDON  SQUARE,  W.  C. 

Open  from  10  a.  m.  to  5  p.  m. ;  Saturdays,  10  a.  m.  to  I  p.  m.  Closed 
throughout  August. 

Introductions  from  someone  occupying  an  official  or  responsible  position 
easily  verifiable  by  the  Librarian  are  required. 

This  library,  primarily  theological  but  including  many  historical  and  other 
works,  originated  in  a  bequest  of  Dr.  Daniel  Williams  ( 1643  [?] -1716),  a 
Presbyterian  clergyman  of  London,  and  a  friend  of  the  celebrated  Rev.  Rich 
ard  Baxter  (1615-1691),  whose  MSS.  are  preserved  in  the  library.  The 
Baxter  MSS.  are  classified  as  "  Letters  "  in  six  folio  volumes ;  "  Treatises  " 
in  seven  volumes,  and  under  other  headings.  The  two  most  important  classes 
of  these  MSS.,  the  "Letters"  and  "Treatises",  contain  the  Americana  noted 
below. 

Among  the  "  Treatises  "  are  several  papers  relating  to  disputes  between 
Penn  and  Baxter:  vol.  II.,  no.  41,  ff.  232-243^  vol.  V.  59-188,  ff.  324-327^ 
vol.  VI.  192;  21-215,  ff-329-33?b.  See  also  VII.  27-221.  A  paper  by  In 
crease  Mather,  dated  1690,  is  in  "  Treatises  ",  VII.  26-220. 

The  arrangement  of  the  letters  in  the  bound  volumes  is  so  unsystematic 
that  they  are  rearranged  in  the  following  list  in  the  alphabetical  order  of  the 
writers'  names.  The  Penn-Baxter  correspondence  is  printed  in  the  Monthly 
Repository  of  Theology  and  General  Literature,  vol.  XVIII.  (1823),  pp. 
137-140,  and  193-198.  Baxter's  last  letter  to  Increase  Mather,  August  3, 
1691,  printed  in  Samuel  Palmer's  Nonconformist's  Memorial,  III.  406,  and 
in  William  Orme's  Life  and  Times  of  Baxter,  II.  442-443,  does  not  appear 
in  the  collection,  nor  are  any  of  Mather's  father's  letters  to  Baxter  extant 
which  are  mentioned  in  the  published  letter. 

The  letters  relating  to  America  are  as  follows : 
Richard  Baxter  to  John  Eliot,  January  20,  1657,  about  Eliot's  work  among 

the  Indians;  his  own  occupations;  and  urging  the  New  England 

ministers  to  promote  union  there.     (III.  ff.  9a-iob.) 
Same  to  same,  not  dated  or  signed  but  referring  back  to  the  years  1658- 

1659,  on  his  own  work,  especially  the  reformation  at  Kidderminster. 

(IV.  ff.  6-7b,  8b.) 
Same  to  same,  Acton  near  London,  March  27,   1668,  acknowledging  his 

"  corrected  copy  "  and  two  letters ;  and  remarking  on  points  of 

difference  between  himself  and  Eliot.     (III.  ff.  74-75^) 
Same  to  same,  September  22,  1668,  answering  Eliot's  letter  of  June  15,  1668, 

and  treating  of  the  appointment  of  ministers  at  large  as  distinct 

from  those  of  particular  congregations.     (III.  ff.  I33a-i34b.) 
Same  to  same,  September  2,   1671,  answering  Eliot's  letter  of  June  21. 

(I.  ff.  59ab-6ob.) 
Same  to  same,  February  5,  1687,  on  Eliot's  letter  respecting  preachers  to 

infidel  nations ;  and  on  his  "  Church-case  of  baptisme  ".    (V.  ff.  228- 

229b,  and  III.  f.  I47ab.) 

343 


344  Dr.  Williams'  s  Library. 

Baxter's  "  Animadversions  on  Mr.  Eliot's  Booke  for  stated  Councills  ", 
undated.  (VI.  ff.  183-184!).) 

Baxter  to  Increase  Mather,  at  Major  Thompson's  house  at  Newington, 
not  dated  or  signed,  thanking  him  for  his  two  books  ;  treating  of 
apocalyptic  subjects  and  commending  his  History  of  Prodigies. 
(I.  ff.  217-218.) 

Baxter  to  Penn,  October  6,  1675,  answering  him  severely,  putting  off  an 
appointed  meeting.  (II.  ff.  113-114.) 

[Baxter  to  Penn?],  not  signed,  dated,  or  directed,  challenging  to  a  dispu 
tation.  (VI.  f.  185.) 

Baxter  to  John  Woodbridge,  Totteridge,  February  3,  1670,  answering  his 
theological  inquiries  ;  saying  that  he  "  never  wrote  to  any  in  New 
England  but  Mr.  Elliott  "  ;  asking  whether  Eliot's  "  method  of 
councills  be  yet  communicated,  and  how  it  taketh."  (II.  ff.  237- 


Same  to  same,  undated,  remarking  on  Woodbridge's  second  letter  and  on 
books  sent  herewith,  including  Dr.  Castle's  Polyglot  Lexicon  and 
the  first  of  Mr.  Poole's  four  volumes  of  The  Criticks,  both  "directed 
to  Mr.  Broadstreet  at  Boston  as  my  gift  to  your  university  library." 
(II.  ff.  240-241.) 

Ephraim  Bendall  to  R.  Baxter,  Deale,  January  20,  1674,  stating  that  he  is 
on  his  way  to  Barbadoes  and  New  England.  (IV.  f.  6oab.) 

Simon  Bradstreete  to  Baxter,  Andover,  February  5,  1672,  acknowledging 
his  gift  of  Dr.  Castle's  Polyglot  Lexicon  and  other  books  "  to  our 
University  Library  ",  as  informed  "  by  my  cosen  John  Wood- 
bridge  "  ;  and  describing  the  state  of  religion  in  New  England. 
(VI.  ff.  iSa-iQb.) 

John  Bushell  and  others  to  Richard  Butler,  Barbadoes,  April  3,  1666,  refer 
ring  to  the  sad  news  of  the  silencing  of  great  numbers  of  eminent 
and  laborious  ministers  ;  asking  him  "  to  enquire  after  some  em- 
mynent  good  Minister  that  May  be  persuaded  to  undertake  a  Voy 
age  hither  "  ;  stating  the  necessary  qualifications  and  mentioning 
Lord  Willoughby's  chaplain.  (V.  ff.  I95ab-i96b.) 

John  Eliot  to  Baxter,  Roxbury,  October  16,  1656,  stating  that  he  had  received 
benefit  from  his  Saint's  Rest  and  requesting  Baxter  to  "  spend  the 
rest  of  [his]  life  in  writing  practical  meditations  ".  (III.  ff.  7a-8b.) 

John  Eliot  to  Baxter,  Roxbury,  October  7,  1657,  on  the  subject  of  meditation 
and  on  the  work  of  religion  going  on  in  New  England.  (II.  ff.  274- 


, 
John  Eliot  to  Baxter,  Roxbury,  December   10,   1667,  answering  Baxter's 

remarks  upon  Eliot's  book  The  Communion  of  Churches,  and  treat 

ing  of  questions  of  church  polity.     (II.  ff.  276-277.) 
John  Eliot  to  Baxter,  Roxbury,  January  22,  1668,  sending  a  book  with  some 

corrections  thereon  and  referring  to  his  work  among  the  Indians. 

(II.  ff.  2293-2300.) 
John  Eliot  to  Baxter,  Roxbury,  June  15,  1668,  discussing  the  points  which 

he   had   brought   "  under  present   animadversion  "   about   Eliot's 

ministerial  office,  etc.     (VI.  ff.  I3ab-I4b.) 
John  Eliot  to  Baxter,  Roxbury,  October  28,  1668,  incorporating  an  answer 

given  by  him   to  a   Congregational  minister  "  touching  the   7th 


Dr.  Williams' s  Library.  345 

chapter  of  my  Communion  of  Churches  "  and  mentioning  his  son's 
death.     (I.  ff.  55ab-s6b.) 

John  Eliot  to  Baxter,  Roxbury,  June  26,  1669,  answering  Baxter's  of  Sep 
tember  22  and  January,  1668;  on  ecclesiastical  questions;  the  pro 
ceedings  with  Antipedobaptists ;  and  the  extent  of  country  in  which 
the  Indian  languages  were  known  and  the  Bible  was  circulated. 
(III.  ff.  I3iab-i32b.) 

John  Eliot  to  Baxter,  Roxbury,  June  27,  1671,  about  his  own  books  and 
progress  with  the  Indians,  whose  a-b-c  Mr.  Ashurst  or  Mr.  Bell 
would  present  to  Baxter.  (III.  ff.  264a-265b.) 

John  Eliot  to  Baxter,  Roxbury,  May  30,  1682,  stating  that  he  had  improved 
and  reprinted  the  Indian  New  Testament;  asking  him  to  intercede 
with  the  corporation  for  reprinting  the  Old  Testament;  and  refer 
ring  to  Mr.  Dudley  "one  of  our  pub.  Agents."  (V.  ff.  833-84^) 

Stephen  Hickes  to  his  "  Deare  brother  ",  Bermudas,  May  17,  1685,  on  per 
sonal  and  mercantile  affairs.  (VI.  ff.  io6ab-iO7b.) 

Matthew  Hill  to  Baxter,  Maryland,  Charles  County,  April  3,  1669,  thanking 
him  for  having  enabled  him  to  settle  in  Maryland ;  briefly  describing 
the  religious  state  of  the  colony;  and  asking  for  books.  (III.  ff. 
26iab-262b.) 

Thomas  Jackman  to  Baxter,  Worcester,  May  6,  1659,  mentioning  the  burn 
ing  of  the  chief  town  in  the  Barbadoes  as  a  "  Manifestation  of 
divine  displeasure  ....  for  that  Impious  and  Unchristian  cus- 
tome  ....  in  prohibiting  theyr  slauevs  and  Negroes  to  be  In 
structed  in  the  Fayth "  and  urging  Baxter  to  admonish  them. 
(VI.  f.  131.) 

Letter  from  a  New  England  minister  then  in  England  [Increase  Mather?], 
May  19,  1660,  referring  to  former  correspondence,  describing  for 
Baxter's  information  a  monster  born  at  Boston  and  mentioning 
Mrs.  Diar,  Mr.  Cotton,  and  Mr.  Wilson.  (V.  f.  i28a.) 

Commissioners  of  the  United  Colonies  in  New  England  to  the  Corporation 
for  Propagating  the  Gospel  amongst  the  Natives  in  New  England, 
at  Coopers'  Hall,  London,  dated  New  Haven,  September  10,  1660, 
on  money  affairs;  on  the  state  and  progress  of  instruction  and 
religion ;  mentioning  Mr.  Mayhew,  Mr.  Usher,  Mr.  Eliot,  Mr. 
Wells,  Mr.  Greene,  Mr.  Johnson,  and  others ;  and  referring  to  the 
arrangements  for  printing  the  whole  Bible  for  the  Indians.  (V. 
ff.  2o6-207b.) 

Penn  to  Baxter  (four  letters),  1675  and  undated,  relating  to  debates  between 
them.  (II.  ff .  299ab-30ob ;  ui-ii2b;  303-304^  3oiab-3O2b.) 

James  Truman  and  Ann  Truman  to  their  cousin  Sylvester,  at  Mr.  White's 
of  Codgrave,  dated  Patuxunt  River,  Maryland,  April  8,  1671,  about 
family  affairs  in  England  and  America  and  about  traffic  in  skins 
with  the  Indians.  (IV.  ff.  24a-25a.) 

Benjamin  Woodbridge  to  Baxter,  Newbury  [England],  January  6,  1659, 
referring  among  other  matters  to  a  gentleman  who  had  left  a  bad 
reputation  behind  him  in  New  England.  (V.  f.  i6oa.) 

John  Woodbridge  to  Baxter,  Kenelmeworth,  Connecticut,  October  14,  1669, 
on  the  state  of  religion  in  New  England,  and  on  theological  mat 
ters.  (II.  ff.  235ab-236b.) 


346  Dr.  Williams 's  Library. 

John  Woodbridge  to  Baxter,  Killinworth,  March  ult,  1671,  describing  the 
religious  constitution  and  condition  of  New  England.      (II.   ff. 
233-234.) 

In  addition  to  the  Baxter  MSS.  may  be  noted : 

Roger  Morrice  MSS.,  L,  8.  "  An  Alphabetical  List  of  Ministers  who  set 
tled  in  New  England,  from  the  Year  1630  to  1670,  with  the  Places 
where  they  officiated."  4  folios. 

f.  I.  Alphabetical  list  of  133  names. 

ff.  2-3.  Brief  accounts  of  60  of  these,  as  follows :  Mr.  John  Allen  was 
chosen  Pastor  of  the  I4th  Church  of  Christ  at  Dedham  in  New 

England.  Hist,  of  New  Engl.  p.  125 Mr.  John  Elliot  went 

into  New  England  in  1631.  And  in  that  yeare  began  a  Church 
Society  at  Rockesbury.  [New  England]  Memorialls:  85. 

ff.  3-4.  Names  of  106  other  prominent  settlers  in  New  England,  with 
similar  accounts  of  13  of  them. 


CONGREGATIONAL  LIBRARY. 

MEMORIAL  HALL,  FARRINGDON  ST.,  LUDGATE  CIRCUS,  E.  C. 

Open  from  10  a.  m.  to  5  p.  m.    Closed  throughout  August. 
Introductions  are  not  required  for  the  inspection  of  MSS. 

The  only  American  MSS.  preserved  in  this  Library  are  a  collection  of 
sermons  and  letters  (unbound)  that  formerly  belonged  to  Dr.  W.  B.  Sprague, 
the  author  of  Annals  of  the  American  Pulpit,  and  were  given  by  him  to  Jethro 
Wilson,  who  presented  them  to  the  Library. 

They  include  notes  of  sermons  in  the  handwriting  of  Rev.  Timothy 
Edwards  of  East  Windsor,  father  of  President  Edwards;  shorthand  notes 
of  sermons  in  the  handwriting  of  President  Langdon,  of  Harvard  College ; 
autograph  sermons  of  Samuel  Philips,  Rowley,  1683 ;  Cotton  Mather,  Bos 
ton,  1701 ;  William  Williams,  Hatfield,  1713 ;  Solomon  Stoddard,  Northamp 
ton,  undated ;  Elisha  Williams,  Yale  College,  1725 ;  Daniel  Brewer,  Spring 
field,  1706;  John  Rogers,  Ipswich  (?),  1692;  Robert  Breck,  Springfield, 
1740;  Samuel  Webster,  Salisbury,  1751;  John  Hooker,  Northampton,  1759; 
Thomas  Clap,  Yale  College,  1761 ;  Samuel  Hopkins,  Newport,  undated. 

The  letters,  arranged  in  the  collection  and  in  the  following  list  according 
to  the  alphabetical  order  of  the  writers'  names,  are  as  follows : 

From  Susafnna]  Anthony  to  Rev.  Samuel  Hopkins,  dated  "Nd"^  August 
9,  1775,  on  personal  matters,  but  referring  to  the  confusion  into 
which  the  town  was  thrown  on  a  preceding  Sunday  by  the  appear 
ance  of  "  ten  sail — comeing  as  was  thought  into  Nd." 

From  John  Checkley  to  Rev.  Dr.  Grey,  Boston,  May  9,  1726,  asking  him  to 
befriend  his  brother-in-law  Mr.  Ebenezer  Miller,  who  is  going  to 
London,  recommended  to  the  Bishop  and  to  the  Honorable  Society, 
and  who  may  go  to  Oxford  and  Cambridge. 

From  Thomas  Clap,  President  of  Yale  College,  to  Rev.  Dr.  Doddridge,  New 
Haven,  May  6,  1751. 

From  same,  New  Haven,  December  5,  1763,  on  various  matters  relating  to 
Yale  College  and  on  the  prevailing  hard  times. 

From  Benjamin  Colman  to  Rev.  Elisha  Williams,  Rector  of  Yale  College, 
Boston,  November  20,  1730,  relating  to  books  for  the  college,  "  The 
Gift  of  the  Honourable  Samuel  Holden  of  London,  Governour  of 
the  Bank  of  England,  by  the  Direction  and  Disposal  of  Benjamin 
Colman  of  Boston." 

From  Rev.  W.  Cooper  to  Rev.  Mr.  Williams,  Boston,  February  16,  1718/9, 
treating  of  church  matters,  practice  of  ordaining  deacons,  etc. 

From  J.  Dana  to  Rev.  Mr.  Macclure,  Boston,  July  22,  1776,  referring  to 
supplying  of  New  South  pulpit,  to  arrival  of  a  "  fine  prize  boat " 
and  two  more  carried  into  Salem. 

Two  letters  from  J.  Davenport  to  Rev.  Mr.  Williams,  Stamford,  Conn., 
June  n,  1722  and  December  30,  1723,  on  personal  matters  and 
referring  to  ordination  day  at  Stratford. 

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34:8  Congregational  Library. 

From  James  Davenport  to  Rev.  Stephen  Williams,  New  Haven,  May  30, 
1733,  relating-  to  personal  matters  and  to  examinations  recently  held. 

Paper  signed  by  Jonathan  Edwards  and  others,  Westfield,  February  17, 
1742/3,  relative  to  a  case  of  conscience. 

Letter  from  Gen.  Thomas  Gage  to  Col.  Bradstreet,  New  York,  December 
4,  1763,  on  sending  artificers  to  Capt.  Loring  for  fitting  out  vessels 
"  as  affairs  can't  be  too  far  advanced  against  the  spring." 

From  Rev.  Dr.  Macclintock  to  Rev.  David  Macclure  at  Portsmouth,  dated 
Greenland,  N.  H.,  December  25,  1773,  congratulating  him  on  his 
acceptable  labors  at  Dover. 

From  Andrew  Oliver  to  Rev.  Stephen  Williams,  Boston,  May  26,  1750,  on 
"  his  service  at  Stockbridge "  for  which  the  Commissioners  are 
grateful :  says  that  the  Commissioners  desire  to  know  the  character 
of  a  certain  candidate  for  Stockbridge. 

Sir  William  Pepperrell  to  Rev.  Stephen  Williams,  Boston,  May  31,  1748,  on 
personal  matters. 

From  Rev.  Dr.  John  Rodgers,  New  York,  August  n,  1773,  relating-  par 
ticularly  to  Elizabethtown  and  discussing  the  character  and  ortho 
doxy  of  certain  persons. 

From  John  Rogers  to  his  brother,  June,  1704,  on  personal  matters. 

From  Jesse  Root  to  Oliver  Ellsworth,  Philadelphia,  November  I,  1779,  con 
cerning  the  Connecticut  delegation  to  Congress;  reported  action 
between  fleets  of  France  and  Spain  and  Great  Britain;  monthly 
requisitions  of  taxes  from  the  States ;  and  urging  "  noble  exertions 
to  save  the  Republic." 

From  J.  Sergeant  to  Rev.  Stephen  Williams,  Sheffield,  November  28,  1735, 
treating  of  his  own  missionary  work  among  the  Indians. 

From  J.  Sergeant  to  Rev.  Stephen  Williams,  Stockbridge,  July  24,  1741, 
concerning  two  women  captives  among  the  Indians — one  the  sister 
of  the  addressee. 

From  Joseph  Sewall  and  Thomas  Prince,  pastors  of  the  South  Church  in 
Boston,  to  the  congregations  at  Dover  Town  and  Duck  Creek  in 
Kent  County  on  Delaware,  Boston,  April  27,  1749,  recommending 
Rev.  John  Miller. 

From  Roger  Sherman  to  Hon.  O.  Ellsworth,  Philadelphia,  September  4, 
1781,  referring  to  arrival  of  Col.  John  Lawrence  from  France  and 
to  his  business  there ;  states  that  "  the  French  army  passed  through 
this  city  yesterday  toward  Virginia  " ;  and  that  Congress  had  re 
solved  to  put  the  Navy  under  the  direction  of  an  agent. 

From  Mr.  Nathan  Strong,  Yale  College,  June  2,  1768.  "  College  is  under 
very  good  circumstances  at  present.  The  Broils  we  had  about  the 
time  of  Vacancy  are  mostly  subsided  ". 

From  same  to  Rev.  Dr.  Williams,  East  Hartford.    Undated. 

From  Rev.  Dr.  Thacher  to  Rev.  Thos.  Prince,  Providence,  September  u, 
1721,  on  religious  conditions. 

From  George  Washington  to  Capt.  Belden  at  Fishkill,  West-point,  Septem 
ber  5,  1779,  ordering  him  to  join  the  Minister,  who,  probably  in 
the  company  of  Baron  Steuben,  was  then  journeying  from  Boston 
to  Philadelphia. 

From  President  John  Wheelock  of  Dartmouth  College,  Hartford,  January 
10,  1782.  Personal. 


Congregational  Library.  349 

From  Rev.  Dr.  Edward  Wigglesworth,  professor  of  divinity  at  Harvard 
College,  to  Rev.  Stephen  Williams,  Cambridge,  August  6,  1741,  on 
a  candidate  for  the  church  at  Suffield. 

Personal  letters  from  various  members  of  the  Williams  family:  Warham 
Williams  to  his  father  Mr.  Stephen  Williams  of  Long  Meadow, 
Northford,  July  9,  1772;  Rev.  John  Williams  to  Mr.  Stephen  Wil 
liams,  student  at  Cambridge  College,  dated  Deerfield,  December  17, 
1709;  Rev.  John  Williams  to  Mr.  Stephen  Williams  at  Long 
Meadow,  Springfield,  dated  February  i,  1719/20;  Eleazar  Wil 
liams  to  his  brother  Stephen  Williams,  August  17,  1730;  Warham 
Williams  to  his  brother  Mr.  Stephen  Williams,  Springfield,  April 
2,  1728;  Rev.  Wm.  Williams  to  Stephen  Williams,  date  illegible; 
Wm.  Williams  to  Stephen  Williams,  May  15,  1728;  Wm.  Williams 
to  his  grandchildren,  Hatfield,  April  24,  1744;  to  Rev.  Stephen 
Williams,  Boston,  May  31,  1748;  Stephen  Williams  to  his  son 
Lieutenant  Davenport  Williams  in  Capt.  Burt's  company  of  Col. 
Wm.  Williams's  regiment,  June  24,  1758;  Rev.  Dr.  Williams  to 
his  sister  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Smith  in  New  York,  July  27,  1765 ;  same 
to  same,  August  9,  1755. 

From  Adam  Winthrop  to  Rev.  Stephen  Williams,  Boston,  August  5,  1735, 
treating  of  various  proceedings  of  the  Commissioners.  "  Mr.  Ser 
geant  proposing  it  necessary  he  should  be  ordained,  the  Commis 
sioners  readily  fall  in  with  it  and  have  determined  ....  to  make  the 
deeper  impression  on  the  minds  of  the  Indians  it  shall  be  performed 
.  at  Deerfield  in  presence  of  the  governor  and  the  numerous  as 
sembly  that  will  be  there." 

From  Oliver  Wolcott  to  O.  Ellsworth,  dated  Philadelphia  (rest  of  date 
torn  off),  refers  to  his  intention  to  return  home,  and  mentions 
other  members  of  the  state  delegation.  States  that  "  Congress  are 
upon  the  subject  of  Finance." 


FRIENDS'  REFERENCE  LIBRARY. 

CENTRAL  OFFICES  OF  THE  SOCIETY  OF  FRIENDS,  DEVONSHIRE  HOUSE, 
12  BlSHOPSGATE  WITHOUT,  E.  C. 

The  Library  is  open  under  certain  restrictions  to  searchers  from  10  a.  m. 
to  5  p.  m.  except  on  Saturdays  when  it  closes  at  1 130  p.  m. 

This  Library  has  been  accumulating  its  stores  of  Quaker  literature  in 
print  and  manuscript  during  more  than  two  centuries,  but  only  in  recent 
years  have  the  contents  of  the  Library  been  catalogued  and  made  readily 
available  for  purposes  of  research.  They  are  now  methodically  arranged  and 
well  cared  for,  though  much  indexing  still  remains  to  be  done. 

The  following  general  account  of  the  various  groups  of  MSS.  containing 
American  historical  material  is  based  on  information  kindly  supplied  by  the 
librarian,  Norman  Penney,  Esq.  No  attempt  has  been  made  to  search  this 
great  mass  of  documents  in  order  to  examine  all  that  relate  to  America. 
From  the  examples  inspected  it  appears  that,  as  is  natural,  the  letters  deal 
primarily  with  the  progress  of  religious  work,  but  they  incidentally  throw 
some  light  on  other  sides  of  colonial  history. 

Little  of  the  material  has  been  printed,  although  a  few  letters  and  other 
documents  have  appeared  in  the  Journal  of  the  Friends'  Historical  Society 
(Devonshire  House)  or  in  the  publications  of  Friends  in  America. 

The  collections  bearing  upon  American  History  are  as  follows : 

1.  London-  Yearly  Meeting  Minutes  include  reports  made  by   English 
Friends  of  their  travels  or  missionary  labors  in  America,  and  some  journals 
as,  for  example,  those  of  Edmund  Peckover  in  North  America  and  Barbadoes 
and  the  Journal  of  Samuel  Hopwood.     Seventeen  volumes  cover  the  period 
from  1672  to  1783. 

2.  Epistles  Received.     In  the  five  folio  volumes  containing  epistles  ad 
dressed  to  the  London  Yearly  Meeting  from  1683  to  1783,  are  letters  dating 
from  the  continental  colonies  and  also  from  some  of  the  West  Indies. 

3.  Miscellaneous  MSS.,  portfolios  1-26,  also  contain  American  letters. 

4.  Letters  to  and  from  Philadelphia  are  contained  in  two  MS.  volumes 
of  transcripts,  beginning  with  the  year  1757.    The  period  ending  with  1783 
is  covered  by  the  first  volume. 

5.  Swart hmore  Letters.     A  collection  of  about  1000  letters  written  by 
Friends  to  Margaret  Fell  and  others  in  the  seventeenth  century.    Besides  the 
originals  there  are  transcripts  of  later  date. 

6.  The  MS.  Journal  of  George  Fox  is  in  two  large  volumes,  one  of  them 
containing  letters  from  Fox's  companions  describing  their  travels  in  Amer 
ica.    The  MS.  Journal  has  never  been  printed  although  it  formed  the  basis 
of  the  printed  journal;  and  the  letters  have  probably  never  been  printed. 
The  volumes  are  known  as  the  "  Spence  MSS."  from  their  owner,  Robert 
Spence,  Esq.,  of  London  and  North  Shields,  who  has  deposited  them  in  the 
Friends'  Reference  Library. 

7.  A.  R.  B.  (Abram  Rawlinson  Barclay)  MSS.  consist  of  some  250  letters 
dating  from  about  1650  to  1690,  and  addressed  to  George  Fox,  Margaret 
Fell  and  others  from  Maryland,  Carolina  and  the  Barbadoes.     In  this  col- 

350 


Penn  Manuscripts. 

lection  is  a  letter  from  Josiah  Cole,  giving-  an  account  of  his  voyage  from 
Virginia  to  New  England  in  1658 ;  and  John  Archdale's  letter  to  George  Fox, 
dated  North  Carolina  25th  of  ist  month,  1686,  and  describing  the  country. 
This  has  been  printed. 

8.  The  Gibson  Bequest  MSS.,  presented  to  the  Library  by  the  late  George 
Stacey  Gibson,  were  mostly  collected  by  Thomas  Thompson  of  Liverpool. 
They  consist  of  five  volumes  of  various  kinds  of  original  documents,  and 
also  a  copy  of  the  journal  of  Thomas  Story,  Master  of  the  Rolls,  to  William 
Penn.     Story  corresponded  much  with  James  Logan  and  the  collection  con 
tains  original  letters  that  passed  between  them.     Some  of  these  have  been 
printed  in  modernized  form  in  the  Life  of  James  Logan  written  by  Wilson 
Armistead  and  published  in  London  in  1851;  all  the  correspondence  will 
probably  be  printed  by  the  Friends'  Historical  Society. 

9.  Letters  not  included  in  any  of  the  collections : 

1.  Letter  from  William  Robinson  to  George  Fox,  dated  the  Comon 

Goale  in  Boston,  I2th  of  5th  mo.  1659. 

2.  Some  letters  of  Penn  both  from  England  and  America. 

10.  Wm.  Penn's  Tracts,  vol.  I.,  contains  what  is  believed  to  be  the  only 
extant  copy  of  the  first  printed  utterance  of  the  Philadelphia  Yearly  Meeting : 
A  General  Epistle  given  forth  by  the  People  of  the  Lord,  called  Quakers, 
Signed  by  William  Penn.     Printed  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  1686,  by  William 
Bradford. 

1 1 .  Penn  MSS.    Two  albums  filled  with  a  somewhat  miscellaneous  assort 
ment  of  originals,  transcripts,  facsimiles,  engravings  and  newspaper  clip 
pings,  privately  purchased  and  presented  to  the  Meeting  for  Sufferings  of 
London  Yearly  Meeting  in  1892.    The  collection  was  formed  and  annotated 
by  Philip  Justice  of  Philadelphia,  and  in  America  was  known  as  the  "  Justice 
MSS."    A  list  of  the  several  documents  is  given  below. 

LIST  OF  PENN  MSS.1 

I.  5.  Bill  of  lading  for  fifty-two  bushels  of  wheat  shipped  at  Dover  River 
(Kent)  for  the  use  of  William  Penn,  at  Philadelphia,  July  12,  1704. 
(Printed  in  Journal  of  Friends'  Historical  Society,  II.  76.) 

I.  6.  Letters  patent  of  Charles  II.,  November  23,  1683,  charging  all  per 
sons  concerned  in  the  Province  of  East  New  Jersey  to  yield  obedi 
ence  to  the  government  of  the  twenty-four  grantees,  and  their  depu 
ties,  agents  and  officers,  and  requiring  the  governor  and  council  to 
give  public  notice  of  his  Majesty's  will,  etc.  Printed. 

I.  7.  Letter  from  Thomas  Rudyard,  governor  of  East  New  Jersey,  to 
William  Penn.  Elizabeth  Town,  January  13,  1683.* 

I.  8.  William  Penn's  "  Answer  to  Thomas  Rudyard's  State  of  his  Case 
about  his  Two  Patents  ".  June  26,  1684. 

I.  9.  Letter  from  George  Hutchison,  of  Sheffield,  congratulating  William 
Penn  on  the  safe  arrival  of  himself  and  friends  in  America  and 
their  joyful  reception  by  the  inhabitants.  Sheffield,  February  17, 
1683. 

lThis  list  is  intended  to  include  all  of  the  more  important  papers  contained  in  the 
two  albums ;  but  it  does  not  include  facsimiles,  etc. 

"This  and  the  following  dates  are  given  in  modernized  form.  The  date  as  it  stands 
is  13  mo/i  I  1682. 

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352  Friends'  Reference  Library. 

I.  10.  Id.  from  Thomas  Rudyard  to  William  Penn.     East  Jersey,  March 

13,  1683. 

I.  II.  Id.  from  Chr.  Rousby  to  William  Penn.     Maryland,  July  15,  1683. 
I.  12.  Id.  from  Thomas  Rudyard  to  William  Penn.     East  Jersey,  July  30, 

1683. 
I.  13.  Id.  from  William  Penn  to  the  Duke  of  York.    Philadelphia,  February 

2,  1684. 
I.  15.  Id.  to  Lord  Hyde.    Chester,  February  5,  1683. 

(Printed  in  Janney's  Penn,  215-216.) 
I.  16.  Id.  to  Lord  Culpeper.    Chester,  February  5,  1683. 

(Printed  in  Janney's  Penn,  215.) 
I.  17.  Id.  to  the  Duke  of  York.    Philadelphia,  June  8,  1684. 

(Printed  in  Janney's  Penn,  242-243.) 

1. 18.  Id.  to  Charles  II.    Philadelphia,  August  13,  1683. 

I.  19.  Id.  to  the  Earl  of  Arran.    Philadelphia,  January  9,  1684. 

1. 20.  Id.  from  Thomas  Hayward  to  William  Penn.     Sarum,  August  3, 

1699. 

I.  21.  Id.  from  Thomas  Fairman  to  William  Penn.    Undated. 
I.  22.  Id.  from  Anthony  Lowther  to  William  Penn.    August  5,  1683. 
I.  24.  Id.  from  Margaret  Lowther  to  her  brother,  William  Penn. 
I.  25.  Id.  from  William  Penn  to  Lord  Sunderland.     Philadelphia,  June  8, 

1684. 
I.  26.  Counterpart  copy  of  deed  by  William  Penn  of  three  thousand  acres 

of  land  in  Pensilvania  to  the  children  of  Captain  William  Crispin, 

late  of  Kinsale,  Ireland.    August  8,  1687. 
1.28.  Invoice  of  merchandise  (wampum,  Indian  blankets,  etc.),  bought  in 

New  York  for  William  Penn  by  James  Graham.     1683. 
I.  29.  Letter  from  William  Penn  to  Lord  Sunderland.     Philadelphia,  July 

28,  1683. 

I.  30.  Id.  to  Lord  Baltimore.    April  23,  1683. 
I.  30^.  Account  of  monies  paid,  1686. 
1.32.  Letter   from   William   Penn   to   a   nobleman    [Lord   Sunderland?]. 

Philadelphia,  June  14,  1683. 

I.  33.  Id.  to  Earl  of  Rochester.    Philadelphia,  July  24,  1683. 
I.  34.  Id.  from  William  Clarke  to  William  Penn.     New  Castle,  February 

27,  1701. 

I.  35.  Id.  from  Adam  Francke  to  William  Penn.    May  8,  1700. 
I.  36.  Petition  to  William  Penn  of  David  Lloyd  and  Isaac  Norris,  execu 
tors  of  Thomas  Lloyd,  late  lieutenant-governor  of  Pennsylvania, 

dated  New  Castle,  October  29,  1701,  and  Penn's  answer. 

(Penn's  answer  is  printed  in  Janney's  Penn,  438.) 
I.  37.  "  The  Case  of  W.  Penn."    Penn's  statement  of  his  affairs  and  Philip 

Ford's  dishonest  charges. 
I.  38.  James  Logan's  memorial  to  Lord  Sunderland,  March  27,  1700,  asking 

for  protection  against  French  fleet. 
I.  39.  Copy  of  will  of  William  Penn,  made  for  Mr.  George  M.  Justice  by 

Thomas  Gilpin  from  the  original  then  in  his  possession.     New 
castle  on  Delaware,  October  30,  1701. 
I.  40.  Copy  of  the  last  will  of  William  Penn,  May  27,  1712,  taken  from 

records  in  will  book  at  Philadelphia. 


Penn  Manuscripts.  353 

I.  41.  Letter  from  Thomas  Holme  to  the  governor  of  Pennsylvania,  relat 
ing  to  streets  and  cutting  trees  in  Philadelphia.  Undated. 

I.  42.  Id.  from  Penn  to  Edward  Shippen,  Th.  Story,  Gr.  Owen  and  James 
Logan.  London,  January  10,  1703. 

1.43.  Letter  to  Penn  from  ....  Charas  [?].  Deal,  August  25,  1682.  (In 
French.) 

I.  45.  Id.  from  Penn  introducing  Thomas  Ellwood  to  his  Commissioners 
of  Property  in  Philadelphia.  March  26,  1704. 

(Printed  in  the  Journal  of  the  Friends'  Historical  Society,  II.  31,  and  in 
The  Penn  and  Logan  Correspondence,  I.  280.) 

1. 46.  Id.  from   Andrew   Hamilton   to  William   Penn.     Burlington,   New 

Jersey,  November  18,  1700. 
I.  51.  Sealed  document  from  John,  Thomas  and  Richard  Penn,  empowering 

Richard  Hill,  Isaac  Norris,  Samuel  Preston,  and  James  Logan  to 

receive  rents,   and   money  arising   from   sales,   etc.,   in  America. 

August  4,  1727. 
I.  57.  Letter  from  James  Logan  to  James  Steel,  Philadelphia,  November  7, 

1726,  requesting  him  to  "  search  and  take  out  of  the  Records  of 

New  York  Such  as  may  be  of  Service  in  the  present  Dispute  in 

England  about  our  Lower  Counties  ",  and  giving  him  particular 

instructions  how  to  proceed. 
I.  63.  Bill  of  sale  of  the  negro  "  Virgill  "  from  Joseph  Warder  to  Thomas 

Penn.    January  26,  1734. 
I.  78.  Address  of  the  directors  of  the  Library  Company  of  Philadelphia  to 

Hon.  Thomas  Penn.  May  16,  1733. 
I.  80.  Two  receipted  bills   (for  paper,  printing,  and  various  other  items) 

to  the  proprietaries  from  B.  Franklin,  dated  1733-1745. 
II.  100.  Release  to  Amy  Child  by  William  Penn  of  five  hundred  acres  of 

land  in  the  Province  of  Pennsylvania.    January  25,  1681/2. 
II.  101.  Luke  Watson's  deed  to  William  Penn  of  all  his  rights  in  East  New 

Jersey.    July  5,  1683. 
II.  102.  Deed   by    commissioners    of   William    Penn    (William    Markham, 

Robert  Turner  and  John  Goodson),  of  a  lot  of  land  in  Philadelphia, 

to  Samuel  Levis  and  William  Garrett.    May  13,  1691. 

(Recorded  in  the  Rolls  Office  at  Philadelphia  in  Patent  Book.) 

II.  103.  Warrant  by  Thomas  and  Richard  Penn  appointing  Richard  Peters 
and  Conrad  Weyser  their  agents  to  meet  with  the  sachems  of  the 
Six  Nations  and  give  back  to  them  certain  lands  comprised  within 
the  purchase  deed  of  July,  1754 ;  and  to  enquire  into  the  claims  made 
by  the  Delaware  nation  or  any  other  Indian  nation  to  any  interest 
in  these  lands.  Sealed  November  7,  1757. 

II.  104.  Treaty  between  the  Twightwee  nation  and  the  Commissioners  of 
Pennsylvania.  July  23,  1748. 

II.  105.  Id.  between  the  Shawanese  and  the  proprietaries  of  Pennsylvania. 
August  I,  1739. 

II.  106.  Deed  by  the  Conoy  nation  to  Thomas  and  Richard  Penn  of  certain 
lands  in  the  county  of  Lancaster,  and  of  an  island  at  the  mouth  of 
the  river  Juniata.    August  24,  1762. 
(Recorded  in  the  office  for  Recording  of  Deeds,  Philadelphia.) 


354  Friends'  Reference  Library. 

II.  107.  Deed  of  sale  of  certain  lands  by  Shawanese  nation  to  Thomas  and 
Richard  Penn.    Lancaster,  August  17,  1762. 
(Recorded  in  the  office  for  Recording  of  Deeds,  Philadelphia.) 

II.  108.  Copy  of  deed  of  sale  of  certain  lands  in  Pennsylvania  by  the  sachems 
of  the  Six  Nations  to  Thomas  and  Richard  Penn.  July  6,  1754. 

II.  109.  Patent  for  three  hundred  and  thirteen  acres  of  land  granted  by  pro 
prietaries  to  Samuel  Wallis.    September  27,  1768. 
(Recorded  in  the  office  for  Recording  of  Deeds,  Philadelphia.) 

II.  no.  Patent  for  four  hundred  and  seventy-eight  acres  of  land  granted  by 
William  Penn  to  John  Wood.  July  31,  1684. 

II.  in.  Patent  for  six  hundred  acres  of  land  granted  by  William  Penn  to 
Henry  Peirmeine.  January  26,  1684. 

II.  113.  "  An  Account  of  the  Grant  of  Pennsylvania  to  William  Penn  Esquire 
with  an  Account  of  the  Sales  and  other  Dispositions  of  Land  made 
by  said  William  Penn  the  first  Proprietor  thereof  and  by  other  suc 
ceeding  Proprietors  from  and  between  the  4th  Day  of  March  1680-1 
to  December  1776,  with  a  Computation  of  the  arrears  of  Quit  Rent 
to  March  1779 :  and  the  annual  value  of  the  said  Quit  Rents.  To 
gether  with  an  Estimate  of  the  value  of  various  Articles  of  Property, 
which  belonged  to  the  Honorable  John  Penn  Junior  and  the  Honor 
able  John  Penn  Senior  in  the  year  1779:  before  the  27th  Day  of 
November  in  the  same  year,  when  the  Act  of  Assembly  was  passed 
entituled  '  An  Act  for  Vesting  the  Estate  of  the  late  Proprietaries 
of  Pennsylvania  in  this  Commonwealth.'  " 

II.H4.  1779  c.  Duplicate  of  "Form  of  an  affidavit  to  be  made  by  Mr. 
Physick,  late  receiver  and  agent  of  heirs  and  proprietors  of  Penn 
sylvania,  and  of  the  schedule  to  be  annex'd  ". 


THE  ROYAL  SOCIETY. 

BURLINGTON  HOUSE,  PICCADILLY,  W. 

The  archives  of  the  Royal  Society  are  accessible  daily  from  10  a.  m.  to 
6  p.  m.  except  on  Saturdays,  when  the  offices  are  closed  at  I  p.  m.  Applica 
tion  for  permission  to  examine  documents  should  be  made  to  the  Secretaries 
of  the  Society. 

The  archives  contain  many  communications  that  throw  light  on  the  pro 
gress  of  the  natural  sciences  in  colonial  America,  on  the  intellectual  interests 
and  personal  history  of  men  of  historical  importance,  on  some  natural  phe 
nomena  of  historical  significance,  and  occasionally  and  in  an  incidental  man 
ner  upon  social  history.1  Indeed,  until  after  the  final  establishment  in  1769  of 
the  American  Philosophical  Society  held  at  Philadelphia  for  promoting  Useful 
Knowledge,  the  Royal  Society  was  the  central  scientific  organization  for  the 
colonies.  The  leading  American  naturalists  were  enrolled  as  fellows  and 
published  the  results  of  their  observations  and  experiments  in  its  Transac 
tions.  (Cf.  G.  B.  Goode's  "The  Origin  of  the  National  Scientific  and  Edu 
cational  Institutions  of  the  United  States  "  and  "  The  Beginnings  of  Natural 
History  in  America ",  Annual  Report  of  the  Smithsonian  Institution  for 
1897,  Part  II.,  pp.  265-406.  The  former  paper  is  also  in  the  Annual  Report 
of  the  American  Historical  Association  for  1889.) 

Many  important  communications,  which  in  the  earlier  period  took  the  form 
of  letters  and  later  of  essays  or  monographs,  are  published  in  the  volumes  of 
Philosophical  Transactions,  begun  in  1665  by  H.  Oldenburg,  the  first  secre 
tary  of  the  Society,  as  a  periodical  publication,  continued  by  him  to  June, 
1677,  and  afterwards  edited  by  succeeding  secretaries  up  to  March,  1752, 
from  which  date  the  publication  has  been  superintended  by  a  committee  of 
the  Society.  A  General  Index  to  the  Philosophical  Transactions  from  the 
first  to  the  end  of  the  seventieth  volume  (to  1781)  was  compiled  by  P.  H. 
Maty  and  printed  in  1787.  Other  communications,  prior  to  1688,  together 
with  the  Journals  (see  below)  from  their  commencement  in  1660  to  1687, 
have  been  printed  in  Dr.  Thomas  Birch's  History  of  the  Royal  Society  (four 
volumes,  unindexed,  London,  1756-1757)  ;  and  some  additional  papers  and 
letters  in  C.  R.  Weld's  A  History  of  the  Royal  Society  (two  volumes,  Lon 
don,  1848).  Clayton's  Virginia  and  some  other  American  papers  are  also 
in  E.  Halley's  Miscellanea  Curiosa  (three  volumes). 

A  great  part  of  the  contents  of  the  Society's  archives  remains  unpublished, 
but  the  mass  and  character  of  these  MSS.  rendered  a  complete  examination 
impracticable.  The  present  report  is  therefore  confined  to  a  general  descrip 
tion  of  the  various  groups  of  documents ;  to  a  list  of  the  American  papers 
contained  in  a  few  of  these  groups;  and  to  the  following  classified  guide, 
compiled  for  the  convenience  of  the  future  investigator,  to  documents  and  to 
references  to  documents  contained  in  the  printed  works  mentioned  above. 

xFor  material  of  a  similar  character  see  British  Museum,  Sloane  MSS.  passim. 

355 


356  The  Royal  Society. 

PRINTED  MATERIAL.1 
Queries. 

One  of  the  earliest  undertakings  of  the  Society  was  the  drawing  up  of 
"  inquiries  of  things  observable  in  foreign  countries,  and  directions  of  the 
things  they  desire  chiefly  to  be  informed  about ".  A  committee  to  consider 
suitable  questions  was  appointed  as  early  as  February,  1661  (Birch,  I.  15; 
cf.  ibid.  47,  68,  74).  The  queries  were  compiled  from  published  accounts  of 
the  countries  concerned  (no.  33,  III.  634 ;  Birch,  I.  144)  and  were  distributed 
to  ships'  captains  or  to  travellers  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining  accurate  infor 
mation.  Special  directions  for  geographical,  meteorological,  astronomical 
and  other  observations  to  be  made  by  seamen  bound  for  the  West  Indies  and 
on  other  far  voyages  were  also  prepared.  (Printed  in  1666  in  no.  8,  I.  140- 
143,  appendix  in  no.  9,  I.  147-149,  and  in  enlarged  form  in  1667  in  no.  24, 

II.  433-448).    Copies  of  these  directions  were  deposited  with  the  Master  of 
Trinity  House  to  be  supplied  to  masters  of  ships  and  others  who  should 
keep  a  diary  of  their  observations,  of  which  one  copy  should  be  delivered  to 
the  Lord  High  Admiral  and  another  to  Trinity  House  to  be  perused  by  the 
Royal  Society.    Directions  and  instruments  were  supplied  to  John  Winthrop, 
jr.,  on  his  return  voyage  to  New  England  in  1663  (Birch,  I.  207,  212,  and 
280). 

Several  sets  of  inquiries  for  Virginia  were  compiled.  One  series  for 
Virginia  and  the  Bermudas  was  prepared  in  1667  (printed  in  no.  23,  II.  420- 
421)  ;  and  when  in  1669  the  Society  learned  that  Mr.  Edward  Digges  intended 
to  go  to  Virginia,  another  series  was  recommended  to  him  (Birch,  II.  395) 
of  which  a  manuscript  copy  is  preserved  (see  below,  p.  367).  In  1681  Mr. 
Houghton  read  a  paper  of  queries,  together  with  the  answers  thereto  by  his 
brother  who  had  been  in  Virginia  (Birch,  IV,  96).  A  letter  from  Rev. 
John  Clayton  to  Dr.  Grew,  in  answer  to  several  queries  relating  to  Virginia 
sent  to  him  by  Dr.  Grew  in  1687,  may  also  be  mentioned  here  (no.  454, 
XLI.  143-162). 

Queries  and  directions,  and  in  some  cases  answers,  are  printed  for  Green 
land,  1662,  1663  (Birch,  I.  155-156  and  199-202),  Hudson's  Bay  (Birch, 

III.  44-46)  and  the  Antilles,  1668  (no.  33,  III.  634-639).    In  _  1667,  queries 
were  ordered  to  be  delivered  to  Mr.  Lyttelton,  who  was  voyaging  to  Barba- 
does  (Birch,  II.  143). 

In  1713,  Queen  Anne  directed  that  instruction  be  given  to  her  ministers 
and  governors  that  go  abroad  to  contribute  all  they  can,  towards  promoting 
the  design  for  which  the  Royal  Society  was  first  founded,  by  corresponding 
with  the  President  and  Fellows  of  the  said  Society,  and  by  procuring  as 
satisfactory  answers  as  possible  to  such  inquiries  as  may  be  sent  from  time 
to  time.  Committees  were  appointed  to  draw  up  questions,  which  are  entered 
in  the  Register  books  (Weld,  I.  420).  A  portion  of  a  letter  from  Gov. 
Cornbury,  written  in  response  to  these  instructions,  and  relating  to  a  palaeon- 
tological  find  near  Albany,  is  printed  in  Weld,  I.  421.  It  seems  probable 
that  letters  from  other  governors  may  be  preserved  in  the  archives. 

Meteorological  Observations. 

Captain  Langford's  observations  upon  hurricanes,  and  their  prognostics 
in  the  West  Indies,  relate  to  the  years  1657,  1658,  1660,  1665  and  1667  (no. 

1  When  not  otherwise  indicated,  references  are  to  the  Philosophical  Transactions. 


The  Royal  Society.  357 

246,  XX.  407-416).  The  meteorological  observations  requested  of  seamen 
in  the  directions  of  1666  and  1667  referred  to  under  the  head  of  Queries, 
consisted  merely  of  a  register  of  the  direction  and  strength  of  the  wind,  of 
the  "  visible  appearances  of  the  sky  ",  and  of  "  notablest  effects  ",  such  as 
remarkable  tides,  heavy  dews,  etc.  The  earliest  quantitative  description  of 
meteorological  conditions  in  any  place  in  North  America  noted  in  the  printed 
records  of  the  Society,  appears  to  be  that  contained  in  Dr.  Henry  Stubbe's 
observations  on  Jamaica,  1667  (no.  27,  II.  500).  In  1668,  the  Society 
ordered  that  baroscopes  be  sent  into  "  the  East  and  West  Indies,  and  other 
parts,  particularly  to  the  English  plantations,  as  Bermudas,  Jamaica,  Bar 
bados,  Virginia,  and  New  England"  (Birch,  II.  292),  and  in  1677  several 
baroscopes  were  sent  to  Barbadoes  to  test  their  use  in  foretelling  changes 
of  weather  and  especially  hurricanes  (Birch,  III.  360).  In  1680,  Colonel 
William  Sharp  communicated  from  Barbadoes  a  table  of  barometrical  read 
ings  made  from  an  instrument  supplied  by  the  Society  a  few  months  before 
(printed  in  Birch,  IV.  49-54).  The  Society  ordered  that  a  thermometer  be 
made  and  despatched  to  Colonel  Sharp  (Birch,  IV.  56).  Later  observations 
from  the  following  places  in  the  American  colonies  are  recorded :  Virginia, 
by  Rev.  John  Clayton,  1688  (no.  201,  XVII.  781-789)  ;  Acomac,  by  Mr. 
Scarburgh,  October  19,  1693  (no.  231,  XIX.  659)  ;  Jamaica,  by  Governor 
Sir  William  Beeston,  1696  (no.  220,  XIX.  225-228)  ;  Cambridge,  by  Profes 
sor  Robie,  1715-1722  ("  Mr.  Robie's  Observations  want  those  of  the  Barome 
ter  and  Thermometer:  Neither  of  which  Instruments  was  to  be  gotten  in 
New  England  ")  (no.  423,  XXXVII.  262-273)  ;  Jamaica,  by  Henry  Barham, 
1717  (no.  357,  XXX.  837-838).  In  1725  the  Society  gave  an  impetus  to 
meteorological  science  by  sending  barometers  and  thermometers  to  several 
of  their  correspondents  abroad  (Weld,  I.  434)  ;  as  a  result  of  its  action 
meteorological  observations  said  to  be  the  first  made  with  instruments  in 
New  England  were  taken  by  Mr.  Feveryear  in  1725-6  (MS.  see  below,  p. 
368).  Observations  at  Boston,  by  Paul  Dudley,  1727  (no.  437,  XXXIX. 
65-66)  ;  Hudson's  Bay,  by  C.  Middleton,  1730,  1731,  1735  (no.  418, 
XXXVII.  71-78;  no.  429,  XXXVIII.  127-133;  no.  442,  XXXIX.  270-280)  ; 
Jamaica,  by  C.  Campbell,  1732  (no.  432,  XXXVIII.  307-309)  ;  Charles  Town, 
by  Dr.  J.  Lining,  1738-1752  (no.  470,  XLII.  491-509;  no.  475,  XLIII.  318- 
330;  no.  487,  XLV.  336-344;  XLVIII.  284-285);  Antigua,  by  F.  Byam, 
1751-1754  (XLIX.  295-296)  ;  Maryland,  by  Dr.  R.  Brooke,  1753-1757  (LI. 
58-82)  ;  Cambridge,  by  Professor  John  Winthrop,  1755  (L.  14-15)  ',  Vir 
ginia,  by  Lieut.-Gov.  Fauquier,  1758  (L.  746-747)  ;  Georgia,  by  Gov.  Henry 
Ellis,  1758  (L.  754-756)  ;  New  England,  by  John  Winthrop,  1760  (LII. 
6-16) ;  Quebec,  by  Capt.  Alexander  Rose,  1765-1766  (LVI.  291-295)  ;  Hud 
son's  Bay,  by  J.  Dymond  and  W.  Wales,  1768-1769  (LX.  137-178)  ;  Hud 
son's  Bay,  by  T.  Hutchins,  1775  (LXVI.  174-181)  ;  Montreal,  by  Mr.  Barr, 
1776;  1779  (LXVIII.  559-563;  LXX.  272-277);  Labrador,  1777,  1778 
(LXIX.  657-658). 

Astronomical  Observations. 

Most  of  these  observations  were  taken  to  determine  the  latitude  and  longi 
tude  of  different  places.  The  observations  of  the  transit  of  Venus,  1769, 
papers  on  which  are  also  printed  in  the  first  section  of  the  first  volume  of 
Transactions  of  the  American  Philosophical  Society  of  Philadelphia,  mark 
the  beginning  of  a  new  epoch  in  American  science. 

In  1664  the  Society  ordered  "  that  some  of  the  curious  in  the  English 


358  The  Royal  Society. 

plantations  of  America,  as  Mr.  Winthrop  in  New  England,  Mr.  Norwood 
in  Bermudas,  Capt.  Silas  Taylor  in  Virginia,  and  Dr.  Henry  Stubbe  in 
Jamaica,  should  be  desired  to  make  the  ....  observation  [of  the  conjunc 
tion  of  Mercury  with  the  sun]  in  those  parts  "  (Birch,  I.  383)  ;  but  no  report 
of  such  observations  appears  in  the  printed  records.  Accounts  of  the  comet 
of  1664  were  received  from  America  (Birch,  II.  47,  48  and  421). 
Observations  were  made  at  the  following  places : 

Cambridge,  by  Thomas  Brattle,  1694  (no.  292,  XXIV.  1630-1638). 

Boston,  by  the  same,  1707  (no.  312,  XXV.  2471). 

Cambridge,  by  Professor  Robie,   1717-1722   (no.  423,  XXXVII.  270- 

273). 
Port  Royal,  Jamaica,  by  Capt.  Barth.  Candler,  1722  (no.  375,  XXXII. 

235-236). 

New  York,  by  Gov.  William  Burnet,  Cadwallader  Colden  and  James 
Alexander,  1723  (no.  385,  XXXIII.  162,  and  cf.  no.  394,  XXXIV. 
85-90). 

Barbadoes,  by  William  Stevenson,  1729  (no.  416,  XXXVI.  440-441). 

Jamaica,  by  Colin  Campbell,  1731-1732  (no.  432,  XXXVIII.  302-314). 

Hudson's  Bay,  by  Capt.  C.  Middleton,  1736  and  1741-1742  (no.  446, 
XL.  96-98;  no.  465,  XLII.  157-171). 

Philadelphia,  by  Dr.  Kearsly,  1736-1737  (no.  446,  XL.  119-121). 

Jamaica,  by  Rose  Fuller,  1737  (no.  446,  XL.  122). 

Letter  from  J.  Alexander  concerning  a  place  in  New  York  for  measuring  a 
degree  of  latitude,  1740  (no.  457,  XLI.  383). 

Cambridge,  by  Professor  John  Winthrop,  1740,  1743  (no.  471,  XLII. 

572;  LIX.  505-506). 
Meteors  in  North  America,  by  same,  1761  (LIV.  185-188). 

Meteors  at  St.  John's,  Newfoundland,  by  the  same,  1761  (LIV.  277-283). 

Barbadoes,  by  the  Rev.  Nevil  Maskelyne,  1764  (LIV.  389-392). 

Newfoundland,  by  James  Cook,  1766  (LVII.  215-216). 

"  A  new  method  for  composing  a  natural  history  of  meteors  ",  by  Pro 
fessor  Isaac  Greenwood,  published  in  1728  (no.  401,  XXXV.  390- 
402). 

For  determining  the  length  of  a  degree  of  latitude  in  Maryland  and  Penn 
sylvania,  by  Charles  Mason  and  Jeremiah  Dixon,  with  map  of  that 
part  of  America  where  a  degree  of  latitude  was  measured  for  the 
Royal  Society,  1768  (LVIII.  270-328). 

Forks  of  the  River  Brandy  wine,  Pennsylvania,  by  the  same,  1768 
(LVIII.  329-335). 

Kittery  Point,  Maine ;  Portsmouth,  N.  H. ;  and  several  places  in  Canada, 
1768-1774,  by  Capt.   Samuel  Holland,  surveyor  general,  and  his 
assistants;  (LVIII.  46-53;  LIX.  247-252;  LXIV.  182-189). 
Transit  of  Venus,  1769: 

Quebec,  by  Samuel  Holland  (LIX.  247-252). 

Isle  aux  Coudres,  near  Quebec,  by  Thomas  Wright,  deputy  surveyor 
(LIX.  273-280). 

Norriton,  Pennsylvania,  by  a  committee  of  the  American  Philosophical 
Society  of  Philadelphia  (LIX.  289-326). 

Lewes,  Delaware,  by  other  representatives  of  the  same  Society  (LIX. 
414-421). 

Cambridge,  by  Professor  John  Winthrop  (LIX.  351-358). 


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Ten  miles  east  of  Annapolis,  Maryland,  by  John  Leeds  (LIX.  444-445). 

Hudson's  Bay,  by  William  Wales  (LIX.  467-488;  LX.  100-178). 

California,  by  Abbe  Chappe  (LX.  551-552). 

Observations  on  the  transit  of  Mercury,  1769,  at  Norriton,  Pennsylvania,  by 
a  committee  of  the  American  Philosophical  Society  and  at  Cam 
bridge  by  Professor  John  Winthrop,  both  communicated  by  Benja 
min  Franklin  (LX.  504;  LXI.  51-52). 

Anticosti,  by  Deputy  Surveyor  Thomas  Wright  [I774]1  (LXIV.   190- 

193)- 
Track  of  H.  M.'s  brig  Lion  from  England  to  Davis's  Straits  and  Labrador, 

with    observations    for    determining    the    longitude,    etc.,     1776 
(LXVIII.  1057-1060). 

Aurora  Borealis. 
New  England,  by  Professor  Isaac  Greenwood,   1730   (no.  418,  XXXVII. 

55-69)- 

Annapolis,  Maryland,  by  Richard  Lewis,  1730  (no.  418,  XXXVII.  69-70). 
Philadelphia,  by  Joseph  Breitnall,  1736,  1737  (no.  456,  XLI.  359-360). 
Philadelphia,  by  John  Bartram,  1757  (LII.  474). 

Earthquakes. 

Account  of  the  earthquakes  in  New  England  since  the  first  settlement  of  the 
English  in  that  country,  especially  of  the  last,  October  29,  1727,  by 
Paul  Dudley  (no.  437,  XXXIX.  63-73). 
In  New  England,  mentioned  by  Cotton  Mather,  1663  et  al.  (no.  339,  XXIX. 

62-71). 
At  Jamaica,  by  Sir  Hans  Sloane  and  others,  1688,  1692  (no.  209,  XVIII. 

81-100). 
Remarks  on  earthquakes,  etc.,  in  Jamaica,  by  Henry  Barham,  1717  (no.  357, 

XXX.  837-838). 
At   Boston   and    Newbury,   by   Rev.    Benjamin    Colman,    1727    (no.    409, 

XXXVI.  124-127). 

Near  Newbury,  by  Rev.  Matthias  Plant,  1727-1741  (no.  462,  XLII.  33-42). 
At  Maryland,  by  Mr.  Richard  Lewis,  1732  (no.  429,  XXXVIII.  119-121). 
At  Philadelphia,  by  Joseph  Breitnall,  1737  (no.  456,  XLI.  359-360). 
Manila,  by  William  Pye,  1750  (XLIX.  458-459). 
Fort  Oswego,  by  Mrs.  Gov.  Belcher,  October,  1755  (XLIX.  544). 
Antigua,  by  Capt.  Affleck,  November  I,  1755  (XLIX.  668-670). 
Earthquake  of  November  18,  1755  : 
At  Boston  (XLIX.  439-442). 
New  York,  by  Cadwallader  Colden  (XLIX.  443). 
At  Pennsylvania  (XLIX.  444). 

New  England  and  vicinity,  by  Professor  John  Winthrop  (L.  1-18). 
Barbadoes,  by  Abraham  Mason,  1761  (LII.  477-478). 

Terrestrial  Magnetism. 

Several  papers  relative  to  the  variations  of  the  compass  in  American  waters 
are  printed  in  the  Philosophical  Transactions. 

1  Bracketed  dates  indicate  the  date  of  the  number  of  the  Philosophical  Transactions 
in  which  the  article  is  published  or  the  date  when  it  was  read. 


360  The  Royal  Society. 

Geography. 

The  northwest  passage  [1674]  (no.  109,  IX.  207-208).  Extract  of  two  let 
ters  from  missionary  Jesuits  concerning  the  discovery  of  the  New 
Philippine  Islands,  with  map,  1697  (no.  317,  XXVI.  189-199). 
Voyage  to  New  Caledonia  in  Darien,  by  Dr.  Wallace  [1700]  (no. 
262,  XXII.  536-543).  Concerning  a  passage  by  land  to  California, 
taken  from  the  letters  of  missionary  Jesuits  printed  at  Paris,  1702 
(no.  318,  XXVI.  232-240).  Account  of  Falls  of  the  River  Niagara 
taken  at  Albany,  October  10,  1721,  from  M.  Borassaw,  by  Paul 
Dudley  (no.  371,  XXXII.  69-72).  Distances  between  Asia  and 
America,  by  Arthur  Dobbs,  1747  (no.  483,  XLIV.  471-476).  Ac 
count  of  that  part  of  America  which  is  nearest  to  Kamtchatka; 
extracted  from  the  Description  of  Kamtchatka  by  Professor  Krash- 
eninnicoff,  printed  at  Petersburg  in  1759,  and  translated  by  Rev.  D. 
Dumaresque  (LI.  477-497).  Journal  of  a  voyage,  made  by  order 
of  the  Royal  Society,  to  Churchill  River,  on  the  northwest  coast 
of  Hudson's  Bay,  etc.,  by  William  Wales,  1768-1769  (LX.  100-136). 
Particulars  of  the  country  of  Labrador,  extracted  from  the  papers 
of  Lieut.  Roger  Curtis  with  a  plane-chart  of  the  coast  [1774] 
(LXIV.  372-388). 

Natural  History  and  Natural  Resources;  the  Aborigines;  Diseases  and  Medicines. 

Of  the  manner  of  making  tar  and  pitch  in  New  England,  by  John  Winthrop, 
1662  (Birch,  I.  99-102).  On  the  conveniency  of  the  building  of 
ships  in  some  of  the  northern  parts  of  America,  by  the  same,  1662 
(Birch,  I.  112-113).  Method  of  killing  rattle-snakes  in  Virginia, 
by  Capt.  Silas  Taylor,  1664  (no.  3,  I.  43  and  76).  Observations 
made  in  the  ordering  of  silk-worms,  by  Edward  Digges,  1665  (no. 
2,  I.  26-27).  Economic  and  social  conditions  in  Virginia,  by  Alex 
ander  Moray,  1665  (no.  12,  I.  201-202).  Whale-fishing  about  the 
Bermudas  and  on  the  coast  of  New  England  and  New  Netherland, 
1666,  anon.  (no.  8,  I.  132-133).  Locusts  in  New  England,  1666 
(no.  8,  I.  137-138).  Observations  on  the  Caribbee  Islands,  1667- 
1668,  by  Dr.  Stubbe  (no.  27,  II.  493-500;  no.  36,  III.  699-709; 
no.  37,  III.  717-722.)  Tides,  wells,  whale-fishing  and  whales  at 
Bermudas,  by  Richard  Norwood,  1667  (no.  30,  II.  565-567).  Tides, 
whales,  vegetables,  longevity  of  inhabitants,  etc.,  at  Bermudas,  by 
Richard  Stafford,  1668  (no.  40,  III.  792-795).  Particulars  refer 
ring  to  those  of  Jamaica,  nos.  27  and  36,  by  Mr.  Norwood  the 
younger,  1668  (no.  41,  III.  824-825).  Extracts  of  letters  on  the 
natural  history  of  Virginia,  by  John  Banister,  1668,  1689,  1690, 
1692  (no.  198,  XVII.  667-672).  On  curiosities  sent  to  the  Society, 
by  John  Winthrop,  1670  (no.  57,  V.  1151-1153).  Advantage  of 
Virginia  for  building  ships,  1673  (no.  93,  VIII.  6015-6016).  Poi 
sonous  fish  in  Bahamas,  by  John  Locke,  1675  (no.  114,  X.  312). 
Natural  history,  dwelling-houses,  customs,  etc.,  at  Barbadoes,  by 
Dr.  Thomas  Towns,  1675  (no-  IJ7>  X.  399-400).  On  alleged 
change  of  temperature  in  plantations  and  on  beetle  found  in  Vir 
ginia  and  New  England,  1676,  by  Henry  Nicholson  (no.  127,  XI. 
647-653)-  Use  and  culture  of  maize,  by  John  Winthrop,  1678  (no. 
142,  XII.  1065-1069).  Insects  of  Virginia,  by  John  Banister,  1680 


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(no.  270,  XXII.  807-814).  Maple-sugar  in  Canada,  anon.,  1685 
(no.  171,  XV.  988).  Bees  in  West  Indies,  1685  (no.  172,  XV. 
1030-1031).  Account  of  Virginia  by  Rev.  John  Clayton,  1688  (no. 
201,  XVII.  781-795;  no.  205,  941-948;  no.  206,  978-998;  no.  210, 
XVIII.  121-135;  and  no-  454'  XLI-  143-162).  Sand  from  Virginia 
supposed  to  contain  iron,  by  Dr.  Allen  Moulen,  1689  (no.  197, 
XVII.  624-626;  cf.  no.  432,  XXXVIII.  297-302).  The  making  of 
cochineal,  according  to  a  relation  from  an  old  Spaniard  at  Jamaica, 
1691  (no.  193,  XVII.  502-504).  Method  used  by  Indians  in  Vir 
ginia  and  Carolina  to  dress  buck  and  doe  skins,  1691  (no.  194, 
XVII.  532-533) .  Jamaica  pepper-tree  and  tree  that  bears  the  cortex 
winteranus,  by  Dr.  Hans  Sloane,  1693  (no.  192,  XVII.  462-468). 
American  humming-bird,  by  Dr.  Nehemiah  Grew  (no.  200,  XVII. 
760-761).  Natural  observations  made  at  Boston,  by  Benjamin  Bul- 
livant,  1698  (no.  240,  XX.  167-168).  Remarks  by  James  Petiver, 
F.  R.  S.,  on  animals,  plants,  etc.,  sent  to  him  from  Maryland  by 
Rev.  Hugh  Jones,  1698  (no.  246,  XX.  393-406).  Animals  and 
plants  of  Philippines,  by  Rev.  George  Joseph  Camelli,  1699-1711 
(no.  248,  XXI.  2-40;  no.  250,  88-94;  no..  277,  XXIII.  1065-1068; 
no.  285,  1394-1399;  no.  286,  1419-1429;  no.  290,*  XXIV.  1591- 
1596;  no.  293,  1707-1722;  no.  294,  1763-1773;  no.  295,  1809- 
1809';  no.  296,  1816-1842;  no.  302,  2043-2080;  no.  305,  XXV. 
2197-2204;  no.  307,  2266-2276;  no.  311,  2397-2408;  no.  318, 
XXVI.  241-248;  no.  331,  XXVII.  310-315).  Animals  and  shells 
sent  from  Carolina  to  James  Petiver,  1705  (no.  299,  XXIV.  1952- 
1960).  Abstract  of  letters  from  Cotton  Mather,  dated  November 
17-November  29,  1712,  referring  to  palaeontological  finds,  natural 
history,  antipathies,  Indians,  meteorology,  earthquakes,  etc.  (no. 
339,  XXIX.  62-71).  Experiments  made  in  South  Carolina  in 
1720  and  1723  on  effects  of  rattle-snake  poison,  by  Capt.  Hall 
(no.  399,  XXXV.  309-315  ;  cf.  no.  401,  XXXV.  377-381).  Method 
of  making  maple-sugar  in  New  England,  by  Paul  Dudley,  1720 
(no.  364,  XXXI.  27-28).  Moose-deer,  by  Paul  Dudley,  1721  (no. 
368,  XXXI.  165-168).  Poison-wood  tree  in  New  England,  by 
Paul  Dudley,  1721  (no.  367,  XXXI.  145-146).  The  same,  by  Wil 
liam  Sherard  (ibid.,  147-148).  Method  for  discovering  where  bees 
hive  in  the  woods,  by  Paul  Dudley,  1721  (no.  367,  XXXI.  148- 
150).  Account  of  rattle-snake,  by  Paul  Dudley,  1722  (no.  376, 
XXXII.  292-295).  A  new  sort  of  molasses  and  the  degenerating 
of  smelts,  by  Paul  Dudley,  Roxbury,  1722  (no.  374,  XXXII.  231- 
232).  Account  of  an  extraordinary  cure,  with  a  description  of  the 
Indian  hothouses,  by  Paul  Dudley,  1724  (no.  384,  XXXIII.  129- 
132).  Plants  of  New  England,  fruit  trees,  etc.,  by  Paul  Dudley, 
1724  (no.  385,  XXXIII.  194-200).  Natural  history  of  whales,  by 
Paul  Dudley,  1725  (no.  387,  XXXIII.  256-269).  Effects  and  pro 
perties  of  damps,  experiments  by  Professor  Isaac  Greenwood,  of 
Cambridge,  1729  (no.  411,  XXXVI.  184-191).  Account  of  Mark 
Catesby's  essay  towards  the  natural  history  of  Carolina  and  the 
Bahama  Islands,  with  extracts,  1730  (no.  415,  XXXVI.  425-434, 

1  The  incorrect  numbering  of  pages  in  volumes  XXIV.  and  XXV.  is  followed  here. 


362  The  Royal  Society. 

no.  420,  XXXVII.  174-178,  no.  426,  447-450,  no.  432,  XXXVIII. 
315-318,  no.  438,  XXXIX.  112-117,  no.  441,  251-258,  no.  449,  XL. 
343-350,  no.  484,  XLIV.  599-608,  no.  486,  XLV.  157-173).  Account 
of  a  remarkable  generation  of  insects,  etc.,  Annapolis,  by  Richard 
Lewis,  1732  (no.  429,  XXXVIII.  119-120).  New  England  moose- 
deer  and  Virginia  stag  described  by  Samuel  Dale,  1736  (no.  444, 
XXXIX.  384-389).  Effects  of  cold,  etc.,  at  Hudson's  Bay,  by  Capt. 
Christopher  Middleton,  1741-1742  (no.  465,  XLII.  157-171).  Let 
ter  from  Edw.  Milward  concerning  an  antidote  to  the  Indian  poison 
in  the  West  Indies,  1741-1742  (no.  462,  XLII.  2).  Oyster-banks 
and  muscles  of  Pennsylvania,  by  Dr.  John  Bartram,  1744  (no.  474, 
XLIII.  157-159).  Wasps'  nests  in  Pennsylvania,  by  John  Bartram, 
1745,  1749  (no.  476,  XLIII.  363-366;  493,  XLVI.  278-279). 
Dragon-fly  of  Pennsylvania,  by  same,  1750  (no.  494,  XLVI.  323- 
325).  Wasps  of  New  England,  by  John  H.  Harrison,  1748 
(XLVII.  184-187).  Machine  for  killing  whales,  by  Dr.  John  Bond, 
1752  (XLVII.  429-435).  Toxicodendron  of  Carolina,  by  Abbe 
Mazeas,  P.  Miller,  and  J.  Ellis,  1758  (XLIX.  157-166;  866-876; 
L.  430-456).  Wasps'  nest  from  Maryland,  by  Israel  Mauduit,  1755 
(XLIX.  205-208).  Sea-currents  at  Antilles,  by  Dr.  Peyssonnel, 
1756  (XLIX.  624-634).  Account  of  copper-springs  in  Pennsyl 
vania,  by  Dr.  John  Rutty,  1756  (XLIX.  648-651).  Epidemic  in 
Barbadoes,  by  Abraham  Mason,  1761  (LII.  477-478).  Wasp  of 
Pennsylvania,  by  John  Bartram,  1763  (LIU.  37-38).  Darkness  at 
Detroit,  by  Rev.  James  Stirling,  1762  (LIII.  63-64).  Dye  from 
berries  of  a  weed  in  South  Carolina,  by  Moses  Lindo,  1763  (LIII. 
238-239).  Observations  on  cicada  collected  by  P.  Collinson,  1763 
(LIV.  65-68).  A  disease  among  the  Indians  in  Nantucket  and 
Martha's  Vineyard,  by  Andrew  Oliver,  1764  (LIV.  386-388).  On 
supposed  elephants'  bones  found  near  the  Ohio,  1766,  1767  (LVII. 
464-469 ;  LVIII.  34-35)  •  Experiments  for  preserving  acorns  with  a 
view  to  bringing  over  seeds  from  East  Indies  to  plant  in  America,  by 
John  Ellis,  1768  (LVIII.  75-78).  Letter  from  Dr.  Donald  Monro, 
enclosing  one  from  Mr.  James  Farley  of  Antigua,  dated  1767,  on  the 
good  effects  of  the  quassi  root  in  some  fevers  (LVIII.  80-82). 
Voyage  to  Hudson's  Bay,  1768  and  1769,  by  William  Wales  (LX. 
100-178).  On  a  new  species  of  starry  aniseed  tree  lately  discovered 
in  West  Florida,  1770,  by  John  Ellis  (LX.  524-530).  Method 
used  by  Indians  near  Hudson's  Bay  to  dye  porcupine  quills,  by 
J.  R.  Forster,  1772  (LXII.  54-59).  Account  of  quadrupeds,  birds 
and  fishes,  from  Hudson's  Bay,  by  J.  R.  Forster,  1772  (LXII. 
370-433;  LXIII.  149-160).  Customs  of  Indians,  by  Sir  William 
Johnson,  1772  (LXIII.  142-148).  Medicinal  value  of  bark  trees 
of  Jamaica  and  the  Caribbees,  by  Dr.  William  Wright,  1777 
(LXVII.  504-512). 

Inoculation. 

In  New  England,  1721  (no.  374,  XXXII.  215,  223-227)  ;  the  same  place 
(1722)  (no.  370,  XXXII.  33-35  ;  the  same,  1723  (no.  382,  XXXIII. 
67-70).  Benjamin  Gale's  historical  memoirs  relating  to  inoculation 
in  the  British  American  Provinces  particularly  in  New  England 
(LV.  193-204). 


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Curiosities. 

The  Journals  contain  many  notices  of  curiosities  sent  from  America 
(Birch,  passim),  of  which  those  donated  by  John  Winthrop  in  1669  may  be 
particularly  mentioned  (Birch,  II.  418-421).  Some  sixty  years  later  another 
John  Winthrop  is  said  to  have  presented  the  Society  with  more  than  six 
hundred  specimens  (Archaeologist  Americana,  IV.  123-124;  Winthrop 
papers,  Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  Coll.,  fifth  series,  VIII.  571).  Descriptions  and 
figures  of  American  animals  are  included  in  Dr.  Nehemiah  Grew's  Musaeum 
Regalis  Societatis;  or  a  Catalogue  and  Description  of  the  Natural  and  Arti 
ficial  Rarities  belonging  to  the  Royal  Society,  etc.,  first  published  in  1681. 
About  1780  the  museum  of  the  Society  was  turned  over  to  the  British 
Museum  (Weld,  II.  122-125). 

Franklin's  Papers. 

Except  when  otherwise  specified  these  treat  of  electricity  (XLVII.  289- 
29J>  565-567;  XLIX.  300-309;  L.  481-483;  LI-  5!4-525>  525-526;  LII.  456- 
461,  LXIII.  66)  ;  meteorological  and  physical  observations  and  conjectures 
(LV.  182-192)  ;  transit  of  Mercury,  1769  (LXI.  51-52)  ;  on  stilling-  waves 
by  oil  (LXIV.  445-460).  An  account  of  Franklin's  treatise,  Experiments 
and  Observations  on  Electricity,  is  in  XLVII.  202-211. 

ARCHIVES. 

A  card  list  of  the  principal  MSS.  or  groups  of  MSS.  preserved  in  these 
archives  indicates  the  following  main  classes  of  documentary  material. 

1.  Journals  of  proceedings  at  the  meetings  of  the  Society,  which  contain 
among  other  notices  summary  accounts  of  the  contents  of  the  letters  received 
and  of  the  collections  donated.    Printed  from  1660  to  1687,  as  stated  above. 
Unindexed. 

2.  Register  books,   1661-1738,  21   volumes  containing  transcripts  of  the 
more  important  communications  received  by  the  Society.    Volume  10,  I7J3- 
1722,  is  wanting.    Some  but  not  all  of  these  are  printed  in  the  Philosophical 
Transactions. 

3.  Thirty-nine  "  Guard  Books  "  dating  from  the  seventeenth  and  first  half 
of  the  eighteenth  century,  arranged  by  groups  of  subjects,  containing  besides 
original  MSS.  of  matter  printed  in  the  Philosophical  Transactions,  other 
communications  not  printed,  many  letters,  etc.   See  below,  p.  368,  footnote  i. 

4.  Letter  books,  coming  down  to  about  1737,  containing  original  letters 
mounted  on  guards  and  alphabetically  arranged. 

5.  Miscellaneous  manuscripts,  covering  same  period  as  3.     A  guide  is 
provided  to  classes  4  and  5  in  the  Catalogues  of  the  Miscellaneous  Manu 
scripts  and  of  the  Manuscript  Letters  in  the  Possession  of  The  Royal  Society, 
printed  in  1840. 

The  documents  listed  below  are  found  in  the  letter  books,  miscellaneous 
MSS.,  and  guard  books.  While  the  intention  has  been  to  notice  all  letters 
entered  in  the  letter  books  from  the  continental  colonies,  only  a  few  of  the 
letters  from  the  West  Indies  are  included.  Only  those  guard  books  were 
examined  whose  titles  seemed  to  indicate  contents  of  some  historical  interest. 

LETTER  BOOKS. 

In  the  following  paragraphs  the  letter  and  the  number  immediately  follow 
ing  jointly  indicate  the  volume  of  the  letter  book. 


364  The  Royal  Society. 

B.  2.  33.  Extract  of  a  letter  from  C.  Bouchar  to  E.  Halley,  dated  Liguamen, 
Jamaica,  March  10,  1676,  referring  to  a  recent  rebellion  of  negroes. 
(The  Liguanea  district  is  near  Kingston.) 

B.  2. 46.  Part  of  a  letter  from  Benjamin  Bullivant  to  James  Petiver,  dated 
Boston,  N.  E.,  January  15,  1698,  concerning  some  natural  observa 
tions  made  by  Bullivant. 
(Printed  in  Philosophical  Transactions,  no.  240,  XX.  167-168.) 

B.  2.  65.  Letter  from  Thomas  Banister  to  J.  Chamberlayne,  dated  Boston, 
N.  E.,  January  4,  1712,  referring  to  a  ball  of  fire  seen  in  the  sky. 

D.  i.  72-95  and  D.  2,  68.  Twenty-five  letters  and  papers  from  Paul  Dudley, 
addressed  to  the  Royal  Society,  Mr.  Chamberlayne,  Dr.  Mortimer 
and  Dr.  Derham,  dated  from  Boston  or  Roxbury  between  June  20, 
1719  and  December  27,  1736,  containing  references  to  the  "  defeat 
of  the  Spanish  Invasion  ",  the  prevalence  of  "  Arrianisme  "  in  Eng 
land,  "  the  journall  of  Mr.  Kellug's  Trading  Voyage  from  Canada 
to  Mississippi  "  [see  below,  p.  367],  "  curiosities  "  presented  by  him 
to  the  Society,  natural  phenomena,  accounts  of  Niagara  Falls,  an 
essay  upon  the  natural  history  of  whales,  remarkable  cures,  the 
several  earthquakes  which  have  happened  in  New  England  since  the 
first  settlement  of  the  English  in  that  country,  especially  the  last, 
which  happened  in  October  29,  1727,  and  other  papers  relating  to 
natural  science,  mostly  printed  in  the  Philosophical  Transactions. 

D.  2.  2.  Letter  from  William  Douglass  to  Dr.  Alexander  Stuart,  dated  Boston, 
N.  E.,  September  25,  1721,  relating  to  the  prevalence  of  small-pox 
in  Boston,  inquiring  as  to  the  value  of  inoculation,  and  treating  of 
the  action  of  "  a  certain  credulous  Preacher  ....  called  Mather  ". 
"  The  clergy  spirited  by  Mather  preached  up  inoculation." 

G.  2.  6-10.  Five  letters  from  Isaac  Greenwood,  professor  of  mathematics  and 
natural  philosophy  in  Harvard  College,  to  the  secretary  of  the  So 
ciety,  dated  from  Boston  or  Cambridge,  May  i,  1727  to  October  24, 
1730.  The  first  letter  refers  to  Dr.  Cotton  Mather's  efforts  "  to 
engage  his  Friends  in  making  Meteorological  observations,  that 
Our  Country  might  not  be  the  most  backward  in  following  your 
ingenious  Invitatio  "  and  to  Mr.  Feveryear's  meteorological  obser 
vations  (see  below,  p.  368),  which  he  encloses  and  describes  as  "  the 
first  sett  of  such  Observations  that  was  ever  made  in  New  England." 
The  other  four  letters  relate  to  natural  philosophy. 

(Two  are  printed  in  Philosophical  Transactions,  no.  401,  XXXV.  390;  no. 
411,  XXXVI.  184.) 

G.  2.  37.  Letter  from  Martha  Gerrisk  to  Gov.  Belcher,  dated  Cambridge, 
N.  E.,  December  24,  1734,  containing  a  drawing  of  a  parhelia,  seen 
at  Cambridge,  December  14,  1734. 

I.  i.  183.  Id.  from  Hugh  Jones  to  Benjamin  Woodward,  dated  Maryland, 
January  23,  1699,  describing  Maryland. 
(Printed  in  Philosophical  Transactions,  no.  259,  XXI.  436.) 

L.  5.  114.  Id.  from  William  London  to  Mr.  Evelyn,  dated  Barbadoes,  Decem 
ber  28,  1680,  giving  an  account  of  his  collection  towards  a  history 
of  Barbadoes  and  the  other  English  settlements  in  America,  with 
the  heads  of  the  work.  Cf.  Birch,  IV.  97, 99. 

L.  6.  44.  Id.  from  Richard  Lewis  to  Mr.  Collinson,  dated  Annapolis  in  Mary 
land,  October  27,  1732,  referring  to  various  natural  phenomena. 
(Printed  in  Philosophical  Transactions,  no.  429,  XXXVIII.  119-121.) 


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L.  6.  59.  Three  letters  from  James  Logan,  addressed  to  Dr.  E.  Halley,  Sir 
Hans  Sloane  and  Mr.  Peter  Collinson  respectively,  dated  Penn 
sylvania,  May  25,  1732;  Philadelphia,  September  20,  1735;  and 
Philadelphia,  November  20,  1735,  all  relating  to  natural  science. 
A  fourth  letter  to  Mr.  P.  Collinson  dated  Stenton,  October  31,  1737, 
contains  corrections  of  a  paper  by  Logan  in  Philosophical  Transac 
tions. 

(Extracts  of  the  letters  of  September  20  and  November  20,  1735,  are  printed 
in  Philosophical  Transactions,  no.  440,  192-195,  no.  441,  240,  and  no.  444, 
XXXIX.  404-405.) 

M.  I.  363.  Extract  of  a  letter  from  Alexander  Moray  to  Sir  Robert  Moray, 
dated  Ware  River,  Mochjack  [Mobjack]  Bay,  Virginia,  February 
i,  1666. 

(This  and  the  following  letter  treat  of  economic  and  social  conditions.  An 
extract  of  this  letter  is  printed  in  Philosophical  Transactions,  no.  12,  I. 
201.) 

M.  I.  37.  From  same  to  same,  dated  Ware  River,  Mochjack  Bay,  Virginia, 
June  12,  1668. 

M.  2.  21-57.  Thirty-seven  letters  from  Cotton  Mather  to  Dr.  Woodward  and 
to  secretaries  of  the  Royal  Society,  dated  Boston,  N.  E.,  from 
November,  1712,  to  December  15,  1724,  containing  accounts  of  many 
natural  and  supernatural  phenomena,  dreams,  apparitions,  rattle 
snakes,  botany,  medicine,  thunder,  earthquakes,  meteorology,  Indian 
customs,  etc. 

(Extracts  of  several  letters  are  printed  in  Philosophical  Transactions, 
n°-  339.  XXIX.  62-71.  A  part  of  this  series  is  duplicated  in  British  Mu 
seum,  Sloane,  3339,  3340.) 

M.  3.  12,  35-40, 66.  Eight  letters  from  Joseph  Morgan,  dated  Maidenhead, 
New  Jersey,  1732-1739,  setting  forth  his  ideas  for  several  inven 
tions,  mostly  devised  to  defend  the  English  colonies  against  the 
French  and  preserve  the  loyalty  of  N.  America  to  the  crown  of 
Great  Britain ;  also  relating  to  his  papers  on  the  "  Original  of  all 
Nations  ",  "  Improvements  on  the  Astronomical  Philosophy  of  Sir 
Isaac  Newton  ",  etc. 

N.  i.  26.  Letter  from  Richard  Norwood  to  the  secretary  of  the  Royal  So 
ciety,  dated  Sommer  Islands,  June  18,  1667,  referring  to  the  dan 
gers  of  the  times,  "  some  of  our  neighbouring  plantations  .... 
lately  taken  and  we  ourselves  in  continuall  expectation  of  an 
enemy  " ;  also,  containing  observations  on  tides,  wells,  whales,  and 
whale-fishing. 
(An  extract  is  printed  in  Philosophical  Transactions,  no.  30,  II.  565.) 

N.  i.  27.  Id.,  Sommers  Islands,  July  16,  1668,  referring  to  a  free  school  for 
"  the  children  of  this  place  as  for  some  Indian  children  "  formerly 
supported  by  members  of  the  Honorable  Company,  who  several  years 
before  appointed  the  writer  master  of  the  school.  He  desires  some 
members  of  the  Royal  Society  to  deal  with  the  Honorable  Company 
to  restore  the  school  and  pay  him  a  sum  due  for  arrears  of  salary 
and  for  "  the  late  Survey  of  the  whole  countrey  by  the  Order  and 
appointment  of  the  Honourable  Company." 

N.  i.  89.  Letter  from  Gov.  Nicholson  to  Mr.  Alban  Thomas,  dated  Plymouth, 
March  8,  1721,  referring  to  Mr.  Keatsby  [Catesby]  to  whom  Nich- 


366  The  Royal  Society. 

olson  had  advanced  a  sum  of  money  "  upon  supposition  of  his  going 
to  South  Carolina  ".  He  desires  Mr.  Thomas  to  discourse  with  Sir 
Hans  Sloane  and  Dr.  Sherrard  about  the  affair. 

N.  1.90.  Id.,  dated  Charles  Town,  South  Carolina,  November  6,  1721,  desir 
ing  that  Mr.  Katesby  [Catesby]  "  repay  the  Ten  pounds  which  I 
advanced  him  to  our  Treasurer  to  be  there  kept  till  the  Royal  Society 
can  find  another  Person  to  come  upon  the  same  account  and  that 
Ten  pounds  shall  be  advanced  him  for  the  first  half  year  at  the 
Rate  of  Twenty  pounds  sterling  per  annum  while  I  remain  Governor 
here." 

P.  2.  4.  Postscript,  dated  November  I,  1727,  to  a  letter  from  Rev.  Matthias 
Plant,  missionary  of  the  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel 
in  Foreign  Parts,  dated  Newbury,  New  England,  October  25,  1727, 
referring  to  the  earthquake  of  October  29. 

S.  I.  106.  Letter  from  Richard  Stafford  to  the  secretary  of  the  Royal  Society, 
dated  Bermuda,  July  16,  1668,  writing  by  request  of  Richard  Nor 
wood  and  sending  various  observations  on  tides,  whales,  etc.,  and 
on  the  longevity  of  the  inhabitants. 

(An  extract  of  the  letter  is  printed  in  Philosophical  Transactions,  no.  40, 
III.  792-795-) 

W.  3.  20-27.  Nine  letters  from  John  Winthrop  to  Sir  Robert  Moray,  Lord 
Brereton,  and  the  secretary  of  the  Royal  Society,  dated  from  Hart 
ford,  Boston  and  Salem,  between  August  18,  1668  and  September 
25,  1673,  acknowledging  receipt  of  volumes  of  the  Transactions  of 
the  Society ;  referring  to  miscarriage  of  letters  through  loss  of  ships, 
etc. ;  to  various  natural  phenomena ;  to  sending  the  Society  collec 
tions  "  of  some  of  the  productions  of  this  wildernesse  ".  Mentions 
difficulty  of  collecting  mineralogical  and  other  specimens  on  account 
of  Indian  wars,  refers  to  Col.  Nicolls  and  to  personal  affairs. 

(Two  letters  are  printed  in  Philosophical  Transactions,  no.  57,  V.  1151-1153 
and  no.  142,  XII.  1065-1069  and  one  in  Birch,  II.  473-474.) 

W.  3.  28.  Letter  from  Wait  Winthrop  to  the  secretary  of  the  Royal  Society, 

dated  Boston,  October  17,  1671,  regarding  some  curiosities  sent  to 

the  Society. 

(The  curiosities  are  noted  in  Birch,  II.  499.) 
W.  3.  157.  Id.  from  Christopher  Witt  to  P.  Collinson,  dated  Philadelphia, 

July  i,  1734,  on  the  severe  winter  of  1733-1734. 

GUARD  BOOKS. 

7.  Part  i.  "  Description  of  the  Towne  of  Mannadons  in  New  Nether  land 
as  it  was  in  September,  1661." 

7.  Part  i.  Concerning  the  building  of  ships   in   New  England,  by  John 
Winthrop,  1662. 
(Printed  in  Birch,  I.  112-113.) 

7.  Parti.  "The  Relacon  of  the  late  Discovery  made  in  Florida",  begin 
ning  "  We,  whose  names  are  underwritten,  who  were  sent  in  the 
ship  Adventure,  whereof  Wm.  Hilton  is  master,  in  August,  1662 
by  the  Company  intrusted  in  New  England  for  the  discovery  of 
Cape  Feare  and  more  south  parts  of  Florida,  doe  conceave  ourselves 
bound  to  render  this  brief  account  of  the  same  ",  dated  aboard  the 
ship  Adventure,  November  6,  1662. 


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7.  Parti.  "A  voyage  of  the  Sweep-stake  to  the  straites  of  Magellan", 
by  Richard  Williams,  from  aboard  the  Sweepstakes,  June  13,  1671, 
in  the  Downs. 

7.  Parti.  "An  Account  of  Virginia,  its  Situation,  Temperature,  Produc 
tions,  Inhabitants  and  their  Manner  of  Planting  and  ordering  To 
bacco,  etc.  communicated  by  Mr.  Thomas  Glover,  an  ingenious 
Chirurgion  that  hath  lived  some  yeares  in  that  country." 

(Printed  in  Philosophical  Transactions,  1676,  no.  126.  XL  623-636.  Reprinted 
by  H.  Hart  printer  to  Oxford  University  and  sold  by  B.  H.  Blackwell, 
Oxford,  1904.) 

7.  Part  I.  "A  brief e  recitall  of  my  travails  amongst  the  Doeg  Indians — 
Morgan  Jones  the  Son  of  John  Jones  of  Basley  neare  Newport, 
Monmouthshire  ",  dated  New  York,  March  10,  1686. 

(Mr.  Jones,  chaplain  of  Ma j. -Gen.  Bennett  of  Virginia,  was  sent  with  two 
ships  to  Port  Royal.  He  was  taken  prisoner  by  the  Indians.) 

7.  Part  i.  "A  letter  concerning  divers  particulars  of  Nature  and  Art  viz. 
How  easily  they  make  salt  in  Jamaica ;  the  Want  of  it  in  Barbados : 
Salt  and  Sugar  the  condements  and  Preservatives  of  life  and  health 
if  used  with  discretion :  suggestions  for  improving  our  Fruit, 
Flowers  and  other  Vegetables  in  Jamaica.  Jamaica  the  modern 
Paradise,  etc." 

7.  Parti.  Copy  of  a  "  Journall  from  Virginia  to  the  Apalatean  Hills", 
beginning  "  Thomas  Batts,  Thomas  Woods,  and  Robert  Fallam 
haveing  [rejceived  a  Commission  from  the  Honorable  Major  Gen 
eral  Wood  ". 

(Printed  from  B.  M.  Add.  MSS.  4432,  f.  27  (cf.  above  p.  73)  in  American 
Anthropologist,  n.  s.  IX.  January-March,  1907,  pp.  46-53.  Another  version 
of  the  journal  is  printed  in  Documents  Relative  to  the  Colonial  History  of 
the  State  of  New  York,  III.  193-197.) 

7.  Part.  i.  "A  relation  of  the  Maner  of  Buriale  of  the  Indians  in  South 
Carolina  by  Mr.  Richard  Warwick  who  hath  lived  theire  several 
years  ",  dated  October,  1694. 
7.  Part  i.  Part  of  Capt.  Pennycook's  journal  kept  from  Scotland  to  New 

Caledonia  in  Darien  with  a  short  account  of  that  country,  1698. 
7.  Part  2.  "  A  Short  Account  of  a  trading  Voyage  performed  by  Joseph 
Kellug  an  English  man  of  New  England  in  Company  with  Six 
French  men  from  Canada  to  Missasippi  in  the  year  1710  in  two 
Cannoos  ". 
(This  is  an  account  of  the  account.    It  contains  some  alleged  corrections  of 

Mr.  Senex's  map  of  N.  America.) 

19.  Directions  and  inquiries  concerning  Virginia  recommended  to  Edward 
Digges,  Esq.,  July  22,  1669. 

(The  queries  relate  to  "  the  composure  of  a  good  history  of  the  Virginia 
Plantations  " ;  the  raising  of  tobacco  and  other  commodities ;  matters  of 
natural  history ;  the  making  of  a  map  of  Virginia ;  "  Whether  there  be  a 
foot-passage  from  Virginia  to  New  England  through  Mary-land,  and  that 
not  above  an  hundred  miles,  and  if  so,  what  plantations  there  are  by  the 
way,  and  at  what  distance  from  one  another.") 

19.  "Enquiries  of  the  thinges  peculiar  to  Virginia  and  the  Bermudas." 
(Printed  in  Philosophical  Transactions,  no.  23,  II.  420-421.) 

19.  "  Queries  propos'd  to  the  Captain  that  went  to  the  place  of  the  Bever- 
trade."  Endorsed,  "  Guillaume  of  the  Bever  trade." 

24 


368  The  Royal  Society. 

19.  "  Queries  proposed  to  and  answer'd  by  Captain  Guillaume  and   Mr. 
Baily  concerning  the  voyage  and  country  of  the  bottom  of  East- 
Hudson-bay,  one  of  the  chief  places  for  the  Bea-ver  trade  ",  by  H. 
Oldenburg  (1672). 
(Printed  in  Birch,  III.  44-46.) 

19.  "  Inquiries  for  the  Antiles  "  together  with  queries  "  concerning  sugar 
canes,  their  culture  and  sugarmaking." 

19.  "  Enquiries  to  be  made  in  the  West  Indies  ",  by  H.  Oldenburg,  secretary 
of  the  Royal  Society,  1663-1677. 

19.  "  Experiments  and  observations  to  be  made  in  the  American  Islands." 

MISCELLANEOUS  MANUSCRIPTS. 

83.  12,  pp.  53-55.  An   account  of   Jamaica  and   of  the   voyage   thither,   by 

George  Ellwood,  June  15,  1672. 
Meteorological  Observations  by  Mr.  Feveryear,  Boston,  N.  E.,  1725-1726. 

(See  above,  pp.  357,  364.) 
Several  meteorological  journals  relating  to  the  Hudson's  Bay  region  and  to 

Labrador. 

LIBRARY. 

In  the  Library  of  the  Society  are  three  volumes  of  papers  collected  by  John 
Canton,  F.  R.  S.,  the  electrician,  and  friend  of  Benjamin  Franklin,  which 
include  the  following  documents : 

I.  xlvii  and  II.  21.  Two  copies  of  a  facsimile  of  a  letter  from  Franklin  to 
Canton,  dated  Craven  Street,  May  29,  1765,  with  a  magical  circle  of 
circles. 

(Printed  in  Smyth's  Franklin,  IV.  370-371.     The  original  is  in  the  Museum 
of  the  Guildhall,  London.) 

II.  20.  Extract  of  a  letter  from  Franklin  to  P.  Collinson.    Undated. 

II.  20,  21.  Franklin's  two  magic  squares. 

II.  41.  Two  letters  from  James  Bowdoin  to  J.  Canton,  dated  Boston,  October 

19,  1763  and  January  12,  1764,  about  the  pedestal  of  a  telescope. 
III.  Letters  from  Franklin  to  Canton,  dated  Philadelphia,  March  14,  1764 
(printed  in  Smyth's  Franklin,  IV.  218-220)  ;  November  27,  [1767] 
(id.,  V.  69-71)  ;  March  9,  1768;  Craven  Street,  August  25,  1769 
(id.,  V.  45,  where  the  date  is  incorrectly  printed  1767)  ;  August  15, 
1771  ;  November  12  and  24,  no  year;  three  undated  notes. 

NOTE. — Since  the  foregoing  account  of  the  Society's  archives  was  set  up,  it  has  been 
learned  that  Professor  A.  H.  Church,  F.  R.  S.,  has  numbered  the  papers  in  the  guard 
books,  and  has  prefixed  to  each  volume  a  table  of  contents,  which  includes,  so  far  as 
they  were  easily  obtainable,  the  name  of  the  author,  the  title  or  subject  of  each  num 
bered  paper  and  its  date.  He  has  also  prepared  for  deposit  in  the  Society's  library  a 
written  list  of  the  authors  represented  in  each  volume,  and,  under  the  title  The  Royal 
Society:  Some  Account  of  the  "Classified  Papers"  in  the  Archives,  with  an  Index  of 
Authors  (Oxford,  1907),  he  has  privately  printed  an  alphabetical  author-index  to  the 
series  of  guard  books,  a  brief  account  of  the  contents  of  the  series,  and  a  list  of  the 
titles  and  numbers  of  the  several  volumes.  Professor  Church  has  also  practically  com 
pleted  in  manuscript  form  an  index  to  the  later  papers,  most  of  them  printed  in  the 
Philosophical  Transactions,  coming  down  to  about  1800. 


HUDSON'S  BAY  COMPANY. 

i,  LIME  STREET,  E.  C. 

Since  the  records  are  preserved  in  the  building  where  the  business  of  the 
Company  is  now  transacted,  and  since  they  are  in  the  custody  of  an  official 
whose  time  is  fully  occupied  by  the  current  business  of  the  Company,  no 
general  search  of  the  records  has  hitherto  been  practicable.  Permission  to 
consult  the  archives  must  be  obtained  from  the  Governor  of  the  Company, 
and  the  inspection  of  manuscripts  must  take  place  at  the  convenience  of  the 
Company's  secretary. 

^he  archives  contain  the  records  of  the  corporation  and  other  documents, 
which  furnish  abundant  material  for  the  history  of  the  Company  from  1667, 
three  years  before  it  obtained  its  first  charter.  The  grantees  of  this  charter 
were  the  same  court  favorites  to  whom  Charles  II.  ceded  the  Carolinas,  and 
when  in  1698  and  1749  Parliamentary  inquiries  into  the  legal  rights  of  the 
Company  took  place,  the  papers  of  the  early  monopolists  bearing  upon  the 
Company,  as  well  as  collateral  papers  bearing  on  Carolina,  were  transferred 
to  the  government  and  thus  found  their  way  to  the  Public  Record  Office. 
Where  the  originals  passed  to  the  government,  copies  were  kept  in  the 
Company's  memorial  books ;  where  copies  were  transferred,  the  originals 
were  kept  in  the  Company's  memorial  books.  Usually  the  copies  were  not 
made  in  full  but  only  such  parts  were  transcribed  as  would  help  the  Com 
pany's  cause.  The  bulk  of  the  originals  are  in  the  Company's  archives. 

The  records  comprise  several  hundred  memorial  books,  of  which  only 
those  numbered  701  and  702  were  inspected.  Volume  701,  dating  from 
March  4,  1698/9  to  August  14,  1719,  is  made  up  of  petitions  and  other  papers 
touching  the  disputes  between  the  Company  and  the  French ;  and  volume 
702,  covering  the  period  from  March  4,  1687/8,  to  March  13,  1778,  contains 
petitions,  letters,  etc.,  relating  to  French  claims  and  encroachments,  as  well 
as  to  convoys,  supplies  for  the  forts,  and  other  concerns  of  the  Company. 
A  few  papers  in  this  volume,  relating  to  the  thirteen  colonies,  are  listed  below. 

Daily  journals  were  kept  at  each  fort  by  (i)  the  governor,  (2)  the  chief 
factor,  and  (3)  inland  traders  or  travelling  "  patroons  ",  and  were  sent  in  to 
the  headquarters  of  the  Company  at  London,  to  serve  as  checks  on  one 
another.  Before  1783,  they  include  expeditions  by  way  of  Albany  River  and 
Manitoba  to  what  is  now  Minnesota,  also  north  Wisconsin  and  the  Mandan 
country.  After  1787,  they  cover  every  state  west  of  Mississippi  and  north  of 
Arkansas. 

The  minute  books,  nos.  20x5-261,  contain  particulars  of  the  business 
transacted  at  the  meetings  of  the  Company.  They  are  in  two  series,  the 
"  foul  "  and  the  "  fair  "  copies,  and  appear  to  be  extant  in  one  or  the  other 
of  these  series  for  the  years  1667  to  the  present  time  except  from  1674  to 
1679. 

Memorial  books  nos.  701,  702  and  minute  books  up  to  1700  have  been 
copied  for  the  Canadian  Government,  which  proposes  to  transcribe  all  of  the 

1  The  particulars  in  this  paragraph  and  the  next  but  one  have  been  supplied  by  Miss 
Agnes  C.  Laut. 

369 


370  Hudson's  Bay  Company. 

minute  books  to  a  period  later  than  1783,  and  to  list  and  ultimately  to  trans 
cribe  the  numerous  journals.  Radisson's  Journal,  1682-1684,  has  been  printed 
in  the  Report  on  Canadian  Archives  for  1895. 

Other  classes  of  records  are  the  outward  letter  books ;  inward  letters,  of 
which  some  are  detached  and  others  in  bound  volumes ;  some  volumes  of  sub 
committee  books,  1731,  1737;  the  agendas,  nos.  452-454,  a  precis  of  the 
minute  books  for  the  years  1760  to  1785 ;  stock  books,  account  books,  and 
maps. 

This  mass  of  records  was  not  examined  as  a  whole,  but  search  was  made 
for  documents  relating  to  what  was  probably  the  most  important  incident  in 
the  history  of  the  Company  before  1783  in  which  residents  of  the  thirteen 
colonies  were  concerned — the  interloping  expedition  to  Hudson's  Bay  under 
taken  by  New  Englanders  under  the  leadership  of  Capt.  Benjamin  Gillam. 
Several  references  to  the  action  of  the  Company  in  relation  to  this  event 
occur  in  minute  book  no.  205  (1682-1683),  folios  30,  31,  35,  36,  and  37;  and 
minute  book  no.  206,  folios  24,  28,  31  and  34.  In  minute  book  no.  207 
(1684-1685),  folio  5,  is  noted  the  receipt  of  a  letter  from  the  governor  of 
New  York  assuring  the  secretary  of  the  Company  that  "  noe  ship  or  ships 
shall  goe  from  thence  into  Hudson's  Bay  upon  an  Interloping  Designe." 

Letters  relating  to  the  New  England  expedition,  together  with  some  others 
in  the  same  volume,  and  in  memorial  volume  702,  are  listed  below : 

Letters  Outward,  1680-1687. 

f.  62.  Letter  from  Sir  James  Hayes  and  others  to  Capt.  Zachary  Gillam. 
April  27,  1683. 

f.  71.  "  A  coppy  of  Mr.  Joseph  Dudley  and  Mr.  John  Richards  letter 
(Agents  from  New  England  to  the  King)  unto  Simon  Bradstreet 
esqr.  governor  of  his  Majestyes  colony  of  the  Massachusetts  in 
Boston:  in  behalfe  of  the  Company."  London,  July  u,  1683. 

f.  72.  "A  coppy  of  Sir  James  Hayes  letter,  dated  the  3Oth  July  1683  to  the 
Honourable  Simon  Bradstreet  esqr.  governour  of  his  Majestyes 
colloney  of  the  Massachusetts  in  Boston  New  England." 

ff.  73-75.  "  A  coppey  of  the  letter  atturney  graunted  to  Edward  Randolph 
Esqr.  to  seize  upon  all  ships  that  trades  to  and  from  Hudson's  Bay 
from  New  England."  August  7,  1683. 

f.  76.  Letter  from  Christopher  Wren,  Jer :  Weyman,  John  Letten,  George 
Baron,  and  William  Walker  to  Edward  Randolph.  London,  August 
13,  1683. 

f .  77.  "  The  King's  letter  to  the  government  of  New  England  to  prevent 
interlopers."  Windsor,  August  12,  1683. 

f.  78.  Letter  from  John  Letten,  George  Baron  and  William  Walker  to 
Edward  Randolph.  The  Hudson's  Bay  House,  August  18,  1683. 

f.  80.  "  John  Outlawes  affidavit  concerning  the  French  insult  from  Can 
ada  ",  containing  references  to  the  interlopers  from  New  England. 

f.  164.  "  Part  of  a  letter  to  Sr.  James  Hayes  from  E.  Randolph,  Secretary 
at  Boston,"  dated  Boston,  November  20,  1686,  mentioning  "  A 
report  from  New  Yorke  that  the  French  of  Kebeck  have  againe  in 
vaded  and  taken  from  your  Company  at  Hudson's  Bay  2  or  3  of  the 
forts." 

ff.  172-174.  "  The  case  of  the  adventurers  of  England  tradeing  into  Hud 
son's  Bay  in  reference  to  the  French  ",  entered  May  6,  1687.  One 
argument  is  "  that  the  French  have  lately  within  six  years  (under 


Hudson's  Bay  Company.  371 

the  conduct  of  Monsr.  de  la  Salle)  discovered  to  the  southwest  of 
Canada  a  very  large  country  which  they  call  Louisiane  ",  etc. 
Memorial  Book,  702. 

ff.  8b~9b.  Copy  of  a  letter  from  Edward  Randolph  to  Sir  James  Hayes, 
dated  Boston,  January  6,  1688/9,  treating  of  relations  of  the  Eng 
lish  with  the  French  and  Indians — how  Col.  Dongan  was  "  wheedled 
by  a  French  priest  from  Canada  ",  Indian  conference  with  Sir  E. 
Andros  at  Albany,  etc. 

f.  47b.  Copy  of  a  petition  to  the  House  of  Commons  "  of  the  merchants 
and  others  trading  to  New  England,  New  York,"  etc.,  praying  that 
they  may  be  heard  against  the  bill  to  confirm  to  the  Hudson's  Bay 
Company  their  charter  and  privileges.  In  margin :  Presented  to 
Parliament,  28  March,  1698.  21  signatures. 

ff.  48-49^  "  Reasons  ....  against  the  bill  for  confirming  to  the  Hud 
son's  Bay  Company  their  privileges  and  trade  ",  delivered  to  Par 
liament,  April,  1698.  (References  to  Pennsylvania  trade;  and  to 
beaver  trade  of  New  England  and  New  York,  which  the  Company 
is  said  to  prejudice.) 

fF.  49b-5ob.  "  An  answer  to  the  paper  called  reasons  against  confirmeing 
the  Hudson's  Bay  Company,  as  alsoe  to  two  others  of  the  same 
nature."  In  margin :  Presented  to  several  members  of  Parliament, 
April,  1698. 

ff.  io3-iO3a.  Petition  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company  to  the  king,  May  15, 
1776,  praying  for  license  to  put  on  their  ships  certain  guns  "  for 
the  protection  of  their  ships  against  American  privateers,"  etc. 

ff.  io5-io5a.  Copy  of  an  Order  of  Council,  May  16,  1776,  granting  the 
petition  of  May  15,  1776. 


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374  The  Bodleian  Library. 

Certain  other  indexes  or  lists  may  be  noted : 

Index  of  Rawlinson  Collection  of  Copper  Plates  (manuscript)  ;  Index  of 
Collection  of  Autographs  (manuscript). 
Index  of  Printed  Tracts,  2  volumes. 

TANNER  MANUSCRIPTS. 

Catalogue  Codd.  MSS.  Bibliothecae  Bodleianae.    Pars  IV.    Codices  T.  Tan- 
neri,  ab  A.  Hackman.     (Oxford,  Clarendon  Press,  1860,  $3.00.) 

26.  f.  48.  Letter  from  Increase  Mather  to  Anthony  a  Wood.  July  23,  1691. 
f.  83.  Letter  from  W.  N.  (William  Norwich)  contains  this  sentence, 

"  An  honest  quarter  assures  me  that  Wm  Pen  is  not  taken  up ;  nay  he 
adds  he  is  with  friends  here  in  towne."  April  22,  95. 

27.  f.  29.  Letter  from  Edward  Randolph,  Boston,  May  28,  1689,  to  the 

Archbishop  of  Canterbury.  On  f .  3ob  is  a  long  note  regarding  "  the 
sad  and  distracted  condition  of  this  territory  of  New  England  ". 

30.  f.  97.  Letter  from  Edward  Randolph  to  Archbishop  Bancroft,  Boston, 

August  2,  1686,  beginning,  "  It  is  long  since  I  received  your  Grace's 
Blessing  and  also  your  Grace's  noble  gift  of  Dr.  Hammond's  works 
bestowed  on  our  Colledge." 

f.  132.  Letter  from  Thomas  Godwyn  to  Archbishop  Bancroft  "  From 
on  board  his  Maties  ship  the  Falcon  in  Port  Royall  Harbour  in 
Jamaica,  October  27,  1686  ". 

31.  ff.  6-1 1.  "  An  Abstract  of  letters  sent  me  from  Boston  since  the  notice 

of  the  vacating  of  their  charter." 

(Accompanying  these  abstracts  taken  from  letters  of  Bradstreet,  John  Dud 
ley  and  Wharton,  is  a  letter  from  Edward  Randolph,  Whitehall,  March  28, 
1685,  in  which  the  abstracts  were  inclosed.) 

ff.  137-140.  Petitions  from  Mary  and  Michael  Tany,  for  a  clergyman  at 
Calvert  Town,  Maryland.     1685. 
(Michael  Taney  was  sheriff  of  Calvert  county.) 

32.  f.  I.  "A  general  account  granted  to  the  governor  and  Company  erected 

in  Engd  for  Evangelizing  Indians  in  New  Engd ",  by  Edward 
Randolph.  1684. 

(Criticism  of  the  policy  of  the  company  with  recommendations  for  an 
investigation.) 

f.  4.  Brief  letter  from  Randolph  to  the  archbishop  regarding  the  same 

company.    March  26,  1684. 
f.  5.  "  A  Short  Account  of  the  present  State  of  New  England  "  with 

postscript,  signed  Edward  Randolph. 

(No  date,  but  probably  written  in  1684.  Printed,  Perry,  Historical  Collec- 
lections,  III.  1-24.) 

f.  187.  Letter    from    Increase   Mather    "  to   my    worthy    friend    Mr. 
G[ough]  in  Amsterdam  ".    Boston,  "  3d  of  ye  ioth  ",  1683. 
(A  copy,  evidently  by  Randolph.) 

34.  f.  82.  "  A  Memorial  concerning  the  Charter  of  New  England  ",  July 

n,  1683,  directed  to  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury. 

(Proposing  that  some  person  be  sent  to  New  England  bearing  a  declaration 
from  the  king  regarding  the  preservation  of  the  liberties  and  privileges  of 
Massachusetts,  in  view  of  the  issue  of  the  quo  warranto  against  New 
England.) 

35.  f.  140.  Letter  from  Boston  (unsigned)  to  Dr.  Laur.  Womock,  regard 

ing  the  church  in  Boston.     December  n,  1682. 


Tanner  Manuscripts.  3Y5 

51.  f.  82.  "  Abstracts  of  letters  received  from  Jamaica  from  the  Com 
mander  in  Chief  ".  April  20,  1659,  April  25,  1659,  April  23,  1659, 
June  25,  1659. 

54.  f.  153.  Letter  from  Barbadoes  by  way  of  Holland,  August  9  and  19, 

1651,  addressed  to  "my  most  honored  and  loving"  Father"  and 
signed  "  your  dutifull  but  much  p'plexed  sonne ".  Signature  is 
illegible. 

55.  ff.  70, 7ob.  Correspondence    between    Lord    Willoughby    and    George 

Ayscue.    October  16-17,  1651. 

(Cal.  Col.  1574-1660,  pp.  362-363;  Davis,  Cavaliers  and  Roundheads  in 
Barbadoes.) 

f.  71.  "A  Declaration  from  the  Commissioners  appointed  by  authority 
of  Parliament  to  the  Gentlemen-Inhabitants  and  Free  Proprietors 
of  the  Island  of  Barbadoes."     Dated,  "  on  board  the  Rainbowe,  7 
October  1651  ",  signed  George  Ayscue. 
(Cal.  Col.  1574-1660,  p.  364.) 

67.  f.  7.  Abstract  of  commission  directed  "  to  the  Lord  Arch,  of  Canter 
bury  and  diverse  Lords  and  others  of  his  Maj.  most  honorable 
Privy  Council  ",  empowering  them  "  to  make  laws  as  well  concern 
ing  the  public  state  of  the  colonies  which  have  been  drawn  out  of 
his  Maj.  kingdom  for  foreign  plantations  ". 

(This  is  the  renewal,  on  April  10,  1636,  of  the  Laud  Commission  of  1634. 
Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1574-1660,  §§171,  232.) 

73.  ff.  248-253.  Letters  from  George  Calvert  to  the  Earl  of  Bristol.    Octo 

ber  12,  1662,  October  14,  1662,  October  26,  1662. 
(All  unsigned  copies.) 

74.  f.  49.  Letter  from  Henry  Spelman  to  his  uncle,  thanking  him  for  a 

letter  and  things  sent  out  by  "  the  shippe  called  the  treasure  of 
Virginia".  James  Towne  in  Virginia,  August  15,  1615. 

(Cf.  Spelman's  Relation  printed  in  Brown's  Genesis,  I.  483;  see  also  Brit. 
Mus.  Add.  MSS.  34599.) 

93.  f.  200.  "  Reasons  against  publishing  of  the  King's  Title  to  Virginia — 
T.  R." 

(Document  is  entitled  "  A  Justification  for  plantinge  in  Virginia ",  and  is 
accompanied  by  a  list  of  inducements  why  such  justification  should  be 
made.  Chiefly  directed  against  Spain  and  Spanish  sympathizers.  No  date 
or  signature.  To  be  printed  in  Rec.  Va.  Co.,  III.) 

99.  f.  208.  Abstract  of  the  laws  of  New  England. 

(Book  of  eleven  folios  without  date  or  indication  of  origin.) 

114.  f.  79.  Letter  from  John  Yeo,  "  Petuxant  River  in  Maryland,  May  25, 
1676  ". 

(Seems  to  be  original  of  the  letter  to  which  reference  is  made  in  Cal.  Col. 
1675-1676,  §1005,  I.) 

168.  Commonplace-book  of  Sir  Stephen  Powle,  one  of  the  six  clerks  of 

Chancery   and   a   member   of   the   Virginia   Company.      (Brown, 

Genesis,  II,  971.) 
f.  ib.  Thames  frozen  over,  1607. 

(Cf.  Brit.  Mus.  Stowe  169,  f.  247.) 
f.  2.  Memorandum,  March  9,  1608,  referring  to  delivery  of  the  sum 

of  fifty  pounds  to  Sir  Tho.  Smith,  Treasurer  "  of  the  voyage  to 

Virginia  ". 


376  The  Bodleian  Library. 

"  My  name  also  was  inserted  into  the  rowle  and  books  kept  by  Mr." 
Memorandum,  May  15,  1609.  "  Oure  6  shippes  lying  at  Blacke  Wall 
wayed  anker  and  fell  downe  to  beginne  ther  Viage  toward  Virginia. 
Sr  Tho  Gates  beinge  the  deputye  governoure  until  the  Ld  Delawarre 
doth  comme  thiather  which  is  supposed  shall  be  about  2  months 
hence.  Captayne  Newport  Sr  George  Sommers  and  800  people  of 
all  sortes  went  in  these  six  shippes  besides  2  moare  that  attend  the 
fleet  at  Plymmouth  and  ther  be  inhabitauntes  allready  at  Virginia 
about  1 60  God  blesse  them  and  guide  them  to  his  glory  and  our 
good.  Amen." 

Similar  memorandum,  February  13,  1609,  regarding  the  expedition 
for  the  discovery  of  Guiana. 
(Cf.  Brown,  Genesis,  I.  375.) 

f.  2b.  Memorandum,  March  5,  1609/10.  "  The  Ld  Delawarre  tooke  his 
leave  of  all  the  company  on  Monday  at  Sr  Thomas  Smith's  in  Fill- 
pott  Lane,  Treasurer  of  the  Virginia  Co.  and  on  Satterday  follow 
ing,  10  Martii,  departed  towardes  his  house  in  Hampsheere  and 
from  thence  he  went  to  meet  his  shippes  at  Southampton  ready 
furnished  with  plantes,  seedes,  and  all  other  provisions  and  grayne 
as  well  to  sowe  and  to  victnle  1000  men  for  one  year.  He  had  3 
shippes,  one  of  2OoT  one  a  fly  boate  of  400  tunnes  and  a  pinnace  of 
i2Ot.  His  style  was  Lord  Governor  and  Captaine  of  Virginia." 

306.  ff.  286-287.  "  A  proper  new  Ballett  called  The  Summons  to  New  Eng 
land  to  the  Tune  of  The  Townesmens  Cappe." 
(Ten  verses  and  1'envoi.    No  date.) 

447.  f.  53.  "  An  Act  for  the  Baptizing  and  better  ordering  of  Negroes  and 

Infidells  in  the  King  of  England's  Plantations  in  America."    n.  d. 
ff.  69-76.  Patent  drawn  by  Charles  II.  for  the  erection  of  Virginia  into 
a  bishopric  with  cathedral  see  at  Jamestown. 

(This  patent  places  all  the  churches  of  Bermudas,  Barbadoes,  Leeward  Is 
lands,  Jamaica,  Virginia  and  Maryland  under  the  authority,  inspection  and 
jurisdiction  of  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury  and  his  successors.  It  erects 
the  plantations  of  Virginia  into  a  bishopric  and  diocese  and  declares  all 
the  churches  in  the  plantations  to  be  parts  and  members  of  the  diocese  of 
Virginia.  On  a  separate  inserted  slip  is  the  statement  in  a  different  hand 
writing  that  the  bishop  of  Virginia  is  not  to  have  jurisdiction  over  New 
England  in  any  way  until  his  Majesty  should  see  fit  so  to  order.  For  en 
dowment  the  new  diocese  is  to  have  the  customs  and  excise  on  50  tons  of 
tobacco  and  the  quit-rents  from  Jamaica.  Date  is  probably  after  1667. 

Anderson  in  his  History  of  the  Colonial  Church,  II.  358,  note  32,  notes  the 
existence  of  an  early  patent  made  out  by  Sir  Orlando  Bridgeman,  Lord 
Keeper  under  Charles  II.,  for  an  American  bishop  and  thinks  that  it 
was  prepared  in  anticipation  of  the  proposed  appointment  of  Alexander 
Murray  as  bishop  of  Virginia  in  1673.  (Brit.  Mus.  Harleian  MSS.  3790,  ff. 
1-4.)  He  obtained  his  information  from  McVickar's  Life  of  Bishop  Ho- 
bart,  p.  177,  but  the  reference  there  is  probably  not  to  this  patent  in  the 
Bodleian  but  to  another  copy,  slightly  different,  among  the  Wynne  papers 
in  the  library  of  All  Souls  College,  Oxford,  which  is  printed  in  Perry, 
Historical  Collections,  I.  537.  The  Bodleian  patent  and  accompanying 
papers  have  never  been  printed.) 

ASHMOLEAN  MANUSCRIPTS. 

Catalogus  Codd.  MSS.  Bibliothecae  Bodleianae.  Pars  X.  Ashmole  Manu 
scripts,  by  W.  H.  Black.  (Oxford,  Clarendon  Press,  1845,  $7-5°0 
Index  by  W.  D.  Macray  (1867,  $2.50). 


Ashmolean  Manuscripts.  377 

36.  ff.  loo-ioob.  Satirical  poems  on  New  England. 

(Contains  among  others  the  following  verses: 

"  My  brethren  all  attend  me  and  list  to  my  relation, 
This  is  the  Day,  marke  what  I  say,  tends  to  the  renovation. 
Stay  not  amongst  the  wicked  lest  that  with  them  you  perish. 
But  let  us  to  New  England  goe  and  the  pagan  people  cherish." 

"  You  talk  of  New  England  I  truly  believe 
Oulde  England's  grown  new  and  doth  us  deceive 
He  ask  you  a  question  or  two  by  your  leave." 

"  Then  talke  you  no  more  of  New  England. 
New  England  is  where  old  England  did  stande 
New  furnished,  new  fashioned,  new  womand  new  mand. 
And  is  not  old  England  grown  newe  ".) 

f.  104.  "  New  England's  grace  att  a  Friday  night's  Supper.    Allowed 
by  the  Authoritys  of  the  Brethren." 
(Cf.  ff.  263-263*),  826.) 

f .  2g6b,  no.  309.  Poem  upon  Sir  Francis  Drake's  return  from  his  voy 
age  about  the  world  and  the  queen's  meeting  him. 
(Contains  the  following  lines : 

"  You  gallants  all  o'  the  British  blood, 
Why  dont  you  sayle  o'  the  Ocean's  flood, 
I  protest  your  not  all  worth  a  Philbert, 
If  once  compared  to  Sr  Humphrey  Gilbert. 
For  he  went  out  on  a  rainy  day 
And  to  the  New  found  land  found  out  his  way, 
With  many  a  gallant  both  fresh  and  green, 
And  he  ne'er  came  home  again." 
Cf.  830,  ff.  38b,  69,  71,  80,  858.) 
48.  f.  I4ob,  141. 

"  Have  you  not  heard  of  Florida 
A  Coontrie  far  bewest  |  where  Savage 
Pepell  planter  are  |  by  nature  and  by  rest 
Who  in  the  Mold  find  glittering  Gold 
And  yt  for  tryfells  sell." 

240.  f.  276.  Copy  of  statement  regarding  apparition  of  a  man  in  the  Barba 
does,  July  13,  1660,  signed  Tho.  Vaughan,  Jacob  Luke,  J.  Parry, 
Edith  Murry. 

242.  f.  126.  Drawing  of  an  "  Apperition  I  see  in  Verginia  at  Blonte  Point 
in  James  River  one  Wensday  the  14th  of  Febfy  1648/9  which  lasted 
about  halfte  an  hower  which  place  is  Congerd  to  be  on  37  :dr  30" 
Lattitud  ",  signed  Daniell  Hoare. 

423.  f.  244.  Description  of  a  comet  in  Barbadoes,  November  29,  1664,  in 
letter  written  by  Richard  Morris  from  Col.  Lewis  Morris's  Planta 
tion.    January  9,  1664/5. 
f.  268.  Letter   from   William   Fisher   to  John   Champante   regarding 

comet  seen  in  Barbadoes,  March  9,  1667. 
f.  270.  Note  on  comet  seen  in  Virginia,    n.  d. 

749.  No.  II.  "  A  Happy  Shipwrack  or  the  Losse  of  a  late  intended  voyage 
by  sea  recovered  by  a  Breife  of  this  experience."  Narrative  of  a 
projected  plantation  in  Guiana  or  the  Amazons.  1629.  Signed 
Richard  Thornton. 


378  The  Bodleian  Library. 

802.  ff.  171-171!).  Description  of  a  fruit  in  Virginia  called  a  mazicoke  and 
of  a  plant  called  a  mutchimin  [  ?] ,  a  broad  bean,  with  information 
regarding  Indian  treatment  of  these  and  other  fruits. 

830.  ff.  118-122.  Letter  from  John  Rolfe  to  "most  noble  sir  patron  and 
father  of  us  in  this  country  "  chiefly  regarding  his  marriage  with 
Pocahontas. 

(Contains  this  paragraph,  "  for  the  good  of  the  Plantation,  the  honor  of  our 
countrye,  for  the  Glory  of  God,  for  myne  own  salvation,  and  for  the  con- 
vertinge  the  true  knowledge  of  God  and  Jesus  Christ,  an  unbelieving  crea 
ture,  namely  Pokahuntas,  to  whom  my  hart  and  best  thoughts  are  and 
have  been  a  long  tyme  soe  entangled  and  inthralled  in  soe  intricate  a 
Laborinth  that  I  was  even  aweaned  to  unwind  myself  thereout."  Cf. 
Brown,  Genesis,  II.  747-) 

842.  ff.  109-122.  "An  Exact  Narrative  of  the  state  of  Guiana  and  of  the 
English  colony  in  Surynam  in  the  beginning  of  the  warre  with  the 
Dutch." 

846.  f.  54.  "  Funeral  Solemnities  at  the  Interment  of  Mr.  William  Love 
lace  at  New  York,  1671." 
(Printed,  Amer.  Hist.  Rev.,  IX.  522  ff.) 

1147.  ff.  155-171.  Letters  Patent  of  King  James  I.  granting  farther  privi 
leges  to  the  company  of  adventurers  for  the  settlement  and  planting 
of  Virginia  and  appointing  a  council  at  home  for  its  government 
(May  23,  1609). 

ff.  175-191.  Instruccons  orders  and  constitucons  by  way  of  advise,  set 
downe,  declared  and  propounded  to  Sr  Thomas  Gates  Knight,  Gov 
ern1"  of  Virginia  and  of  the  colony  there  planted,  and  of  all  the 
inhabitants  thereof,  by  us  his  Majesties  Counsell  for  the  direccon 
of  the  affaires  of  that  countrey,  for  his  better  disposinge  and  pro- 
ceedinge  in  the  government  thereof,  according  to  the  authority  and 
power  given  unto  us  by  virtue  of  his  Maties  1'res  patents. 

ff.  191-201.  The  copie  of  the  Commission  granted  to  the  right  hoble  Sr 
Thomas  West  Knight,  Lo:  La  Warr,  by  the  Council  for  the  Com 
pany  of  Adventurers  (February  28,  1609). 

ff.  201-206.  Instructions  orders  and  constitucons  by  way  of  advise, — 
to  the  right  hoble  Sr  Thomas  West  Knight,  Lo:  La  Warr,  Lo: 
governor  and  capten  general  of  Virginia  and  of  the  colonyes  there 
planted — by  us  his  Maties  Counsell  for  the  Companie  of  Adventurers 
and  Planters  in  Virginia,  resident  in  England — with  a  copie  of  cer 
tain  of  the  cheifest  instruccons  wch  have  been  formerly  given  to  Sr 
Thomas  Gates  Knight,  etc. 

ff.  207-210.  Relation  of  voyage  to  Virginia,  and  state  of  the  colony, 
addressed  unto  the  Council,  by  Sir  Thomas  Dale,  the  governor. 
Jamestown,  May  25,  1611. 

(On  one  of  the  four  blank  leaves  that  follow  is  written  a  list  of  the  "  Con- 
tenta  hujus  libri "  in  a  later  hand.) 

ff.  219-221.  Letter  from  Alexander  Whitaker  to  Mr.  Crashaw  about 
the  state  of  the  colony,  and  two  expeditions  made  by  Governor  Dale 
among  the  Indians.  James  Town,  August  9,  1611. 

(Cf.  Brit.  Mus.  Add.  MSS.  21993,  f.  190,  for  a  Whitaker  letter  of  same 
date  containing  copy  of  "  some  of  the  old  instructions "  to  Gates  and 
Delaware.) 


Ashmolean  Manuscripts.  379 

1148.  f.  307.  Oath  of  Collector  of  the  King's  Customs. 

1758.  Strachey's  History  of  Virginia.  "  A  folio  volume  bound  in  old  gilt 
calf,  containing  102  leaves  of  paper  gilt  at  the  edges.  The  greater 
part  written  within  red  ruled  margins  in  the  time  of  James  I." 

(Printed,  Hakluyt  Society,  1849,  ed.  R.  H.  Major.  The  Bodleian  manu 
script  is  made  up  as  follows : 

I.  The  First  Booke  of  the  First  Decade  contayning  the  Historic  of  Travaile 
into  Virginia  Britania,  expressing  togither  with  the  Conditions,  manners, 
and  Qualities  of  the  Inhabitauntes,  the  Cosmographie,  and  Commodities  of 
the  Country :  obtayned,  and  gathered  by  William  Strachey  gent  three  yeares 
thither  Imployed,  Secretarie  unto  the  state,  and  of  Counsell  with  the  Right 
Honoble  the  Lord  Lawarre,  his  Maties  Lord  Governour  and  Captayne  Gen- 
erall  for  the  Colonie| 

Alget  qui  non  Ardit|  W.  St:| 

Between  the  title  and  the  ten  chapters  of  this  first  book  are :  a  Dedication  to 
Sir  Allen  Apsley  (f.  2),  an  Epigram  addressed  " Ecclesiae,  et  Rei  pub"  by 
the  author  (f.  3),  and  a  Premonition  to  the  Reader.  After  the  Dedication 
and  before  the  Premonition  one  of  the  engravings  (XVIII.)  from  Hak- 
luyt's  Book  on  Virginia  is  inserted  and  on  the  back  of  the  first  leaf  the 
Epigram  is  written.  After  the  Premonition  is  inserted  Smith's  map  of 
Virginia,  engraved  by  Hole.  Then  follows  Caput  I.  of  the  history  which 
consists  of  ten  chapters,  ff.  15  to  55b. 

II.  The  Second  Booke  of  the  First  Decade  of  the  Historic  of  Travaile  into 
Virginia  Britania  expressing  the  several  voyages,  and  colonies  addressed 
into  these  parts  of  America,  now  by  us  intituled  Virginia,  at  whose  chardges 
first  undertaken,  and  what  Captaines  therein  employed,  with   what  their 
success,  casualties,  and  adventures ;  gathered  by  Willia  Strachey,  gent,  etc| 
(ff.  56;  57-72.) 

Alget,  qui  non  Ardet 

We  seek  not  yours,  but  you:     Pet| 

Res  nostra  sub  inde  non  sunt,  quales  quis  optaret  sed  quales  esse  possum. 

(Not  printed  in  Hakluyt  Society  Publications.) 

W.  St. 

Then  follows  engraving  of  Adam  and  Eve  by  De  Bry  pasted  on  f.  73  and 
colored  roughly ;  also  "  The  True  Pictures  and  Fashions  of  the  People  in 
that  part  of  America  now  called  Virginia,  translated  out  of  Latin  into 
English  by  Richard  Hakluyt,  diligently  collected  and  Draown  by  Jhon 
White  who  was  sent  thither  speciallye  and  for  the  same  purpose  by  the 
said  Sir  Walter  Ralegh  the  year  above  said  1585  and  also  the  year  1568 
now  cutt  in  copper  and  first  published  by  Theodor  de  Bry  at  his  ownc 
chardges",  ff.  74-111. 

Copper  plate  engravings  cut  out  and  pasted  on  the  leaf;  all  are  roughly 
colored.  The  same  engravings,  uncolored  and  wanting  the  earlier  num 
bers,  are  in  Ashmolean  1756.  For  White's  drawings,  see  Brit.  Mus.  Add. 
MSS.  5270. 

III.  "  A  Short  Dictionary,  added  unto  the  former  Discourses,  of  the  Indian 
Language,  used  within  the  Chessiopiock  Bay,  more  particularly  about  the 
Tract  and  amongst  the  Inhabitants  of  the  first  River  called  by  them  Pow- 
haton,  and  by  us,  the  King's-River,  wherein  as  yet  our  Townes  and  Forts 
are  seated. 

By  which,  such  who  shall  be  imployed  thether  may  know  the  readyer  how  to 
confer,  and  how  to  truck  and  trade  with  the  People." 

Portions  of  this  title  are  not  printed  in  the  Hakluyt  Society  edition,  and  in 
general  there  are  a  number  of  variations  in  this  manuscript  when  com 
pared  with  that  in  the  British  Museum  from  which  the  Hakluyt  edition  was 
taken.  The  Collections  of  the  Mass.  Hist.  Soc.,  fourth  series,  I.  219- 
246,  prints  only  the  second  part.  Cf.  Brown,  Genesis,  II.  562-568. 

In  Ashmolean  70,  f.  i  are  printed  poems  by  Strachey  addressed  (i)  to  "the 
Lord  Lawarr  of  the  heroyicke  and  Religious  Plantation  in  Virginia  Bri 
tania  ",  and  (2)  to  Sir  Thomas  Smith  (two  copies).) 


380  The  Bodleian  Library. 

RAWLINSON  MANUSCRIPTS. 

Catalogus  Codd.  MSS.  Bibliothecae  Bodleianae.  Pars  V.  Codices  R.  Raiv- 
linson,  a  Gul.  D.  Macray.  (Oxford,  Clarendon  Press.)  Fasc.  I. 
(I.,  II.),  1862,  $3.00.  Fasc.  II.  (III.),  1878,  $7.50.  Fasc.  III. 
(IV.  i),  1893,  $5.25.  Fasc.  IV.  (IV.  ii),  1898,  $3.75.  Fasc.  V., 
1900,  $5.25. 

A. 

3.  f.  135.  Copy  of  a  license  from  the  governor  of  Barbadoes  for  a  ship  of 
Hamburgh.  1653. 

6.  ff .  320,  322.  Representation  from  the  Council  of  State  to  the  Spanish 
ambassador  regarding  Peter  Butler,  of  Boston,  New  England.  Sep 
tember  19,  1653. 

10.  f.  67.  "  Instruction  for  Capt.  Robert  Denis,  R.  Bennet,  T.  Stagge  and 
W.  Clabourne,  appointed  commissioners  for  reducing  Virginia  to 
ParlV     1651. 
(Printed,  Thurloe,  State  Papers,  I.  197.) 

14.  f.  84.  Letter  from  Francis  Yardley  to  John  Farrar.    Lynn  Haven,  Vir 

ginia,  May  8,  1654. 

f.  92.  Petition  from  Robert  Telghman,  merchant  of  Virginia,  for  a 
passage  to  the  West  Indies.    1654. 

15.  f.  624.  Examination  of  Francis  Fox  concerning  plot  against  the  Pro 

tector,  June,  1654. 

(Fox  was  ordered  to  be  transported  to  Barbadoes  and  embarked  May  31, 
1655.    Rawlinson  A.  26,  f.  206,  and  67,  f.  275.) 

16.  ff.  52,  54.  Letters  from  Gov.  Leverett  of  Massachusetts  to  Cromwell. 

1654. 

(Also  A  18,  f.  58.) 

20.  f.  i.  Petition  to  Gov.  Searle  of  Barbadoes  from  John  Colleton  and  John 
Yeamans.     1654. 

26.  f.  146.  Proceedings  at  a  session  held  at  Barbadoes,  regarding  lands 

held  by  lease.     May  15,  1655. 

29,  1655- 

27.  ff.  313,  655.  Letters  from  Adm.  Penn  to  Sec.  Thurloe,  1655;  to  Gen. 

Fortescue,  January  25,  1655. 

(See  also  A  30,  f.  163,  letter  to  Thurloe;  A  29,  f.  686,  to  Cromwell;  A  174, 
f.  50,  to  Pepys;  f.  74,  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Navy.) 

f.  783.  Letter  from  Edward  Digges  of  Virginia  to  Cromwell.     June 
29,  1655- 
(See  A  43,  f.  105.) 

28.  f.  550.  Note  from  Col.  R.  Fortescue  to  Col.  Anthony  Buller.    Jamaica, 

July  20,  1655. 

29.  ff.  377-409.  Petition  from  the  inhabitants  of  Antigua  to  Gov.  Searle, 

complaining  of  the  misrule  of  Christopher  Raynall,  August-Septem 
ber,  1655. 

30.  ff.  271-278.  Adm.  Penn's  account  to  the  Council  of  State  of  his  voyage 

to  and  proceedings  in  the  West  Indies.    September  12,  1655. 

31.  f.  121.  Notices  of  attacks  made  by  the  Spaniards  upon  English  planta 

tions  in  the  West  Indies,  1629-1650. 

36.  f.  109.  Instructions  for  the  commander  of  an  expedition  against  the 
Dutch  settlements  in  the  Manhattoes. 
(Printed,  Thurloe,  State  Papers,  I.  721.) 


Rawlinson  Manuscripts  A.  381 

f .  382.  Account  of  provisions  bought  for  the  fleet  and  army  in  Jamaica. 

37.  f.  35.  Letter  from  Adm.  William  Goodsoon  to  Sec.  Thurloe.     Tor- 

rington,  Jamaica,  March  13,  1656. 
f.  197.  Proposals  for  the  government  of  Jamaica. 

38.  f.  267.  Order  of  Council  of  State  instructing  Capt.  Gookin  to  publish 

proposals  for  transplantation  to  Jamaica.     March  7,  1655. 
(Cat.  Col.  1574-1660,  p.  429.) 

f.  703.  Suggestions  for  encouragement  of  the  tobacco  trade  in  Vir 
ginia.    1656. 
(Printed,  Thurloe,  State  Papers,  V.  80-81.) 

f .  707.  "  A  brief  narration  of  the  English  rights  to  the  Northern  part 
of  America."     1656. 
(Printed,  ibid.,  V.  81-83.) 

39.  f.  2 1 8.  Examination  of  one  John  de  Carthagena  concerning  the  war 

with  the  Spaniards  in  Jamaica. 
(See  also  63,  f.  284.) 

40.  f.  362.  Proclamation  by  Gov.  Searle  announcing  that  Cromwell  had 

been  declared  Lord  Protector.    March  14,  1654. 

f.  426.  Statement  of  monies  received  and  expended  in  Montserrat, 
Nevis  and  St.  Christopher. 

43.  f.  59.  Letter  from  Edward  Doyley.    Jamaica,  October  6,  1656. 

ff.  87-109.  Papers  concerning  Maryland,  many  of  which  are  printed  in 
Thurloe's  State  Papers,  V.  482-487.  Among  them  is  a  copy  of 
"  Babylon's  Fall  "  by  Leonard  Strong,  agent  for  the  people  of 
Providence  (Annapolis),  1655.  The  following  papers  have  not 
been  printed : 

ff.  101,  103.  Order  from  Cromwell  to  R.  Bennet  to  forbear  disturbing 
Lord  Baltimore's  colony  in  Maryland.  January  12,  1654/5,  with  a 
further  letter  thereupon. 

f.  107.  Resolutions  of  the  council  of  Virginia  upon  foregoing  order. 
June  28,  1655. 

(At  a  court  held  at  the  house  of  Mr.  Wm  Whitaker,  June  28,  1655.  Present 
Edward  Digges,  Esq.  and  others.  Letter  read  from  the  Lord  Protector  to 
Richard  Bennet,  governor,  dated  January  12,  1655.  Digges  to  answer  this 
letter  saying  that  this  country  did  never  have  anything  to  do  with  the 
affair  between  those  men  of  Severn  and  my  Lord  Baltimore  and  his 
officers.) 

f.  125.  Letter  from  the  governor  and  council  of  New  England  on  the 
proposal  that  people  of  New  England  emigrate  to  Jamaica.  Octo 
ber  23,  1656. 

44.  f.  174.  Letter  from  the  assembly  of  Virginia  to  Sec.  Thurloe.    October 

15,  1656. 

(Printed,  Thurloe,  State  Papers,  V.  497.) 

45.  f.  174.  Letter  to  Sec.  Thurloe  from  the  assembly  of  Virginia,  October 

15,  1656;  recommending  Mr.  Digges,  the  late  governor,  to  Thurloe, 
by  whom  they  wish  to  make  their  address  to  the  Protector. 
(Among  the  signatures  is  that  of  S.  Mathews.) 

55.  f.  126.  Concerning  Col.  Brayne's  expedition  to  Jamaica,  1656. 
(Also  56,  f.  27;  57  (expedition  of  1655)  >  24»  ff-  113-116.) 


382  The  Bodleian  Library. 

60.  £.131.  Proposals  for  the  protection  of  British  commerce  and  excluding 
strangers  from  trading  with  Barbadoes,  submitted  to  the  Protector 
by  Simon  de  Casseres.  n.  d. 

67.  f.  394.  Petition  from  Thomas  Thorowgood  to  the  Council  of  State  for 

the  place  of  treasurer  of  Virginia.     1660. 
119.  Docket-book  of  grants  of  offices,  lands,  pensions,  etc.    June  i66o-Octo- 

ber,  1 66 1. 

171.  f.  199.  "  Commission  to  the  Naval  Officer  under  the  Great  Seal  of 
England."  The  patent,  dated  1687,  is  followed  by  "  Naval  Officers 
commission  from  the  governor  of  Jamaica  ",  "  Instructions  from 
the  governor  of  Jamaica  to  the  Naval  Officer  "  and  "  Instructions 
from  the  governor  of  Jamaica  to  the  Naval  Officer  ". 
(The  naval  officer  in  question  is  Reginald  Wilson,  of  Jamaica.) 

f.  205.  "  Some  brief  remarks  upon  a  Voyage  made  by  the  James  and 
Henry  of  London  for  the  Bancks  and  Shoals  of  Bahama  in 
America." 

("The  said  voyage  and  designe  was  firste  encouraged  by  Sr  Richd  White 
upon  the  report  that  Capt.  Phips  had  made  that  being  in  his  Maj.  Ship 
the  Rose  among  the  Bahama  Islands  hee  had  discovered  a  new  banck  on 
which  he'd  suppose  might  be  found  a  rich  treasure."  See  Campbell,  Lives 
of  the  Admirals,  II.  377-378.) 

173, 175.  Samuel  Pepys,  to  vindicate  himself  and  Sir  Anthony  Deane 
"  against  the  oppressive  proceedings  of  the  House  of  Commons, 
Court  of  King's  Bench,  etc,  upon  the  malicious  information  and 
practice  of  [Captain  John]  Scott,  Harris,  Harbords  ",  etc.,  in  1679, 
made  a  collection  of  papers  dealing  with  the  characters  and  careers 
of  his  defamers.  Originals  of  these  papers  are  in  Rawlinson  A 
173,  175,  often  called  the  Pepys  Papers,  and  copies  of  them  are  in 
two  volumes  in  the  Bibliotheca  Pepysiana,  Magdalene  College, 
Cambridge,  labelled  "  Mornamont ".  The  two  series  are  not,  how 
ever,  absolutely  identical.  Inasmuch  as  Scott  spent  a  number  of 
the  early  years  of  his  life  in  Long  Island,  where  he  gained  rather 
an  unenviable  reputation,  many  of  the  papers  in  these  volumes  throw 
light  upon  colonial  history. 

(In  "Mornamont"  II.  Bib.  Pepys.  2882,  f.  1065  is  a  copy  of  a  letter  from 
Mr.  Wells  to  Samuel  Pepys,  July  26,  1679,  containing  some  information 
about  Scott  in  New  England,  that  does  not  appear  to  be  among  the  papers 
in  the  Bodleian.) 

173.  f.  184.  Letter  from  Tho.  Lovelace.    London,  July  15,  1680. 

f.  185.  Petition  of  Tho.   Lovelace  to  the  Duke  of  York  regarding 

sequestration  of  his  property  on  Staten  Island, 
f.  186.  Account  by  Tho.  Lovelace  of  the  circumstances  attendant  on 

the  surrender  of  New  York  in  1673. 

(On  his  return  to  England  Lovelace  was  seized  by  his  creditors  and  thrown 
into  prison.) 

175.  f.  75.  Letter  from  Governor  Nicolls.  Fort  James,  October  24,  1666. 
(Cal.  Col.  1661-1668,  §1292;  N.  Y.  Docs.,  III.  136.) 

ff-  77-79. 81.  Three  letters  from  William  Dyre.    New  York,  October  2, 
1679,  February  16,  1679/80,  January  4,  1680/1. 
(Chiefly  gossip  about  Scott's  wife,  with  a  word  about  Andros.) 


Rawlinson  Manuscripts  A.  383 

f.  83.  Information  of  Jacob  Milborn  of  London,  merchant,  formerly  of 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  regarding  Scott. 

(Milborn  says  that  Scott  was  seized  at  his  dwelling  house  at  Setauket,  L.  I., 
and  taken  to  Hartford  (1663)  ;  that  he  was  there  committed  to  jail,  loaded 
with  chains,  but  broke  prison.  Interesting  account  of  Scott's  trial  in 
Hartford.) 

f.  86.  Deposition  of  Richard  Charlton.    August  7,  1679. 

(Scott  was  present  at  the  meeting  of  the  deputies  at  Hempstead,  1665,  and 
was  there  charged  with  having  a  counterfeit  patent  as  governor  of  Long 
Island.  Summoned  to  New  York,  Scott  fled.) 

f.  88.  Similar  deposition. 

f.  92.  Statement  made  by  Edward  Sackville,  July  23,  1679,  regarding 
Scott's  career. 

(Sackville  had  accompanied  Nicolls  to  New  York.) 

ff.  94-99.  Further  statements  from  Sackville,  Hall  and  Milborn  regard 
ing  Scott. 

ff.  101,  107.  Historical  account  of  Scott  from  Mathias  Nicolls  (Gov. 
Nicolls's  secretary),  New  York,  February  16,  1679/80;  accom 
panied  by  other  papers  regarding  the  dispute  between  Scott  and  the 
town  of  Setauket. 

f.  109.  Petition   from  John  Winthrop,  governor  of  Connecticut,   in 
behalf  of  that  colony,  for  a  renewal  of  the  Warwick  patent,  the 
original  of  which  was  lost  in  a  "  fatall  fire  "  at  Saybrook  and  the 
duplicate  lost  among  those  papers  "  carried  beyond  the  seas  by  the 
Lord  Keeper  Finch  in  the  late  Civill  Troubles  ". 
(Dup.  176,  f.  113.    Printed,  Report  of  the  Conn.  Hist.  Soc.,  1904,  p.  23.) 
ff.  no,  113.  Letter  from  Capt.  Leverett  to  Scott,  giving  details  of  life 
in  Long  Island.    Undated. 
(Scott  was  in  London  at  the  time.) 

f.  112.  Petition  to  the  king  from  Dorothea  Scott  whose  husband,  Daniel 
Gotherson,  was  ruined  by  buying  land  of  Scott,  begging  for  a  royal 
letter  to  Gov.  Lovelace. 

(For  Dorothea  Scott  see  Dorothea  Scott,  otherwise  Gotherson  and  Hogben 
of  Egerton  House,  Kent,  1611-1680,  new  ed.  by  G.  D.  Scull,  Oxford,  1883. 
It  contains  a  chapter  on  John  Scott,  pp.  54-76.) 

f.  1 1 6.  Letter  from  Capt.  John  Young  to  Scott  and  "  Scott's  turning 
over  of  Halellujah  Fisher  there  ".  Boston,  June  12,  1663. 

f.  118.  Papers  of  Scott.    Oyster  Bay,  June  17,  1665. 
(Some  of  these  papers  are  copies.) 

ff.  119-123.  Information  of  Tho.  Lovelace,  July  12,  1680,  regarding 
the  Gotherson  lands. 
(Full  of  information  about  Scott  and  his  career.) 

ff.  126-129.  Papers  of  Lovelace,  given  to  Pepys,  with  Scott's  covenant 
and  letter  of  attorney  to  Gotherson.  On  f.  131,  Scott's  deed  of 
sale  to  Gotherson  and,  f.  132,  an  indenture  on  parchment,  dated 
June  6,  1663,  between  Scott  and  Gotherson. 

f.  130.  Letter  from  Matthew  Prior  to  Col.  Lovelace.  Killingworth, 
March,  1668. 

f.  136.  Dorothea  Gotherson's  indenture  with  Col.  Lovelace  and  others, 
1667;  on  ff.  140,  144  are  letters  from  Mrs.  Gotherson  to  Col.  Love- 

25 


384  The  Bodleian  Library. 

lace ;  and  on  f.  141  is  a  letter  from  M.  Wren  to  Col.  Lovelace,  seek 
ing  aid  for  Mrs.  Gotherson.  On  f.  147  are  Mrs.  Gotherson's  an 
swers  to  questions  about  Scott  sent  to  her  by  Pepys,  giving-  infor 
mation  of  Scott's  early  career. 

f.  148  ff.  Papers  relating  to  Scott's  career  in  the  West  Indies. 

f.  356.  Scott's  History  and  Description  of  the  River  Amazon. 
(See  Bibliotheca  Pepysiana  2873,  f.  351;  2882.) 

f.  372.  Scott's  Preface  to  an  intended  History  of  America. 

(See  also  Brit.  Mus.  Sloane  MSS.  3662,  reversed;  and  Bibliotheca  Pepysiana 
2873,  f.  415.  In  this  preface  Scott  gives  a  brief  sketch  of  his  early  life 
and  a  general  view  of  the  advantages  of  colonies,  the  American  colonies 
in  particular,  from  the  standpoint  of  the  mercantilist ;  he  makes  a  number 
of  comments  on  Indians,  gives  a  little  history,  and  adds  many  reflections.) 

180.  f.  306.  Declaration  of  the  People  of  Virginia  against  the  governor, 

Sir  William  Berkeley.     1676. 

(Ibid.  185,  f.  257.) 
183.  f.  101.  Chart  of  Newfoundland. 

185.  f.  256.  Questions  proposed  by  king  and  council  and  Francis  Mory- 

son's  answers  thereto.    October  6,  1676. 

(Regarding  Virginia  and  the  proposal  to  send  troops  to  suppress  the  rebel 
lion  of  1676.) 

f.  259.  Particulars  to  be  considered  in  the  despatch  of  Sir  John  Berry 

to  Virginia.    October  3,  1676. 

(Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1675-1676,  §1051.) 
f.  263.  Market  Prices  in  Old  and  New  England  compared. 

(Articles  compared  are  bread,  sea  beer,  strong  beer,  beef,  pork,  yellow  peas, 
codfish,  ordinary  or  refuse,  salt  mackerel.  In  the  English  list  codfish  is 
called  "  habbardine.") 

f.  299.  Abstract  of  journal  of  Capt.  Ashby  of  H.  M.  S.  Rose. 

(The  Rose,  with  at  least  ten  other  ships,  was  hired  by  the  Admiralty  to 
carry  the  soldiers  to  Virginia  in  1676.  Cal.  Col.  1675-1676,  §§1091,  1092.) 

fF.  357,  444,  445.  Petitions  from  Lady  Penn,  widow  of  Sir  Wm.  Penn. 
(Regarding  arrears  of  Irish  rents  due  to  the  king.) 

186.  f.  265.  Letter  from  Capt.  Spragg,  April,  1688,  referring  to  his  "  pack- 

quet "  from  Carolina,  and  speaking  of  Sir  Peter  Colleton  as  his 
enemy. 

187.  ff.  396,  398.  Adm.  Penn's  account  of  his  share  in  the  engagement  with 

the  Dutch  off  Kentish  Knock.     1652. 

188.  f.  114.  Letter  or  account  sent  from  Gravesend  containing  what  may 

be  a  description  of  Capt.  Scott.  In  1680,  according  to  this  statement, 

Scott  was  40  years  old. 

191.  f.  i.  Statement  by  Samuel  Pepys  of  Scott's  charges  against  himself. 
195.  f.  102.  Account  of  some  proceedings  of  the  Dutch  on  the  coast  of 

Virginia.  June,  1667. 

(Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1661-1668,  §1508.) 

214.  f.  25b.  Order  that  the  commanders  of  the  convoys  going  to  New 
foundland  do  not  interfere  with  the  planters  there.    May  21,  1677. 
f.  26.  Inquiries  to  be  made  by  the  commanders  of  the  convoys, 
f.  79.  Instructions  for  Capt.  John  Wetwang  on  going  with  a  convoy 

to  Newfoundland.    June  14,  1674. 

(Cf.  ibid.,  i43b.) 


Rawlinson  Manuscripts  A.  385 

ff.  106,  107.  Instructions  for  Sir  John  Berry  on  being  sent  against  the 
rebels  in  Virginia.     November  15-20,  1676. 
(Cf.  Cat.  Col.  1675-1676,  §1130.) 

f.  108.  Instructions  for  Capt.  John  Ashby  of  H.  M.  S.  Rose  on  being 

sent  with  land  forces  to  Virginia.    November  20,  1676. 
f.  114.  Appointment  of  Thomas   Skevington  as   purser  to  Virginia. 

May  24,  1677. 
238.  ff.  109,  no.  Reasons  why  clothing  for  the  soldiers  at  New  York  should 

be  made  up  in  England. 
241.  f.  251.  Grant  to  the  Earl  of  Bellomont  of  all  captures  of  pirate  vessels, 

etc.,  made  by  Capt.  Kidd  in  America.     May  27,  1697. 
247.  Grant  of  Long  Island  to  Sir  Edmund  Plowden  and  others.    June  21, 

1634. 

(Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1574-1660,  p.  204;  Winsor,  Nar.  and  Crit.  Hist.,  III.  457;  Pa. 
Hist.  Mag.,  V.  206,  424;  VI.  50;  VII.  55;  X.  180;  and  Bod.  Libr.  Claren 
don  MSS.  102,  f.  231.) 

255.  f.  140.  Commission  of  Charles  II.  appointing  Council  for  Foreign  Plan 
tations.     1670. 
f.  150.  Instructions  for  the  Council  of  Foreign  Plantations  of  1670. 

261.  f.  50.  Order  from  Oliver  Cromwell  to  the  Commissioners  of  Customs 
in  favor  of  William  Franklin  of  Boston,  New  England.     July  6, 

1655- 

f.  55b.  Letter  to  Edward  Digges  of  Virginia  from  Cromwell.  October 
8,  1655. 

270.  f.  i.  Regarding  Capt.  Kidd's  running  away  with  a  French  ship  from 

St.  Christopher  in  1689. 

271.  ff.  1-6.  Copies  of  petition  and  letters  from  George  Lillington,  Michael 

Terrill,  David  Ramsay  and  Benjamin  Cryer  of  Barbadoes,  relative 
to  their  suspension  by  the  governor,  Sir  Bevil  Granville.    Addressed 
to  Queen  Anne,  the  governor  and  the  Board  of  Trade.     June- 
September,  1704. 
(See  House  of  Lords  MSS.  nos.  20-22.) 

f.  26.  Conveyance  by  Dr.  Daniel  Coxe  of  land  in  Carolina  or  Florida 
to  French  Protestant  refugees.  1698. 

(Regarding  Coxe's  land  in  Florida  and  Louisiana  see  a  representation  and 
accompanying  documents  sent  by  Gov.  Bull  of  South  Carolina  to  the 
Secretary  of  State.  Bull  says  "  King  Charles  did  pretend  to  this  country 
and  gave  a  grant  of  it  to  the  Earl  of  Arundel  which  grant  some  years  ago 
was  assigned  to  Dr.  Daniel  Coxe,  who  gave  it  the  name  of  Carolana  and  in 
the  year  1699  he  sent  one  Captain  Bond  with  200  people  in  two  ships 
thither  to  make  a  settlement  intending  to  prosecute  that  enterprise  with 
despatching  more  ships  with  more  people  over  whom  Sr  William  Walles 
was  to  have  been  governor,  but  the  French  disturbing  the  First  Adven 
turers  hindered  their  settling  there  and  this  part  of  the  English  territory  in 
America  is  neglected  and  the  French  encroaches  daily  on  Carolana."  P. 
R.  O.  Colonial  Office,  Class  5,  vol.  384  (old  reference,  A.  W.  I.  623)  ;  see 
also  the  work  of  Col.  Daniel  Coxe,  based  on  his  father's  papers,  entitled 
A  Description  of  the  English  Province  of  Carolana,  where  information  on 
this  subject  is  given.) 

ff.  29-33.  Attested  copies  of  Virginia  documents  regarding  French 
refugees  in  that  colony;  petition  from  the  refugees  to  Gov.  Nichol 
son;  two  acts  of  assembly,  the  first  dated,  December  5,  1700;  pro 
clamation  by  Nicholson,  December  23,  1700;  subscription  list  in 


386  The  Bodleian  Library. 

money  and  kind  headed  by  Wm.  Byrd  and  ended  by  Hen.  Apple 
white. 

(Folios  7-38b  concern  the  French  refugees.  See  also  C  933,  f.  172;  984, 
f.  217.) 

f.  30.  Daniel  Coxe's  claim  to  the  county  of  Norfolk  in  Virginia,  based 
on  sale  of  tract  of  land  "  to  be  called  the  county  of  Norfolk  "  by 
Sir  John  Harvey,  governor  of  Virginia  to  Henry,  Lord  Maltravers, 
authorized  "by  the  king's  letter  bearing  date  April  n  in  the  13  yr 
of  his  Majesty's  reign  ". 
(Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1574-1661,  §127,  p.  282.) 

f.  39.  Copies  of  depositions  before  the  court  of  oyer  and  terminer  in 
Virginia  for  the  trial  of  a  French  pirate  captured  in  Lynn  Haven 
Bay.    1700. 
(See  also  A  272,  ff.  89-96.) 

if.  45, 48.  Regarding  the  capture  of  a  French  pirate  by  Capt.  William 
Passenger  in  Lynn  Haven  Bay.  Virginia,  May,  1700. 

f .  47.  Notes  about  Virginia's  supplying  herself  with  clothes  and  shoes, 
n.  d. 

f .  48.  Letter  from  Charles  Scarborough  to  Gov.  Nicholson,  regarding 
pirates.  May  3,  1700. 

f.  50.  Deposition  regarding  Rev.  J.  Sharpe,  chaplain  of  the  garrison, 
and  Anthony  Van  Schaick  before  R.  Livingston,  mayor  of  Albany, 
testifying  to  the  sickness  of  Sharpe  while  on  an  expedition  to 
Canada  in  1711.  February  4,  1713/14. 

272.  Contains  a  collection  of  papers  belonging  to  John  Champante,  Jr., 
appointed  agent  for  the  province  of  New  York  in  1699  and  con 
tinued  to  serve  certainly  till  1715,  the  date  of  the  latest  paper  in 
this  collection.  He  was  also  agent  for  the  Four  Companies  of 
Royal  Fuzileers,  established  in  the  fort  in  New  York  as  early  as 
1674.  The  collection  is  of  value  as  supplementing  documents 
printed  in  vols.  III.,  IV.,  V.  of  Documents  relative  to  the  Colonial 
History  of  New  York.  Ten  of  these  documents  are  printed  in  those 
volumes,  but  the  great  bulk  have  never  been  printed  and  fill  im 
portant  gaps  in  the  printed  series.  Some  of  the  papers  are  original 
enclosures  sent  by  Bellomont  to  the  Board  of  Trade  and  referred 
to  in  his  letters.  They  were  evidently  transmitted  to  Champante  by 
Sec.  Popple  at  Bellomont's  request  and  exist  only  in  the  Champante 
papers. 

f.  i.  Last  Will  and  Testament  of  Thomas  Wandall  of  Maspett  Hills, 
in  the  bounds  and  limits  of  Newtown  upon  Long  Island.  July  31, 
1699. 

(This  document,  attested  by  Bellomont,  is  apparently  that  which  is  men 
tioned  in  Bellomont's  letter  of  August  24,  1699,  as  enclosed.  N.  Y.  Docs., 
IV.  550.) 

f.  3.  Act  for  quieting  and  settling  disorders  that  have  lately  happened 

within  this  province.    Passed  1691. 
f.  5.  John  Elston's  account  of  Every 's  voyage  and  of  Tew  and  Wake's 

assisting  him.    Perth  Amboy,  May  27,  1698. 

(Cf.  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  333-) 


Rawlinson  Manuscripts  A.  387 

f.  7.  Letter  from  Jer.  Basse,  governor  of  East  Jersey,  to  Lord  Bello- 

mont  about  his  not  delivering  two  pirates,  Elston  and  Merrick. 

Perth  Amboy,  June  17,  1698. 

(Attested  copy  from  Bellomont.    Cf.  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  332,  606.) 
f.  9.  Grant  to  the  Churchwardens  and  Vestry  of  Trinity  Church,  of 

the  King's  Farm.     New  York,  August  19,  1697. 

(Copy  attested  by  Bellomont.  Cf.  N.  Y.  Docs.,  V.  23,  320.  This  grant  was 
vacated  in  1707.) 

f.  10.  Copy  of  Representation  of  the  Board  of  Trade  relating  to  port 
at  Perth  Amboy,  East  New  Jersey.    October  27,  1697. 

(Deciding  against  the  New  Jersey  proprietors  on  the  ground  that  the  Duke 
of  York  had  no  right  to  convey  such  power  to  Berkeley  and  Carteret,  since 
the  crown  had  not  conveyed  it  to  him.) 

f.  16.  Examination  upon  oath  of  two  Christian  Mohawk  Indians  con 
cerning  the  fraud  put  upon  the  Mohawk  nation  by  Mr.  Dellius. 
(Printed,  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  345.    With  this  document  is  a  copy  of  Bellomont's 
conference  with  the  Mohawks,  July  28,  1698.) 

f.  22.  Extract  of  letter  from  Bellomont  to  the  Board  of  Trade.    New 

York,  July  I,  1698. 

(Printed,  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  354-) 
f.  24.  Appeal  to  the  court  of  Admiralty  against  seizure  of  sloop  Mary 

by  Weaver  and  Nanfan.     Addressed  to  William  Atwood,   chief 

justice  and  judge  of  Admiralty.    1701. 
f.  26.  Instructions  to  Thomas  Weaver,  agent  for  the  province  of  New 

York,  also  agent  for  Bellomont's  private  affairs.    July  13,  1698. 
f.  28.  Bellomont's  Report  about  the  Maquase  (Mohawks)  in  connec 
tion  with  Fletcher's  land  grants.    July  9,  1698. 
f.  30.  Order  in  Council  relating  to  Col.  Romer,  bidding  him  remain 

in  New  York  to  repair  fortifications  till  Christmas.     1699. 

(Copy,  attest  John  Povey.) 
f.  32.  Instructions  to  Capt.  John  Nanfan,  lieutenant-governor  of  New 

York,  to  be  offered  to  him  during  Bellomont's  absence  from  the 

province.    Fort  William  Henry,  May  15,  1699. 

(Copy,  attest  Bellomont.  Enclosure  no.  19  in  Bellomont's  letter.  N.  Y. 
Docs.,  IV.  555.  Printed,  ibid.  557.) 

f.  34.  Minutes  of  council  held  at  Fort  William  Henry,  May  25,  1699, 
concerning  Alsop's  appeal. 

(Copy,  attest  Bellomont.  Enclosure  no.  20  in  Bellomont's  letter.  N,  Y. 
Docs.,  IV.  556.) 

f.  35.  Letter  from  Jer.  Basse  to  Bellomont,  concerning  pirates  at  Cape 

May.    May  30,  1699. 

(Copy,  attest  Bellomont.) 
f.  36.  Victualling  rolls,  lists  of  names  of  companies  of  foot  at  Fort 

William  Henry,  New  York,  by  Col.  Cortland,  one  of  the  victuallers 

to  the  companies.     1699. 

(Cf.  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  485.) 

f .  44.  Copy  of  Lieut.-Gov.  Nanfan's  letter  to  Bellomont  about  Giles 
Shelley.    June  5,  1699. 

(Copy,  attest  Bellomont.  Enclosure  no.  12  in  Bellomont's  letter.  N.  Y. 
Docs.,  IV.  55L) 


388  The  Bodleian  Library. 

f .  46.  Council  minutes  authorizing-  summons  of  Giles  Shelley  before 
the  Board.  June  5,  1699. 

(Copy,  attest   Bellomont.     Enclosure  no.    14  in   Bellomont's   letter.     TV.    Y. 
Docs.,  IV.  55I-) 

f .  47.  Examination  of  Otto  Van  Toyle  before  the  lieutenant-governor 
and  the  council.  June  14,  1699. 

(Copy,  attest  Bellomont.     Enclosure  no.   n   in  Bellomont's  letter.     N,   Y. 
Docs.,  IV.  5Si.) 

f.  48.  Answer  of  Edward  Buckmaster  to  questions  by  Nanfan  con 
cerning  pirates.  1699. 

(Copy,   attest  Bellomont.     Enclosure  no.    10  in   Bellomont's   letter.     N.    Y. 
Docs.,  IV.  551.) 

f .  5 1 .  Council  minutes  regarding  treatment  of  Giles  Shelley  and  his 
ship's  crew.  July  5,  1699. 

(Copy,  attest  Bellomont.     Enclosure  no.   15   in  Bellomont's  letter.     N.   Y. 
Docs.,  IV.  552.) 

f.  52.  Notes  of  letter  sent  by  "  E.  B.  to  Lds  of  Trade  ".    n.  d. 

f.  53.  Receipt  for  £965  2s.  od.,  signed  Ashurst,  for  the  subsistance  of 

the  Four  Companies  at  New  York,  from  March  25,  1699,  to  July 

30,  1700. 
f.  56.  Copy  of  pass  granted  by  Gov.  Basse  to  Sion  Arnold,  pirate. 

August  12,  1699. 

(Copy,  signed  Wm  Popple.) 

f.  58.  Council  minute,  August  23,  1699,  regarding  payment  to  Abra 
ham  De  Peyster  and  regarding  Bellomont's  letter  about  Capt.  Kidd. 

Id.,  August  25,  1699,  regarding  Cornelius  Quick  "  of  this  City  Mar- 
riner  "  and  his  receiving  goods  and  money  from  Capt.  Kidd. 

f.  60.  Letter  from  Bellomont  to  John  Champante,  Boston,  September 
6,  1699,  inviting  him  to  be  the  agent  of  the  province  at  £  100  a  year, 
with  allowance  in  addition  for  expenses. 
(Cf.  Commission,  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  587.) 

f.  62.  Letter  from  Bellomont  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  Boston,  Septem 
ber  8,  1699,  expressing  concern  for  the  neglect  of  the  New  York 
companies,  and  adding  postscript  regarding  the  customs  revenue  of 
New  York. 

f.  65.  Copy  of  letter  from  Mr.  Schuyler  and  Mr.  Livingston.    Albany, 
September  22,  1699. 
(Copy,  attest  Bellomont.    Printed,  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  596.) 

f.  67.  Letter  from  Mr.  Parmiter  to  Bellomont.  September  25,  1699. 
(Copy,  attest  Bellomont.) 

f .  69.  Letter  from  Bellomont  to  the  Board  of  Trade.    Boston,  October 
20,  1699. 
(Printed,  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  587.) 

f.  75.  Extract  of  letter  from  Bellomont  to  the  Board  of  Trade.  Boston, 

November  29,  1699. 
f.  79.  State  of  the  pay  of  the  Four  Companies  at  New  York,  March 

26,  to  December  24,  1699. 

(Cf.  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  601-602.) 


Rawlinson  Manuscripts  A.  389 

f.  80.  Minutes  of  House  of  Assembly  regarding  petition  of  Jer.  Basse, 
referring  it  to  a  committee,  the  names  of  which  are  given.  February 
12,  1699  (1700). 
(Cf.  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  605.) 

f.  83.  Statement  (by  Lieut.-Gov.  Nanfan)  of  his  difficulties  with  Lord 
Cornbury,  with  a  copy  of  Cornbury's  order  for  deponent's  arrest. 
No  date  but  probably  October,  1702. 
(Cf.  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  1001,  1043.) 

f.  85.  Letter  from  Wm.  Popple  to  Champante  enclosing  three  letters 
from  the  Board  of  Trade  and  "  one  from  myself  ",  with  duplicates 
of  each  for  the  Earl  of  Bellomont.  April  24,  1700. 

f.  87.  Council  minute  dated  March  13,  1700,  mentioning  death  of  Bel 
lomont  and  that  in  the  absence  of  Lieut.-Gov.  Nanfan  the  govern 
ment  devolves  upon  the  council.  Speaks  of  need  of  money  for  the 
soldiers.  Duplicate,  f.  112. 

f.  89.  Letter  from  Jno.  Thorowgood,  Princess  Anne  County,  May  3, 
1700,  regarding  pirates.     On  the  reverse  is  a  letter  from  B.  Har 
rison,  Jr.,  Williamsburgh,  May  4,  1700,  and  a  letter  to  Capt.  Wm. 
Passenger,  James  Town,  May  4,  1700,  regarding  same  subject. 
(Copies,  attest  Miles  Gary,  Regr.) 

f.  91.  Proceedings  at  a  court  of  Admiralty  held  at  Hampton,  May  II, 
1700,  to  try  pirates  seized  by  Capt.  Passenger  as  a  result  of  informa 
tion  given  in  letters  above. 
(Copy,  attest  Miles  Gary,  Regr.) 

f.  98.  Propositions  made  by  a  sachem  of  the  Canada  Praying  Indians. 
(Printed,  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  692.) 

Id.  Propositions  made  by  same  of  the  Five  Nations. 
(Printed,  N.  Y.  Does.,  IV.  695.) 

f.  102.  Copy  of  letter  from  Bellomont,  July  26,  1700,  with  postscript 
and  addition,  dated  July  31,  1700.  Letter  begins,  "  I  embarked  at 
Boston  the  17th  inst.";  postscript,  "  Aquondero  the  chief  Sachem  "; 
addition,  "  Since  I  had  (as  I  thought)  finished  my  packet ". 

f.  106.  "  At  the  Court  at  Hampton  Court,  October  22,  1700."  Laws 
of  Massachusetts  and  New  Hampshire  acted  on  by  the  King  in 
Council. 

f.  108.  Note  from  Bellomont  to  Sir  John  Hanley,  directing  him  to 
pay  £60  to  Mr.  Duncan  Campbell.  New  York,  November  22,  1700. 
Reverse,  endorsements  and  transfers. 

f.  109.  Similar  note  in  favor  of  Abraham  De  Peyster.  November  25, 
1700. 

f .  1 10.  Deposition  of  Lieut.  Robert  Gwyn  and  of  two  sergeants  regard 
ing  lack  of  accoutrements  in  the  Four  Companies.  January  7,  1700. 
(Copy,  attest  Bellomont.) 

f.  118.  Note  from  Board  of  Trade  to  John  Champante  regarding  sup 
plies  to  be  sent  to  Bellomont.  January  3,  1700/1. 

f.  1 20.  Letter  from  the  council  in  New  York  to  John  Champante,  ask 
ing  his  constant  regard  for  that  province;  dated  May  6,  1700,  with 
addition  dated  March  10,  and  second  addition  dated  March  u,  1701. 

f.  122.  Council  minute,  New  York,  May  17,  1701,  regarding  pay  of 
the  officers. 


390  The  Bodleian  Library. 

f.  124.  Letter  from  the  council  to  John  Champante,  May  19,  1701,  re 
garding  money  and  the  activities  of  Smith,  Schuyler  and  Living 
ston.  Signed  by  A.  De  Peyster,  Walton,  Weaver  and  Staats. 

f.  126.  Petition  from  general  assembly  to  Lieut.-Gov.  Nanfan,  regard 
ing  party  quarrels  in  the  assembly  over  question  of  speaker,  dis 
covered  to  be  an  alien.    May  17,  1702. 
(Copy,  attest  Nanfan.) 

f.  128.  Duplicate  of  the  condemnation  of  ship  Elizabeth  and  Catherine, 
"  at  a  court  of  admiralty  held  in  New  York  on  Munday,  November 
24,  1701  ". 

f.  132.  Petition  of  John  Wake  and  the  owners  of  the  ship  Elisabeth 
and  Catherine  to  Board  of  Trade.  September  16,  1701. 

f.  133.  Letter  from  Board  of  Trade  to  Lieut.-Gov.  Nanfan.     Case  of 
ship  Elisabeth  and  Catherine. 
(Cf.  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  817,  886,  923,  930-931,  944-) 

f.  134.  Letter  from  Duncan  Campbell  to  John  Champante,  New  York, 
December  3,  1701,  regarding  money  matters. 

f.  136.  Copy  of  Mr.  Lowndes's  letter  to  Wm.  Popple  regarding  cloth 
ing  for  New  York  companies.    December  22,  1701. 
(See  D  916,  f.  178.) 

f.  138.  Minute  of  council  of  province  of  New  York  requesting  Cham 
pante  to  look  after  the  interests  of  the  colony  in  the  case  of  Wake's 
appeal  from  the  council  to  the  king.  New  York,  December  18, 
1701. 

f.  139.  Minute  of  council  to  same  effect.     Case  of  appeal  of  Samuel 
Vetch  from  sentence  of  the  Court  of  Admiralty.     December  26, 
1701. 
(Cf.  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  931.) 

f.  142.  Letter   from   lieutenant-governor  and  council   of   New   York 
(Nanfan,  De  Peyster  et  al.)  to  Board  of  Trade. 
(Printed,  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  942-943.) 

f.  148.  Affidavit  of  Sir  Charles  Hara  (7th  Royal  Fuzileers),  December 
23,  1701,  regarding  exact  number  and  equipment  of  soldiers  sent 
to  New  York. 

f.  149.  Letter  from  Weaver  to  John  Champante,  addressed  "  Dearest 
Cham  ".  New  York,  June  10,  1701. 

f.  150.  Letter  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Nanfan  to  John  Champante  regarding 
conspiracy  in  New  York,  led  by  "  Col.  Byard  ",  saying  that  the 
same  documents  have  been  sent  to  the  Board  of  Trade. 
(Cf.  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  942-943,  95i,  974-) 

f.  153.  Draft  of  letter  to  John  Champante  regarding  naturalization  and 
denization  of  certain  persons.    New  York,  January  26,  1701/2. 
(Probably  referring  to  Col.  Bayard,  who  was  of  foreign  birth.) 

f.  157.  Letter  from  Wm.  Popple  to  John  Champante,  stating  that  the 
Board  of  Trade  considers  the  conspiracy  important  enough  to  be 
heard  before  the  Queen  in  Council.    April  30,  1702. 
(Cf.  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  954,  955,  961.) 

f.  159.  Letter  from  Weaver  to  "  Dearest  Cham  "  regarding  attitude  of 
Lord  Cornbury  in  respect  of  party  quarrels  in  New  York.  June  2, 
1702. 


Rawlinson  Manuscripts  A.  391 

f.  161.  Letter  from  William  Atwood  to  John  Champante  regarding 

affairs  in  New  York.    June  2,  1702. 
f.  163.  Minutes  of  council  stating  charges  against  De  Peyster  and 

others,  suspended  from  their  position  as  councillors.    June  19,  1702. 

(Appended  note  says,  "  This  is  the  order  we  had  at  the  suspension  without 
any  hearing  or  examining  us  upon  anything,  only  sent  to  council  and  this 
read  to  us.  A.  De  Peyster".  Cf.  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  959.) 

f.  165.  Letter  from  Col.  Romer,  her  Majesty's  chief  engineer  in  Amer 
ica  to  Earl  of  Nottingham  asking  for  pay.  Boston,  July  13,  1702. 

(In  French.  Col.  Romer  was  in  Boston  finishing  fortifications  there  and 
hoped  to  do  something  for  Lord  Cornbury  at  Albany.  Cf.  N.  Y.  Docs., 
IV.  888.) 

f.  167.  Letter  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Nanfan  to   [Champante?]   regarding 

his  troubles  and  the  charges  against  him.    n.  d. 
f.  171.  Warrant  from  Lord  Cornbury  sent  to  Capt.  Caldwell  of  the 

ship  Advice,  October,  1702,  forbidding  the  captain  of  sloop  Royal 

Albany  to  take  on  board  Lady  Bellomont  and  Lieut.-Gov.  Nanfan 

on  account  of  their  intention  to  sail  without  paying  debts  owed  to 

the  Four  Companies  in  New  York. 

(Cf.  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  1001,  1003,  iioo-iios,  1130.) 
f.  172.  Letter  from  Col.  Romer  to  John  Champante  regarding  New 

York  and  New  York  affairs. 

(Long  letter  in  French.) 
f.  174.  Extract  of  a  letter  from  Lord  Cornbury  to  Board  of  Trade. 

December  12,  1702. 

(Printed,  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  1019.) 
f.  176.  Various  communications  from  Wm.  Popple  to  John  Champante, 

bidding  him  send  a  statement  of  his  accounts  and  to  attend  the 

Board  of  Trade,  or  else  to  send  information, 
f.  188.  Letter  from  Earl  of  Ranelagh,  paymaster-general  of  the  forces, 

to  Merrill,  Pay  Office,  regarding  pay  for  the  Four  Companies  at 

New  York.    1704  [?]. 

(Cf.  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  1080.) 
f.  190.  Copy  of  Memorial  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Nanfan  to  Lord  Cornbury, 

regarding  adjustment  of  his  account.    August  3,  1703. 
£.192.  Copy  of  letter  written  to  Gov.  Dudley  of  Massachusetts  regard 
ing  fortifications  within  his  government.    January  n,  1702/3. 

(Probably  from  Lord  Cornbury.     Cf.  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  lioo.) 

f.  194.  Letter  from  Lord  Cornbury  to  Board  of  Trade  regarding  Lady 
Bellomont's  accounts.    October  7,  1703. 
(Printed,  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  1072.) 

f.  196.  Abstract  of  the  Report  of  the  Committee  that  went  to  view  the 
Castle  (fortifications  on  Castle  Island,  Boston  harbor).  December, 
1703. 

f.  197.  Letter  from  William  Popple  to  John  Champante  regarding 
Lady  Bellomont's  accounts. 

f.  199.  Statement  from  Capt.  Rogers  of  ship  Jersey  at  New  York  to 
officers  and  commissioners  of  ordnance  at  the  Tower  of  London, 
saying  that  having  to  supply  gunners  with  sundry  stores  he  has 
drawn  bills  for  £70. 


392  The  Bodleian  Library. 

f.  201.  Letter  from  Thomas  Weaver  to  Lieut. -Gov.  Nanfan  regarding 

condition  of  his  affairs.    April  10,  1703.     Unsigned, 
f.  203.  Letter  from  William   Popple  to  John   Champante  regarding 

action  of  Col.  Bayard, 
f.  204.  Copy  of  warrant  from  Lord  Cornbury  to  Lieut.  Riggs  to  arrest 

Lieut.-Gov.  Nanfan.    May  19,  1703. 

(Cf.  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  1043.) 

f.  208.  Letter  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Nanfan  to  John  Champante  giving 
account  of  his  personal  affairs  and  his  relation  with  Lord  Cornbury. 
New  York,  May  27,  1703. 

f.  215.  Answer  of  Col.  Romer  to  memorial  of  the  assembly,  giving 
account  of  the  situation  in  Massachusetts  and  of  his  work  there. 

f.  217.  Petition  of  Col.  Romer  to  the  queen  for  pay  due  him. 

f.  218.  Letter  from  Col.  Romer  to  Gov.  Dudley  petitioning  for  better 
allowances  and  more  conveniences  in  the  work  of  repairing  fortifi 
cations. 

f.  223.  Declaration  of  Col.  Romer  to  council  of  New  Hampshire  re 
garding  fortification  of  Fort  William  and  Mary.  December  9,  1703. 

f.  224.  Letter  from  Col.  Romer  to  Duke  of  Marlborough,  the  lieu 
tenant-general  and  other  principal  officers  of  ordnance  regarding 
rumor  that  he  is  to  be  sent  to  Barbadoes  and  protesting  against  it. 
Boston,  March  6,  1703/4. 

f.  225.  Letter  from  Col.  Romer  to  Board  of  Trade  speaking  of  his 
recall  and  saying  that  his  "  pen  is  not  able  to  express  the  calamities 
and  contempts  I  have  suffered  and  still  do  suffer  ".  Portsmouth, 
March  28,  1705. 

f.  229.  Letter  from  Col.  Romer  to  Duke  of  Marlborough,  lieutenant- 
general  and  other  principal  officers  of  ordnance  regarding  his  recall. 
Portsmouth,  March  28,  1705. 

f.  230.  Letter  from  Col.  Romer  to  Gov.  Dudley.  Boston,  July  30, 
1703.  In  French. 

f.  231.  Two  remonstrances  from  Col.  Romer  to  Gov.  Dudley,    n.  d. 

(Following  note  is  added:  "No  answer  nor  redress  but  was  send  to  Pis- 
cataqua  in  a  strange  manner;  neither  could  I  get  clear  leaf  to  come  to 
Boston  and  to  add  a  tirde  remonstrance  en  send  it  by  the  Jaspar  Frigat, 
Cap  Smith,  commander,  wen  you  have  perused  this  pray  let  my  neveu 
Monclare  have  it.") 

f.  233.  Memorial  from  Lieut.-Gov.  Nanfan  to  Lord  Cornbury.  July 
5,  1704. 

("  My  Lord  Cornbury  on  June  6  last  sent  Mr  Hamonnier  to  me  in  his  Lord 
ship's  name  with  advice  to  put  in  such  a  memorial  which  I  did  on  June  8, 
being  Thursday.") 

f.  235.  Letter  from  De  Peyster,  Shelley  and  Brett  to  John  Champante, 
New  York,  February  20,  1705/6,  charging  Lord  Cornbury  with 
monopolizing  business. 

f.  237.  Draft  of  letters  from  John  Champante  to  Col.  De  Peyster, 
with  many  erasures,  October  10,  1707;  to  Roger  Mompesson,  Octo 
ber  1 6,  1707,  regarding  letter  which  he  calls  an  "  account  of  Major 
Douglass's  Pretensions  " ;  and  to  the  same,  October  18,  1707. 
(Roughly  written  yet  generally  legible.) 


Rawlinson  Manuscripts  A.  393 

f.  243.  Letter  from  Wm.  Atwood  to  John  Champante,  proposing  the 
removal  of  certain  members  of  the  council  as  "  too  long  united  in 
illegal  trade  ".  November  4,  1709. 

(The  councillors  are  Van  Rensselaer,  Barbaric  and  Rip  Van  Dam,  repre 
sentatives  of  "perverse  politics".) 

f.  245.  Letter  (probably  from  Champante)  to  Roger  Mompesson  about 
the  new  governor,  Robert  Hunter.  November  I,  1709. 

(On  reverse  are  drafts  of  letters  to  Adolphus  Phillips,  regarding  choice  of 
Col.  Hunter;  to  Messrs.  Staats  and  Governeur  regarding  Ingoldesby  and 
the  Palatines ;  and  to  John  Collins,  promising  to  recommend  him  to  Gov. 
Hunter.) 

f.  247.  Drafts  of  letters  from  John  Champante  to  Staats,  mentioning 
the  latters  restoration  to  the  council,  February  n,  1709;  to  De 
Peyster,  same  date ;  to  Jacob  Regnier,  February  14,  1709 ;  and  to 
Col.  Hunter,  on  the  eve  of  his  departure,  February  25,  1709/10. 

(These  letters  were  to  be  despatched  by  the  vessel  that  carried  Hunter  to 
New  York.) 

f.  251.  Letter  from  William  Sloper,  agent  of  Lord  Cornbury,  to  John 
Champante  regarding  payment  of  the  soldiers,  and  enclosing  copy, 
of  Mr.  Morrice's  letter,  September  15,  1710.  Dated  Whitehall, 
September  20,  1710. 

f.  255.  Letter  from  Francis  Harrison  to  John  Champante  mentioning  a 
former  correspondence  and  retailing  the  affairs  of  the  province. 
New  York,  October  5,  1710. 

("I  wish  these  stupid  Americans  were  competent  judges  how  great  a  man 
the  Queen  has  sent  'em,  but  they  have  lived  so  long  under  the  lash  of  the 
Tyrant  Cornbury  that  a  governor  who  shall  restore  'em  to  their  just  rights 
and  privileges  sets  the  prison  gates  open'd  to  a  crew  of  abandoned  rascals  ", 
etc.) 

f.  256.  Letters  from  John  Champante  to  Jacob  Regnier,  Robert  Bal- 
lens  and  Adolphus  Phillips,  November  8 ;  to  Francis  Harrison, 
November  9 ;  to  De-  Peyster  and  Roger  Mompesson,  November  10 ; 
to  John  Collins  and  Gov.  Hunter,  November  n,  1710;  and  to  Jacob 
Regnier,  June  25,  1711. 
(All  drafts  and  of  value.) 

f.  264.  Draft  of  letter  from  John  Champante  to  [Gov.  Hunter?].    July 

5,  17". 
f.  266.  Petition  to  the  queen  from  several  merchants  and  traders  of 

New  York,  asking  for  a  ship  of  war  to  guard  the  coast,  and  com 
plaining  that  captains  of  royal  ships  do  business  on  their  own 
account  to  the  injury  of  legitimate  merchants.     New  York,  Nov 
ember  n,  1712.    Signed  by  Heathcote,  Rip  Van  Dam,  etc. 
(Cf.  N.  Y.  Docs.,  V.  306,  307.) 

f.  267.  Letter  from  Jacob  Regnier,  New  York,  June  23,  1712,  regard 
ing  attitude  of  the  province  toward  Hunter,  and  giving  account  of 
slave  uprising. 
(Cf.  N.  Y.  Docs.,  V.  341.) 

f.  275.  Letter  from  Gov.  Hunter,  New  York,  July  23, 1715,  announcing 
the  appointment  of  Champante  as  agent;  expressing  fear  of  the 
French,  and  begging  for  a  combination  among  the  colonies. 
(Cf.  N.  Y.  Docs.,  V.  343-) 


394:  The  Bodleian  Library. 

f.  277.  Petition  to  Parliament  from  Joseph  Paice,  merchant  of  Lon 
don,  in  behalf  of  himself  and  others  trading  to  New  York,  regard 
ing  money  loaned  to  Nanfan,  which  Champante  refused  to  pay. 

f.  278.  "  Specification  of  goods  that  are  proper  to  be  sold  in  New 
York." 
(List  with  prices.) 

f.  281.  Draft  of  letter  stating  that  Prideaux  and  Graves,  charged  with 
rebellion  and  robbery,  were  discharged  by  the  "  present "  governor 
and  have  brought  action  of  false  imprisonment  against  the  lieu 
tenant-governor. 

(Undated  and  unsigned,  but  in  Champante's  handwriting  and  of  date  about 
February,  1703.  Cf.  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  1027-1028.) 

f.  282.  Copy  of  Order  in  Council  allowing  accounts  of  "  Royal  Regi 
ments  of  Fuzileers  ",  etc.  1700-1701. 

f.  285.  Account  "  of  several  tracts  of  land  granted  by  Col.  Fletcher 
to  the  following  persons  ",  etc. 
(Copy,  attest  Bellomont.    Cf.  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  391,  514,  535;  V.  22,  651-654.) 

f.  286.  "  Articles  exhibited  by  the  principal  merchants,  freeholders  and 
inhabitants  of  New  York  in  behalf  of  themselves  and  the  rest  of 
his  Majesty's  good  and  faithful  subjects,  the  Inhabitants  of  this 
colony,  against  Th.  Weaver,  Esq.  Collector  of  the  Province." 
(Fifteen  articles,  unsigned  and  undated.) 

f.  288.  "  Reasons  exhibited  by  the  Earl  of  Bellomont,  governor  of  New 
York,  for  suspending  and  displacing  Col.  Tho.  Willet  from  his 
Majesty's  Council  of  the  Province  of  New  York." 

(The  four  reasons  here  given,  in  an  attested  copy,  are  probably  the  same  as 
those  which  Bellomont  says  he  sent  in  his  letter  of  December  14,  1698, 
enclosure  no.  5,  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  440.  This  document  was  not  found  by 
Brodhead,  so  that  the  paper  noted  above  may  be  the  actual  enclosure.) 

f.  290.  List  of  persons  "  humbly  recomended  to  be  of  the  council  of 
her  Majesty's  province  of  New  York  ",  with  a  list  of  "  those  of  the 
present  council  omitted  in  the  above  list ",  by  Champante.  n.  d. 

f.  292.  Petition  to  Sidney,  Earl  of  Godolphin,  Lord  Treasurer,  regard 
ing  accounts  of  the  Four  Companies  and  presenting  interesting 
information  about  them. 
(Unsigned  and  undated.) 

f.  295.  Memorial  from  John  Champante  to  the  king  regarding  Bello- 
mont's  debts. 
(Original  draft,  post,  f.  302.    No  date,  probably  before  1702.) 

f.  296.  Observations  and  reflections  on  revenue  act  of  the  province, 
signed  "  Paroculus  Parmytor  ". 

(Copy,  attest  Bellomont.  Enclosure  no.  7,  letter  of  October  20,  1699.  N.  Y. 
Docs.,  IV.  590.) 

f.  298.  "  The  Councill  for  Lord  Bellomont  to  justify  his  jurisdiction 
to  extend  to  the  Jerseys  that  what  his  Lordship  hath  done  was 
within  his  power  and  pursuant  to  his  commission  and  instruccion 
for  government  of  trade  in  those  parts." 

(For  instructions,  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  289,  also  314.  The  date  must  be  about 
1699-1700.) 


Rawlinson  Manuscripts  A.  395 

f.  300.  Petition  from  John  Champante  to  the  queen  in  behalf  of  Lieut.- 

Gov.  Nanfan. 

(Draft  only,  unsigned  and  undated.) 
f.  301.  Draft  of  petition  from  the  Palatines  for  lands,  forty  or  fifty 

acres  for  each  person,    n.  d. 
f.  302.  Original  draft  of  memorial  from  John  Champante  to  the  queen 

in  behalf  of  Lieut.-Gov.  Nanfan. 

(Endorsed  to  be  presented  May  5,  no  year  given.) 
f.  307.  Copy  of  minutes  of  council  meeting.    Barbadoes,  July  4,  1660. 

(Council  meetings,  June  26-27  and  July  16,  1660,  are  noted  in  Cal.  Col.  1574- 
1660,  pp.  483,  484,  but  not  for  July  4.) 

f.  308.  Act  for  electing  an  agent  from  time  to  time  for  island  of  Anti 
gua. 
(Date  cut  off,  probably  in  binding.) 

285.  f .  79.  Letter   from   Comte   de   Pontchartrain,   Secretary   of   State   in 

France,  to  Marquis  de  Vaudreuil,  governor  of  New  France,  regard 
ing  cession  of  Newfoundland  to  the  English.    May  6,  1713. 

(This  is  followed  by  similar  letter  to  M.  Phelypeaux,  governor  of  the 
French  West  Indies,  regarding  cession  of  St.  Christopher.) 

286.  f.  177.  Letters  from  Lord  Cornbury  to  the  Bishop  of  London.     1712- 

1719. 
289.  f.  1 80.  Warrant  for  payments  for  the  Four  Companies  in  New  York, 

and  for  the  company  serving  at  Newfoundland.    June  16,  1705. 
fi.  188,  204.  Regarding  accounts  of  Capt.  John  Nanfan :  official  report. 

1706. 
302.  f.  157.  Abstract  of  charges  exhibited  against  Elihu  Yale,  president  of 

council  of  East  India  Company  at  Fort  St.  George.     1690-1691. 

305.  f.  2.  "  Draught  of  the  scheme  I  drew  for  Dr  Daniel  Cox  many  years 

since  for  the  settlement  of  New  [  ]  which  we  now  call  the 

New  Empire,  written  by  Mr.  Spooner." 

(Plan  of  charter  for  a  company  to  settle  Coxe's  lands  in  "Carolana".  See 
Pa.  Mag.,  VII.  323-324.) 

306.  f.  75.  Receipt  from  Gov.  Sloughter  of  New  York  for  £120  granted  for 

the  Indians  and  for  a  schoolmaster.    December  20,  1689. 
306.  ff.  189,  198,  205,  216.  Solomon  Penn's  receipts  for  his  pension  of  icx?. 

a  week.     1690-1691. 
312.  f.  2.  Letter  from  Henry  Brabant  to  Mr.  Rod.  Mackenzie  at  the  African 

House  in  Edinburgh.    August  3,  1699. 

(Brabant  was  to  embark  that  week  for  Jamaica  and  thence  to  proceed  to 
North  Carolina,  "  of  which  province  I  am  constituted  comptroller  of  his 
Maj.  Customs".  To  be  addressed  either  in  Jamaica  or  "at  the  custom 
house  on  Currotuck  River  in  North  Carolina".) 

326.  f.  141.  Letter  from  [  ]  Montiguy  concerning  Indians  in  Louis 

iana.    March  3,  1609. 

f.  i86b.  Character  of  Comte  de  Pontchartrain.     1699. 
329.  Voyages  of  Pierre  Esprit  Radisson.     1652-1684.     (French.) 

(Original  French  version  is  printed  in  Brymner's  Archives,  1895,  from  origi 
nal  in  Hudson's  Bay  House,  London.  See  manuscript  in  Brit.  Mus.  Sloane 
3527.  A  translation  was  issued  by  the  Prince  Society  in  1885,  edited  by 
G.  E.  Scull ;  there  is  also  a  relation  of  the  voyage  of  1682  and  1683  in 
English  in  Brit.  Mus.  Add.  MSS.  11626.  Cf.  Amer.  Hist.  Rev.,  I.  226.) 


396  The  Bodleian  Library. 

478.  f.  48.  Paper  addressed  to  "My  Lord"  [Arlington]  on  "the  peculiar 
advantages  which  this  nation  hath  by  the  trade  of  our  plantations 
above  any  other  ". 

(General  treatise  from  mercantilist  point  of  view:  written  some  time  after 
1665.) 

f.  57.  Description  of  Council  of  Trade  in  Sweden. 

(Probably  1668-1671.     More  legible  copy  on  f.  65.) 

f.  63.  Printed  broadside,  "  The  State  of  the  Case  of  the  Sugar  Plan 
tations    in    America ",    with    three    marginal    notes.      Endorsed, 

"  Against  laying  a  duty  on  Sugar,  1670  ". 
f.  77.  List  of  commissioners  for  Council  of  Trade.     1669. 
f.  78.  List  of  members   of   Council   for   Foreign   Plantations,    1661  ; 

additions  and  erasures  in  another  hand, 
f.  85.  "  Proposals  and  reasons  for  encouragement  of  trade  of  Jamaica, 

the  peopling  and  improvement  thereof."     1668/9. 
f.  88.  The  sugar  trade  and  influence  of  the  last  act  of  navigation 

upon  it,  especially  in  confining  growth  of  plantations  to  England. 

n.  d. 
f.  148.  "  State  of  the  business  of  the  Plantations  as  it  is  depending 

before  his  Majesty  and  the  Committees,  March,  1682/3." 

(Brief  description  of  each  plantation,  chiefly  Maine,  New  Hampshire,  Mas 
sachusetts,  Plymouth  and  the  West  Indies.) 

B. 

74.  f.  3b.  Notes  on  pedigree  and  arms  of  the  Calvert  family.     1679. 

(See  also  Rawlinson,  K  15205,  f.  I29b.) 
f.  I75b.  Genealogical  notes  of  the  family  of  Penn.     Bucks. 

(See  also  B  79,  f.  123,  125;  B  263,  ff.  175,  277-281.) 
156.  William  Aspinwall,  Boston,  New  England,  Speculum  Chronologicum ; 

a  chronology  of  the  Scriptures.     1652. 

243.  ff.  i2-i4b.  "  Points  of  enquiry  concerning  Carolina,  Humbly  offered  to 
his  excelency  John  Archdale,  proprietor  of  Carolina  dutyfully  crav 
ing  such  answers  as  may  be  depended  on.  1705." 

(228  queries  of  every  description,  but  no  answers.  The  queries  were  put 
by  a  body  of  Lutheran  settlers  intending  to  go  to  Carolina.) 

f.  15.  Plan  of  forts  of  Carolina.    (Diagram.) 

250.  f.  33b.  "  Copie  du  Memoire  pour  les  Srs  Interessen  la  campagnie  de  la 
Bay  de  Hudson  sur  le  droit  et  la  possession  de  la  Couronne, 
D'angre  pour  le  commerce  en  ladite  Baye."  About  1687. 

(In  parallel  columns  are  "  Responses  Donnees  par  Messrs  les  commissaires 
de  France  a  ce  memoire,  Pour  la  Compagnie  franchise  du  Canada " ;  on 
next  folios  the  "  Repliques  a  ces  responses,  pour  la  compagnie  Anglaise 
de  la  Baye  de  Hudson."  On  f.  4ob  begins  "  Titres  produicts  de  la  part 
de  la  compagnie  franchise  de  Canada "  with  "  Response  de  la  compagnie 
Anglaise ".  On  f.  45  begins  "  Deuxieme  memoire "  of  the  French  com 
pany  with  reply  of  the  English  company.  The  document  occupies  53 
folios.) 

ff.  55-65.  Papers  relating  to  Jamaica  and  Barbadoes  between  the  years, 
1670  and  1708,  dealing  with  such  questions  as  powers  of  the  gov 
ernor,  disputes  between  the  governor  and  assembly,  privileges  of 
the  assembly  and  trade  of  the  colonies,  with  tables  of  goods  ex 
ported. 


Rawlinson  Manuscripts  B.  397 

309.  ff.  162-1635.  Notes  of  grants  to  planters  in  Virginia,  Newfoundland, 
etc.     Tempus,  James  I. 

376.  This  volume  contains  minutes  of  the  Society  for  the  Propagation  of 
the  Gospel,  see  also  Rawlinson  C  933  ;  letters  from  England  and 
America  regarding  the  condition  of  the  church  in  the  colonies  and 
the  ministers  to  be  sent  there;  and  many  bonds  of  clergymen  to 
whom  money  was  advanced  to  pay  charges  of  transportation  and 
maintenance.  These  volumes  evidently  belonged  to  John  Robinson, 
envoy  to  Sweden,  1680-1709,  and  afterward  Bishop  of  London, 
1714-1723.  An  excellent  account  of  Bishop  Robinson's  career  is 
given  in  Va.  Mag,,  XVI.,  pp.  104-106.  The  following  documents 
may  be  noted  : 
f.  26.  Letter  from  Gov.  Spotswood  to  the  Bishop  of  London.  May  6, 


f.  86.  Certificate  of  birth  and  baptism  of  Peter  Fountaine,  son  of  Rev. 

James  Fountaine  of  Dublin. 

ff.  88,  89.  Testimonial  for  orders  from  the  Archbishop  of  Dublin.   1715. 
f.  TOT.  Establishment  by  the  Bishop  of  London  of  a  seminary  for 

probation  of  ministers  intending  to  serve  in  America. 
f.  104.  Note  of  his  ordination  as  chaplain  for  Virginia.     1715/6. 
f.  116.  Letter  from  Rev.  Hugh  Jones,  Jesus  College,  May  19,  1716, 

expressing  desire  to  go  to  America  and  saying,  "  They  tell  me  it 

will  not  be  at  all  difficult  for  me  to  come  in  for  they  are  at  a  loss 

for  young  clergymen  to  send  over." 
f.  125.  Request  by  the  Bishop  of  London,  May  8,  1717,  that  Mr.  Wheat- 

ley  be  not  allowed  to  proceed  on  his  voyage  to  Carolina. 
f.  127.  Wheatley's  letter  to  James  Gibbons,  secretary  of  the  bishop, 

May  31,  1717,  protesting  his  innocence. 
f.  148.  Sentence  of  suspension  of  Rev.  Wm.  Wye  of  Charleston,  Caro 

lina.    November  10,  1718. 
f.  154.  Certificate  signed  by  eighteen  members  of  French  church  at 

Charleston  stating  that  Paul  L'Escot  had  been  their  minister  from 

1700  to  1719.    March  14,  1718/9. 

f.  169.  Letter  from  Lord  Cornbury  to  the  Bishop  of  London. 
f.  171.  Recommendation   of    Paul   L'Escot   for   ordination   over   the 

French  church  at  Dover  .v    1719. 
f.  I72b.  Certificate  of  Examination. 
f.  173.  Letter  from  "  J.  L."   [John  of  London?]  to  the  governor  of 

South  Carolina,  July  28,  1719,  regarding  the  suspension  of  Rev. 

Mr.  Wye  in  Charleston  "  and  any  other  part  of  your  government  ". 
f.  178.  Letter   from   Henry   Newman   to   Dr.    Mangey.      March    10, 

1719/20. 

f.  200.  Regarding  ecclesiastical  affairs  in  the  colony  of  Virginia.    1721. 
f.  234.  Regarding  Rev.  Francis  Cotton,  who  had  been  purveyor  and 

schoolmaster  in  Jamaica  and  wished  to  return  as  a  clergyman.    July 

20,  1720. 
f.  248.  Letter  from  Zach.  Brooke  to  James  Gibbons,  October  24,  1701, 

regarding  withdrawal  of  his  licence. 
f.  260.  Letter  from  Gov.  Spotswood  of  Virginia,  to  the  Bishop  of 

London,  May  26,  1721,  regarding  Rev.  Mr.  Wye  and  the  clergy 

and  schools  of  that  colony. 


398  The  Bodleian  Library. 

f.  290.  Certificate  that  Rev.  Mr.  Skinner  "  was  this  day  received  as 
the  Society's  missionary  to  Amboy  with  a  salary  of  £60  ". 

f.  296.  Letter  from  Rev.  Wm.  Vesey,  New  York,  November  29,  1722, 
enclosing  copy  of  address  to  the  society  asking  for  the  appointment 
of  a  clergyman-catechist  for  the  city  of  New  York  in  the  place  of 
Mr.  Elias  Neau,  deceased.  Also  for  a  good  preacher  for  that  office 
to  be  Vesey's  assistant  "  in  my  declining  age  ". 

f.  305.  John  Usher,  when  in  priest's  orders,  to  be  missionary  to  St. 
George's  parish,  South  Carolina.  January  25,  1722  [3?]. 

f.  328.  Petition  from  Ben.  Miller,  "  for  near  four  years  a  schoolmaster 
in  America  and  for  two  years  past  in  the  service  of  the  Society  in 
Staten  Island  ",  asking  help.  n.  d. 

f.  334.  Regarding  Dr.  Evans,  minister  in  Philadelphia  for  fifteen 
years.  Regarding  one  Philips,  curate  to  Dr.  Evans,  charged  with 
scandalous  behavior,  n.  d. 

f.  336.  Application  for  the  king's  bounty  for  ministers  in  America. 

n.  d.    Cf.  Rawlinson  C  933,  f.  134. 

Bonds.  ( i )  It  was  customary  for  the  society  not  only  to  pay  the  salaries 
of  its  missionaries  in  America  but  also  to  advance  half  a  year's 
salary  before  departure  and  to  take  a  note  or  bond  in  which  the  mis 
sionary  promised  to  refund  the  money  in  case  he  did  not  go  to  the 
place  assigned. 

(2)  The  Bishop  of  London  at  his  own  charge  established  a  seminary 
for  the  trial  and  probation  of  ministers  to  be  sent  to  America. 
Cost  of  maintenance,  estimated  at  £30  a  year,  was  advanced  by  the 
bishop  who  required  of  the  prospective  missionary  a  bond,  signed 
by  two  witnesses  and  duly  sealed,  that  in  case  he  did  not  go  to  the 
plantations  he  or  his  bondsmen  would  refund  the  money. 

(3)  By  the  royal  gift,  known  as  Queen  Anne's  Bounty,  £20  was  given 
to  each  missionary  from  the  royal  treasury,  on  receipt  of  a  letter 
from  the  bishop  to  the  Lord  High  Treasurer,  to  pay  the  costs  of 
transportation  to  America.     No  formal  bond  appears  to  have  been 
required  in  this  case. 

Of  bonds  required  in  cases  (i)  and  (2)  there  are  many  examples  in 
this  volume  and  in  Rawlinson  C  393,  983,  as  follows : 

A  306,  ff.69,  73. 

B  376,  ff.  5,  15,  43,  52,  73,  101,  116,  125,  139-141,  148,  i54>  i?3>  234> 
238,  248,  260,  265,  270,  286,  290,  296,  302,  328,  333,  336,  340. 

C  393,  ff.  65,  67,  69,  92,  101,  102. 
983,  ff.  179,  1 80.  (q.  v.} 

Material  for  the  study  of  Queen  Anne's  Bounty  can  be  found  elsewhere, 
particularly  in  the  Public  Record  Office,  Treasury  Papers  (Audit 
Office,  Declared  Accounts,  2239-2291.  In  P.  R.  O.,  Treasury  of 
Receipt  (Exchequer),  Miscellanea,  407,  may  be  found  "Applica 
tions  of  the  Bishop  of  London  for  bounties  for  ministers  going  to 
America  ",  which  constitutes  a  list  of  the  clergy  sent  to  America, 
1660-1791.  Elsewhere  in  the  Treasury  Papers  are  entries  of  pay 
ments  to  ministers  in  America  before  1690.  Fothergill's  List  of 
Emigrant  Ministers  to  America,  1690-1811,  issued  in  this  country 
by  the  Graf  ton  Press,  contains  a  list  of  over  1,200  names  but  no 
copies  of  bonds. 


Rawlinson  Manuscripts  C.  399 

383.  f.  397.  Proceedings  in  a  case  in  the  Court  of  Admiralty.    1696. 

ff.  543-545.  Claim  in  Court  of  Admiralty  on  the  part  of  some  Persian 

merchants  to  goods  seized  from  Capt.   Kidd  and  condemned  as 

pirates'  goods,    n.  d. 
465.  f.  146.  Brief  notes  of  advice  to  traders  to  Virginia,  n.  d. 


128.  The  Newman  Papers.     "  Papers  relating  to  Province  of  New  Eng 
land." 

f.  i.  "  Reasons  humbly  offered  to  Lords  Commissioners  of  Trade  and 
Plantations  by  Wm  Vaughan,  Esq.,  against  John  Usher,  Esq.  in 
Confirmation  of  his  petition  to  her  Sacred  Majesty  in  Cowncil." 
(Eight  reasons,  unsigned  and  undated.) 

f.  2.  "  Grant  of  the  Council  at  Plimouth  to  John  Mason,  Esq,  being 
from  Naumkeeg  to  Merrymack."    March  9,  1621/2. 
(Printed,  N.  H.  Prov.  Pap.,  I.  2;  Tuttle,  Life  of  Mason,  p.  172.) 
Also,  "  Grant  to  Gorges  and  Mason  from  Merrymack  to  Sagadahoc." 
August  10,  1622. 

(Printed,  N.  H.  Prov.  Pap.,  I.  10;  Tuttle,  Life  of  Mason,  p.  177.    Three  or 
four  memoranda  are  added  to  these  documents.    Texts  not  given  in  full.) 

f.  6.  List  of  papers  relating  to  Samuel  Allen,  "  his  pretended  title  to 
the  proprietaryship  of  the  lands  of  the  province  in  New  England 
called  New  Hampshire  ....  all  which  papers  we  are  ready  to  pro 
duce." 
(Valuable  list  of  titles.) 

f.  8.  Petition  of  Wm.  Vaughan  "  on  behalf  of  himself  and  other  in 
habitants  of  New  Hampshire  ". 

f.  12.  Letter  to  Jer.  Dummer  and  John  Newman,  "  at  the  New  Eng 
land  coffee  house  in  London  ",  from  Deodat  Lawson,  begging  for 
help.  London,  December  24,  1714. 

f.  14.  Letter  from  Col.  Dudley  to  council  of  New  Hampshire.    Ports 
mouth,  July  23,  1702. 
(Two  copies,  unsigned.) 

f.  18.  Petition  from  Henry  Newman,  agent  for  New  Hampshire,  to 
Lords  Justices  in  Council  regarding  Fort  William  and  Mary,  at 
entrance  of  the  Piscataqua.  n.  d. 

f.  19.  Order  of  Council  in  reply  to  Newman's  petition.    Favorable. 

f.  21.  Petition  for  charter  of  incorporation  from  N.  Byfield  and  others. 

(Copy;    signed   by   Byfield,    Sanford,    Andrew    Fanueil   and    Wm.    Willard. 
Nathaniel  Byfield  was  judge  of  the  court  of  admiralty  in  Massachusetts.) 

f.  22.  Petition  from  John  Upson,  lieutenant-governor  of  New  Hamp 
shire,  to  the  King  in  Council.  1719. 

f.  23.  Certificate  from  Gov.  Shute  that  John  Ballatyne  is  register  of 
deeds  for  the  county  of  Suffolk.  1720. 

f.  24.  Indenture  between  Wm.  Brooks  of  Boston  and  John  Boydell 
and  other  merchants,  for  the  better  securing  of  his  creditors;  to 
which  is  added  a  list  of  the  creditors,  forty-one  in  number. 
(Copy  from  entry  in  Record  of  Deeds  for  county  of  Suffolk,  Lib.  35,  f.  103.) 

f.  27.  Petition  of  Richard  Partridge  regarding  his  father  who  was 
governor  of  New  Hampshire  at  this  time. 

26 


400  The  Bodleian  Library. 

f.  28.  Queries  for  Mr.  Newman,  twenty-one  in  number,  with  answers 
thereto. 
(Unsigned  and  undated.    About  1708.) 

f.  32.  Memorial  of  Maj.  Wm.  Vaughan  to  Board  of  Trade,  regarding 

size  of  mast  trees  and  other  matters, 
f.  34.  Certificate  from  Gov.  Shute  that  Joseph  Marion  "  is  at  present 

register  of  Wills  for  and  within  the  county  of  Suffolk  ".    June  I, 

1717. 
f.  35.  Copy  of  Thomas  Richard's  Will.    Boston,  Mass.,  November  23, 

1714. 
f.  37.  Copy  of  letter  from  the  office  of  ordinance  to  Earl  of  Cadogan, 

master-general  of  ordnance,  relating  to  supplies  for  Fort  William 

and  Mary  and  stating  that  they  have  money  wherewith  to  supply 

any  of  the  plantations, 
f.  39.  Daniel  Coxe's  account  of  New  Jersey. 

(Printed,  Pa.  Mag.,  VII.  327-329.) 

f.  41.  Another  account  by  Daniel  Coxe  "  of  this  colony  ". 
f .  42.  Account  of  quantity,  situation  and  value  of  Coxe's  land. 
(Printed,  Pa.  Mag.,  VII.  33O-334-) 

f .  44.  Recitation  of  several  grants  of  New  Jersey. 

f.  45.  Another  account  of  transfer  of  grants  of  New  Jersey. 

f.  46.  Proposals  made  by  Coxe,  proprietor  and  governor  of  East  and 

West  New  Jersey,   in  America,   at  request  of  the  West  Jersey 

Society. 

(Printed,  Pa.  Mag.,  VII.  334-335-) 

151.  f.  170.  Letter  from  the  Bishop  of  London  to  the  Clergy  of  New  Eng 
land.  1724. 

155.  f.  273.  Act  for  the  better  ordering  of  slaves  in  Carolina.    1701. 
f.  279.  Act  for  enlisting  trusty  slaves  in  Carolina.     1708. 

182.  f.  43b.  "  Touching  the  office  of  Water  bailiff  ",  stating  functions  of 
that  official  of  which  there  were  a  number  in  the  colonies. 

281.  A  small  book  about  six  inches  square,  containing  J.  Barkstead's  scheme 
for  settling  the  region  between  the  present  Nova  Scotia  and  the 
St.  Lawrence  river  and  west  to  the  St.  Croix  river  where  the  Duke 
of  York's  grant  began.  Contains  a  map,  18  by  24  inches,  entitled 
"  A  New  Map  of  a  part  of  his  Majesty's  Empire  in  North  America 
from  Carolina  to  Newfoundland ".  No  dates  given  but  as  the 
region  above  mentioned  was  to  be  called  "  Georgia  ",  the  document 
and  map  must  be  of  date  later  than  1714. 

379.  The  Newman  Papers.  Opens  with  a  paper  book  of  forty  folios,  con 
taining  copies  of  the  following  documents : 

1.  Conveyance  of  New  Hampshire  to  Capt.  John  Mason.     November 
7,  1629. 

(Printed,  N.  H.  Prov.  Pap.,  I.  21;  Tuttle,  Life  of  Mason,  183-189;  N.  H. 
Hist.  Soc.  Coll.,  I.  304.) 

2.  Attorney  General  Palmer's  report  concerning  title  of  Robert  Mason 

to  province  of  New  Hampshire.     November,  1660. 
(Printed,  N.  H.  Hist.  Soc.  Coll.,  I.  328.) 


Rawlinson  Manuscripts  C.  401 

3.  Order  in  Council  upon  Mr.  Allen's  petition  allowing  that  his  appeal 
be  heard  "  the  first  council  day  ".    August,  1702. 

4.  Letter  from  Mr.  Vaughan  to  Const.  Phipps.    Portsmouth,  Novem 
ber  15,  1706. 

5.  Judgment  of  Queen  and  Council  for  Waldron  contra  Allen's  appeal. 

December  30,  1708. 

6.  "  About  Mason's   Settlement  in   New  England   ....   something 
more  considered  of  than  in  our  briefs  relating  to  the  Council  of 
New  England,  upon  which  Allen,  the  now  appellant,  builds  the 
foundation  of  his  Title." 

7.  Gov.  Cranfield's  commission. 

(Printed,  N.  H.  Hist.  Soc.  Coll.,  I.  26;  brief  of  the  commission  is  in  Farmer's 
Belknap's  Hist,  of  N.  H.,  I.  496.) 

8.  Conveyance  of  New  Hampshire  to  Capt.  Mason.    April  22,  1635. 

(Printed,  N.  H.  Prov.  Pap.,  I.  32;  Tuttle,  Life  of  Mason,  p.  204;  N.  H.  Hist. 
Soc.  Coll.,  I.  13.) 

9.  Mandamus   for  appointing  Mr.  Mack-Phedris   on  the  council   of 
New  Hampshire.    July  9,  1724. 

10.  Fees  for  Mr.  Mack-Phedris's  warrant  to  be  of  the  council.     Total 
£14  is. 

11.  List  of  gentlemen  of  the  council  in  New  Hampshire,  signified  in 

letter  from  Gov.  Belcher  to  Board  of  Trade. 

12.  Copy  of  report  of  a  committee  concerning  the  state  of  fortifications 
at  New  Castle.    December  18,  1730. 

13.  Letter  from  Henry  Newman  to  Board  of  Trade  regarding  a  bill  for 

encouraging  importation  of  naval  stores,  followed  by  a  copy  of 
a  clause  in  the  bill  itself.    January  8,  1721/2. 

14.  Clause  regarding  surveyor-general  not  to  be  judge  or  deputy  judge 
of  Admiralty.    See  f.  69. 

15.  Reasons  against  these  clauses,  copies  of  which  were  put  into  the 

hands  of  several  members  of  Parliament.    See  f.  62. 

1 6.  Letter  to  Gov.  Shute  from  Mr.  Popple  about  powder  money.    Feb 

ruary  13,  1721/2. 

17.  Letter  from  Henry  Newman  to  the  Board  of  Trade.    September  12, 

1722. 

(Original  has  August  31,  but  September  12  is  substituted;  other  portions  are 
erased  and  additions  made  in  red  ink.) 

18.  Letter  from  Gov.  Shute  to  Henry  Newman,  December  24,  1722. 

Also  letter  from  Newman  to  Board  of  Trade,  enclosing  Shute's 
letter. 

19.  Memorial  of  Henry  Newman  to  Lord  Carteret,  Secretary  of  State, 
regarding  the  fort.    May  30,  1723. 

20.  Letters  from  Henry  Newman  to  the  Board  of  Trade  regarding  New 

Hampshire  council,    n.  d. 

21.  Memorial  of  Henry  Newman  to  Lords  Justices  in  Council  regarding 
the  fort. 

(This  memorial  was  altered  by  Mr.  Delafaye's  advice  and  finally  presented 
to  the  Privy  Council  in  another  form.     See  f.  52.) 

22.  Memorial  of  Henry  Newman. 


402  The  Bodleian  Library. 

23.  Minutes  of  meeting  of  the  Privy  Council.     February  9,  1708/9. 

24.  Letter  from  Mr.  Delafaye  to  Board  of  Trade,  enclosing  Privy  Coun 
cil's  decision  and  requesting  the  Board  to  investigate  condition  of 
New  Hampshire. 

25.  Letter  from  Mr.  Delafaye  to  the  master  general  of  ordnance,  Earl 
of  Cadogan.    October  2,  1723. 

26.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the  Privy  Council  favor 
ing  Newman's  request.     December  17,  1723. 

27.  Mr.  Delafaye  to  Earl  of  Cadogan  enclosing  Board  of  Trade's  re 
presentation. 

28.  Memorial  of  Henry  Newman  to  Board  of  Trade  regarding  coun 
cillors  for  New  Hampshire.    February  27,  1723/4. 

29.  Letter  from  Gov.  Shute  to  Duke  of  Newcastle,  Secretary  of  State, 

recommending  Penhallow  as  secretary  in  New  Hampshire.     "  Pell 
Mai ",  April  25,  1724.    See  f.  56,  post. 

30.  Report  of  Board  of  Ordnance  to  Earl  of  Cadogan.     December  4, 

1723. 

31.  Letter  from  Gov.  Shute  to  Board  of  Trade  regarding  bills  of  credit 
in  Massachusetts.    December,  1726. 

(End  of  the  Collection  of  Copies.) 

f.  41.  Petition  of  Matthew  Dudley  and  others  for  charter  of  incor 
poration  of  a  company  to  deal  in  naval  stores. 

(Cf.  Lord,  Industrial  Experiments,  J.  H.  U.  Studies,  extra  vol.  XII.,  ch.  n., 
p.  24.) 

Id.  Minute  of  Privy  Council  upon  petition,  referring  the  matter  to 

Board  of  Trade.    August  6,  1702. 

f .  49.  Lists  of  ships  and  men  coming  into  London  and  clearing  thence 
in  1720. 
(Contains  information  regarding  shipping  of  all  the  colonies.) 

f.  51.  Letter  from  Mr.  Delafaye  to  Board  of  Trade,  enclosing  New 
man's  petitions  regarding  low  condition  of  New  Hampshire  in 
matter  of  military  stores. 

f.  52.  Newman's  memorial  to  Lords  Justices  praying  for  supply  of 
arms  and  stores,  n.  d. 

f.  53.  Mr.  Delafaye's  letter  to  the  master  general  of  ordnance,  Earl  of 
Cadogan,  concerning  military  stores  for  New  Hampshire.  October 
2,  1723. 

f .  54.  Memorial  and  petition  of  Newman  to  Board  of  Trade  regarding 
military  stores. 
(This  memorial  is  different  from  those  on  ff.  21,  52.) 

f.  55.  Draft  of  letter  from  Newman,  unsigned,  to  Board  of  Trade, 

stating  what  action  has  been  taken  regarding  condition  of  New 

Hampshire.     Middle  Temple,  July  27,  1721. 
f.  58.  Regarding  memorial   for  military  stores  in  New   Hampshire, 

from  Newman.    Middle  Temple,  November  25,  1724. 
f.  59.  Letter  from  Henry  Newman  to  Robert  Walpole,  July  7,  1725, 

on  the  same  subject, 
f.  61.  Copy  of  plan  for  organizing  company  for  raising  hemp  and  flax 

in  eastern  part  of  New  England,     n.  d. 


Rawlinson  Manuscripts  C.  403 

f.  62.  Clause  in  the  bill,  "  now  depending  in  Parliament ",  for  further 
encouraging  importation  of  naval  stores  from  the  plantations ;  also 
"  Reasons  against  the  foregoing  clause  ",  a  duplicate  of  no.  15. 
385.  Admiralty  proceedings  in  South  Carolina,  in  connection  with  seizure 
of  ship  Ludlow.     1717. 

392.  f.  245.  Instructions  for  Duke  of  Shrewsbury  for  settling  bounds  of  the 

fishery  with  France.    December,  1712. 
f.  247.  Report  from  Board  of  Trade  regarding  certain  propositions 

concerning  fisheries.    April,  1712. 
f.  309.  Petition   from   inhabitants   of  Philadelphia  to  George   I.    for 

money  for  repair  of  their  churches,    n.  d. 

(Draft  in  French.) 

393.  A  volume  similar  to  Rawlinson  B  376,  evidently  belonging  to  the 

Bishop  of  London,  containing  a  number  of  bonds  of  ministers 
planning  to  go  to  the  colonies  as  rectors,  chaplains  and  school 
masters,  with  destination  stated  in  each  case.  Latin  and  English. 
1706-1720.  See  also  B  376;  C  983. 

421.  f.  158.  Letter  from  William  Blathwayt  to  Jerome  Nipho,  secretary 
to  her  Majesty,  regarding  one  hundred  rebels,  supports  of  Mon- 
mouth,  sentenced  to  be  transported  to  the  plantations.  Whitehall, 
October  17,  1685. 

f.  192.  Letter  from  Jerome  Nipho  to  Giles  Clark,  regarding  the  same. 
May,   1686. 

710.  "  Bermuda  alias  Somer  Islands  in  America.  The  Proceeds  of  the 
Quarter  Sessions  There.  Carolus  Moore,  Clericus  Pacis,  Anno, 
1689." 

(Thick  volume  containing  copy  of  proceedings  from  July  25,  to  October  8, 
1689.  On  the  last  page,  1078,  is  the  attestation  of  Nath :  Bascome,  clerk 
of  the  court  of  quarter  sessions,  "  sworn  before  me  the  govr  this  9th  day 
of  January,  1724".) 

743.  f.  i.  Restoration  of  French  settlers  in  Nova  Scotia.    1714. 
f.  58.  Letter  from  Henry  Newman  to  R.  Sherman.     1724. 

872.  Collection  of  ships'  logs — f.  I,  log  of  the  Leavett  during  voyage  to 

Virginia  in  1698  and  1699,  containing  amounts  of  tobacco  taken  on 
board;  f.  42,  log  of  the  Bristow,  1699-1701,  a  small  portion,  ff.  6ob- 
64b  has  some  historical  interest ;  f .  76,  log  of  the  same  vessel  in  a 
voyage  to  Virginia,  contains  a  few  interesting  details  regarding 
that  colony.  The  captain  of  the  Bristow  was  Bellingham  West. 

873.  Journal  of  the  work  of  T.  Bell  in  fortifying  St.  Johns,  Newfoundland. 

1697. 

879.  Diatribe  de  sessione  Christi  ad  dextram  Dei,  by  Deodat  Lawson, 
minister  at  Boston,  New  England. 

932.  Minutes  of  proceedings  before  Lieut.-Gov.  John  Nanfan  and  council  of 

New  York  upon  writ  of  error  in  case  of  Col.  Abraham  De  Peyster, 
merchant,  vs.  Francis  Tirene,  deceased,  and  Valentine  Cruger,  mer 
chant  of  London.     February    12,    1701/2,   February    19,    1701/2, 
March  5,  1701/2.    34  folios. 
(Seal  attached  but  half  destroyed.) 

933.  Volume  similar  to  B  376  and  C  393,  evidently  belonging  to  the  Bishop 

of  London.  Contains  no  bonds  of  clergymen  but  has  copies  of  a 
number  of  minutes  of  meetings  of  the  S.  P.  G.  and  many  papers 


404  The  Bodleian  Library. 

from  the  colonies  which  came  into  the  hands  of  the  bishop  as  head 

of  the  colonial  church.    The  papers  may  have  formed  a  part  of  the 

Newman  collection,  as  Henry  Newman  was  secretary  of  the  S.  P.  G. 

as  well  as  agent  for  New  Hampshire, 
f.  14,  1702-1703;  f.  42,  1706;  ff.  63-73,  i7°8»  I709>  17" ;  f-  79  and  fol., 

1712-1713 ;  f.  93,  1713.  Minutes  of  Society  for  the  Propagation  of 

the  Gospel, 
f.  7.  Draft  of  commission  from  the  Bishop  of  London  to  a  commissary 

in  America.     1697. 

(Peregrine  Coney,  rector  of  Middle  Neck,  Maryland,  appointed  commissary.) 

f.  8.  Copies  of  letters  from  Virginia,  regarding  arming  the  militia 

against  pirates.    "  Kiquotan  ",  April  28,  1700. 
f.  10.  Letter  from  William  Wilson  to  Gov.   Nicholson  of  Virginia. 

1700. 
f.  12.  Deposition  of  Wm.  Fletcher,  master  of  ship  Barbadoes  Merchant 

of  Liverpool.    May  2,  1700. 
f.  13.  Statement,  unsigned,  dated  New  York,  May  20,  1700,  giving 

news  of  ruin  of  Caledonia,  Scottish  settlement  at  Darien. 

(Cf.  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  556,  595,  596.) 

f.  40.  Petition  from  clergy  of  Virginia  to  the  Bishop  of  London  up 
holding  Gov.  Nicholson  and  opposing  Commissary  Blair,  signed  by 
twenty  clergymen.  About  1703. 

f.  50.  Plea,  signed  Evan  Evans  (Church  of  England  clergyman,  Phila 
delphia),  and  dated,  London,  September  18,  1707,  for  a  bishop  in 
America  "  to  preside  over  the  American  clergy  and  to  oblige  them 
to  do  their  duty  and  to  live  in  peace  and  unity  with  one  another  ". 

f.  77.  Letter  from  John  Chamberlayne,  first  secretary  of  the  S.  P.  G., 
to  Henry  Newman,  his  successor,  berating  Newman  for  not  lending 
him  the  books  of  the  society,  and  withdrawing  from  membership. 
(See  ff.  95,  96.) 

f.  91.  Copy  of  Act  "  for  ascertaining  the  qualifications  of  jurors  and 
enabling  the  Quakers  to  serve  on  juries  and  to  enjoy  places  of 
profit  and  trust  within  this  province  ".  New  Jersey,  December  25, 
1710. 

(Endorsement  signed  by  J.  Pinhorne,  clerk,  and  J.  Basse,  the  latter  certifying 
that  the  act  was  read  a  second  time.) 

f.  103.  Letter  from  the  Bishop  of  London  recommending  Samuel 
Laterly,  minister  in  the  Leeward  Islands,  n.  d. 

f.  124.  "  Reasons  why  the  Bishop  of  London  does  conceive  that  the 
copy  of  a  letter  from  the  Lords  Commissioners  of  Trade  and  Plan 
tations,  upon  the  petition  of  the  agents  of  Barbadoes  to  his  Majesty 
relating  to  an  ecclesiastical  court  attempted  to  be  erected  in  that 
island,  is  an  unfair  report."  n.  d. 

Letters  from  Henry  Newman  to  Samuel  Mather,  1718,  f.  126;  to  Dr. 
Pelling,  f.  127. 

f.  130.  Letter  from  Rev.  William  Vesey  of  New  York  to  J.  Gibbon, 
on  ecclesiastical  matters  in  that  province.  December  18,  1718. 

f.  132.  Copy  of  Barbadoes  Act  relating  to  ecclesiastical  court  in  that 
island.  August  15,  1719. 


Razvlinson  Manuscripts  C.  405 

f.  134.  Letter  from  the  Bishop  of  London  to  the  Lord  Treasurer  re 
garding  payment  of  £20  bounty  to  Walter  Foot,  "  appointed  a  min 
ister  in  Carolina".  1719. 

f.  135.  Letter  from  Rev.  Wm.  Vesey  to  the  Bishop  of  London  regard 
ing  his  proceedings  at  Amboy.  New  York,  February  16,  1719/20. 

f.  136.  Unsigned  draft  appointing  Albert  Ponderous  minister  of  a 
French  congregation  at  St.  James  Sante,  Carolina.  November, 
1720. 

f.  139.  Letter  from  Rev.  Wm.  Vesey.    New  York,  December  14,  1720. 

f.  143.  Rough  draft  of  letter,  without  date  or  signature,  containing 
corrections  by  the  bishop,  addressed  to  "  My  Lords  "  [of  the  Treas 
ury]  regarding  payment  of  the  £20  bounty.  See  f.  145. 

(At  first  the  bounty  had  been  punctually  paid  but  latterly  it  had  fallen  into 
delays  and  many  of  the  ministers  had  waited  long  and  were  often  reduced 
to  great  straits.  The  Treasury  claimed  that  many  who  received  the  bounty 
did  not  go,  but  the  bishop  answers  that  he  knows  of  but  two  such  cases, 
one  of  his  own  and  one  of  the  king's. 

Original  from  which  corrected  draft  was  drawn  up.) 

f.  147.  Letter  from  Rev.  Wm.  Vesey,  thanking  the  bishop  for  pre 
venting  "  the  incorporation  of  the  Presbyterians  by  letters  patent ". 

New  York,  June  26,  1721. 

f.  148.  Note  from  Henry  Newman  to  the  Bishop  of  London, 
f.  152.  Copy  of  letter  from  Gov.  Nicholson.     "Charles  City",  South 

Carolina,  April  21,  1723. 

f.  I59b.  Draft  of  clause  in  an  act  for  preserving  the  pine  forests,    n.  d. 
f.  162.  Letter  from  Rev.  Wm.  Vesey,  New  York,  March  19,  [1709?], 

speaking  of  his  troubles  in  New  York  and  saying  that  efforts  at 

redress  have  proved  fruitless. 

(Mention  of  Rev.  John  Sharpe,  chaplain  to  the  garrison.) 
f.  164.  Statement  regarding  the  £20  bounty  and  salaries  established  in 

some  of  the  western  plantations, 
f.  166.  Statement  by  the  Bishop  of  London,  presented  to  the  queen, 

regarding  "  some  things  relating  to  the  church  and  jurisdiction 

ecclesiastical  in  a  very  remote  part  of  his  diocese,  viz4,  the  British 

colonies  in  the  West  Indies  ".    n.  d. 
f.  169.  Memorial  from  the  people  of  Sussex  County,  Delaware,  to  the 

Bishop  of  London  for  a  minister, 
f.  172.  Petition  presented  to  Gov.  Nicholson  of  Virginia  from  French 

refugees  relating  to  their  deplorable  condition. 

(Copy,  without  date.) 
934.  Papers  relating  to  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  New 

England.    See  Clarendon  74,  f.  263. 
f.  i.  Act  for  promoting  and  propagating  the  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ  in 

New  England.    July  27,  1649. 

(Printed  leaflet,  4  pp.    See  Scobell,  Ordinances,  part  n.,  ch.  45.) 

f.  3.  Letter  from  William  Steele,  president  of  the  society,  asking  that 
remittances  be  sent,  inasmuch  as  provisions  are  about  to  be  de 
spatched  to  New  England.  Coopers'  Hall,  n.  d. 

f.  5.  Letter  from  Tho.  Weld,  speaking  of  Mr.  Winthrop's  letter  from 
New  England  and  of  the  person  addressed  as  having  defended  him 
and  Mr.  Peters.  Gatesheade,  January  2,  1659  [50]. 


406  The  Bodleian  Library. 

f.  7.  Letter  from  trustees  of  the  society  at  Deney  House.     November 

27,  1652. 
f.  9.  Letter  from  John  Eliot  to  the  corporation,  directed  to  Edward 

Winslow  in  London.     Roxbury,  "  28th  of  the  2d,  '51  ". 
f.  ii.  Letter  from  John  Eliot  to  Edward  Winslow.    Roxbury,  "  2Oth  of 

the  8th,  '51  ". 
f.  13.  Letter  from  John  Eliot  to  the  corporation,  directed  to  William 

Steele.    Roxbury,  "  8th  of  the  ioth,  '52  ". 
f.  16.  Letter  from  Edward  Winslow,  London,  April,  1652 ;  another  on 

the  same  folio  from  the  same,  May,  1652. 
f.  17.  Letter  from  Edward  Cluddy  to  Mr.  John  Hooper,  clerk  of  the 

society,  at  Coopers'  Hall.    n.  d. 
f.  19.  "  A  true  account  of  what  moneys  were  p'd  myself  and  from 

whom,  for  New  England."    "  2d  mo.  1647  ">  signed  Natha.  Duncan, 
f.  22.  Letter  from  Richard  [Onsboro?]  to  Edward  Winslow,  one  of 

the  commissioners  of  the  New  England  Confederation.    Falmouth, 

2Oth  day  of  the  tenth  month,  1651. 
f.  24.  Letter  from  Edward  Winslow  to  [John  Eliot?].     December  i, 

1653- 

f.  26.  "  Innocency  cleared,  containing  a  just  defence  of  Mr  Weld  and 
Mr  Peters,  when  in  their  sincere  intentions  and  faithful  dealings 
(concerning  monies  received  for  transporting  poor  children  to  New 
England  and  other  pious  uses  there,  and  how  disbursed)  are  made 
known  to  the  world  ".  Together  with  the  reasons  "  why  it  is  now 
(after  so  many  years'  revolution)  published  and  not  before  ".  By 
Tho.  Weld.  n.  d. 

f.  32.  "  Mr.  Thomas  Jenner  Catalog  of  books  as  followeth :  " 
(Two  hundred  titles  of  books  sold  to  the  society.) 

f .  34.  "  A  Catalog  of  the  library  wch  Mr  Eliot  bought  of  me,  Tho : 
Weld,  for  thirty  and  four  pounds,  paid  me  by  the  corporation,  Au 
gust  16,  1651  ",  and  at  the  end  "  divers  of  the  small  books  that  I 
set  not  down,  Thomas  Weld  ". 

f.  40.  Letter  from  Bradstreet,  Cullick,  Astwood  and  others  to  Edward 
Winslow,  "  to  be  communicated  to  the  Honble  Corporation  ".  n.  d. 

f.  42.  Monies  expended  in  work  of  propagating  the  Gospel. 

£.44.  "The  Commissioners  of  the  United  Colonies  are  debtors  for 
charges  expended  by  Mr.  Oliver  and  Mr.  Johnson  for  carting 
goods  ",  etc.  September  22,  i65i-March  10,  1652. 

f.  46.  "  An  account  of  such  things  as  I  have  imployed  in  the  work  of 
civilizing  the  Indians  by  the  Commissioners  approbation  ",  signed 
John  Eliot.  7  of  7th  month,  1652. 

f.  48.  "  The  Commissioners  for  the  United  Colonies  are  Creditors  ", 
etc. 
(Long  account.) 

f.  52.  "  The  names  of  those  in  the  parish  of  Winterstowe  who  freely 
contributed  toward  the  propagation  of  the  Gospel  among  the  poore 
Indians  in  New  England."  n.  d. 

f.  54ff.  Various  collection  accounts. 

f.  67.  Letter  from  Richard  Onsboro  to  Edward  Winslow.    August  2, 
1652. 
(Illegible  and  badly  torn.) 

f.  69.  Lists  of  subscriptions. 


Rawlinson  Manuscripts   D.  407 

943.  Representation  of  ecclesiastical  affairs  in  South  Carolina,  1713,  from 

Commissary  Johnston. 
967.  Log  of  ship  John  bound  for  Virginia  and  Barbadoes,  January  31, 

1700/1  to  September  17,  1701 ;  log  of  ship  London  from  Jamaica, 

giving  men's  names,  quality  and  wages,  January  20,  1727/8;  id., 

July  8,  1728. 
973.  Log  of  ship  Cunningham,  from  Gravesend,  June,  1735,  to  the  West 

Indies  and  return,  June  8,  1736. 

983.  f.  117.  Letter  and  queries  [from  William  Penn]  to  Dr.  Bayley  in  the 

case  of  Magdalen  College.     1684. 

f.  139.  Statement  of  debt  incurred  by  Seth  Sothell,  proprietary  and 
governor  of  Carolina,  in  obtaining  his  ransom  from  Algiers.  Be 
tween  1680  and  1682. 

f.  179.  Bond  in  £40  from  John  Span  of  Queen's  College,  Oxford,  that 
he  will  within  three  months  proceed  to  Virginia  as  a  chaplain. 
Signed  by  John  Span  and  Sir  Robert  Dunckley,  Knt.  of  Tower 
Street,  London.  October  20,  1710.  Seal. 

f.  180.  Bond  in  £40  from  Joseph  Cleator  of  Hestholme,  Cumberland, 
that  he  will  within  six  months  proceed  to  Rye,  in  the  province  of 
New  York  as  schoolmaster.  Signed  by  Joseph  Cleator  and  Abra 
ham  Isaac,  merchant,  of  London.  July  9,  1706.  Seal. 

984.  f.  133.  Letter  from  Lord  Cornbury  to  the  Bishop  of  London  regarding 

affairs  at  New  York.     1702.     Imperfect. 

f.  I33b.  Complaints  by  Lord  Cornbury  of  Earl  of  Bellomont's  malad 
ministration  of  the  province  of  New  York. 

£.217.  Questions  relative  to  emigration  to  Carolina  of  French  refugees. 

f.  308.  Letter  from  [the  Commissary  or  some  one  else  in  authority  in 
Virginia  (Gov.  Nicholson?)  ]  to  the  Bishop  of  London.  Virginia, 
May  23,  1716. 

(Imperfect,  conclusion  and  signature  wanting.  Contains  interesting  state 
ments  regarding  condition  of  church  and  clergy  in  Virginia.  Refers  to 
former  letter  of  October  26,  1715,  in  which  he  had  told  of  work  among  the 
Indians  and  of  school  at  Christanna,  sixty  miles  from  any  parish  church. 
Writer  appeals  for  help  to  the  S.  P.  G.) 

D. 

204.  ff.  64b-65-  Letter  from  Sir  John  Reresby  to  Earl  of  Danby  regarding 
emigration  of  "  Quakers  and  other  dissenters  "  from  Hull  to  West 
New  Jersey.  July  17,  1677. 

f.  66b.  From  the   same   to   Sir  John   Werden   regarding   the    same. 
October  20,  1677. 
(These  letters  are  printed  in  the  Amer.  Hist.  Rev.,  II.  472-474.) 

702.  Log-books  of  six  voyages  to  and  from  Maryland  and  Virginia  kept  by 
Edward  Rhodes.  1670-1676. 

(Little  information  beyond  the  usual  incidents  of  the  voyages.  Vessels 
went  to  St.  Mary's,  sometimes  to  Patuxent  and  on  into  Chesapeake  Bay; 
generally  went  into  Potomac,  James  and  Rappahannock  rivers.) 

764.  Folio  volume  containing  copies  of  Bermuda  charter;  grant  of  the 
Bermuda  arms  belonging  to  the  company  (1635)  ;  various  rentals 
of  public  lands  (1627,  1657);  collection  of  laws,  "since  those 


408  The  Bodleian  Library. 

printed,  1623-1660  ",  passed  at  quarter-sessions  court  held  in  Lon 
don  for  the  company ;  particulars  of  articles  against  Sir  John  Hey- 
don  "  pretended  governor  of  the  Bermudas  ",  1681 ;  copy  of  en 
gagement  of  merchants  in  London  on  behalf  of  the  inhabitants  of 
the  island  to  free  the  king  from  all  charges  and  to  pay  4^  per 
cent,  to  his  Majesty,  as  the  rest  of  the  islands  do;  present  state  of 
the  Bermuda  Company;  various  accounts  and  letters,  1681,  1683; 
address  to  the  king,  1681 ;  petition  to  the  king,  1682 ;  further  papers 
relating  to  the  quo  warranto  action,  1661-1688,  including  Blath- 
wayt's  report  to  Lords  of  the  Treasury,  March  27,  1688.  Cost  of 
serving  the  writ  of  quo  warranto,  given  on  f.  33  as  £  100. 
810.  f.  52b.  Copies  of  letters  from  Thomas  Newe,  scholar  of  Exeter  Col 
lege,  to  his  father,  butler  of  the  same  college.  Charles  Town,  May, 
1682. 

(Printed,  Amer.  Hist.  Rev.,  XII.  322-327.) 
f-  55-  "  Quaker's  Account  of  New  Jersey  "  in  1684. 

(The  letters  "  G.  L.",  appended  to  this  account,  may  be  the  initials  of  some 
member  of  the  Lyte  family.  More  probably,  however,  they  are  the  ini 
tials  of  Gawen  Lawrie.  The  "  account "  was  sent  from  New  Jersey  to 
Thomas  Newe  and  by  him  transmitted  to  his  father  in  Oxford.) 

834.  f.  59.  Catalogue  of  the  books  given  by  the  S.  P.  C.  K.  to  Gov.  Shute 

of  New  England,  July,  1716. 
839.  This  volume  contains  papers  belonging  to  the  Newman  collection 

already  described.    C  128,  379. 
f.  29.  Letter  to  Henry  Newman.    New  Hampshire,  July  27,  1720. 

(Badly  mutilated,  two  signatures  only  remain,  John  Peirce  and  Hen. 
Sherburn.) 

f.  140.  Letter  from  [Gov.  Wentworth?]  to  Newman  regarding  affairs 
in  New  Hampshire.  Portsmouth,  October  4,  1717. 

f.  155.  Letter  from  William  Wise  to  Newman  giving  account  of  him 
self  and  speaking  of  his  "  reducement "  and  plans  for  going  to 
Georgia.    April  14,  1733. 
(Wise  was  a  missionary  of  the  S.  P.  G.) 

f.  156.  Letter  from  Gov.  Shute  to  Newman  regarding  naval  stores 
bill,  timber,  etc.  Boston,  May  28,  1722. 

(Mentions  his  letters  of  December  and  January  and  letters  from  Newman  of 
January  25,  February  19  and  March  8.) 

f.  196.  Letter  to  Newman  regarding  the  boundary  line  between  Massa 
chusetts  and  New  Hampshire. 
(Without  place,  date  or  signature.) 

f.  204.  List  of  plantations  to  which  the  Bishop  of  London's  letters 
were  to  be  sent  and  of  ships  by  which  they  were  to  be  carried. 
August  14,  1735. 
843.  Volume  evidently  belonging  to  the  Bishop  of  London. 

f.  187.  Letter  from  Gov.  Morgan  of  Jamaica  regarding  deputation  to 
consecrate  a  church  there  "  which  is  almost  finished  ".  August  16, 
1680. 

f.  188.  Abstract  of  journal  of  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the 
Gospel,  by  Archdeacon  Philip  Stubs,  prominent  member  of  the 
society.  Begins  June,  1701,  and  closes  with  December,  1703. 
"  Ace*  of  the  Appendix  to  the  Journal  "  contains  a  list  of  docu- 


Rawlinson  Manuscripts,    D  409 

ments,  twenty-seven  in  number,  among  the  papers  of  the  society, 
such  as  Morris's  "  State  of  Religion  in  the  Jersies " ;  Dudley's 
"  Memorial " ;  Keith  on  Quakerism ;  and  a  description  of  the  par 
ishes  in  the  plantations,  taken  from  Blome's  Present  State  of  his 
Maj.  Isles  and  Territories,  1687. 

847.  f.  109.  Letter  to  Mr.  Gaudy  from  Joseph  Presbury.  Gunpowder  River, 
Baltimore,  Md.,  January  28,  1714. 

(Short  account  of  the  province;  people  very  illiterate,  not  one  in  ten  being 
able  to  read  or  write ;  lives  of  clergy  debauched  and  wicked ;  desires  advice 
as  he  has  been  debarred  from  receiving  the  blessed  sacrament.) 

916.  f.  163.  Memorial  of  Col.  Romer  to  Gov.  Joseph  Dudley  against  the 
insolent  behavior  of  Capt.  Clark  "  or  any  other  ignorant  pre 
tenders  who  are  subject  very  often  to  prescribe  rules  and  give  dic 
tates  in  matters  they  are  wholly  ignorant  of  ".  n.  d. 
f.  170.  "  An  Account  of  the  Contingencies  of  New  York  in  the  late 
Earl  of  Bellomont's  and  the  Lord  Cornbury's  governments  for  one 
year."  Endorsed  "  Recd  with  his  Lordships  Ltre  of  17  June  last". 
1704. 

(See  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV,  1090-1099,  where  the  financial  statement  is  given  in 
the  letter  of  June  17.) 

f.  172.  Deposition  regarding  the  seizure  of  the  pink  Joseph  and  Anne 

of  London  at  Antigua,    n.  d. 
f.  174.  "  Extract  of  the  General  Establishment  of  the  Army  relating 

to  the  Four  Companies  at  New  York,  commencing  March  26,  1699." 

(Attest,  A.  D.  Cardonnel,  from  Bellomont.  Statistics  here  given  are  not  the 
same  as  those  sent  by  Lord  Cornbury  in  his  letter  of  June  17,  1704.) 

f.  176.  Memorial  of  Robert  Livingston,  one  of  the  victuallers  to  the 
Four  Companies  at  New  York,  asking  to  be  paid  for  the  provisions 
furnished.    1700. 
(Cf.  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  485,  609.) 

f.  178.  Valuation  of  clothing  from  England  for  the  use  of  the  Four 
Companies.  Dated  November  4,  1702  and  signed  by  Barberie  and 
six  others,  who  were  appointed  by  Cornbury  and  Lady  Bellomont 
to  look  into  Bellomont's  accounts. 

(Cf.  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  1090.  These  lists  which  were  sent  in  Cornbury's  letter 
of  June  17,  1704,  are  valuable  for  details  given  of  uniforms  and  prices. 
The  clothing  was  sent  over  by  Champante,  the  agent  of  the  companies,  in 
1702,  see  A  272,  f.  136;  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  963.) 

f.  1 80.  Affidavit  of  Ebenezer  Willson,  High  Sheriff  of  the  City  and 
County  of  New  York,  concerning  Lieut.-Gov.  Nanfan.  June  28, 
1704. 

(The  document  states  that  it  was  sent  over  in  Cornbury's  letter  of  June  22, 
1704,  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  noo,  but  no  mention  of  it  is  made  in  that  letter. 
Probably  the  letter  of  June  30  is  meant,  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  1114.  Cf.  ff.  221, 
223,  224;  Brit.  Mus.  Add.  MSS.  15895,  ff.  356-357.) 

f.  182.  Letter  from  William  Lowndes  to  Sir  Joseph  Tredenham  and 
Arthur  Moore,  comptrollers  of  accounts  of  the  army.  March  6. 

I705- 

(Regarding  provisions  for  garrisons  at  St.  John's,  Newfoundland,  for  1706.) 

f.  192.  Letter  from  William  Lowndes  to  Sir  Philip  Meadows  and 
James  Bruce,  comptrollers  of  accounts  of  the  army,  April  I,  1712, 
regarding  late  expedition  to  Canada. 


410  The  Bodleian  Library. 

f.  194.  "  A  copy  of  the  Paper  which  Alderman  Parker,  late  of  Lynn, 
laid  before  the  Trustees  for  establishing  the  colony  of  Georgia  in 
America,  since  his  retiring  from  that  colony  to  complain  of  the 
administration  there.  1734-1735  ".  London,  November,  1736. 

f.  196.  Copy  of  Col.  Pointz's  commission  to  Mr.  Kendall  and  Samuel 
Weall  for  working  on  the  wrecks  in  America  within  the  limits  of 
the  Duke  of  Schomburg's  grant.  Similar  papers  follow,  n.  d. 

f.  221.  Report  of  the  Commissioners  about  line  between  Massachusetts 
Bay  and  Rhode  Island.     March  u,  1664/5. 
(Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1661-1668,  §957,  P-  342.) 

£.223.  "An  Account  of  what  the  Excise  of  Nassau  Island  (Long 
Island)  was  let  for  pr.  the  Farmers  anno  1698  according  to  the 
respective  townships,  vizt." 

(Appended  note  "  Ebenezer  Willson  and  Samuel  Burt  ....  make  oath  that 
the  above  is  a  true  account  ....  and  Mr  Chidley  Brook,  the  King's  Col 
lector,  never  had  or  agreed  to  have  any  the  least  share  ",  etc.  Cf.  N.  Y. 
Docs.,  IV.  418.  Note  is  an  answer  to  Bellomont's  charge  against  Brooke.) 

f.  224.  "  An  Account  of  what  the  Excise  of  Nassau  Island  was  let  for 
pr.  the  Farmers.     Anno   1697,  according  to  the  Townships,  bad 
debts  included,  vizt." 
(With  note  and  attestation  as  in  f.  223.) 

Letters. 

66.  Letter  book  of  J.  C,  a  London  merchant  supplying  English  residents 
in  North  America  and  the  West  Indies,  March  3,  I7io-September 
6,  1717,  together  with  a  list  of  correspondents'  names. 

(These  letters  are  addressed  to  the  following  persons :  Thomas  Barton, 
Salem;  Samuel  Proctor,  Antigua;  Habijah  Savage,  apothecary  at  Boston; 
Conrad  Adams,  Barbadoes;  Capt.  Pitts,  ibid.;  Thomas  Little,  Plymouth; 
William  Little,  Boston;  William  Weaver,  Barbadoes;  Joseph  Ward,  ibid.; 
Thomas  Greaves,  Charlestown  (Mass.);  William  Phyllips,  Barbadoes; 
Thomas  Buston,  Salem;  Richard  Eyton,  Jamaica;  Thomas  Perkins,  ibid.; 
Edward  Bulkeley,  East  India ;  Waterhouse  Fernely,  Jamaica ;  Capt.  Samuel 
Vassal,  ibid.;  George  Jackson,  Piscataqua;  George  Graemes,  Barbadoes; 
Mr.  Emerson,  New  Castle,  New  England ;  Dr.  Jemmet,  place  not  men 
tioned  ;  Robert  Anderson,  Barbadoes ;  James  Henderson,  New  York ;  Capt. 
Tucker,  commander  of  Drake,  New  York  Harbor ;  John  Nicholls,  apothe 
cary  at  Boston ;  William  Rand,  apothecary  at  Boston ;  Dr.  Lucas,  Barba 
does  ;  George  Stewart,  Boston ;  Mr.  Arbuckle,  residence  not  given ;  Craw 
ford  and  Payne,  with  power  of  attorney ;  John  Phillips,  Barbadoes ; 
Thomas  Phillips,  ibid.  These  letters  are  of  considerable  historical  interest 
and  value.) 

CLARENDON  MANUSCRIPTS. 

Calendar  of  the  Clarendon  State  Papers.    Three  volumes  (1869-1876). 

Vol.     I.  1523  to  1649,  by  O.  Ogle  and  W.  H.  Bliss.     (1872.)    $4.50. 
Vol.    II.  1649  to  J654.    By  W.  D.  Macray.     (1869.)     $4.00. 
Vol.  III.  1655  to  J657.     By  W.  D.  Macray.     (1876.)     $3.50. 

This  calendar  has  been  extended  in  manuscript,  in  bound  volumes,  to 
about  1663.  Entries  in  last  volume  of  the  manuscript  calendar  are 
not  in  chronological  order  and  a  few  entries  are  of  date  later  than 
1663. 

26.  f.  no.  Letter  from  Rev.  Thomas  Shepard  of  Cambridge,  Mass.,  to 
Rev.  Hugh  Peters.    December  27,  1645. 
(Printed,  Amer.  Hist.  Rev.,  IV.  105-107.) 


Clarendon  Manuscripts. 


41 L 


For  "  Having  form- 


71.  f.  274.  Letter  from  Will.  Willoughby  expressing  devotion  to  the  king. 

April  16/26,  1660. 

(Evidently  Lord  William  Willoughby,  later  governor  of  Barbadoes.) 

72.  f .  408.  Letter  from  Charles  II.  to  Gen.  Monck,  with  reference  to  Gen. 

Penn  and  Col.  Modyford.    May  27,  1660. 
f.  437.  Letter  from  Lord  Wm.  Willoughby  to  the  king.    May,  1660. 

73.  f.  213.  King's  Revenue,  September  4,  1660.     Important  for  customs 

policy,  ff.  213,  214,  2i4b  (second  half  of  the  page), 
f.  232.  "  A  Memorial  for  my  Lord  Chancellor  from  his  servant  Nor 
wich,  September  26,  1660." 

(Norwich  was  captain  of  the  guards,  and  wishes  a  share  "as  formerly"  in 
"  customs  and  collections ".  Begs  that  the  king  will  employ  him  "  in 
his  customs  and  committees  of  Trade  and  Forragn  Plantations." 

74.  f.  231.  "  Government  of  the  New  Netherland  or  Mannhatos." 

(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  I.) 

Letters  from  Samuel  Maverick  to  the  Earl  of  Clarendon. 
f.238.   (Printed  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  VII.) 
f.239.  (       "          '  VIII.) 

f.24I.    (          "  '  IX.) 

1.243.  (       "  XII.) 

£.245.  (      "          '  VI.) 

£.247.  (      "          '  XIII.) 

£.249.  (      "  IV. 

erly  presented  "  read  "  Having  formerly  p'sumed  ".) 
f.  251.  (Printed  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XIV.) 
f.253.  (  "  "  "  "  "  XL) 
£.255.  (  "  "  "  "  "  XVII.) 
f.  257.  Petition  of  the  Governor  and  Company  of  Rhode  Island  and 

Providence  Plantations  in  New  England,  signed  William  Brenton. 

(Speaks  of  the  "envious  and  subtle  contrivances  of  our  neighbor  colonies 
round  about  us,  who  are  in  a  combination  united  together  to  swallow  us 
up ".  Designates  the  Rhode  Islanders  as  "  poore  despised  Peasants  that 
live  so  remote  in  the  woods  ".  Refers  to  charter  lately  granted  and  asks 
for  a  better  definition  of  boundaries.  Must  be  of  date  after  1664.) 

f.  259.  Letter  from  Maverick  to  the  Earl  of  Clarendon.     (Unsigned.) 
(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  V.) 

f.  262.  Memorial  concerning  the   Massachusetts,  etc.,  by  Col.   Cart- 
wright. 
(Printed  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XXXV.) 

f.  263.  Case  of  the  Corporation  of  New  England. 

(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  II.     See  Rawlinson  C  934.) 

75.  f.  75.  Letter  from  Gov.  John  Endicott,  "  in  the  name  and  by  the  order 
of  the  general  court ",  to  the  Earl  of  Clarendon,  thanking  him  for 
accepting  the  address  to  the  king  of  February  n,  1660,  and  speak 
ing  of  his  Majesty's  gracious  letter  in  return,  adding  that  the 
governor  "  hath  transmitted  to  the  Secretary  of  State  an  account 
of  the  proceedings  touching  Cols.  Whalley  and  Goffe  ".  August  7, 
1661. 
(Cf.  Cat.  Col.  1661-1668,  §§26,  27,  31,  153,  154,  162.) 


412  The  Bodleian  Library. 

f.  300.  Letter  from  B.  Worsley,  addressed  to  "  Madam  "  (Lady  Clar 
endon),  giving  account  of  his  career  and  saying,  "  I  was  the  first 
sollicitour  for  the  act  for  the  encouragement  of  navigation  and  put 
the  first  fyle  to  it  and  after  writ  the  advocate  in  defence  of  it." 

(Dr.  Benj.  Worsley  was  secretary  of  the  Committee  of  Trade  of  1650-1653, 
and  acted  in  a  similar  capacity  on  the  later  councils,  1670-1674.  He  was 
one  of  the  committee  appointed  to  settle  the  boundary  between  Rhode 
Island  and  Connecticut,  1663.  He  had  been  interested  in  plantation  affairs 
since  1649.) 

76.  £.215.  Letter  from  Sir  George  Downing,  The  Hague,  May  9,  1662; 

of  same  general  interest. 

f.  255.  Petition  from  John  Clarke,  agent  of  Rhode  Island,  to  the  king. 
May  14,  1662. 

(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XVI.) 

f.  272.  Petition  from  John  Clarke,  agent  for  Rhode  Island,  to  the  king, 
similar  to  that  on  f.  255,  but  asking  also  that  the  differences  between 
Rhode  Island  and  Connecticut  either  be  left  for  Winthrop  and 
Clarke  to  agree  upon  or  else  referred  to  a  committee  of  the  Privy 
Council  to  decide.  May  16,  1662. 
(Omitted  from  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.) 

77.  f.  85.  Printed  reply  of  Sir  George  Downing  upon  answer  of  the  Estates 

General  of  the  United  Provinces  to  his  memorial  of  April  20.    De 
livered  July  13,  1662. 

f.  in.  Warrant  for  Francis  Moryson  to  be  captain  and  commander  of 
the  king's  fort,  Point  Comfort  in  Virginia,  July  31,  1662.  Endorsed 
"  Recorded  Att  James  City  in  the  Secr  Office  the  2  Ist  of  March 
1662.  Fra:  Kirkman." 

f.  136.  Copy  of  the  Duke  of  York's  grant  to  Sir  John  Colleton  of  £1500 
a  year  in  return  for  his  giving  up  the  business  of  granting  licences 
for  retailing  wines. 
(Cf.  Clarendon  81,  f.  I7ob.) 

78.  f.  78.  Representation  of  state  of  affairs  in  New  England.    February, 

1662. 

(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XVII.  46-48.) 
f.  117.  Testimony  of  Merchants. 

(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XVIII.  49-50.) 

ff.  i2O-i23b,  203-236.  Documents  regarding  the  Duke  of  York's  debts. 

1662,  1663. 

80.  f.  132.  Lease  of  lands  in  America  "  by  and  within  the  heads  of  the 
rivers  Sappahanocke  als.  Rappahanocke  and  Quiriough  or  Patioro- 
mecke  ".  Virginia,  April  25,  1663. 

(Parties  of  the  1st  part:  Earl  of  St.  Albans,  John  Lord  Berkeley,  Sir  Wm. 
Morton,  John  Trethway,  assignee  of  the  late  Ralph  Lord  Hopton.  Parties 
of  the  2d  part:  Sir  Humphrey  Hooke,  John  Fitzharbert,  Robert  Vit- 
tardge.  Copy,  attest  Tho.  Ludwell,  secr.  Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1661-1668,  §§39*» 
520-522.) 

f.  136.  Letter  from  Col.  Thomas  Temple  to  the  Earl  of  Clarendon. 
Boston,  August  21,  1663. 
(Printed,  Ar.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XIX.) 


Clarendon  Manuscripts.  413 

f.  138.  Id.  Boston,  August  21,  1663. 

(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XX.) 
f.  143.  Id.  Boston,  August  22,  1663. 

(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XXI.) 
f.  169.  Letter  from  Samuel  Maverick.    September  i,  1663. 

(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XXII.) 
ff.  283-285.  Narrative  touching  the  proceedings  of  his  excellency  and 

council  against   Col.   Humphrey  Walrond.     Barbadoes,    October, 

1663.    Attest,  copy,  December,  1663. 

(Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1661-1668,  §§569,  575.  579,  5Qi,  etc.) 

81.  ff.  5-6.  Letter  from  Lord  Francis  Willoughby  to  the  Earl  of  Claren 

don,  Barbadoes,   December  28,   1663,  regarding  a  vice-admiralty 

commission. 

(Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1661-1668,  §617.) 
f.  no.  Id.,  February  18,  1664/5,  regarding  difficulties  he  has  met  in 

settling  the  king's  affairs  in  Barbadoes. 

(Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1661-1668,  §669.) 

f.  129.  Id.,  March  I,  1664/5,  referring  to  Clarendon's  letter  of  Decem 
ber  24  and  speaking  of  condition  of  the  island, 
ff.  170-171.  "  An  account  of  all  such  moneys  as  have  been  received  for 

the  use  of  his  Royal  Highness"  (Duke  of  York),  from  May  25, 

1660,  to  March  24,  1664. 

82.  f.  52.  Memorial  of  Downing  to  the  Estates  General  of  Holland,  com 

plaining  that  the  Dutch  have  taken  no  account  of  England's  com 
plaints.    August  6/16,  1664. 

f.  53.  Articles  of  Surrender  to  Capt.  Nicolls ;  followed  by  Sir  Edmund 
Andres's  Proclamation  (1674). 
(Printed,  N.  Y.  Docs.,  II.  250.) 

f .  83.  Letter  from  Anna  Boynton,  regarding  lands  forfeited  in  England 
and  referring  to  the  recent  visit  of  the  commissioners  to  Boston. 
Boston,  September,  1664. 

f.  132.  Letters  from  Henry  Willoughby  to  Charles  II.,  regarding  in 
vasion  by  the  French  of  the  king's  interests  in  the  Caribbee  Islands. 

ff.  275-279.  Virginia  Accounts.  "  Att  a  comittee  Held  at  James  Citty 
for  Laying  the  Levy  Decembr  13,  1662.  Apprvd  by  the  Assembly 
then  Sitting."  "  Att  a  comittee  Sep*  29,  1663,  Laus  Deo  ",  extracted 
out  of  accounts  of  Capt.  Thomas  Stegge,  auditor  general. 
(Attest  H.  Randolph,  clerk  of  assembly.  Items  are  reckoned  in  pounds  of 
tobacco.  Lists  contain  many  names  and  charges.) 

83.  f.  124.  "  The  Court's  answer  to  the  propositions  made  by  his  Majesty's 

commissioners." 

(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XXIV.) 
f.  129.  "  The  Assembly's  paper  against  the  King's  instructions  ",  May 

9,  1665.     Addressed  to  Col.  Richard  Nicolls  and  the  rest  of  his 

Majesty's  commissioners. 
f.  134.  Letter  from  Gov.  Bellingham  to  the  Earl  of  Clarendon. 

(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XXV.) 
f.  138.  From  same  to  Robert  Boyle. 

(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XXVI.) 


414  The  Bodleian  Library. 

f.  150.  Petition  of  the  Colony  of  Rhode  Island  and  Providence  Plan 
tations. 
(Printed.  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XLVI.) 

f.  155.  Letter  from  Thomas  Deane  to  the  Earl  of  Clarendon. 
(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XXVII.) 

f.  180.  Letter  from  Samuel  Maverick  to  the  Earl  of  Clarendon. 
(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XXVIII.) 

f.  184.  Letter  from  Gov.  Nicolls  to  the  Earl  of  Clarendon. 
(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XXIX.) 

f.  190.  Letter  from  Samuel  Maverick  to  the  Earl  of  Clarendon. 
(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XXX.) 

f.  219.  Copy  of  King  Charles  II. 's  commission  to  Richard  Nicolls  and 
the  other  commissioners.    April  25,  1664. 
(Printed,  N.  Y.  Docs.,  III.  64.) 

f .  289.  Letter  from  Samuel  Maverick  to  the  Earl  of  Clarendon. 
(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XXXI.) 

f.  323.  Letter  from  Sir  Robert  Carr  to  the  Earl  of  Clarendon. 
(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XXXII.) 

f.  335.  Col.  Cartwright's  Account  of  Massachusetts. 
(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XXXIII.) 

f.  337.  Reasons  why  the  King's   Province  should  remain  to  Rhode 
Island. 
(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XLVII.) 

f.  338.  Reasons  for  settling  the  Eastern  Line. 
(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XLVIII.) 

f.  373.  Sir  Richard  Ford  on  war  with  Holland,  giving  his  reasons  for 
urging  war.  Undated,  probably  1665. 

f.  385.  Letter  from  Samuel  Maverick  to  Col.  Cartwright. 
(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XL.) 

f.  389.  Moryson's  address  in  behalf  of  Virginia. 

(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XXXVI.) 

84.  ff.  15-20.  Comment  by  Col.  Cartwright  upon  the  Massachusetts  Ac 
count  of  proceedings  in  Boston,  together  with  letter  from  Cart 
wright  to  Clarendon. 
(Printed,  AT.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XXXIV.) 

f.  80.  Letter  from  Thos.  Modyford,  governor  of  Jamaica,  to  the  _  Earl 
of  Clarendon,  Jamaica,  March  5,  1665/6,  regarding  his  administra 
tion  of  the  island.  Postscript  dated  June  5,  1666. 

f .  1 18.  Letter  from  Gov.  Nicolls  to  the  Earl  of  Clarendon. 
(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XXXVII.) 

f.  131.  "  An  act  for  the  raising  a  present  sume  of  Goods  for  the  need 
ful  Publique  use  of  this  Island"  (Barbadoes).  "Read  and  Past 
the  24  Mar.  1665  ".  Endorsed  "  The  Act  which  the  Assembly 
prsented  lately  to  the  Lord  Willoughby."  April  14,  1666. 

f.  134.  Appeal  from  the  assembly  of  Barbadoes  to  Lord  Willoughby. 
April  14,  1666. 
(Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1661-1668,  §1185.) 


Clarendon  Manuscripts.  415 

f.  138.  Narrative  of  proceedings  of  the  assembly  in  the  matter  of  taxes 

laid  by  Lord  Willoughby.    April  20,  1666. 

(Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1661-1668,  §1185.) 

f.  140.  Narrative  for  the  Council,  signed,  Will  Willoughby.    n.  d. 
f.  142.  Indictment  against  Mr.  John  Jennings  by  Lord  Willoughby. 

Date  probably  1666. 

(Jennings  was  speaker  of  assembly  in  Barbadoes,  but  debarred  from  mem 
bership  in  1667.) 

f.  167.  Letter  from  Lord  Willoughby  to  Earl  of  Clarendon.    May  25, 
1666. 

(Willoughby  wrote  about  the  same  time,   May   12,  to  the  king  and  Lord 
Arlington.     Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1661-1668,  §§1204,  1205.) 

f.  228.  Letter  from  Thomas  Ludwell  to  the  Earl  of  Clarendon. 
(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XXXVIII.) 

f.  230.  Letter  from  Gov.  Berkeley  of  Virginia  to  the  Earl  of  Claren 
don.    July  20,  1666. 

(Comments  on  condition  of  affairs  in  Virginia  and  wishes  the  king  to  impose 
"  more  customs  and  greater "  on  "  this  vile  weed  ".) 

f.  327b.  Petition  from  the  inhabitants  of  Massachusetts  Bay. 

(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XLI.   132-134.     Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1661-1668, 

§1301.) 
f.  329.  Letter  from  Thomas  Breedon  to  the  Earl  of  Clarendon. 

(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XLI,  129-131.) 
f.  331.  List  of  documents  referred  to  in  previous  letter. 

(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  131.) 
f.  332.  Papers  in  the  case  of  Corbett. 

(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XLIV.) 
f.  335.  Letter  from  Gov.  Nicolls  to  the  Earl  of  Clarendon. 

(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XXXIX.) 
f.  341.  Letter  from  the  Commissioners  to  governor  and  council  of 

Massachusetts  Bay. 

(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XLII.) 
f .  357.  Letter  from  Sam.  Barwicke,  Barbadoes,  September  27,  1666 ; 

a  second  letter,  November,  18,  1666. 
f.  363.  Letter  from  Edward  Rawson  to  Gov.  Nicolls. 

(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XLIII.) 
f.  385.  Petition  from  Rhode  Island. 

(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  L.) 
85.  f.  9.  Letter  from  Robert  Carr  and  Samuel  Maverick  to  Clarendon. 

(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  LII.) 
f.  48.  Letter  from  Henry  Willoughby  of  Barbadoes.     February  2, 

1666/7. 

(Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1661-1668,  §1400.) 
f.  68.  Letter  from  Thomas  Ludwell  to  the  Earl  of  Clarendon. 

(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  LIII.) 
f.  129.  Letter  from  Lord  William  Willoughby,  governor  of  Barbadoes. 

March  22,  1666. 
f.  131.  Id.  March  12,  1666. 

27 


416  The  Bodleian  Library. 

f.  162.  Order  in  Council  of  March  6,   1664,  suspending  Navigation 
Act  of  1660. 

f.  174.  Petition  from  Nevis,  signed  by  James  Russell,  governor,  and 
six  others.    March  29,  1667. 

f.  176.  Letter  from  James  Russell,  governor  of  Nevis,  to  Henry  Wil- 
loughby.    March  29,  1667. 

f.  182.  Letter  from  Capt.  John  Berry,  speaking  of  his  arrival  at  Nevis, 
whither  he  had  gone  to  deliver  French  prisoners  to  Gov.  Russell. 
April  i,  1667. 
(Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1661-1668,  §§1446,  1458.) 

f.  254.  Letter  to  Capt.  Berry  from  Gov.  William  Willoughby.    Barba 
does,  May  2,  1667. 
(Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1661-1668,  §1477.) 

f.  255.  From  same  to  Gov.  Russell.    May  2,  1667. 

f.  277.  Id.  May  2,  1667. 

f.  264.  Letter  from  Gov.  William  Willoughby  to  the  Earl  of  Claren 
don.    Barbadoes,  May  7,  1667. 

(Willoughby  wrote  to  the  king  and  to  Sec.  Williamson  on  the  same  day. 
Cf.  Cal.  Col  1661-1668,  §§1476,  1477.) 

f.  340.  Letter  from  Ludwell,  secretary  of  Virginia,  to  the  Earl  of 
Clarendon.    June  24,  1667. 

(Omitted  from  the  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.  Ludwell  wrote  to  Lord  Arlington  and 
to  Lord'  Berkeley  on  the  same  day.  Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1661-1668,  §§1506,  1508. 

f.  430.  Clarendon's  defence  of  himself  against  his  accusers,  in  a  com 
munication  to  the  Lords.    6  pp.  closely  written. 

(Averse  to  the  Dutch  war  and  deeming  it  the  cause  of  the  great  misfortunes 
of  the  kingdom.  "  I  did  from  my  soule  abhor  the  entering  into  this 
warre.") 

87.  f.  87.  "  The  President  of  Panama's  relation  about  the  late  action  of 

the  English  there."    1670. 

f.  90.  "  The  Relation  of  Admiral  Henry  Morgan  touching  the  service 
done  his  Matie  in  the  late  expedition  against  the  Spaniards  by  virtue 
of  an  order  of  Council  and  a  Commicon  given  him  accordingly." 
Also  copy  of  order  of  council  held  at  St.  lago  de  la  Vega,  June  29, 
1670,  with  depositions  and  additional  documents. 
(Copy  dated  April  29,  1671.  See  Cal.  Col.  1669-1674,  §§209-212,  213,  etc., 
504.) 

88.  f.  i.  Copy  of  letter  from  the  governor  and  company  of  Massachusetts 

Bay,  June  3,  1681,  to  Sir  Leoline  Jenkins,  principal  secretary  of 
state. 

(See  Cal.  Col.  1681-1685,  §126.) 

f.  3.  Extracted  passage  from  Mr.  Nowell's  sermon  called  "  Abraham 
in  Arms  ",  Gen.,  ch.  14,  verse  14. 

(Nowell  was  a  minister  and  magistrate  of  Boston  and  one  of  the  agents 
chosen  to  go  to  England.  Sermon  advocates  defence  of  civil  and  religious 
rights  with  the  sword.) 

ft".  40-43^  Papers  regarding  Sir  Richard  Button's  administration  as 
governor  of  Barbadoes. 

89.  f .  57.  List  of  names  of  his  Majesty's  council  in  Barbadoes ;  consider 

able  biographical  information  added.     Endorsed  "  recd  from  Mr. 
Stede  in  his  1're  of  17th  March  1686/7. 
(Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1685-1688,  §1190.) 


Clarendon  Manuscripts.  417 

92.  f.  i7Qa.  Map  entitled  "  La  description  de  la  contree  de  CHIARA  en 

Amerique  ",  in  color.     Document  that  follows  is  a  copy  of  state 
ments  regarding-  the  "  silver  mynerall  "  in  Chiara. 
102.  f.  i.  Case  of  Bermuda,  concerning  matter  of  title.     Endorsed  "  Capt. 

Brett  at  the  Bermudas  ".    n.  d. 
f.  3.  Description  of  the  Bermudas.    Undated. 

(Cf.  Cal.  Col.  1661-1668,  §1110.) 
f.  5a.  Petition  from  Rhode  Island. 

(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll,  1869,  XLV.) 
f.  5b.  Letter  from  John  Winthrop  to  the  Earl  of  Clarendon.    Hartford, 

September  25,  1666. 

(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XXIII.) 
f.  5d.  Letter  from  Samuel  Maverick. 

(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  X.) 
f.  5f .  Letter  from  the  same. 

(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XVIII.) 
f .  6.  Letter  from  Rhode  Island. 

(Printed,  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XLIX.    Copy  of  this  letter  is  in  Clarendon 

88,  f.  385-) 
f.  8.  "  Some  reasons  humbly  presented  unto  the  Right  Hon.",  etc. 

(Cf.  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  XLVII.    Clarendon  83,  f.  337-) 
f.  Qa.  Copy  of  patent  issued  by  Gov.  Nicolls  confirming  the  right  of  the 

children  of  Mathys  Jansen  to  parcel  of  land  called  Papperinnimin. 

May  23,  1667. 

(Copy,  attest  Wm  Dyre,  Sec.,  countersigned  Matthias  Nicolls,  Sec.) 
f.  12.  Copy  of  charter  of  Connecticut.     Transcribed,   February    14, 

1675- 

(On  the  margin,  f.  10,  is  this  note.     "This  became  out  of  date  October  31, 
1687,  took  life  again  May  9,  1689,  that  is,  one  year,  a  half,  and  8  days".) 

f.  19.  Letter  from  Lord  Bellomont  to  Lord  Keeper  Somers  regarding 

his  voyage  to  New  York  and  reception  there.    New  York,  May  12, 

1698. 
f.  22.  "  A  Manifesto  or  Declaration  set  forth  by  the  undertakers  of 

the  New  Church,  now  erected  in  Boston  in  New  England."    Nov 
ember  17,  1699.    Printed  statement, 
f.  24.  "  A  True  Narrative  of  several  remarkable  passages  relating  to 

the  Quaker  government  from  the  year  '94  to  the  year  1700/1." 

(Very  hostile  to  Penn  and  the  Quakers.) 
f.  28.  Description  of  the  king's  presents  to  the  Five  Nations,  £300 

value,    n.  d. 

(Probably  given  at  the  time  of  Nanfan's  conferences,  1701,  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV. 

901,  904;  cf.  977,  I037-) 
ff.  30-5  ib.  "My  Speech  to  the  Indians"  by  Lord  Cornbury;  other 

documents  relating  to  his  conferences  with  the  Indians. 

(Cf.  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  977-999-) 
f.  52.  Abraham  Schuyler's  account  of  his  expenses  in  a  journey  to 

Onandaga.    n.  d. 

(Cf.  Doc.  Hist.  N.  Y.,  I.  443 ;  II.  203-204.) 


418  The  Bodleian  Library. 

f.  54.  Statement  of  Lord  Cornbury's  expenses.     June,  i7O2-August, 
1704. 
(To  my  Lady's  account  £42.    Total  £212  us.  i^d.) 

f.  56.  Examination  of  Jean   Baptist  van  Esp  and  Laurence   Claese, 
interpreters.    Albany,  September  4,  1702. 

f.  58.  Report  of  Commissioners  of  Indian  Affairs.    Albany,  March  30, 
1703. 

f .  59.  "  An  Act  for  the  quieting  many  of  the  Inhabitants  of  this  prov 
ince  in  their  future  possession  of  their  estates  of  inheritance."    1703. 

f.  61.  Message  from  sachems  of  Onondaga.     August  31,  1703. 

f.  63.  Letter  from  Commissioners  of  Indian  Affairs.    August  24,  1703. 

f.  65.  Id.  August  5,  1703. 

(Only  one  signature  common  to  the  two  reports.) 

f.  67.  Journal  of  the  general  assembly  of  New  York.     October  5- 
October  23,  1703. 
(Copy,  attest  Ludlow,  clerk.) 

f.  75.  Report  of  Interpreters,  Johanis  Luykasse  and  Laurence  Claese, 
Onandaga,  January  7,  1703/4,  to  the  Commissioners. 

f.  77.  Act  for  the  defence  of  the  Frontier.     Endorsed,  October  25, 
1704. 

f.  83.  Minutes  of  meetings  of  Commissioners  on  Indian  Affairs.     Al 
bany,  December  13,  1704- January  19,  1704/5. 

ff.  88,  89.  Mr.  Denn's  account  with  Lord  Cornbury,  chiefly  for  furni 
ture  and  hire.    May  5,  1702-1704. 

f.  90.  Copy  of  letter  from  Lord  Cornbury  to  the  Board  of  Trade. 
February  19,  1704/5. 
(Printed,  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  1131.) 

f.  95.  Copy  of  an  address  from  the  assembly  of  New  Jersey  to  Lord 

Cornbury.     October,  1703. 

(Cf.  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  1075.) 
f.  97.  Papers    (examination,  letters,  etc.)    relating  to  Indian  affairs. 

1705-1706. 
f.  106.  Lord  Cornbury's  speech  to  the  assembly  of  New  York.     1706. 

(Cf.  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  1182.) 
f.  109.  Proceedings  of  the  supreme  court  of  New  Jersey,  May  7,  1706. 

(Copy,  J.  E.  Basse,  Sec.) 
f.  1 1 6.  Copy  of  action  of  the  Privy  Council  on  Ashurst's  petition  to 

the  Queen  in  Council  regarding  the  Mohegan  Indians.     June  10, 

1706.    Signed  John  Povey. 

(Printed,  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  1176.) 
f.  117.  Petition   of  William   Wharton   in  behalf  of   Owaneco,   chief 

sachem  of  the  Mohegan  Indians. 

(Printed,  N.  Y.  Docs.,  IV.  1177.) 
ff.  118-149.  Papers  of  various  kinds  relating  to  Indian  affairs.     1706. 

In  Dutch,  French  and  English. 
f.  150.  Extracts  of  letters  and  memorials  relating  to  Lord  Cornbury 

while  governor  of  New  York.     1702-1707. 

(From  records  and  papers  of  the  S.  P.  G.  as  follows :  Letters  from  mission 
aries,  vol.  I.  50,  51,  88,  105,  169;  vol.  II.  19,  22,  23,  27,  28,  30,  42,  54,  71, 


Clarendon  Manuscripts.  419 

101,  102,  105,  106;  appendix,  47,  50;  journal,  March  15,  1705,  no.  18,  etc. 
The  object  of  the  extracts  is  to  show  Cornbury's  care  for  the  church.) 

f.  157.  Memorial  from  Robert  Quary,  surveyor  general  of  his  Ma 
jesty's  Customs  in  America,  to  Lord  Godolphin,  High  Treasurer, 
regarding  the  French  in  America  who  were  encircling  the  queen's 
dominion,  absorbing  the  fur-trade  and  increasing  the  cost  of  defence 
to  the  colonies.  Copy,  unsigned  and  undated. 

f.  1 60.  State  of  the  Case  between  Penn  and  the  Fords,  account  of  the 
money  paid.  1707. 

f.  162.  Minute  of  meeting  of  Commissioners  of  Indian  Affairs  at 
Albany.  February  16,  1707/8. 

f.  164.  Letter  from  Mr.  [William]  Anderson,  sheriff  of  New  York,  to 
Lord  Cornbury.  May  3,  1708. 

f.  166.  Id.  May  10,  1708. 

ff.  168-169.  Col.  De  Peyster's  account  with  Lord  Cornbury,  for  Ma 
deira  wine.    December  6,  1706- June  17,  1708. 
(Total  £500.     20  pipes  at  £25  a  pipe.) 

f.  170.  Papers,  in  French  and  English,  regarding  Indian  affairs  at 

Albany.     1708. 
f.  180.  "  Sales  of  sundry  merchandize  at  public  vendue  at  the  house 

of  Mr.  Abraham  Governeur,  on  condition  to  pay  ready  money  ". 

New  York,  November  18,  1708. 

(Inventory  of  household  goods,  with  prices  at  which  they  were  sold  and 
names  of  the  buyers.) 

f.  184.  Accounts  of  individual  purchasers,  Col.  De  Peyster  and  others. 
(Lists  of  parlor  and  bedroom  furniture  and  the  like.) 

f.  195.  Letter  from  Peter  Fauconniere,  who  sold  Cornbury's  goods  at 
Burlington.  January  13,  1708/9. 

(Deals  with  Cornbury's  debts.    Cornbury  was  a  drinker  and  a  spendthrift  as 
these  documents  show.) 

f.  197.  Act  supplemental  to  a  law  about  the  manner  of  giving  evidence. 
1712. 
(Printed,  Statutes  at  Large  of  Pennsylvania,  II.  425.) 

f.  198.  Act  for  impowering  religious  societies  to  buy,  hold  and  enjoy 
Lands,  Tenements  and  Hereditaments.     1712. 
(Printed,  Statutes  at  Large  of  Pennsylvania,  II.  424.) 

ff.  201-203.  (J)  Queen  Anne's  proclamation  regarding  the  expedition 
to  Canada.  April  30,  1709. 

(2)  Letter  from  Francis  Nicholson  and  Samuel  Vetch  to  Lord  Love 
lace,  regarding  military  matters.    April  30,  1709. 

(3)  Col.  Dudley's  letter  to  Lord  Lovelace.     May  2,  1709. 
(Copies.    See  N.  Y.  Docs.,  V.  70,  72,  78,  80.) 

f.  205.  Letter  (holograph)  from  Lord  Cornbury  (copy  of  that  sent) 
to  president  and  council  of  New  York,  announcing  death  of  his 
father  and  his  elevation  to  the  peerage  as  Lord  Clarendon.  April 
28,  1710. 

f.  207.  Certification  by  Gov.  Robert  Hunter  of  warrant,  June  27,  1704, 
payable  to  Peter  Fauconniere  for  £50  part  payment  of  the  gov 
ernor's  salary. 


420  The  Bodleian  Library. 

£.209.  Letters  from  Benj.  Ashe  to  "My  Lord"  [Cornbury,  that  is, 
Earl  of  Clarendon?].  First,  April  27,  1711,  proposing  a  better 
method  of  careening  men  of  war;  second,  May  31,  1711,  giving 
account  of  his  misfortunes;  third,  July  6,  1711,  giving  account  of 
expedition. 
(Cf.  N.  Y.  Docs.,  V.  257.) 

f.  211.  Letters  and  speeches  of  Gov.  Robert  Hunter.  January  26, 
1712/3. 

(Letter  to  Mr.  Poyer,  printed  in  N.  Y.  Docs.,  V.  326,  327;  speech  to  the 
convention  (referred  to,  ibid.  324)  ;  address  from  the  clergy,  printed,  ibid. 
325 ;  short  state  of  the  Church  of  England  in  New  York  and  New  Jersey 
with  suggested  changes  and  comments ;  Col.  Lewis  Morris's  letter  to  the 
convention,  February  27,  1712/3 ;  two  letters  from  the  clergy  to  Lewis 
Morris  and  to  Rev.  Jacob  Henderson,  missionary  of  the  S.  P.  G.) 

f.  215.  Letter  from  Peter  Fauconniere.    New  York,  March  16,  1712/3. 

(Partly  in  French.  Speaks  of  danger  in  which  the  church  stands  from  its 
not  being  well  attended ;  relates  his  own  misfortunes ;  mentions  case  of  a 
ship ;  and  comments  on  general  naturalization.) 

f.  217.  Petition  from  Rev.  John  Sharpe  to  the  archbishop,  bishops,  etc., 
proposing  "  a  means  of  advancement  in  the  province  of  New  York 
and  other  parts  of  America  ".  London,  July  n,  1715. 

(Sharpe  was  chaplain  of  the  garrison  in  New  York.  N.  Y.  Docs.,  V.  315. 
Following  the  petition  is  a  long  document  regarding,  "  A  Public  School, 
A  Publick  Library,  A  Catechising  Chapel ",  and  a  list  of  books  given  for 
founding  a  public  library  at  New  York.  Dated  March  II,  1715.  Printed, 
N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1880,  pp.  348-363,  from  MSS.  in  Lambeth  Palace  Library, 
no.  841.  There  is  a  manuscript  journal  of  Sharpe's  (1704-1713)  in  Library 
of  Pa.  Hist.  Soc.) 

f.  229.  Petition  of  the  Earl  of  Clarendon  (Lord  Cornbury)  to  the  king 
regarding  islands  in  the  Delaware  which  he  wishes  for  the  growing 
of  hemp.  n.  d. 

f.  231.  Particular  of  estate  to  be  sold,  adjoining  "North  Virginia" 
called  New  Albion  in  America. 

(In  the  text  it  is  called  Plowden's  Island  or  Long  Island  and  its  boundaries 
are  carefully  described.  Cf.  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  pp.  213-218.) 

f.  233.  Account  of  duties  payable  on  goods  imported  into  the  province 
of  New  York.  n.  d. 

103.  "  A  breife  Narrative  of  the  late  negotiation  betweene  his  Majesty's 

Colony   of  the    Massachusetts   and   the   Honble   Colonel    Richard 
Nicolls,  S'r  Robert  Carr,  S'r  George  Cartwright,  and  Samuel  Mave 
rick  Esqr,  his  Majesties  commissioners.     18  May  1664-4  March 
1664/5,  followed  by  a  comment  on  it." 
(Mass.  Col.  Rec.,  IV.,  part  i.  pp.  177-234.) 
Maverick's  Description  of  New  England. 

(Brit.  Mus.  Egerton  2395,  ff.  397-411.  Printed,  N.  E.  Hist.  Gen.  Reg., 
XXXIX.  33-48.  Cf.  N.  Y.  H.  S.  Coll.,  1869,  IV.  The  Summary  Cata 
logue  of  Bodl.  Libr.  gives  the  date  as  1670  but  it  is  probably  1660-1661.) 

f.  141.  Latin  report  by  Dr.  Walter  Walker  of  Doctors  Commons  on  the 
claim  of  France  to  the  restoration  of  Nova  Scotia  (Acadia),  written 
about  1665  and  signed  by  the  author. 

104.  Letters  from  the  Earl  of  Clarendon  to  Sir  George  Downing, 
f.  65.  Letter  of  May  16,  1662. 

(Charles  II.  and  Cromwell's  policy.) 


Clarendon  Manuscripts.  421 

f.  94.  Letter  of  October  28,  1664. 
(Printed,  Lister's  Life,  III.  346-347.) 

107.  Letters  from  Sir  George  Downing  to  the  Earl  of  Clarendon, 
ff.  52-53.  Regarding  increase  of  shipping. 

108.  Letters  from  Downing  to  Clarendon : 

ff.  81,  smuggling;  108,  stop  put  to  selling  naval  supplies  by  Holland; 
119,  Lister's  Life,  III.  348-349;  125!),  Dutch  vs.  English  claims; 
126,  reference  to  the  taking  of  New  Netherland;  132,  merchant 
adventurers ;  139,  Lister's  Life,  III.  352-353 ;  142. 

COPPER  PLATES. 

C.  29.  Virginia.  Map  of  the  Roanoke,  Blackwater  and  other  rivers,  and 
of  Currituck  inlet.  Dated  March  6,  1727/8  and  has  upon  it  figures 
of  plants  and  animals,  numbered  II.  and  may  have  been  cut  to 
illustrate  portion  of  boundary  line  between  Virginia  and  North 
Carolina.  See  Brit.  Mus.  Add.  MSS.  28620. 

C.  30.  Virginia.  Buildings,  probably  in  some  town  in  Virginia  or  Caro 
lina,  with  figures  of  plants  and  animals.  Plate  is  numbered  I.  and 
seems  to  have  been  cut  to  illustrate  some  book  of  travels  in  America. 


OXFORD  COLLEGE  LIBRARIES. 

Catalogus  Codd.  MSS.  qui  in  Collegiis  Aulisque  Oxoniensibus  hodie  adser- 
vantur.    Confecit  H.  O.  Coxe.    Tom.  II.     (1852.)    $10.00. 
(Covers  all  the  colleges  except  Christ  Church.) 

Catalogus  Codd.  MSS.  in  Bibl.  Aed.  Christi  ap.   Ox  on.     Curavit  G.  W. 
Kitchin.     (1867.)       $1.75. 

Very  little  of  importance  to  students  of  American  history  will  be  found 
among  the  manuscripts  in  the  Oxford  colleges.  Nearly  all  of  these  manu 
scripts  have  been  calendared,  very  summarily,  by  the  Historical  Manuscripts 
Commision  in  its  II.,  IV.,  V.,  VI.  and  VIII.  Reports. 

In  the  Library  of  All  Souls  are  between  fifty  and  a  hundred  volumes  of 
manuscripts,  known  as  the  Owen  Wynne  collection,  which  contain  many 
documents  bearing  on  colonial  history.  Such  examination  of  these  docu 
ments  as  has  been  permitted  discloses  nothing  of  importance  that  is  not  to 
be  found  elsewhere.  A  thorough  search  might  give  more  satisfactory  re 
sults.  The  collection  is  not  catalogued. 

In  the  library  of  Christ  Church  is  a  copy  of  the  minutes  of  the  Society  for 
the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel,  1717-1725. 

Three  of  the  libraries  contain  printed  material  of  so  valuable  a  character 
as  to  deserve  attention  here : 

1.  In  the  library  of  Queens  is  a  collection  of  Royal  Proclamations. 

2.  In  the  library  of  Worcester  are  many  books  and  pamphlets  of  the  seven 
teenth  and  eighteenth  centuries,  among  which  are  the  following: 

New  English  Canaan,  by  Thomas  Morton. 

Abstract  of  the  Laws  of  New  England. 

Letters  of  Mr.  Cotton  of  Boston. 

New  England's  Lamentation. 

Letters  from  Oxford  and  Cambridge  regarding  the  Gospel  in  New 

England. 

The  Practice  of  the  Churches  in  New  England. 
New  England  Judged,  by  George  Bishop. 
Narration  of  the  late  Wars  arisen  in  New  England. 
The  Case  of  his  Majesty's  Sugar  Plantations  (1682). 
A  Trip  to  Jamaica. 

Danger  of  losing  the  Trade  of  the  Sugar  Colonies. 
Essay  on  Trade,  by  J.  Cary  (1719). 
Advantage  of  the  Tobacco  Trade,  by  J.  Nicoll. 
Importance  of  the  British  Plantations  in  America,  by  Stubbs  (1731). 

3.  In  the  All  Souls  library  is  an  equally  valuable  collection  of  books,  pam 
phlets  and  newspapers : 

Collection  of  Tracts  for  the  Years  1641-1646. 

Description  of  East  Florida,  with  a  Journal,  by  John  Bartram  (1769). 

Thirteen  volumes  of  American  Tracts,  beginning  with  1765: 

Vol.  IV,  p.  412.     Observations  of  the  Merchants  at  Boston  in  New 

England,  upon  several  Acts  of  Parliament  respecting  American 

Commerce  and  Revenue  (1770). 

422 


Oxford  College  Libraries.  423 

Vol.  V.  Select  Letters  on  the  Trade  and  Government  of  America, 

written  by  Gov.  Bernard  (1774). 
A  Short  View  of  the  History  of  the  Colony  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  by 

Israel  Mauduit  (1774). 
A   Concise  Historical   View  of  the  Difficulties,  Hardships  and  Perils 

which  attended  the  planting  and  progressive  improvement  of  New 

England,  by  Amos  Adams  (1770). 
Collection  of  English  Newspapers,  1644-1660,   1692-1721.      (Covering 

eight  shelves.) 
Collection  of  Sermons  preached  before  the  S.  P.  G.,  1708,  1734-1735, 

1744-1746,   1756,  including  much  printed  matter  of  importance ; 

also  sermons  preached  before  the  Trustees   for  Establishing  the 

Colony  of  Georgia.     1736. 

(Probably  the  best  collection  in  this  country  of  sermons  of  the  S.  P.  G  is 

to  be  found  in  the  John  Carter  Brown  Library.) 

The  Information  of  Capt.  Henry  Wilkinson  of  what  hath  passed  be 
twixt  him  and  some  other  Persons,  zvho  have  attempted  to  prevail 

with  him  to  swear  High  Treason  against  the  Earl  of  Shaftesbury 

(London,  1681). 

(Wilkinson  was  appointed  by  the  Lords  Proprietors  governor  of  (North) 
Carolina  in  1680.  He  was  actually  commissioned,  one  of  his  sons  was 
named  surveyor  general,  another  register,  a  ship  was  hired,  goods  placed  on 
board,  his  family,  servants  and  other  passengers  with  goods,  utensils  and 
baggage  were  ready  to  set  sail,  when  he  was  arrested  and  the  voyage 
given  up.) 
The  Peoples  ancient  and  just  Liberties,  asserted  in  the  Tryal  of  William 

Penn  and  William  Mead  (1670). 

An  Historical  Account  of  the  Rise  and  Growth  of  the  West  India  Colo 
nies,  written  by  Dalby  Thomas  (1690). 
The  Humble  Request  of  His  Majesties  loyall  subjects,  the  Governor  and 

the  Company  late  gone  to  New  England  (1630).     (Reprinted  in 

facsimile,  1905.) 
A  Short  Relation  made  by  Lord  De-La-Warr  to  the  Lords  and  others  of 

the  Council  of  Virginia  (1611).     (Reprinted,  Brown,  Genesis.) 
A  Brief  State  of  the  Province  of  Pennsylvania  (1755). 
A  True  Relation  of  the  Late  Battell  fought  in  New  England  between 

the  English  and  the  Salvages,  signed  P.  Vincentius  (1637). 


CAMBRIDGE. 

MAGDALENE  COLLEGE. 

BIBLIOTHECA  PEPYSIANA. 

The  books  and  papers  of  Samuel  Pepys  were  left  by  will  to  Magdalene 
College,  Cambridge,  with  the  proviso  that  if  Magdalene  did  not  look  after 
them  properly  they  were  to  go  to  Trinity  College.  Needless  to  say  Magda 
lene  has  fulfilled  the  requirements  and  has  housed  the  library  in  a  special 
building  erected  for  the  purpose,  the  Bibliotheca  Pepysiana.  Permission  to 
inspect  the  papers  must  be  obtained  of  the  college  authorities,  application 
being  made,  in  the  first  instance,  to  the  Pepysian  Librarian,  Magdalene  Col 
lege,  Cambridge,  the  present  holder  of  which  office  is  Mr.  P.  Lubbock.  If 
permission  be  accorded,  the  documents  can  be  examined  only  in  the  presence 
of  one  of  the  Fellows.  The  college  is  more  ready,  than  was  formerly  the 
case,  to  allow  access  to  its  papers,  and  has  lately  sanctioned  the  publication 
of  a  complete  catalogue  of  all  Pepys's  books  and  manuscripts  to  be  edited  by 
Mr.  F.  Sidgwick,  and  published  by  Messrs.  Lawrence  and  Bullen. 

There  is  at  present  in  print  no  adequate  account  of  the  Pepysian  books  and 
collections.  A  brief  statement  is  contained  in  the  Report  of  the  Historical 
Manuscripts  Commission  on  the  papers  of  Magdalene  College,  but  it  is  very 
unsatisfactory.  A  chapter  on  the  subject  may  be  found  in  Mr.  H.  B.  Wheat- 
ley's  Samuel  Pepys  and  the  World  he  lived  in,  and  a  small  amount  of  infor 
mation  in  the  same  author's  introduction  to  the  Diary  and  in  his  volume 
entitled  Pepysiana.  The  best  account  of  Pepys  himself  and  of  his  naval 
collections  is  by  Dr.  J.  R.  Tanner  of  St.  John's  College,  Cambridge,  in  A 
Descriptive  Catalogue  of  the  Naval  Manuscripts  in  the  Pepysian  Library, 
of  which  two  volumes  have  appeared  and  a  third  volume  is  in  preparation. 
The  first  of  these  volumes  consists  of  a  general  introduction  containing  a 
very  able  appreciation  of  Pepys,  the  official,  and  of  the  relation  of  his  manu 
scripts  to  naval  history,  and  a  list  of  ships  and  of  officers  in  the  Royal  Navy 
during  Pepys's  period ;  the  second  contains  a  precis  of  the  letters  sent  from 
the  office  of  the  Secretary  to  the  Admiralty  during  Pepys's  tenure  of  that 
office,  which  when  completed  in  a  third  volume  will  cover  the  period  from 
1673  to  1679  and  from  1684  to  1689.  Although  this  work  is  limited  strictly 
to  naval  manuscripts  and  is  concerned,  therefore,  with  but  a  fraction  of  the 
entire  collection,  it  deals  with  by  far  the  most  important  part  from  the 
historian's  point  of  view. 

Many  of  the  documents  listed  and  described  in  Dr.  Tanner's  Catalogue 
are  indirectly  of  importance  for  American  colonial  history,  containing  numer 
ous  references  to  the  plantations,  particularly  in  connection  with  commerce 
and  convoys.  As  was  to  have  been  expected  the  Pepys  collection  is  peculi 
arly  rich  in  printed  works  and  manuscripts  dealing  with  trade,  navigation 
and  the  navy. 

The  following  volumes,  chiefly  manuscript,  contain  all  that  is  of  importance 
in  the  library  for  colonial  history  (cf.  Brit.  Mus.  Add.  MSS.  30221). 
1477.  The  Trade's  Decrease,  by  Ro.  Kayll. 

(Probably  Charles   II.'s  time.     A  valuable   manuscript   with  comments   on 

colonial  trade.) 
424 


Cambridge:    Magdalene  College.  425 

1601.  A  Pocket  Book  of  Maps,  made  by  Hollar  and  published  by  Thomas 
Jenner. 
(Curious  map  of  "America",  1666.) 

1900.  Recueil  de  divers  Voyages  faits  en  Afrique  et  en  I'Amerique,  qui  n'ont 
point  este  encore  publiez  a  Paris,  MDCLXXXIV. 

(Maps   and   description   of  Maryland,  Virginia,   New   England,   Barbadoes, 
Jamaica,  St.  Christopher,  Caribbees.    Preface  dated  1653.) 

2184.  "  Mr.   Flamsteed,   astronomer   royal,  to   Mr.   Pepys,  giving  him  an 

historical  account  of  the  Beginning,  Progress,  and  Present  State 
of  our  Improvements  and  Deficiencys  in  the  Doctrine  and  Practice 
of  Navigation."    April  21,  1697. 
(Bears  indirectly  on  colonial  navigation.) 

2185.  "  Papers  of  Mr.  Halleys  and  the  learned  Mr.  Graves  touching  our 

yet  imperfect  Attainments  in  the  Art  of  Navigation,  with  notes  sup 
plemental  thereto." 
(A  little  about  the  West  Indies.) 

2542.  A  Relation  of  a  Voyage  for  the  Discovery  of  a  Passage  by  the  North 
East  to  Japan  and  China.  Performed  in  his  Maties  Ship  the  Speed 
well  and  the  Prosperous  Pinck.  In  the  yeare  of  our  Lord,  1676,  by 
Capt.  John  Wood.  (Maps.) 

2582.  A  manuscript  volume  containing  the  Record  kept  by  Sam.  Wiseman, 
"  principal  clerke  to  the  Honble  Commissioners  ",  Jeffery,  Berry  and 
Moryson,  sent  to  Virginia  in  1676.  The  contents  of  this  volume  are 
as  follows : 

Names  of  the  counties  in  Virginia:  James  City,  Charles  City,  Henrico, 
Isle  of  Wight,  Nancymond,  Lower  Norfolk,  Kiquotan  als.  Eliza 
beth  City,  Warwick,  Yorke,  New  Kent,  Gloster,  Middlesex,  Rap- 
pahanock,  Lancaster,  Stafford,  Westmoreland,  Northumberland, 
Accomac,  Northampton. 

Oath  of  secrecy  taken  by  Wiseman,  dated  December  29,  1676. 

Copy  of  "  His  Majestys  Grant  and  Declaration  in  favor  of  his  Subjects 
inhabiting  in  Virginia  ",  signed  "  Barker  "  and  dated  October  10, 
1676. 

"  A  Pardon  granted  unto  the  Governor  and  Assembly  of  his  Majestys 
Plantation  of  Virginia  for  passing  certaine  acts,  being  under  a 
Force."  October  10,  1676. 

"  A  Commission  giving  Power  to  the  Governor  of  Virginia  to  Pardon 
Offenses  ".  October  10,  1676. 

"  Commission  granted  unto  Herbert  Jeffreys,  Esq.,  Sir  John  Berry,  and 
Francis  Morison,  Esq.,  to  Inquire  into  the  Grievances  of  his  Ma 
jestys  Plantacon  of  Virginia  ".  October  10,  1676. 

Instructions  to  the  same.     November  9,  1676.     (Privy  seal,  ten  clauses.) 

Instructions  to  Sir  William  Berkeley,  governor  of  Virginia.  September 
12,  1662. 

Additional  Instructions.    November  13,  1676.    (Privy  signet,  ten  clauses.) 

"  A  Letter  subscribed  as  followeth :  for  our  very  Loving  Friends  His 
Majestys  Commissioners  for  the  Affairs  of  Virginia ",  signed 
Craven,  Coventry,  Williamson,  Ernie.  Southwell,  September  28, 
1676. 

"  To  Sir  William  Berkeley  "  from  the  Lords  of  Trade.    April  14,  1676. 


426  Cambridge:    Magdalene  College. 

"  Inquiries  to  be  sent  to  Sir  William  Berkeley."     (No  date,  thirty  queries.) 
"  A  Form  of  an  Indictment  for  Rebellion  by  Leavying  War."     In  Latin 

with  a  translation. 
"  An  Inventory  expressing  what  the  severall  particular  Patents  under  the 

Broad  Scale  and  Paper  Writings  are,  wch  wer  delivered  to  the  hands 

of  Sir  William  Berkeley,  Knt.,  His  Maties  Governor  of  Virginia, 

as  followeth  (that  is  to  say)." 

(C,  d,  e,  are  under  the  great  seal ;  i,  under  the  privy  signet  and  sign  manual ; 
also  five  hundred  printed  proclamations.  These  are  followed  by  Berkeley's 
receipt,  February  6,  1677.) 

A  series  of  letters,  of  which  the  following  is  a  list : 

Berry  to  Berkeley.    January  29,  1677. 

Commissioners  to  the  Secretaries  of  State.    February  2,  1677. 

Berkeley  to  the  Commissioners.    February  6,  1677.    "  From  my  Bed  ". 

Commissioners  to  Mr.  Watkins  (with  enclosed  copy  of  letter  to  the 
Secretaries  of  State). 

Berry  and  Moryson  to  Watkins.     February  10,  1677. 

A  Warrant  signed  by  Sir  William  Berkeley.     February  3,  1677. 

Berry  and  Moryson  to  Col.  John  Custis  (with  enclosed  note  from  Mori- 
son  addressed  "  Honest  Jack  ".  n.  d. 

To  Capt.  Armsted  at  Peancatanck  in  Gloster  County,  "  with  the  like 
Lre  ". 

To  Capt.  John  Tiplady  in  York  County. 

To  Berkeley  from  Berry  and  Moryson.    February  8,  1677. 

From  Berkeley  to  Berry  and  Moryson.    February  9,  1677. 

To  Berkeley  from  Moryson.    February  n,  1677 

From  Berkeley  to  Moryson.    n.  d. 

Moryson  to  Berkeley.     February  20,  1677. 

Berkeley  to  Moryson.    February  21,  1677. 

Moryson  to  Berkeley.    February  23,  1677. 

Berkeley  to  Moryson.    February  24,  1677. 

The  Commissioners  to  Berkeley.     February  13,  1677. 

Berkeley  to  the  Commissioners.     Same  date. 

A  Memorandum  of  the  Secretary. 

From  the  Council  of  Virginia  to  the  Right  Hon.  Herbert  Jeffreys,  Esq., 
His  Majesty's  Lieutenant  Governor  of  Virginia.  February  12, 
1677. 

From  the  Council  to  the  Commissioners.     February  13,  1677. 

Jeffreys  to  Berkeley.    February  14,  1677. 

From  the  Commissioners  to  the  Right  Hon.  Henry  Coventry,  His 
Majestys  Principal  Secretary  of  State.  February  14,  1677. 

From  the  Commissioners  to  Mr.  Watkins.    February  27,  1677. 

"A  letter  to  the  Grand  Assembly,  subscribed  as  followeth:  To  the 
Right  Hon.  the  Governor,  the  Honorable  the  Council,  and  Right 
Wor11  the  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Burgesses,  now  assembled  at 
Green  Spring.  This  to  be  communicated  to  the  whole  Assembly. 
From  his  Majestys  Commissrs  for  the  Affairs  of  Virginia."  Feb 
ruary  27,  1677. 

A  Statement  to  the  Assembly  by  the  Commissioners.     March  13,  1677. 

The  Commissioners  to  Berkeley.    March  6,  1677. 

Berkeley's  answer  to  the  foregoing  letter.     March  7,  1677. 


Cambridge:    'Magdalene  College.  427 

The  Commissioners  to  Berkeley.    March  21,  1677. 
Id.  to  Mr.  Watkins.    March  26,  1677. 
Id.  to  Sec.  Coventry.    March  27,  1677. 

(Sent  with  this  letter  are  queries  "  for  the  learned  council  at  law  to  resolve".) 

Id.  March  27,  1677. 

Id.  to  Sec.  Williamson.     Same  date. 

Id.  to  Mr.  Watkins.    Same  date. 

Id.  to  the  Lord  Treasurer.    Same  date. 

Id.  to  Sec.  Coventry.    April  5,  1677. 

Id.  April  13,  1677. 

Warrant  signed  by  Berkeley.    February  3,  1677. 

"  Names  and  short  characters  of  those  that  have  been  executed  for 
Rebellion :  sentenced  to  death  by  a  Council  of  Warr.  Taken  and 
Transcribed  from  Sir  Wm.  Berkeley's  own  hand. 

Moryson  to  Mr.  Cooke.    March  27,  1677. 

Moryson  to  Lady  Berkeley.    March  25,  1677. 

Lady  Berkeley  to  Moryson.    Same  date. 

The  Commissioners  to  Mr.  Watkins.    April  9,  1677. 

Moryson  to  Lord  Culpeper.    April  14,  1677. 

The  Commissioners  to  Mr.  Watkins.    Same  date. 

Moryson  to  Berkeley.    April  21,  1677. 

The  Commissioners  to  Berkeley.    April  23,  1677. 

Berkeley  to  the  Commissioners.    Same  date. 

Berkeley  to  Moryson.    April  25,  1677. 

Moryson  to  Berkeley.     Same  date. 

"  A  letter  written  to  Sir  William  Jones,  the  King's  Attorney  General, 
prefatory  to  the  present  State  of  Affairs  in  Virginia,  October, 
1676  ",  by  Francis  Moryson. 

Instructions  for  the  Commissioners  (ten  in  number),  with  answers  to 
each,  giving  "  a  particular  account  how  wee  yr  Majestys  Commis 
sioners  have  observed  and  complyed  with  the  several  articles  of 
our  Instructions  ".  In  parallel  columns. 

"  Interlocutory  Heads  of  such  matters  in  Conference  with  Sir  William 
Berkeley  (as  we  conceive)  necessary  for  his  Majestys  service. 
Reade  and  comunicated  to  him  on  board  the  Bristoll  and  afterwards 
delivd  him  in  writing  at  Greene  Spring  and  by  him  promised  to  be 
answered."  February  2,  1677. 

"  A  Declaration  to  His  Majestys  Loving  Subjects  of  Virginia."  Feb 
ruary  6,  1677. 

(A  complete  record  of  the  work  of  the  commissioners,  containing  warrants, 
letters,  proclamations,  etc.,  covering  the  entire  correspondence.) 

"  A  Narrative  of  the  Rise,  Progress,  and  Cessation  of  the  late  Rebellion 
in  Virginia,  by  his  Majestys  Commissioners." 

"  A  Review,  Breviary,  and  Conclusion,  drawn  from  the  foregoing  Nar 
rative,  being  a  summary  account  of  the  late  Rebellion  in  Virginia." 

Grievances  of  the  counties  of  James  City,  Rappahanock,  Cotterbourn 
Parish,  Stafford  County,  Surrey,  Westmoreland,  Northampton, 
Accomac,  Lancaster,  Warwick,  Isle  of  Wight,  New  Kent,  Eliza 
beth  City,  Henrico,  Yorke,  Gloster,  Lower  Norfolk,  Nancymond. 


428  Cambridge:    Magdalene  College. 

"  Personal  Grievances  of  divers  Inhabitants  within  his  Majestys  Colony 
of  Virginia  proved  before  us  his  Majestys  Commissioners." 
(Answers  to  questions  asked  by  the  commissioners.) 

"  Characters  of  the  several  comdrs  of  ships  together  with  a  particular 
account  of  the  respective  service  to  his  Majesty  in  the  time  of  the 
late  Rebellion." 

"  A  list  of  the  Names  of  those  worthy  Persons  whose  services  and  suffer 
ings  by  the  late  Rebellion.  Nath.  Bacon,  Jr.,  and  his  Party  have 
been  reported  to  us  most  signall  and  eminent  duringe  the  late  un 
happy  troubles  In  Virginia  and  particularly  of  such  whose  approved 
loyalty,  courage,  and  constancy  hath  rendered  them  most  deserving 
of  his  Majestys  royal  service.  42  names. 
Id.,  for  Accomac. 

Articles  of  Peace  between  Charles  II.  and  several  Indian  Kings  and 
Queens. 

2700.  *'  A  catalogue  and  Alphabet  to  my  Books  of  Geography  and  Hydrogra 
phy,  containing  Maps,  Charts,  and  other  descriptions  in  Taille- 
Douce,  of  Countries,  Cities,  and  Townes,  Seas,  Coasts,  Harbours, 
and  other  Places,  Domestic  and  Forrein,  Resting  in  my  Library  at 
its  adjustment,  Midsummer,  1693.  And  from  thence  by  Additions 
Carry'd  on  to  Midsummer,  1695.  And  from  thence  by  further 
Additions  to  the  completion  of  the  Library." 

2813.  "  A  Journal  of  my  voyage  from  England  to  Newfoundland  and  the 
Straights  in  his  Majestys  ship  Leopard  under  command  of  Sir  Wm 
Poole  Kn."  1677. 

2826.  "  The  Voyage  of  William  Ambrosia  Cowley  from  the  Capes  of  Vir 
ginia  to  the  Islands  of  Cape  D'Verd  ",  1683-1686. 
(See  Brit.  Mus.  Sloane  54.) 

2869-2880.  Miscellanies,  Historical,  Political  and  Naval.     (2880,  Index,  i.  e., 

Table  of  Contents. 

These  volumes  are  numbered  I.-XIL,  and  among  the  papers  contained  in 
them  the  following  may  be  noted : 

I.  215.  "  A  Scheme  of  the  History  of  the  Plantations  proposed  to  Mr 

Evelyn  by  one  Mr.  London  from  the  Barbadoes."     1680. 
(London  or  Londen  was  formerly  naval  officer  in  Barbadoes.) 

II.  121.  "  Reasons  touching  the  maintenance  of  English  shipping  de 

livered  to  Sr  Julius  Caesar,  August,  1609,  by  Wm  Holy-Day." 
125.  "  A  Petition  from  the  Trinity  House  to  K.  James,  July,  1609, 
touching  the  maintenance  of  English  Shipping." 

III.  581.  "  The  Report  of  the  Council  of  Trade  to  the  K.  concerning  the 
Trade  and  Navigation  of  his  Ma^s  Kdom,  March  14,  1660." 

586.  "  A  Supplemental  Proposal  for  the  Convoying  Merchts  and 
promoting  Trade,  grounded  on  the  foregoing  Advice  of  the  Council 
of  Trade." 

IV.  and  VI.  contain  many  papers  relating  to  the  Court  of  Admiralty 
from  the  time  of  Henry  VIII.    Taken  from  the  commonplace-book 
of  Mr.  Bedford,  deputy  register  of  the  Admiralty  Court. 

V.  295.  "  Byam's  Narrative  of  the  State  of  Guiana  as  it  stood  anno 

1665,  particularly  of  the  English  colony  of  Surynam,  Beginning 
of  the  war",  etc. 


Cambridge:    Magdalene  College.  429 

351.  "  Col.    Scott's   History   and   Description   of  the   River   of   the 

Amazones  found  among  his  Papers." 

(See  Bodl.  Libr.  Rawlinson  A  175,  f.  356.) 
415.  "  Col.  Scott's  Preface  to  an  intended  History  of  America,  found 

among  his  Papers." 

(See  Bodl.  Libr.  Raivlinson  A  175,  f.  372,  and  Brit.  Mus.  Sloane  3662,  f.  78b.) 
487.  Considerations  tendred  to  the  King  by  Sir  Rd  White,  February 

1684/5,  concerning  Jamaica  and  all  our  Foreign   Plantations  in 

America." 

(Sir  Richard  White  is  mentioned  in  Cat.  Col.  1681-1685.  p.  768.  He  may  have 
been  a  relative  of  John  White,  chief  justice  of  Jamaica.) 

523.  "  Several  Consideracons  relating  to  Trade,  offered  to  the  sub 
jects  of  Great  Britain  in  the  year  1684,  with  some  further  specula 
tions  thereon  ",  by  Geo.  Carew. 

XL  275.  "  An  Account  of  one  La  Salle's  Proposal  touching  a  Dis 
covery  in  Canada  and  the  unsuccessful  expedition  of  some  of  the 
K.  of  France's  ships  thither,  Anno.  1684." 

2881.  "  Mornamont,  Vol.  I."    At  the  end  of  the  volume  is  this  statement: 

"  A  List  of  Papers  contained  in  my  2  volumes  of  Mornamont 
Being  a  collection  in  order  to  the  Especial  Vindication  of  Myselfe 
and  Sr.  Ant°  Deane  against  the  Oppressive  Proceedings  of  the 
House  of  Comons,  Court  of  King's  Bench,  etc.,  upon  the  Malicious 
Information  and  Practices  of  Scott,  James,  Harris,  Harbords,  etc. 
An0  1679." 

2882.  "  Mornamont  II." 

(These  two  volumes  contain  copies  of  the  papers  that  Pepys  collected  to 
vindicate  himself  from  the  charges  noted  above.  Vol.  I.  relates  chiefly  to 
the  career  of  John  Scott  in  France  and  elsewhere  after  he  left  America; 
vol.  II.  relates  largely  to  Scott's  career  in  America.  The  original  docu 
ments,  of  which  the  papers  in  vol.  II.  are  copies,  will  be  found  in  Bodl. 
Libr.  Rawlinson  A  172.  q.  v.) 

2901.  A  Prospect  of  the  Most  Famous  Parts  of  the  World,  John  Speed. 
London,  1631. 

(Map  of  the  Somers  Islands  with  descriptions,  part  I.  p.  41.  The  date  given 
is  1626.  The  map  is  large  and  clear  with  indications  of  tribes  and  land 
grants.) 

2932.  Sellers's  Atlas  Maritimus  or  the  Sea  Atlas.    MDCLXXV. 

(Sellers  was  hydrographer  to  the  king;  see  note  in  "Mornamont",  II.  1081.) 
2943.  "  Mr.  Sellers'  English,  Northern,  and  Oriental  Navigation  ".    Vol.  II. 
(This  work  was  one  of  four  volumes  of  Sellers's  Miscellany.    2932  and  2943 
together  contain  maps  of  America,  Carolina,  Cape  Cod,  Jamaica,  Mary 
land,    New    England,    Newfoundland,    New    Jersey,    West    Jersey,    and 
Virginia.) 

THE  FERRAR  PAPERS. 

The  Ferrar  papers,  also  in  the  possession  of  Magdalene  College,  have  been 
so  thoroughly  searched  by  Miss  Kingsbury  for  her  edition  of  the  Records  of 
the  Virginia  Company,  that  no  attempt  has  been  made  to  examine  them  for 
description  here.  In  her  Introduction  Miss  Kingsbury  has  given  an  account 
of  the  papers  (pp.  59-61)  and  in  her  bibliographical  list  of  the  records  of 
the  Company  (pp.  121-205)  nas  entered  the  titles  of  81  documents  from  this 
collection  bearing  on  the  early  history  of  Virginia.  These  documents  are  num- 


430  Cambridge:    Magdalene  College. 

bered  in  her  list  as  follows:  40,  76,  93,  94,  115,  119,  120,  131,  132,  134,  135, 
136,  138,  139,  153,  154,  156,  i57»  J58,  164,  166,  171,  173,  179,  180,  181,  191, 
197,  211,  219,  236,  238,  239,  241,  243,  244,  245,  246,  247,  248,  249,  250,  252, 
253,  254,  255,  258,  259,  270,  271,  275,  282,  285,  303,  304,  307,  315,  317,  343, 
361,  364,  368,  394,  421,  422,  423,  466,  470,  479,  526,  539,  541,  543,  578,  581, 
585,  596,  608,  669,  735. 

A  number  of  these  documents  are  printed  in  the  Virginia  Magazine  of 
History  and  Biography,  X.,  and  one  or  two  in  Brock's  Abstracts  of  the  Pro 
ceedings  of  the  Virginia  Company,  1889.  With  a  single  exception  (157, 
already  printed  in  Va.  Mag.,  X.  289-290)  all  the  documents  will  be  printed  in 
the  third  volume  of  Miss  Kingsbury's  edition.  Transcripts  of  the  docu 
ments  and  photographic  reproductions  of  a  part  or  the  whole  of  many  of 
them  are  now  in  the  possession  of  the  Library  of  Congress. 


LIST    OF   VOLUMES    AND    DOCUMENTS    IN    THE    BRITISH 
MUSEUM  AND  THE  BODLEIAN  LIBRARY  TRAN 
SCRIBED  FOR  THE  LIBRARY  OF  CONGRESS. 

BRITISH  MUSEUM. 

Co  ft  onion. 
Otho  E.     VIII.     f.  145  (167  recent  foliation). 

Lansdowne. 

100.  Art.  14. 

142.  ff.  300,  302,  304,  305,  306. 

661.  ff.  51-150. 

673.  ff.  36-40. 

707.  ff.  24-5 1. 

809.  ff.  1-32. 

821.  ff.  121,  204,  266.    Letters,  Hugh  Peters. 

846.  ff.  187,  245,  249. 
1012.  f.  192.    Catalogue  of  Books. 
1032.  ff.  109,  128. 
1052.  ff.  1-7. 
1177.  ff.  217,  268. 
1215.  f.  163. 
1219.  ff.  11-16,  i7-3ib,  34-60,  61,  63,  65,  68. 

Stowe. 
119.  f.  164. 
156.  f.  59. 
163.  f.  172.    Erroneously  printed  f.  72  in  the  text,  p.  18. 

172.  f.  307. 

173.  f.  222. 

174.  f.  170. 
184.  ff.  123-127. 
201.  f.  145. 

222.  f.  352. 

223.  ff.  169,  171,  172. 
246.  ff.  214,  216. 
256.  f.  305. 

261.  f.  123. 

305.  f.  238b.    Erroneously  printed  f .  238  in  the  text,  p.  10. 

324.  ff.  4-8  (No.  3). 

746.  ff.  89-89!). 

748.  ff.  12,  30. 

755.  f.  19. 

792. 

Harleian. 
167.  f.  105. 

1038.  f.83. 

1039.  f.  134. 

,8 


432  Transcripts  in  the  Library  of  Congress. 

1223.  Nos.  i,  7,  9. 
1238. 

1510.  ff.  577,  704,  787>  79*. 

1511.  ff.  34,  124,  131,  314,  316. 
1583.  f.  196. 

1589.  ff.  22-22b  (reversing  the  volume). 
1898.  f.29b. 
2204.  II.,  III. 

2262.  ff.  42,  43,  104,  120,  134,  143,  251,  257,  253. 

2263.  ff.  18,  29,  76,  77,  187,  221,  222,  314,  330. 

2264.  ff.  46,  67,  68,  no,  202,  203,  205,  208,  304. 
2334.  Selections  from  86b  to  the  end  of  book. 
4888.  f.86. 

5101.  ff.  1-69. 

5910.  Part  iv.,  f.  7. 

6494.  ff.  i87b-i88. 

6806.  f.  188. 

6836.  ff.  60  fol. 

6922.  pp.  34,  38  (ff.  i6b,  19). 

7001.  ff.  297-299,  300-302. 

7006.  ff.  178-179. 

7020.  f.  31. 

7021.  ff.  279-288,  289. 
7310.  No.  17,  f.  149- 

Hargrave. 

141.  ff.  44b,  45,  87,  I36b. 
231.  ff.  io-i2b,  19. 
275.  ff.  45,  nib-H4b. 

493.  ff.  22-23b,  104,  257. 

494.  ff.  46-56. 

Kings. 
202-206,  213. 

Egerton. 

770. 

929.  ff.  90-97,  119-122,  146,  168,  173,  176. 
1717.  f.  117. 
1747.  f.  362. 
1756.  f.  183. 
1941.  f.23. 

2134.  ff.  12,  13,  34,  38-44. 
2135. 

2136.  ff.  176,  183,  193,  i95-204b. 
2138. 

2168.  ff.  i,  5,  9. 
2395. 
2423. 

2429.  149. 
2519.  ff.  i,  10,  32. 
2526. 
2541.  f.  163. 


British  Museum.  433 

2543.  ff.  15,  33,  123,  125,  127,  137,  205. 
2597.  ff.  180-191,  192. 
2612.  f.  i. 

2644.  ff.  196,  203,  240,  251. 

2645.  ff.  142,  224,  245,  281. 

2646.  ff.  3,  58,  76,  104,  109,  163,  181,  182,  240. 

2648.  ff.  i,  6,  10,  12,  74,  74!},  84,  105,  120,  133,  228,  232,  234,  240,  244,  245- 

249,  256,  257,  263,  267,  271,  280,  294,  311,  322,  326,  327,  333,  339, 

346,  367- 

2649.  ff.  i,  8,  10,  23,  27,  50,  76,  122,  126,  I26b,  170,  171,  183,  192. 

2650.  ff.  101,  354,  363. 
2659.  Selected  portions. 
2671. 

2686.  ff.  62,  169. 
2694.  ff.  98,  168,  192. 

2697.  £.9. 

2698.  ff.  231-232. 
2703.  £.444. 

Sloane. 
Letters  as  listed,  except  those  of  Nehemiah  Grew. 

50  or  1070.  ff.  99b-9ob,  88b-67,  58^58. 

159.  ff.  20-21. 

758.  ff.  i-3b,  43b. 

793  or  894. 

857.  f.93. 

922.  ff.  90,  94,  96-101,  104,  107,  109-1 15b,  I44b-i45»  I45b-U7b,  173- 

978.  ff.  50  fol. 
1008.  f .  335. 
1039.  £.90. 
1447. 

1815.  f.  35. 
1831.  ff.  35-42. 
1968.  f.  182. 
2179.  ff.  1-23. 
2202. 
2291. 
2292. 

2346.  ff.  197^199,  200. 
2448.  ff.  3,  50-56. 
2717.  ff.  48-63. 
2728B.  ff.  209b-2i2. 
2902.  Selected  items. 
3321.  ff.  1-8. 
3324.  £.4. 

3328.  £.88. 

3329.  ff.  u8-ii9b. 
3332.  f.28b. 

3338.  ff.  33-36. 

3339.  ff.  73b,  93-98,  99. 

3340.  ff.  277-297. 


434  Transcripts  in  the  Library  of  Congress. 

3511.  f.  134- 

3607. 

3662.  ff.  24,  62-50  (reverse). 

3861.  ff.  67-62  (reverse). 

3926.  ff.  1-39. 

3962.  £.51. 

3984.  f.  198. 

3986.  £.38. 

4002.  ff.  1-30,  92-109. 

4019.  ff.  130-131. 

4020.  f.  113. 
4036-4058.  Selections. 
4062.  ff.  29,  30,  235-236. 

4064.  ff.  53,  55,  58,  86,  93,  192,  233,  249,  258. 

4065.  ff.  34,  53,  68,  69,  79,  121,  123,  208,  214,  217,  255. 

4067.  ff.  105,  140. 

4068.  f.  54. 

4069.  £.90. 

Additional  Charters. 
5976,  13585,  15568,  26400,  26404. 

Additional  Manuscripts. 

4164.  f.  32. 

4275.  ff.  154,  158. 

4279.  £.313. 

4432.  ff.  27,  182-187. 

4435.  f.  13. 

4437.  £.58. 

5138.  f.  145. 

5489.  ff.  39,  41,  85. 

5829.  f.  i37b. 

5847.  f.  i92b. 

6190.  ff.  50,  54,  60,  65. 

6194.  ff.  39b,  59b. 

6394.  ff.  35,  134,  144,  150,  153,  158,  161,  188,  190,  194,  196,  198,  200,  237, 

244,  326,  331. 
6807.  f.  108. 
6816.  £.85. 
6825.  £.42. 
8133B.  ff.2,  7,  141,  160-165,  i77-!79>  i94-*95>  28o,  283-302,  309,  316,  326, 

34i,  350,  355,  363,  364- 
8133C.  ff.  85-87,  89-94,  140-141,  149,  163-168,  179,  181-183,  202,  233,  234. 

8831.  ff.  121-134. 

8832.  ff.  1-2,   20-21,   67-72,    192-197,    198-200,   222-223,   23°-232>   245-249> 

249-254,  260-262,  262-263,  269-272,  272-273,  273-274,  274-279,  280- 
282,  285-289,  308-310,  310-312. 

8833.  ff.  405-414,   415-418,   425-429>   444-446,   452-453>   461-462,    526-527> 

527-S32,  534-535- 
9344.  ff.  29,  32,  42,  47,  52,  59,  65,  67,  68,  93,  100,  108,  114. 


British  Museum.  435 

9747. 
9764. 
9828.  f.  122. 

101 19.  ff.  100,  i6sb,  166. 

10120.  ff.  77-78b. 
10453.  £.42. 
11268.  ff.  66-79. 
11410. 

11411. 
11514. 

11602.  f.  123. 
11663B. 
11759.  f.  169. 
11813.  £.82. 
12098.  f.  14. 
12423. 
12437. 
12438.  f.  17. 
12440. 

12496.  ff.  121,  357,  448,  462. 
12505.  £.477. 
13972.  a,  b,  c. 

13974.  ff.  474,  502,  508  (list  of  troops,  stores,  etc.,  capitulated  to  the  Span 
iards.    Providence  Islands,  May  8,  1782.     In  Spanish). 

13976.  ff.  154,  268. 

13977.  ff.  393-456. 
14002.  f.  502. 
14027.  £.289. 
14034-14035. 
14038-14039. 
14936.  f.99b. 
15483-15489. 
15493. 

15857.  ff.  38,  40. 

15874.  f.2o8. 

15895. 

15896. 

15898. 

15903.  f.  116. 

15945.  f.  108. 

15948.  ff.  121,  140. 

17018.  ff.  61,  89,  no,  112. 

17476.  ff.  277-288. 

17569.  ff.  119-125,  126,  161. 

17570.  ff.  177-178. 
17748.  ff.  5,  9b. 
18206.  ff.  6ib-62b. 
18274. 

18986.  ff.  205,  209,  257. 

19049.  f.  i. 

19071. 


436  Transcripts  in  the  Library  of  Congress. 

19332.  ff.  29-133. 
20102.  £.22. 
20733.  ff.  in,  145- 
20926.  ff.  108,  238,  340. 
21004.  ff.  27-58. 

21133.  ff.  i,  3-5,  7> 

21134.  £.42. 
21136.  ff.  i,  63. 
21494.  ff.  37,  60. 

21497.  ff.  io7b-i  10,  158^159. 

21947.  ff.  63,  190. 

21993.  f.  190. 

22129. 

22130.  f.  16. 

22186.  f.  153. 

22265.  £.94. 

22357.  f.  197- 

22564. 

22617. 

22679,  22680. 

22781. 

23122.  f.  27b. 

23618.  ff.  17,  21,  26. 

23678.  ff.  1-35. 

23725.  ff.  3,  5,  49- 

24320. 

24321. 

24322. 

24323. 

25120.  ff.  41-151. 

25302.  £.96. 

25490.  £.31. 

27382.  f.  191. 

27402.  f.  124. 

27578.  ff.  109,  in,  114,  "6. 

27859.  £.22. 

27891. 

27916.  ff.  5-1 1. 

28076.  ff.  3,  78,  100,  in,  125,  I9ob. 

28080.  ff.  84,  244. 

28089. 

28103.  f.  117. 

28218.  ff.  14,  16. 

28269. 

28605. 

28609. 

28727.  ff.  118-123. 

28851. 

28943.  f.  72. 

28946.  £.459. 

29237. 


British  Museum.  437 

29549.  ff.ioS,  in. 

29553.  ff.  208,  272,  399,  421. 

29557.  £.46. 

29559.  ff.  298,  442. 

29563.  f.  213. 

29568.  f.  170. 

29589B.  ff.  19,  20,  22. 

29600. 

30094.  £.238. 

30218.  pp.  as  in  text. 

30262.  ff.  52,  54. 

30372. 

32093.  f.  365. 

32094.  f.  50. 
32096.  ff.  52-53. 
32303. 
32413. 

32496.  ff.  44b-47b. 
32523.  ff.  222-268. 
32627. 
32681.  £.209. 

32686-33057.  Newcastle  Papers. 

The  minor  documents  in  this  collection  are  to  be  copied  eventually. 
The  letters  and  more  important  papers  have  been  copied  as  follows : 

Abercrombie   32881,  f.  279. 

32884,  ff.  360  and  362  (enclosure). 
Acklom   32873.  f-  332. 

32905,  f.  107. 
Amherst    32863,  f.  234. 

32876,  £.449. 

32906,  f.  143. 

Banyar  32818,  ff.  49,  55. 

Belcher  32692,  f.  54. 

32704,  f .  547- 

32706,  ff.  292,  314. 

32707,  ff.  298,  413. 
32711,  £.81. 
32731,  f.  503. 

Belcher,  Jr 32696,  f.  430. 

Bladen  32691,  f.  374. 

32694,  f.  165. 
Bollan  32725,  f.  182. 

32861,  £.98. 

32974,  ff.  364  and  enclosure  368. 

32725,  f.  75. 

32890,  £.496. 
Braddock  32853,  ff.  346,  356,  388. 

32854,  f.  188. 

32855,  f.  338. 


438  Transcripts  in  the  Library  of  Congress. 

Calvert,  Cecil 32708,  f.  371. 

Calvert,  Fred 32726,  f.  100. 

Cathcart  32694,  ff.  1-71,  258,  261-272,  274. 

Clinton,  Gov 32818,  f.  82,  84,  86,  90. 

Golden,  C 32698,  f.  383. 

Gushing    32975,  ff.  475  and  477  (enclosure) . 

32977,  ff.  113,  115. 
De  Lancey  32735>  f-  J47- 

32858,    f.  22. 

Dinwiddie    32732,  f.  452. 

32735,  f.  186. 

32736,  £.85. 

32850,  ff.  221  and  enclosures  223,  227, 
229. 

32853,  ff.  321,  325. 

32854,  f.  378. 
Dobbs    32718,  f.  51. 

32730,  f.  301. 

Duquesne    32884,  f.  55. 

Gage    32857,  f.  338,  340,  342. 

32870,  ff.  345,  393. 

32871,  f.  125. 
Galissoniere    32818,  ff.  21,  30,  37,  41,  61. 

32819,  £.236. 

Gooch    32789*  f-  353- 

Hammerton    32703,  f.  158. 

32709,  f.  126. 

32852,  f.  548. 

32909,  £.441. 

33055,  ff.  27,  286,  310. 
Hardy  32868,  f.  606. 

32890,  f.  507. 

Holland    32853,  *•  359- 

Howe,  Adm 32880,  f.  369. 

32881,  ff.  145,  147. 

Hunter,  John 32853,  f-  29- 

Johnson,  Col.  Wm 32818,  ff.  75,  79,  91. 

32833,  £404. 
Johnston,  G 32693,  f.  45- 

32711,  £.364. 

La  Jonquiere  32822,  ff.  5,  8. 

Littleton    32859,  f.  18. 

32866,  f .  227. 
Long   32902,  f.  458. 

32975,  ff.  416,  430. 
Loudoun    32699,  f.  525. 

32703,  f.  186. 

32712,  ff.  51,  133. 
32727,  f.  140. 
32735,  £.262. 


British  Museum.  439 

McCulloh    32862,  f.  394. 

32863,  f.  316. 

32864,  f.  536. 
32866,  ff.  156,  357. 
32874,  f .  308. 

Martyn  32794,  £•  252. 

Moore   32880,  f.  497. 

Murray    32700,  f.  121. 

32705,  f.  199. 
Oglethorpe    327°2,  f.  347- 

32797,  ff.  52,  292. 

32859,  f.  185. 
Penn,  John 32691,  f.  in. 

32696,  £.69. 
Penn,  Thomas  32710,  f.  511. 

32737,  £.236. 

32862,  f.  159. 

32868,  f.  7. 

Pinckney    32700,  f.  42. 

Pownall    32927,  f-  301. 

32928,  ff.  274,  278,  286,  294. 

32968,  f .  258. 

Remsen    32733,  f-  Io°. 

Robinson   32864.  ff.  237,  257,  259,  462. 

Sharpe,  H 32858,  f.  no. 

Shirley,  Wm 32688,  ff.  17,  42,  44. 

32691,  f.  15. 

32692,  £.23. 

32693,  £.279. 

32702,  £.244. 

32703,  ff.  81,458. 
32712,  ff.  89,  466. 
32717,  f.  218. 
32720,  ff.  55,  166,  199. 

32722,  £.212. 
32730,  f.28l. 
3273I,ff.IOO,  518. 

32735,  *•  U°- 

32736,  ff.  259,  314. 
32818,  f.  15. 

32874,  ff.  31,  278,  340. 

32877,  ff.  80,  315,  416,  468. 

32878,  £.228. 

32879,  f.  15. 

32880,  ff.  48,  210. 
32882,  f .  69. 
32887,  f.  145- 

32890,  f.  120. 

32891,  ff.  455,  504. 

33067,  ff.  138,  140  is  a  duplicate. 

Shirley,  Wm.,  Jr 327IO>  ff-  379,  381. 

32714,  f.  54. 


440  Transcripts  in  the  Library  of  Congress. 

Shirley,  Mrs 32690,  f.  261. 

32691,  ff.  254,  262. 

32693,  f.  123. 

32697,  f.  282. 
Thomas,  Sir  Geo 32730,  ff.  275,  289. 

32979,  f.  359. 

32980,  f.  22. 
32984,  ff.  102,  28l. 

Verelst  32866,  f.  363. 

32868,  f.  558. 

32881,  f.  102. 
32884,  f.  24O. 

Wager  32691,  ff.  502,  504. 

32694,  ff.  362. 

32695,  ff.  156,  512. 

32698,  ff.  200,  274. 
32731,  f.  153. 
32783,  £.291. 
32794,  f.  161. 
32992,  f .  29. 

Ware  32881,  f.  82. 

Webb  32851,  f.  114. 

Wentworth,  B 32704,  f.  135. 

32705,  £.308. 
Wilks  32696,  f.  109. 

32692.  £.31. 

32693.  £.37. 
32695.  £.450. 
32700.  ff.  19-20. 
32702.  f .  320. 
32709.  ff.  123,  125. 
32715.  ff.  170,  172. 
32732.  £.663. 

32735.  ff.  152-170. 

32736.  f.  515. 

32737.  f.  16. 
32756.  £.433. 

32758.  ff.  471,  492,  494. 
32773.  ff.  96,  98. 
32779.  f.  75. 
32785.  f.  103. 

32796.  £.46. 

32797.  £.246. 

32818.  £.73. 

32819.  f.  188. 
32821.  f.  345. 
32826.  ff.  182,  192. 
32828.  f.  142. 
32831.  ff.  231,  233. 
32835.  f.  156. 
32837.  £.240. 


British  Museum.  441 

32851.  ft".  108,  309,  370. 

32853.  f.  13. 

32854.  ff.  252,  347,  379,  526. 

32856.  ff.  195-203. 

32857.  f.  218. 

32859.  {.235. 

32860.  ff.  301,  459. 
32864.  ff.  68,  107,  109. 
32868.  ff.  9,  ii. 
32874.  ff.  280-286. 
32880.  £.273. 

32882.  ff.  149-177,  245. 
32885.  ff.  124,  130. 
32892.  £.233. 
32895.  ff.  89-94,  449-457. 

32900.  f.86. 

32901.  £.417. 

32902.  £.460. 
32906.  ff.  96,  152. 
32938.  f.  356. 

32941.  ff.  289,  293. 

32942.  ff.  206,  215. 
32969.  £.380. 

32971.  ff.  16-68,  93-128. 

32973.  ff.  246,  332,  334. 

32975.  ff.  250,  475,  477. 

32980.  ff.  25,  62,  64,  66,  68,  71,  73,  97,  121,  134,  198. 

32992.  f.  114. 

33028-33030. 

33046-33048. 

33054.  f.  376. 

33055.  ff.  27,  33,  143,  240,  286,  310,  340. 

33056.  ff.  54,  56,  202,  404-405. 

33057.  ff.  87,  91,  93,  435- 
33350.  f.  13. 

33411.  f.96b. 

33440. 

33923.  ff.  510-526. 

33929.  ff.  44-48,  60-62,  582. 

33964.  f .  7. 

34097.  ff.  37-71. 

34187. 

34207.  ff.  9,  28,  39-55. 

34217.  f.  26b. 

34324.  £.290. 

34335.  ff.  101,  in. 

34412-34461.  Auckland  Papers.  As  most  o£  the  papers  in  this  collection  re 
lating  to  American  history  are  reproduced  in  the  B.  F.  Stevens  Fac 
similes,  but  few,  and  those  of  minor  importance,  have  been  copied. 

34599.  ff.  24b,  29,  31,  34,  36,  38,  39,  61. 

34712.  ff.  218,  235. 


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34727.  f.  157. 

34728.  ff.  10,  21,  36,  52,  54. 

34729.  ff.  348,  350. 

34730.  ff.  87-95. 
34813.  f.88. 
35105.  £.20. 
35125.  £.74. 
35192.  ff.  1-18. 
35376.  f.  127. 
35407.  ff.  19,  21,  23. 
35415.  f.  55. 
35421.  f.  18. 
35427. 

35433.  ff.  174-178,  180,  182,  184-189. 

35478.  ff.  241-266. 

35479.  ff.  57-65,  123,  131-137,  257-273. 
35511.  ff.  208,  232,  234,  236,  243,  256. 
35513.  ff.  179,  180. 

35525.  ff.  94,  99,  103. 
35588.  f.  33. 
35590.  ff.  251,  273. 
35593.  £.234. 
35606.  f.  150. 
35609.  f.  366. 

35613.  £.277. 

35614.  ff.  7,  11,  15,  30,  32,  36,  58. 
35616.  £.9. 

35620.  ff.  135,  160,  181-185. 

35621.  ff.  38,  61,  63,  364. 

35640.  ff.  211,  301. 

35641.  ff.  252,  253. 
35655. 

35838.  £.233. 

35839.  £.363. 
35865.  £.247. 

35872-35874.  Selected  items. 
35877.  f.  34. 

35893.  ff.  90,  232-238,  245. 

35894.  ff.  28-39. 

35898.  ff.  105,  264,  276,  278,  291,  292,  300,  304-310. 

35907.  ff.  2,  70. 

35908-35912. 

36110.  ff.  11,  20,  117,  123,  149,  159,  163,  173. 

36125.  ff.  i,  19,54,261,365. 

36126.  ff.  I35,  157,  159,  209. 

36127.  ff.  189,  198. 

36128.  ff.  17,  32,  42,  54,  56,  58,  64,  95,  141,  261,  335,  343,  354,  362. 

36129.  ff.  6,  144,  156,  170,  190. 

36130.  ff.  23,  69,  103,  107,  240. 

36131.  ff.  50,  61,82,  94,  118,237. 

36132.  ff.  125,  259,  313,  315. 


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36133.  ff.  21,  25,  51,  61,  71,  151,  241. 

36134.  f.6i. 
36194.  ff.  93-98. 

36216.  f.  103. 

36217.  ff.  i,  161,  199. 

36218.  ff.  i,  38,  44,  78,  101,  133,  138,  147,  151,  181, 

199,  225,  233,  236,  240,  248. 

36219.  ff.  75,  85,  227,  269,  273. 

36220.  ff.  1-50,  52,  59,  73,  105,  115,  117,  127,  135, 

142,  148,  218. 
36223.  f.6o. 

36225.  £.309. 

36226.  ff.  132,  353,  357. 
36596.  ff.  1-13,  22-27. 
37047.  ff.  25,  135. 


Printed   documents 
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26.  £.48. 

27.  £.29. 

30.  ff.  97,  132. 

31.  ff.  6-1 1,  137-140. 

32.  ff.  i,  4,  187. 

34.  £.82. 

35.  f.  140. 
51.  £.82. 
54.  f.  153. 

73.  ff.  248-253. 

74.  £.49. 
114.  f.  79. 
168.  ff.  2,  2b. 
306.  ff.  286-287. 
447.  ff.  69-76. 

36.  ff.  loo-ioob,  296b. 
38.  f.  104. 

48.  ff.  I4ob-i4i. 
240.  f .  276. 
242.  f.  126. 
423.  ff.  244,  268,  270. 
749.  No.  II. 
802.  ff.  171-171^ 
842.  ff.  109-122. 
1148.  £.307. 

6.  ff.  320,  322. 

14.  £.84. 

15.  £.624. 

16.  ff.  52,  54. 
18.  f.  58. 


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27.  ff.  313,  655,  783. 

29.  f.686. 

30.  ff.  163,  271-278. 
38.  f.  267. 

43.  ff.  101,  103,  105,  107,  125. 
45.  f.  174. 
67.  f.  394. 
171.  ff.  199,  205. 

173.  ff.  184,  185,  186. 

174.  ff.  50,  74. 

175.  ff.  77-172,  356,  372. 

185.  ff.  256,  259,  263,  299,  357,  444- 

186.  f.  265. 

187.  ff.  396,  398. 

188.  f.  114. 
191.  f.  i. 
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214.  ff.  25b,  26,  79,  106,  107,  108,  114,  143!). 
238.  ff.  109-1  lob. 
241.  £.251. 
255.  ff.  140,  150. 
261.  ff.  50,  55b. 

270.  f.  i. 

271.  ff.  1-6,  7-25,  26-29,  30-3ib,  32-38b,  39-45,  47,  4»,  5°. 

272.  (Whole  volume,  except  documents  printed  in  N.  Y.  Col  Docs.) 

285.  ff.  79-79b,  80-8  ib. 

286.  f.  177. 

289.  ff.  180,  188,  204. 
302.  f.  157. 

305.  f.  2. 

306.  f.  75,  189,  198,  205,  216. 
312.  f.  2. 

326.  ff.  141,  i86b. 

478.  ff.  48,  57,  77,  78,  81-83,  85,  88,  148. 

Rawlinson  B. 
74.  ff.  3b,  I75b. 
79.  ff.  123-125. 
243.  ff.  i2-i4b,  15. 
250.  ff.  33b-53b,  55-65- 
263.  ff.  175,  277-281. 
309.  ff.  i62-i63b. 
376.  Documents  copied  as  listed.    Also  all  bonds  as  noted  in  Rawlinson  A 

306,  B  376  and  C  393,  983. 
383.  ff.  397,  545-547- 
465.  f.  i46b. 

Rawlinson  C. 

128.  (Except  ff.  2,  39,  42,  46.) 
151.  f.  170. 
182.  f.43b. 
281. 


Bodleian  Library.  445 

379.  (Except  nos.  I,  2,  7,  8,  and  f.  62.) 

385. 

392.  ff.  245,  247,  309. 

421.  ff.  158,  192. 

710. 

743.  ff.  i,  58. 

873. 

879. 

932. 

933. 

934. 

943. 

983.  ff.  139,  179,  180. 

984.  ff.  133,  I33b,  217,  308. 

Rawlinson  D. 
764. 

810.  ff.  52b-55. 

839.  ff.  29,  140,  146,  155,  196,  204. 
843.  f.  187. 
916.  ff.  162,  170,  172,  174,  176,  178,  180,  182,  192,  194,  196,  221,  223,  224. 

Rawlinson,  Letters. 
66. 

Clarendon. 

71.  £.274. 

72.  ff .  408,  439- 

73.  ff.  213  fol.,  232. 

74.  £.257. 

75.  ff.  75,  300. 

76.  ff.  215,  272. 

77.  ff.  in,  136. 

80.  ff.  283-285. 

81.  ff.  5-6. 

82.  ff.  83,  132,  275-279. 

83.  f.373- 

84.  ff.  80,  131,  134,  138,  140,  142,  177,  230,  357. 

85.  if.  48,  129,  131,  162,  174,  176,  182,  254,  255,  257,  264,  340. 

87.  ff.  87,  90. 

88.  ff.  i,  3,  40-43b- 

89.  f .  57. 

102.  ff.  i,  3,  9,  19,  24,  28,  30-5 ib,  52,  54,  56  to  end  of  volume,  except  90, 

116,  117,  197,  198. 

103.  f.  141. 


INDEX. 


Abbott,  John,  drawings,  76;  papers  by,  29 

Abeel,  J.,  letter  of,  69 

Abercrombie,  Maj.-Gen.  James,  correspond 
ence,  106,  123 ;  papers  relating  to,  163 

Abercromby,  James,  letter  of,  322 

Abingdon,  Va.,  church  queries,  318 

Aborigines,  papers  relating  to,  360-362 ;  see  also 
Indians 

Acadia,  Anglo-French  disputes  concerning, 
220;  boundaries,  76,  173,  220;  coast  fishing, 
10,  220;  inhabitants  of,  103-104;  restitution 
of,  172;  see  also  Nova  Scotia 

Acapulco,  map  of  route  from,  to  Manila,  101 

Accomac,  Va.,  428;  church  queries  for,  318; 
meteorological  observations  at,  357 

Accomac  county,  Va.,  grievances  of,  427; 
records,  425 

Acklorn,  Mr.,  letter  of,  133 

Acton,  Mr.,  settler,  letter  to,  83 

Adair,  Capt.  James,  letter  of,  128 

Adam  and  Eve,  engraving  of,  379 

Adams,  correspondence,  126 

Adams,  Prof.  H.  B.,  166 

Adams,  Alexander,  letters  of,  312 

Adams,  Amos,  book  on  New  England  by,  423 

Adams,  Conrad,  letter  to,  410 

Adams,  John,  letters  of,  121 

Adams,  Samuel,  letters  of,  121,  255 

Adams  and  Brewster,  suit  against,  313 

Addispn,  Henry,  letters  of,  307,  312,  313 

Additional  Charters,  71 

Additional  Manuscripts,  72-169 

Admiralty,  correspondence,  103,  112,  127,  151, 
159,  182,  197,  200,  211,  214,  218,  232,  241, 
243,  244,  245,  248,  255,  259,  265,  270,  272, 
279;  papers  of,  139,  183,  186,  192,  193,  194, 
196,  197,  200,  211,  215,  217,  218,  224,  228, 
231,  235,  236,  237,  240-241,  244-245,  246,  247, 
248-249,  258,  261,  262,  263,  264,  266,  268, 
270,  356,  384,  401,  424;  see  also  Great  Bri 
tain,  navy 

Admiralty,  Court  of,  appeals  to,  387;  in  Amer 
ica,  161 ;  jurisdiction  of,  161 ;  papers  relating 
to,  399,  428 

Adventure,  ship,  366 

Advice,  ship,  391 

Affleck,  Capt.,  on  earthquake  at  Antigua,  359 

Africa,  coast  forts,  218,  219,  237,  240,  246,  247, 
258,  262,  266,  271;  customs,  199;  free  trade, 
199;  settlements,  219,  237,  240,  246,  247,  258, 
262,  266;  trade,  15,  192,  199,  200,  207,  216, 
217-218,  224,  265 ;  voyages  to,  425 ;  see  also 
Royal  African  Company 

African  Bill,  papers  relating  to,  199 

Ager,  William,  letter  of,  314 

29 


Agriculture,  87;  British  Board  of,  see  Board 
of  Agriculture;  see  also  names  of  countries, 
colonies  and  places,  e.  g.,  Jamaica,  agricul 
ture 

Alarm,  The,  copy  of,  248 

Alatamaha,  Barnwell's  proceedings  at,  332 

Albany,  N.  Y.,  army  barracks,  provisions  for, 
239;  city  plan,  143;  conventions  at,  161,  371; 
expeditions,  79;  fossils,  356;  Independent 
Company  at,  127;  Indian  papers,  132,  220, 
371;  papers  relating  to,  181,  238;  statistics, 
57;  travellers'  accounts,  28,  116;  union  plan 
of,  140,  155 

Albany,  sloop,  219,  221 

Albany  River,  expeditions  on,  369 

Albemarle,  Duke  of  (Christopher  Monck),  ac 
count  of  illness,  61 ;  letter  to,  42,  43 

Albemarle,  Duke  of  (George  Monck),  mem 
ber  of  Committee  of  Privy  Council,  40; 
papers  of,  46,  411 ;  report  of,  115 

Albemarle,  Earl  of  (William  Anne),  corre 
spondence,  127,  219 

Albemarle  county,  improvement  projects,  45 

Alderney,  customs,  166;  illicit  trade,  166 

Aldsworth,  grant,  95 

Aldworth,  correspondence,  220 

Alexander,  James,  astronomical  observations, 
358;  letter  of,  358 

Alexander,  Sir  William,  articles  of  indenture, 

37 

Alexandria,  Camp  at,  council  held  at,  138 
Algarotti,  Count  Francesco,  journal  of,  101 
Alison,  Francis,  letters  of,  299,  309 
Allen,  Andrew,  letter  of,  322 
Allen,  Eleazar,  abstract  of  quit-rents,  17 
Allen,  John,  346 
Allen,    Samuel,   papers   relating  to,    178,   399; 

petition  of,  401 

Allen,  William,  letters  of,  294,  295 
Allen,  W.  O.  B.,  Two  Hundred  Years,  331 
Allhallows,  Md.,  vestry,  petitions  from,  314 
Allone,  Sieur  Abel  Tassin  d*,  334 
All  Souls  College,  Oxford,  library,  422;  papers 

in,  422 

Almodovar,  Marquis  d',  paper  of,  268,  269 
Almon,  John,  correspondence,  104,  121 
Alsop,  Richard,  appeal  of,  387 
Amazon  River,  186,  384,  429;  plantations  on, 

377 

Amazone,  ship,  195 
Ambergris,  66 
Amboy,  see  Perth  Amboy 
America,  distances  from,  to  Asia,  360 
American  Antiquarian  Society,  186 
American  Catholic  Historical  Researches,  341 

447 


448 


Index. 


American  Historical  Association,  Annual  Re 
port  of,  355 

American  Papers,  committee  on,  resolutions, 
140 

American  Philosophical  Society,  355,  358; 
scientific  papers,  358,  359;  Transactions,  355, 

357 

American  Revolution,  see  Revolution,  Ameri 
can 

Amherst,  Maj.-Gen.  Jeffrey,  142,  163;  corre 
spondence,  31,  49,  105,  106,  124,  126,  144,  146 

Amsterdam  English  Church,  tracts  relating  to, 

112 

Amyand,  Col.,  127;  correspondence,  124,  220 

Anderson,  History  of  the  Colonial  Church,  376 

Anderson,  A.,  letter  of,  66 

Anderson,  Adam,  papers  collected  by,  100 

Anderson,  Robert,  letter  to,  410 

Anderson,  William,  sheriff  of  New  York, 
correspondence,  419 

Andre-Arnold  affair,  152 

Andrews,  John,  letter  of,  318 

Andros,  Sir  Edmund,  382;  conference  with 
Indians,  371;  correspondence,  113,  118,  318; 
papers  relating  to,  114,  115,  289,  290,  317,  327, 
413 

Anepoquaum,  see  Uncas 

Anglesey,  Earl  of  (Arthur  Annesley),  40 

"Anglo  Americanus,"  letter  of,  249 

Anhalt-Zerbst,  Prince  of,  treaty  with  George 
III.,  267 

Animals,  64,  65,  68,  69,  71,  360,  361,  362,  365; 
drawings,  62,  71,  73 ;  see  also  names  of  coun 
tries,  colonies  and  places,  e.  g.,  Jamaica,  ani 
mals 

Annapolis,  church  convention  at,  336;  court 
house  fire,  162;  Dr.  Bray's  visit  to,  337; 
free  schools  at,  314,  337;  library,  334,  338; 
military  stores,  19;  papers  relating  to,  104, 
256,  258;  shipping,  58;  scientific  observations 
at,  358,  359,  362;  tobacco  bonds  lost  in,  25 

Annapolis  River  district,  letter  to  an  inhabi 
tant  of,  222 

Anne,  Queen,  Bounty,  398,  405;  interest  in 
Royal  Society,  356;  papers  relating  to,  192, 
196,  274,  289,  385,  401,  405 ;  petitions  to,  193, 
392,  393.  395.  4i8 ;  proclamations  by,  186,  194, 
419;  reign  of,  176,  178 

Anne  Galley,  ship,  report  concerning  capture 
of,  135 

Anson,  Lord  (George  Anson),  155;  corre 
spondence,  158 

Anspach  troops,  no 

Anthony,  Susafnna],  letter  of,  347 

Antiche,  Indian  warrior,  327 

Anticosta,  92;  astronomical  observations  at, 
359 

Antigua,  acts,  186-187;  agency,  395;  animals, 
67;  conditions  in,  36;  customs,  126;  diseases, 
362;  finances,  32;  free  negroes  of,  127;  gov 
ernment  papers,  90,  117,  380;  law  cases,  164; 
opposition  to  spirituous  liquors  bill  in,  210; 
petitions  from,  209,  210,  380;  politics,  58; 


scientific  observations  in,  357,  359;  ship 
seized  at,  409;  smuggling  case,  167;  trade, 
84.,  410;  voyages  to,  46,  51,  53 

Antilles,  sea-currents  at,  362;  scientific  obser 
vations,  356;  sugar  trade,  368;  voyages  to, 
116 

Antipedobaptists,  345 

Antiquaries,    Society   of,    royal   proclamations, 

ida 

Apoquiniminck,  Pa.,  condition  of  church  at, 
3" 

Appalachian  Mountains,  travellers'  accounts, 
73,  3.67 

Apparitions,  377 

Applewhite,  Henry,  386 

Apsley,  Sir  Allen,  dedication  to,  379 

Apthorpe,  Charles  Ward,  suit  of,  183 

Aquondero,  Sachem,  389 

A.  R.  B.,  see  Barclay,  Abram  Rawlinson 

Arbuckle,  letter  to,  410 

Arbuthnot,  Adm.  Marriott,  correspondence, 
145,  152,  270;  papers  of,  152,  270 

Archaeologia  Americana,  363 

Archdale,  John,  letter  of,  351;  papers  of,  101, 
396 

Arianism,  364 

Arica,  bay  of,  drawings,  51 

Arlington,  Earl  of  (Henry  Bennet),  corre 
spondence,  40,  84,  168,  415,  416;  instructions 
of,  to  commissioners,  39;  papers  of,  396 

Armistead,  Henry,  letter  of,  314 

Armistead,  Wilson,  Life  of  James  Logan,  351 

Armsted,  Capt.,  letter  to,  426 

Arnold,  Gen.  Benedict,  152;  correspondence, 
121 

Arnold,  Benjamin,  suit  of,  183 

Arnold,  Jonathan,  letters  of,  307,  308 

Arnold,  Sion,  pirate,  388 

Arnold-Andre  affair,  152 

Arran,  Earl  of,  correspondence,  352 

Arredondo,  A.  de,  paper  of,  29 

Arrowsmith,  John,  letters  of,  305,  311 

Arundel,  Earl  of,  grant  to,  385 

Arundell,  Lord,  of  Wardour,  correspondence, 
342 

Ashby,  Capt.  John,  instructions  for,  385 ;  jour 
nal  of,  384 

Ashe,  Benj.,  letters  of,  420 

Ashe,  J.  Windham,  letters  of,  127,  128 

Ashley,  Lord  (Anthony),  member  committee 
of  Privy  Council,  40 ;  letter  to,  41 ;  report 
of,  115;  see  also  Shaftesbury 

Ashley  River,  map,  74;  settlement  on,  74 

Ashmolean  Manuscripts,  376-379 

Ashton,  Capt.  Henry,  letters  to,  47 

Ashton,  John,  papers  of,  342 

Ashurst,  Henry,  letter  of,  305;  papers  of,  345, 
3.88,  418 

Asia,  distances  between,  and  America,  360 

Aspinwall,  William,  Speculum  Chronologicum, 
396 

Assiento,  131,  145,  200,  201,  211 ;  see  also  Ne 
groes  ;  slavery 


Index. 


Assiento  Treaty  of  1716,  201 

Astronomical  observations,  357-358 

Astwood,  Mr.,  and  others,  letters  of,  406 

Atawanhood,  deeds  of,  16 

Atkins,  suit  against,  165 

Atkins,  Edmund,  book  by,  9 

Atkins,  Sir  Jonathan  (or  John),  governor  o: 
Barbadoes;  correspondence,  42,  106,  113 

Atkinson,  R.,  rum  supply  contract  by,  267 

Atkinson,  William,  letter  of,  47 

Atlantic   coast,    maps,   27,   49-50,   73,   89,    186 
scientific  observations  on,  357,  358,  359;  voy 
age  accounts,  72 

Attorney-General  of  England,  papers  of,  162 
164,  193,  196,  240 

Atwood,  William,  13,  387;  letters  of,  391,  393 

Auchmuty,  Judge  Robert,  correspondence,  49 
156,  237 ;  papers  of,  130,  291 

Auckland,  First  Lord  (William  Eden),  corre 
spondence,  145,  146,  148,  149,  150,  151,  152, 
J53.  257;  life,  145-146;  mission  to  America, 
150;  papers  of,  145,  149,  150,  257 

Auckland  Papers,  145-153;  documents  among, 
transcribed  for  the  Library  of  Congress,  441 

Audit  office,  papers,  398 

Aurora  Borealis,  observations  of,  359 

Avalon,  charter  of,  52;  interest  of  Lord  Balti 
more  in,  37 

Avery,  Benjamin,  letter  of,  293 

Avery,  Isaac,  recommendation  of,  318 

Avilonie,  see  Newfoundland 

Axe,  Capt.,  letters  to,  82,  83 

Ayres,  Capt.,  letter  to,  249 

Ayscough,  John,  30 

Ayscough,  Samuel,  Catalogue  of  Sloane  Man 
uscripts,  50 

Ayscue,  Gen.  George,  articles  of  agreement,  86 ; 
correspondence,  375 ;  papers  by,  375 

Bache,  Richard,  letter  to,  19 

Backhouse,  Richard,  letter  of,  309 

Bacon,  Nathaniel,  letter  of,  43;  papers  of,  43, 
72 

Bacon,  Mrs.  Nathaniel,  letter  of,  43 

Bacon,  Nathaniel,  Jr.,  428 

Bacon's  rebellion,  113,  182 

Bagg,  John,  letter  of,  318 

Baggcusetts,  deed  of,  95 

Bahama  Banks,  382 ;  description  of,  51 

Bahama  Islands,  animals,  360,  361 ;  charter, 
159;  conditions  in,  195;  description  of,  41, 
75;  papers  relating  to,  26,  75,  98,  112,  195; 
politics,  43,  44,  69,  127;  schools,  334;  stamp- 
distributing,  225,  226;  voyages  to,  382 

Bailey,  Thomas,  case  of,  321 

Baily,  Mr.,  papers  of,  368 

Baker,  Alderman,  139 

Baker,  Samuel,  petition  of,  207 

Balaguier,  John  Anthony,  papers  relating  to, 
162 

Ball,  Joseph,  recommendation  of,  320 

Ballatyne,  John,  certificate  concerning,  399 

Ballens,  Robert,  letter  to,  393 


Baltimore,  Bishop  of,  letter  from,  340 
Baltimore,    Lord    (Cecil    Calvert),    letters    of, 
118,  124;  papers  relating  to,  37,  84,  97,  113, 
339,  38i 
Baltimore,  Lord  (Charles  Calvert,  third  lord), 

papers  of,  105,  352 

Baltimore,  Lord  (Charles  Calvert,  fifth  lord), 

dispute  with  the  Penns,  160;  papers  of,  312 

Baltimore,    Lord    (Frederick    Calvert),    letter 

of,  124;  papers  relating  to,  97,  183,  269,  340 
Baltimore,    Lord     (George    Calvert),    corre 
spondence,  145,  375;  papers  relating  to,  60, 
208 

Banister,  Rev.  John,  letters  of,  58,  62,  326,  360 
Banister,  Thomas,  letter  of,  364 
Bank  of  England,  papers  of,  235,  347 
Bannister,  John,  appeal  of,  182,  183 
Banyar,  Goldsborow,  letters  of,  98,  124 
Barbadoes,  377,  428;  acts  of,  186-187,  205,  207, 
404;  assembly  papers,  34,  130,  209,  396,  414; 
calico  imports,  201-202;  church  papers,  344, 
376,  404;  climate,  357;  conditions  in,  35,  55, 
6p,  194,  413;  cotton  imports,  205,  207;  coun 
cil  papers,   18,  85,  395,  415;   currency,  213; 
customs,  81,  84,  115,  197,  205,  207;  defense 
of,  216;  description  of,  60,  425;  diseases,  66, 
362 ;  immigration  to,  1 12 ;  English  interest  in, 
47;  estates,  98,  178;  farms,  41;  finances,  194- 
195  ;  fires  in,  345 ;  Friends  in,  350 ;  ginger  im 
ports,  205,  207;  gold,  rates  of,  213;  gover 
nors'  papers,  36,  61,  130,  131,  207,  380,  396; 
history,  32,  33,  34,  364 ;  hurricanes,  357 ;  land- 
leasing  session  in,  380;  law  cases,  164,  165, 
166,  167;  laws,  44,  114;  maps,  55,  143,  425; 
missionary  activities  in,  345,  350;   molasses 
imports,  205,  207;  naval  office  of,  107,  108; 
negroes,  education  of,  345;   offices   in,   116; 
opposition    to    spirituous    liquors    bill,    210; 
ordnance  stores  for,  197;  papers  relating  to, 
19,  26,  33,  34,  37,  38,  41,  55,  73,  86,  90,  130, 
136,    144,  296,  297,  298,   300,  301,  360,   375, 
396,  414;  petitions  from,  78,  84,  194,  210,  216, 
414;  plantations,  61,  296;  plants,  59,  70,  128; 
politics,  34,  35,  36,  38,  41,  44,  57,  85,  86,  127, 
129,    155,    177,    194-195,   205,   207,   396,   413, 
416;  prizes,  21,  103,   178,   195;  revenues,  34, 
415;    rum   imports,   205,   207;    salt   in,   367; 
scientific  papers,  357,  358,  359,  360,  377 ;  seeds 
from,  55;  settlement  of,  144;  shipping,  194, 
198;  silver,  rates  of,  213;  slavery,  24,  42,  345; 
statistics,  45 ;  sugar  trade,  45,  205,  207,  209 ; 
surrender  of,  86;  the  4^  per  cent  duty  of, 
see  Barbadoes,  customs ;  tobacco  trade,  157 ; 
trade,  78,   194,  204,  205,  207,  209,  382,  396, 
410;    vice-admiralty    commission    for,    413; 
voyage  accounts,  51,  58,  144,  356,  407;  wills, 
records  of,  169 

Barbadoes  Merchant,  ship,  404 
3arbarie,   New  York  councillor,  393;   reports 

of,  409 

iarbot,  Jean,  Voyage  de  Guinee,  116 
Barcelona,  commerce  of,  with  America,  89 


450 


Index'. 


Barclay,  Abram  Rawlinson,  manuscripts  of, 
350 

Barclay,  Henry,  293 ;  letters  of,  292,  296,  298 

Bargreave,  Capt.  John,  project  and  case  of,  88 

Barham,  Henry,  letters  of,  63,  64,  65,  66;  pa 
pers  of,  60,  357,  359 

Barker,  paper  of,  425 

Barker,  James,  account  of  voyage,  17 

Barkley,  Capt.,  letter  of,  259 

Barkley,  Gilbert,  letter  of,  250 

Barksdale,  J.,  letters  of,  57 

Barkstead,  J.,  paper  of,  400 

Barmudians  Adventure,  ship,  41 

Barnard,  Rev.  John,  letter  of,  136 

Barnard,  Thomas,  letter  of,  301 

Barnes,  Henry,  letter  of,  307 

Barnett,  John,  letter  of,  328 

Barnwell,  Col.  John,  journal  of,  332;  letter  of, 
322 

Baron,  George,  letter  of,  370 

Baron  and  Lawson  murder,  account  of,  123 

Barons,  Benjamin,  papers  relating  to,  275,  276 

Baroscopes,  368 

Barr,  Mr.,  meteorological  observations  by,  357 

Barre,  E.,  paper  by,  168 

Barrier  treaties,  papers  relating  to,  198 

Barrington,  Lady,  correspondence,  48 

Barrington,  Francis,  letters  of,  48 

Barrington,  Robert,  adventures  of,  48 

Barrington,  Samuel,  letters  of,  145 

Barrington,  Sir  Thomas,  correspondence,  48 

Barrington,  Second  Viscount  (William  Wild- 
man),  correspondence,  139,  249,  297 

"  Barrister  of  Gray's  Inn,"  Short  Account  of 
the  Bahamas,  75 

Bartlett,  letter  to,  83 

Barton,  Isaac,  letter  to,  83 

Barton,  Joseph,  letter  to,  57 

Barton,  Thomas,  York,  Pa.,  letter  of,  294 

Barton,  Thomas,  Salem,  Mass.,  letter  to,  410 

Bartram,  John,  68;  correspondence,  68,  70,  116; 
Description  of  East  Florida,  422;  papers  of, 
62,  359,  362 

Barwicke,  Samuel,  letter  of,  415 

Bascome,  Nath.,  papers  of,  403 

Basse,  Jer.,  letters  of,  80,  387;  papers  relating 
to,  388,  389,  404,  418 

Bassett,  Nathan,  papers  relating  to,  324 

Batts,  Thomas,  journal  of,  367 

Bauza,  D.  Felipe,  Spanish  documents,  101 

Baxter,  Rev.  Richard,  343;  correspondence, 
343,  344,  345,  346;  papers  of,  343,  344,  345; 
Saint's  Rest,  344 

Baxter  Manuscripts,  343 

Baxter- Penn  disputes,  343 

Bayard,  Col.  Nicholas,  n,  13,  178,  390,  392 

Bayard  and  Company,  letter  of,  234 

Bayley,  suit  against,  165 

Bayley,  Dr.,  407 

Bayly,  Zachary,  suit  of,  180 

Bazanier,  Histoire  de  la  Floride,  21 

Beach,  Dr.  John,  case  of,  295 

Beane,  Joseph,  testimony  of,  94 


Bearcroft,  Dr.  Philip,  secretary  of  the  S.  P.  G., 
333 ;  correspondence,  291,  293,  294,  322 ;  paper 
by,  292 

"  Bearcroft  Manuscripts,"  333 

Beauchamp,  John,  grant  to,  95 

Beauclerk,  Lord  (Vere),  instructions  for,  144 

Beaumont,  Rev.,  letter  of,  76 

Beaver-trade,  367,  368 

Becket,  William,  letter  of,  309 

Bedford,  Mr.,  papers  of,  428 

Bedford,  Duke  of  (John  Russell),  129;  corre 
spondence,  126,  219,  220 

Bedford  Fort,  map,  143 

Bee-culture,  361 

Beeston,  Sir  William,  55 ;  letter  of,  107 ;  papers 
relating  to,  19,  55,  357 

Belcher,  Mrs.,  papers  of,  359 

Belcher,  Gov.  Jonathan,  conduct  of,  130;  con 
ference  with  Indians,  208;  correspondence, 
18,  26,  124,  128,  156,  160,  307,  328,  364,  401; 
papers  relating  to,  163,  291 ;  suit  of,  162 

Belcher,  Jonathan,  Jr.,  letters  of,  124,  160,  307 

Belden,  Capt.,  at  Fishkill,  N.  Y.,  letter  to,  348 

Belknap,  Dr.,  letters,  103 

Bell,  Mr.,  345 

Bell,  C,  letters  to,  18 

Bell,  Gov .  Philip,  letters  to,  82 

Bell,  T.,  journal  of,  403 

Bellanger,  Stephen,  voyage  of,  89 

Belle  Isle,  conquest  of,  281 ;  expedition  against, 
169 

Bellenden,  Lord,  letter  of,  no 

Bellingham,  Gov.,  letters  of,  40,  413 

Bellomont,  Earl  of  (Richard  Coote),  corre 
spondence,  ii,  154,  387,  388,  389,  417;  papers 
relating  to,  10,  105,  178,  385,  386,  387,  388, 

389,  394,  407,  409,  417 

Bellomont,  Lady,  391,  409 

Benbow,  Adm.  John,  despatch  of,  103;  ex 
pedition  to  West  Indies,  134 

Bendall,  Ephraim,  letter  of,  344 

Benedict  XIV.,  reports  to,  340 

Benezet,  Anthony,  letters  of,  299,  300 

Benger,  Elliott,  deputy  postmaster-general,  275 

Bennet,  Mrs.  John,  petition  of,  80 

Bennet,  Gov .  Richard,  letter  to,  381 ;  orders  to, 
380,  381 

Bennett,  Maj.-Gen.,  367 

Bennett,  H.,  see  Arlington,  Earl  of 

Bennett,  Richard,  Md.,  162 

Bennett,  Richard,  commissioner,  Va.,  97 

Benson,  Mr.,  letters  to,  HI 

Bentham,  Dr.,  letter  of,  298 

Bentinck,  Count,  letter  to,  29 

Berbice,  documents  about,  29 

Berkeley,  Lady,  correspondence,  427 

Berkeley,  George,  letter  of,  303;  recommenda 
tion  of,  318 

Berkeley,  Sir  John,  character-sketch,  168;  con 
tracts  by,  412;  letters,  99,  416;  life,  168; 
Memoire  of,  119 

Berkeley,  Sir  William,  correspondence,  38,  39, 
99,  113,  116,  415,  425,  426;  instructions  to, 


Index. 


451 


316,  425;  opposition  to,  100,  384;  papers  re 
lating  to,  23,  38,  42,  43,  59,  387,  426,  427 

Berkeley,  S.  C.,  324 

Bermuda  Company,  papers  relating  to,  407-408 

Bermudas,  animals,  365 ;  charter,  407 ;  church 
papers,  376;  conditions  in,  53;  court  pro 
ceedings,  403;  customs,  408;  description,  41, 
417 ;  education  in,  163,  365 ;  gold,  rates  of, 
213;  governors'  papers,  117,  130,  131,  178; 
history,  52;  immigration  to,  112;  Indians  in, 
429 ;  inhabitants,  longevity  of,  360,  366 ;  land- 
deeds,  82;  land-grants,  429;  land-renting, 
407 ;  laws,  407 ;  libraries,  335 ;  map,  429 ;  pa 
pers  relating  to,  26,  48,  90,  117,  147,  365,  367, 
407-408;  plants,  360;  politics,  57,  408;  prop 
erty  in,  408;  scientific  papers  concerning, 
356,  357;  silver,  rates  of,  213;  statistics,  57; 
survey  of,  365;  tides,  360,  365,  366;  title  to, 
417;  tobacco,  88,  89;  voyages  to,  17;  wells 
in,  360,  365 ;  whale-fishing,  360,  365,  366 

Bernard,  Sir  Francis,  correspondence,  26,  49, 
87,  95,  108,  109,  134,  136,  161,  163,  225,  228, 
229,  230,  231,  233,  234,  237,  238,  239,  240,  241, 
242,  243,  244,  245,  251,  423;  land-grant  to, 
184;  papers  relating  to,  183,  228,  229,  230, 
234,  240,  241,  242,  243,  244,  245,  251,  252 

Berry,  Sir  John,  arrival  of,  at  Nevis,  416;  com 
mission  to,  425 ;  correspondence,  23,  416,  426, 
427;  despatch  of,  to  Virginia,  384;  instruc 
tions  for,  385,  425,  427;  reports  by,  427,  428 

Bertie,  Charles,  report  of,  80 

Bertie,  Sec.  Edward,  commission  to,  163 

Bethanian  settlements,  Georgia,  map,  27 

Bibliotheca  Pepysiana,  382,  424-429;  informa 
tion  about  the  use  of,  424 

Bibliothecae  Americanae  Quadripartitae,  see 
Libraries 

Bibliothecae  Provinciales  Americanae,  see 
Plantations,  Libraries 

Bideford,  port,  162 

Bigelow,  Timothy,  instructions  to,  255 

Biggs,  Aaron,  account  of,  158 

Birch,  Dr.  Thomas,  History  of  the  Royal  So 
ciety,  355 

Birchfield,  Mr.,  letter  to,  90 

Bird,  Col.,  letter  to,  109 

Bird,  Mr.,  relation  of,  43 

Biscayans,  fishing  rights  in  Newfoundland, 
168-169 

Bishop,   Dorothy,   petition   of,   177 

Bishop,  Edward,  papers  relating  to,   163 

Bishop,  Robert,  177 

Bishoprics  in  America,  see  Plantations,  bishop 
rics 

Bissell,  Daniel,  93 

Black,  W.  H.,  Ashmolean  Manuscripts,  376 

Blackburn,  John,  letters  to,  112 

Blackburn,  Lancashire,  342 

Blackwater  River,  map,  421 

Bladen,  Col.  Martin,  letters  of,  124,  320 

Blair,  James,  letters  of,  289,  314,  318;  memorial 
by,  317;  papers  of,  114,  318,  404 

Blair,  John,  letters  of,  315 


Blakeney,  Brig.  Gen.  William,  128 

Blakiston,  Gov.  N.,  letters  of,  80,  312;  warrant 

of,  80 

Bland,  Giles,  case  of,  42 ;  letters  of,  42,  44 
Blathwayt,    William,    correspondence,    44,    80, 

i55»  273,  289,  403 ;  papers  relating  to,  169,  408 
Blenham,  Jonathan,  163 ;  letters  of,  124 
Bliss,  John,  papers  of,  309 
Bliss,  W.  H.,  Calendar  of  the  Clarendon  State 

Papers,  410 

Blissland,  Va.,  church  queries,  318 
Blome,  Present  State  of  his  Maj.  Isles  and 

Territories,  409 
Blonte  Point,  Va.,  377 
Blount,  Arthur,  letters  of,  305,  312 
Bluefield,  Albertus,  letter  to,  83 
Blumfield,  Joseph,  letter  of,  315 
Board  of  Agriculture,  75 
Board  of  Trade,  correspondence,  10,  n,  18,  19, 

23,  27,  68,  87,  92,  123,  124,  125,  126,  130,  135, 

158,  159.  160,  161,  197,  198,  199,  204,  209,  210, 

212,  220,  221,  222,  228,  230,  231,  232,  233,  234, 
235,  251,  387,  388,  389,  390,  391,  392,  401,  402; 

history,  172-173;  papers  relating  to,  57,  58, 
75,  81,  82,  87,  89,  96,  98,  134,  135,  137,  158,  173, 
177,  179,  180,  181,  182,  183,  184,  192,  193,  194, 
195,  196,  197,  198,  199,  200,  201,  202,  203,  204, 

2O5,  206,  2O7,  2O8,  209,  2IO,  212,  213,  214,  217, 
219,  220,  222,  227,  228,  236,  240,  275,  316,  317, 

321,  328,  385,  386,  387,  390,  399,  400,  402,  403, 

404 

Bocage,  Barbie  du,  collection  of  maps,  92 
Boceone,  Paul,  botanical  collections,  71 
Bodleian   Library,   catalogues,   372,   373,   374; 
copper  plates  in,  421 ;  information  about  the 
use  of,  372-374;  papers  in,  330,  372-421;  pho 
tographing  of  manuscripts  in,  373;  volumes 
and   documents   in,  transcribed   for  the  Li 
brary  of  Congress,  443-445 ;  see  also  Oxford 
Bogert,  Nicholas,  Jr.,  108 
Bohun,  Edmund,  correspondence,  75 
Bolingbroke,  Viscount   (Henry  St.  John),  let 
ter  of,  200 

Bollan,  William,  correspondence,  96,  124;  pa 
pers  of,  139,  161;  petitions  of,  93,  223,  251, 

254 

Bollen,  James,  proposals  of,  40 
Bond,  Capt.,  385 
Bond,  Dr.  John,  papers  of,  362 
Bond,  Phineas,  27 
Bonds,   see  names   of  person  or  societies   in 

question;  e.  g.,  London,  Bishop  of,  bonds  to 
Bonnal,  John,  grant  to,  91 
Bontien,  case  of,  164 
Books  of  Maps,  186 
Boone,  Joseph,  papers  relating  to,  195 
Boone,  Gov.  Thomas,  papers  relating  to,   161, 

163 

Booth,  letter  of,  250 
Booth,  Ja.,  replies  of,  to  queries,  25 
Bordley,  Thomas,  letter  of,  312 
Borgne,  Monsieur  le,  38 
Borlase,  E.,  letter  to,  53 


452 


Index. 


Borrasson,  M.,  360 

Boscawen,  Edward,  deed  of,  82 

Boscawen,  Hugh,  deed  of,  82 

Boston,  army  in,  188,  244,  245;  assembly  pa 
pers,  206;  church  papers  relating  to,  20,  290, 
293,  297,  298,  301,  304,  305,  306,  307,  312,  328, 
34.7,  374J  circular  letters  to,  244,  254;  com 
missioners'  visit  to,  413;  convention  at,  244; 
council  papers,  229,  230,  233,  244,  245,  246; 
court  papers,  40,  254;  customs,  226,  235,  237, 
242,  246,  250;  diseases,  364;  Friends  of  Lib 
erty  in,  243;  harbor  fortifications,  391;  In 
dian  treaty  of,  221;  lands  in,  128;  map  of 
harbor,  73;  military  stores,  254;  navy  at, 
244;  newspapers,  233,  242,  243,  248,  254; 
opposition  to  Gov.  Andros,  290;  papers  re 
lating  to,  42,  115,  161,  233,  237,  242,  251,  414, 
422;  post-office  papers,  273;  prizes,  347; 
riots  in,  180,  185,  238,  254;  scientific  papers 
from,  345,  357,  358,  359,  361,  364;  seizure  of 
the  Liberty  at,  242-243;  Stamp  Act  disturb 
ances,  225,  241,  242,  246;  tea  disturbances, 
247,  249,  251;  town  meetings,  244,  254;  trade, 
410;  travel  papers,  28;  treasury  board  pa 
pers,  244;  vice-admiralty  court  at,  180;  voy 
ages  to,  46,  72,  116 

Boston  Evening  Post,  copies  of,  229 

Boston  Gazette,  extracts,  241,  243,  244,  251, 
255;  libel  proceedings  against,  241 

Boston  in  New  England,  94 

"  Boston  Massacre  ",  papers  relating  to,  246 

Boston  Port  Bill,  petitions  against,  251 

Boston  Tea-Party,  49,  254 

Boswell,  Sir  William,  letters  to,  76 

Boswell  Papers,  76 

Botetourt,  Lord,  letter  of,  315;  papers  of,  247 

Boturini-Benaduci,  Lorenzo,  Idea  de  una  nueva 
Historia  General  de  la  America  Septentri 
onal,  144 

Bouchar,  C,  letter  of,  364 

Bouderous  (Pouderous,  q.  v.),  Albert,  letter 
of,  322 

Boundaries,  see  under  colony  in  question ; 
e.  g.,  Pennsylvania,  boundaries;  Connecticut, 
boundary  disputes 

Bouquet,  Gen.  Henry,  105;  letter  of,  29 

Bouquet  Papers,  105 

Bourchier,  Sir  Henry,  commission  to,  120 

Bourdillon,  correspondence,  298 

Bourke,  Thomas,  declaration  of,  220 

Bourquet,  Prof.,  letter  of,  70 

Bow,  boundaries,  94;  land  disputes,  165 

Bowdoin,  James,  letters  of,  368 

Bowen,  Lieut.  George,  letters  of,  31 

Bowen,  Samuel,  papers  of,  183 

Bowes,  Robert,  estimates  of  expenses,  34 

Bowles,  Carrington,  map  of  United  States,  98 

Bowman,  Nath.,  16 

Boyd,  John,  letters  of,  315,  320;  recommenda 
tion  of,  318 

Boydell,  John,  paper  of,  399 

Boyle,  Robert,  letter  to,  413 

Boylston,  Zabdiel,  letters  of,  50,  65,  68 


Boyne,  ship,  127 

Boynton,  Anna,  letter  of,  413 

Brabant,  Henry,  letter  of,  395;  voyage  to 
America,  395 

Bradbourne,  Edward,  letters  to,  85,  86;  papers 
relating  to,  135 

Braddock,  Gen.  Edward,  138;  correspondence, 
124,  138;  defeat  of,  28,  138,  155,  156,  294 

Bradford,  William,  351;  "Surrender"  of,  95 

Bradshaw,  Mr.,  correspondence,  241,  242,  243 

Bradshaw,  Alexander,  letters  of,  31 

Bradshaw,  Thomas,  letter  to,  274 

Bradstreet,  Col,  letter  to,  238,  348 

Bradstreet,  Simon,  344;  correspondence,  344, 
370,  374,  406 

Brafferton,  Manor  of,  County  of  York,  327 

Braintree,  306;  church  papers,  304,  306 

Brandenburg-Anspach,  Margrave  of,  treaty 
with  George  III.,  262 

Brandywine  River,  Pa.,  Forks  of,  astronomical 
observations,  358 

Brattle,  Thomas,  astronomical  observations  by, 
358 

Bray,  Dr.  Thomas,  Associates  of,  manuscripts, 
334-335;  correspondence,  312,  318,  324,  337, 
338;  missionary  activities  of,  336;  papers  re 
lating  to,  289,  314,  328,  334,  336,  337,  338; 
visit  to  Maryland,  314,  334,  337;  see  also 
Libraries 

Bray  Manuscripts,  information  about  the  use 

of,  334 
Brayne,  Gen.  William,  34;  correspondence,  33, 

84 ;  expedition  to  Jamaica,  381 ;  papers  of,  33 
Breck,  Robert,  sermons  of,  347 
Breedon,  Thomas,  letter  of,  415 
Breitnall,  Joseph,  papers  of,  359 
Brenton,  Jahleel,  appeals,  96;  suit  against,  166, 

167 

Brenton,  William,  petition  of,  411 
Brereton,  Lord,  letter  to,  366 
Brett,  letter  of,  392 
Brett,  Capt.,  paper  of,  417 
Brett,  A.,  letter  to,  126 
Brett,  Roger,  deposition  of,  99 
Brettell,  Mr.,  secretary  to  the  Commissioners 

of  Stamps,  correspondence,  225,  226,  232 
Brewer,  Daniel,  347 
Brewerton,  108 

Brewster,  Adams  and,  suit  against,  313 
Brewster,  Sir  F.,  New  Essays  on  Trade,  101 
Bridge,  Christopher,  letters  of,  303 
Bridge,  Thomas,  letter  of,  61 
Bridge,  Tobias,  reports  of,  33,  103 
Bridgeman,  papers  by,  184 
Bridgeman,  Sir  Orlando,  Lord  Keeper,  patent 

made  out  by,  376 

Bridges,  Charles,  letters  of,  315,  318 
Bridges,  John,  letters  of,  303,  307 
Bridges,  William,  statement  of,  79 
Briefs  or  Church  Briefs,  71-72 
Brimley,  William,  letter  of,  312 
Brinsley,  John,  Consolation  for  our  Grammar 

Schools  (1622),  ii 


Index. 


453 


Brisket,  letter  to,  18 

Bristol,  Earl  of  (Augustus  John  Hervey),  cor 
respondence,  168,  169 

Bristol,  Earl  of  (George  Digby),  correspond 
ence,  375 

Bristol,  iron  trade,  119;  opposition  to  Stamp 
Act,  236;  opposition  to  Sugar  Bill,  212;  peti 
tions  from,  212,  236;  shipping,  81 ;  voyages 
tp,  54 

Bristol  county,  Massachusetts,  church  papers, 
304,  318;  resolves  of,  255 

Bristow,  log  of  voyage,  403 

British  Museum,  Briefs  or  Church  Briefs,  311, 
327 ;  catalogues,  6-7,  286 ;  collections  of  man 
uscripts,  7-187;  information  about  the  use  of, 
1-6;  manuscripts  in  newspaper  room,  190; 
royal  proclamations,  186;  Royal  Society  mu 
seum,  given  to,  363;  volumes  in,  transcribed 
for  the  Library  of  Congress,  431-443 

Broadstreet,  see  Bradstreet,  Simon 

Brock,  R.  A.,  Proceedings  of  the  Virginia  Com 
pany,  430 

Brockwell,  Charles,  letters  of,  305,  307 

Brocton,  Charles,  witness,  71 

Bromley,  William,  Secretary  of  State,  letter 
from,  200 

Brompton,  archives  in  the  oratory  of,  339 

Brompton,  South  Kensington,  archives  at,  339 

Brook,  Chidley,  references  to,  410 

Brook,  Thomas,  letters  of,  312 

Brooke,  Dr  R.,  observations  of,  357 

Brooke,  Zach.,  letter  of,  397 

Brooklyn,  map,  100 

Brooks,  Lieut.,  letters  of,  31 

Brooks,  William,  paper  of,  399 

Broughton,  Thomas,  letter  of,  103,  322 

Brown,  case  of,  44 

Brown,  Capt.,  extract  of  letter,  127;  instruc 
tions  for,  127;  squadron  of,  127 

Brown,  Alexander,  Genesis,  375,  376,  379,  423 

Brown,  Dr.  Andrew,  collections  of  papers,  103 

Brown,  Jane,  182 

Brown,  John,  suit  against,  166 

Brown,  Peregrine,  case  of,  78 

Brown,  William,  letter  of,  65 

Browne,  Arthur,  letters  of,  303,  307,  322 

Browne,  Edward,  letter  of,  53 

Browne,  John,  license  to,  154 

Browne,  Jonathan,  letter  of,  250 

Browne,  Joseph,  letters  of,  63,  308 

Browne,  Sir  Richard,  letter  to,  99 

Browne,  Robert,  letter  of,  117 

Bruce,  James,  letter  to,  409 ;  papers  relating  to, 
250,  251 

Bruce,  James,  Jr.,  paper  of,  250 

Bruce,  John,  papers  from,  219 

Brunskill,  John,  case  of,  320;  letters  of,  318; 
papers  relating  to,  316 

Brunswick,  Duke  of,  treaty  with  George  III., 
261 

Brunswick,  township,  map,  94;  pamphlet,  94 

Bruton  parish,  Va.,  church  queries,  318 

Bryan,  Hugh,  letter  of,  322 


Brymner,  Reports  on  Canadian  Archives,  90, 
395 

Buccaneers,  see  Piracy 

Buchanan,  Neil,  application  from,  216 

Buckingham,  Duke  of,  letter  to,  47 

Buckingham,  ship,  129 

Buckmaster,  Edward,  paper  of,  388 

Bueno,  Don  J.  G.  C,  description  of  coast  of 
California,  104 

Bugnion,  Joseph,  letters  of,  322 

Bulkeley,  Edward,  letter  to,  410 

Bull,  Alderman,  letter  to,  281 

Bull,  Gov.  William,  correspondence,  129,  160, 
216,  234,  235,  238,  248,  257,  322;  papers  of, 
210,  323,  385 

Bull,  William  Tredwell,  letter  of,  312,  322; 
memorial  by,  323 

Buller,  Col.  Anthony,  note  to,  380 

Bullivant,  Benjamin,  letter  of,  364;  papers  of, 
36i,  364 

Bunker  Hill  battle,  description  of,  75 

Buor,  Peter,  letter  of,  308 

Burgoyne,  Gen.  John,  campaign  of,  123,  149; 
expeditions  of,  192,  265,  266 ;  letter  of,  75 ; 
relations  with  Gen.  Howe,  265 ;  surrender 
of,  149 

Burlington,  Earl  of  (Richard),  327 

Burlington,  church  papers,  304;  council  papers, 
232,  233 

Burnet,  John,  letter  of,  63,  64,  65 

Burnet,  Gov.  William,  astronomical  observa 
tions,  358;  correspondence,  104,  303,  307;  pa 
pers  relating  to,  163,  207 

Burnett,  Robert,  papers  relating  to,  163 

Burrard,  Sir  Harry,  letters  to,  145 

Burrard,  Col.  William,  papers  of,  145 

Burrington,  George,  letters  of,  320,  328;  pa 
pers  relating  to,  163 

Burt,  Capt.,  349 

Burt,  Samuel,  accounts,  410 

Burt,  William  Mathew,  proclamation,  30 

Burton,  Dr.,  letter  to,  298 

Burton,  Lieut.-Gov.,  letters  of,  26 

Burton,  John,  letter  of,  300 

Burton,  Sir  Ralph,  correspondence,  106 

Burwell,  Lewis,  estate,  suit  of,  165 

Bushell,  John,  letter  of,  344 

Buston,  Thomas,  letter  to,  410 

Butler,  letter  to,  83 

Butler,  Lieut.,  letter  of,  221 

Butler,  Capt.  Nathaniel,  papers  of,  47,  53,  54 

Butler,  Peter,  380 

Butler,  Maj.  Pierce,  letters  of,  100 

Butler,  Richard,  letter  of,  344 

Butler,  Thomas,  bond  of,  97 

Butler,  Rev.  Weeden,  correspondence,  100,  114 

Byam,  R,  meteorological  observations,  357 

Byam,  Gov.  William,  118;  book  of,  428 

Byfield,  Nathaniel,  399;  petitions  of,  29,  399 

Byles,  Mather,  letter  of,  307 

Byllynge,  Gov.  Edward,  claims  of,  100 

Byndlos,  Col,  letter  of,  56 


454 


Index. 


Byrd,  William,  386;  letters  of,  63,  68,  69,  70, 

318;  Dividing  Line,  26,  116 
Byron,  Adm.  John,  instructions  to,  268 

Cadiz,  arrival  of  Spanish  West  Indian  fleet  at, 

223 
Cadogan,  Earl  of   (William),  letters  to,  400, 

402 

Cadogan,  George,  letter  of,  292 
Caesar,  Sir  Julius,  428;  letter  to,  145;  papers 

relating  to,  88,  89 

Cagway,  fort  of,  proposals  for,  36,  37 
Caldwell,  Capt.,  letter  of,  247 ;  warrant  sent  to, 

391 

Caldwell,  John,  suit  of,  313 
Caledonia,  Darien,  ruin  of,  404 
Calendars  of  State  Papers,  Domestic  and  Co 
lonial,  177 

California,  astronomical  observations  in,  359; 
description,    17,    104;    naval    expeditions    to, 
154;  papers  relating  to,  89;  passage  by  land 
to,  360;  voyages  to,  51 
California,  Gulf  of,  map,  92 
California,  Lower,  map,  92 
Callao,  voyages  to,  51 
Calvert,  Charles,  letters  of,  49,  179,  312 
Calvert  county,  Md.,  church  lands  in,  337 
Calvert  family,  arms  and  pedigree,  396 
Calvert  Town,  Md.,  clergyman  for,  374 
Camber-well,   ship,   papers   concerning   capture 

of,  135 

Cambridge,  Mass.,  assembly  at,  journal,  206; 
astronomical  observations,  358,  359,  364 ;  let 
ters  from,  422;  meteorological  observations 
at,  357,  361 ;  mission  in,  295 ;  proposed  estab 
lishment  of  King's  College  at,  294;  provin 
cial  congress,  proceedings  of,  255;  removal 
of  House  of  Representatives  to,  252;  town 
meeting  at,  228;  townsmen's  votes,  231 

Cambridge  University,  347 ;  libraries,  382 ;  man 
uscripts  in,  424-430 

Camden,  Earl  of  (Charles  Pratt),  speech  by, 
161 

Camel,  P.  George  Joseph,  letters  of,  71 ;  papers 
by,  58,  70,  361 

Camm,  Rev.  John,  letter  of,  3*5,  3i8;  suit  of, 
165,  166,  181 

Camm  case,  165,  166 

Camock,  Capt.  Sussex,  letters  to,  83 

Campbell,  A.  C,  report  of,  25 

Campbell,  Alexander,  letters  of,  309,  312,  322; 
vindication  of,  304 

Campbell,  Lieut.-Col.  Archibald,  corps  of,  266; 
letter  of,  151 

Campbell,  Colin,  letters  of,  309;  scientific  ob 
servations  of,  357,  358 

Campbell,  Douglas,  case  of,  181 

Campbell,  Duncan,  389;  letter  of,  390 

Campbell,  John,  Lives  of  the  Admirals,  382 

Campbell,  Col.  John,  petition  of,  181 

Campbell,  P.,  letter  of,  31 

Campbell,  Lord  William,  certificates  from,  275 


Campeche,  description,  101 ;  logwood  papers, 
18,  25 ;  map,  98 ;  papers  relating  to,  101 ; 
trade,  168 

Canada,  Anglo-French  relations  in,  29,  89;  as 
sembly  acts,  195 ;  astronomical  observations, 
358;  boundaries,  76,  109;  British  army  rec 
ords,  264;  British  prisoners  sent  to  France 
from,  220 ;  Burgoyne's  expedition  from,  265 ; 
claims  to,  114;  conditions  in,  28,  106;  cou 
riers'  routes  in,  122;  English  Company  of, 
396;  expeditions  against,  105,  130,  137;  ex 
peditions  to,  9,  386,  409,  419,  429;  French 
Company  of,  396;  French  forces  in,  162; 
French  power  in,  29,  103 ;  German  troops  in, 
264;  government  of,  195;  grant  of,  195; 
language  of  Indians  in,  83;  maple-sugar  in, 
361;  maps  of,  90,  98,  106,  122,  143;  military 
records  of,  105,  106;  papers  relating  to,  90, 
112,  161,  240,  369;  prisoners  of  war  in,  137, 
224;  ports  in,  98;  proposals  for  reduction  of, 
135,  138;  relations  with  the  colonies,  325; 
Roman  Catholics  in,  134;  river  of,  see  St. 
Lawrence  River;  Scotch  settlements  in,  29; 
title  to,  21 ;  trade-papers  of,  139,  181 ;  travels 
to,  28,  59;  volunteers  from,  142;  voyage  to 
Mississippi  from,  364,  367;  voyages  to,  18, 
87;  wars  with,  105 

Canada  Praying  Indians,  389 

Canadian  Archives,  Report  on,  90,  370,  395 

Candler,  Capt.  Earth.,  astronomical  observa 
tions,  358 

Caner,  Henry,  letters  of,  295,  297,  299,  300, 
301,  305,  307,  308 

Caner,  Thomas,  letter  of,  328 

Cannell,  Christopher,  32 

Cant,  Andrew,  letter  of,  315 

Canterbury,  Archbishop  of,  commission  to,  375 ; 
correspondence,  293,  294,  295,  297,  298,  299, 
300,  301,  315,  374;  jurisdiction  over  colonies, 
376;  library  of,  see  Lambeth  Palace  Library 

Canton,  John,  F.  R.  S.,  correspondence,  368; 
papers  of,  368 

Cape  Breton,  89 ;  conquest  of,  135,  281 ;  expedi 
tion  against,  11;  expeditions  to,  109,  ill,  136; 
fisheries,  15;  importance  of,  15,  130;  papers 
relating  to,  90 

Cape  Coast,  letter  from  negro  chiefs  of,  218 

Cape  Coast  Castle,  account  of,  218 

Cape  Cod,  maps,  143,  429 

Cape  Fear  River,  map  of  the  mouth  of,  122 

Capellen,  Baron  Johan  Dirk  van  der,  protest 

by,  155 

Cape  Verde,  voyages  to,  52,  428 

Caracas,  papers  on,  168 

Caranza,  Capt.  Domingo  Gonzales,  book  by,  116 

Cardigan,  Earl  of,  petition  of,  166 

Cardonnel,  A.  D.,  409 

Carew,  Lord  (George  Carew),  letter  to,  287 

Carew,  George,  paper  of,  429 

Caribbee  Islands,  45;  Anglo-French  hostilities 
in,  413;  British  interest  in,  133;  conditions 
in,  43 ;  customs,  169 ;  description,  425 ;  farm 
ing,  41 ;  finances,  41 ;  free  trade,  84 ;  maps, 


Index. 


455 


425;  military  papers  relating  to,  26,  31,  40, 
41,  46,  360;  plants,  55,  362;  provisions,  40 

Carkesse,  Charles,  letter  of,  108;  papers  relat 
ing  to,  108 

Carlehill,  Capt.,  discourse,  8 

Carleton,  Sir  Dudley,  see  Dorchester,  Viscount 

Carleton,  Gov.  Sir  Guy,  map  sent  by,  182; 
orders  of,  106,  122;  regiment  of,  123;  royai 
instructions  to,  253 

Carlisle,  First  Earl  of  (Charles  Howard),  45; 
correspondence,  47,  56,  113;  papers  relating 
to,  44,  56 

Carlisle,  Earl  of  (Frederick  Howard),  152; 
correspondence,  267;  papers  of,  267 

Carlisle  Bay,  map,  143 

Carlisles,  see  Barbadoes 

Carlos,  ship,  91 

Carlting,  George,  correspondence,  112,  147,  148 

Carlyle,  suit  of,  vs.  Dade,  316 

Carmichael,  William,  letters  of,  97,  147,  148 

Carolina,  Anglo-French  disputes  concerning, 
100 ;  animals,  68,  361,  421;  boundaries,  158, 
179;  charter,  76,  104;  church  papers  relating 
to,  296,  324,  405;  conditions  in,  123;  consti 
tutions  of,  12,  104;  convoys  to,  216;  Coxe's 
lands  in,  385,  395;  defense  of,  139;  descrip 
tions,  13,  14,  76,  186;  English  discoveries  in, 
100;  forts,  396;  French  encroachments  on, 
385;  French  refugees  in,  385,  407;  Friends 
in.  35p;  history,  145;  Indian  crafts  in,  361; 
libraries,  335;  Lutheran  settlers  in,  396; 
maps,  74,  91,  429 ;  natural  history,  361 ;  negro 
education  in,  334;  papers  relating  to,  60,  159, 
298.  384;  papers  relating  to  the  proprietors 
of,  129,  159,  195;  papers  relating  to  trade  in, 
IQS,  205,  216;  plants,  362,  421;  Privy  Council 
Committee  on,  173;  questions  of  prospective 
settlers  concerning,  396;  rice-trade,  204; 
rivers,  74;  settlement  of,  385;  settlements, 
74;  slavery  in,  400;  surrender  of,  140,  187; 
tar-industry,  73 

Carolina,  North,  acts  of,  182,  321;  bills  of 
credit,  214;  boundaries,  116,  421;  church  pa 
pers  relating  to,  182,  321,  324,  329;  currency, 
214;  customs,  395;  description,  69,  351;  edu 
cation,  325;  governor's  papers,  253;  land- 
grants,  253;  laws,  321;  maps,  116;  papers 
relating  to,  26,  130,  257,  302,  320-321,  324, 
332,  333;  parishes,  329;  petition  to  the  as 
sembly  of,  325;  politics,  127,  130,  142;  quit- 
rents,  17,  183 ;  ships  entering  and  leaving, 
136;  Stamp  Act  papers,  232,  235,  238;  sur 
render  of,  210;  surrender  of  the  charter  of, 
159;  taxes,  329;  voyage  to,  46 

Carolina,  South,  acts  of,  182,  323;  admiralty 
proceedings,  403 ;  assembly  papers,  161,  226, 
235.  256,  323;  attacks  upon,  113;  bills  of 
credit  in,  213-214;  British  navy  in,  208;  bul 
lion  trade,  134;  church  papers  relating  to, 
323,  324,  407;  conditions  in,  210,  323;  corn 
importation,  237;  court  papers,  181,  323; 
descriptions,  13,  14,  16,  120;  disputes  con 
cerning,  130,  158;  disturbances  in,  256,  257; 


expedition  against  St.  Augustine,  87;  fi 
nances,  213-214;  fortifications,  210;  free 
schools,  323;  German  settlers  in,  292;  gov 
ernors'  papers,  159,  253,  397;  grand  jury, 
257;  history,  27;  Indian  burials,  367;  land- 
grants,  253 ;  missionary  activities,  323 ;  news 
paper  clippings,  324;  offices,  134;  opposition 
to  Stamp  Act,  234,  235;  opposition  to  Sugar 
Bill,  204,  206,  207 ;  packet  boat  service,  275 ; 
papers  relating  to,  13,  26,  27,  130,  141,  204, 
206,  207,  210,  234,  302,  320-324,  332,  333; 
petition  against  proprietors  of,  159;  plants, 
362 ;  politics,  127,  140,  142,  158 ;  rates  of  gold 
and  silver  in,  214;  relation  of,  to  Choctaw 
revolt,  9;  Remonstrance  papers,  323;  reve 
nues,  134 ;  scientific  experiments  in,  361 ; 
stamp-distributing,  226,  234,  235 ;  Swiss  im 
migration,  109,  292;  tea  disturbances,  248, 
249;  trade,  179,  216,  322,  323 

Caroline  Church,  324 

Caroline  parish,  S.  C,  324 

Carpenter,  Nathaniel,  case  of,  164 

Carr,  Sir  Robert,  287;  letters  of,  414,  415;  re 
port  of,  420 

Carroll,  Daniel,  case  of,  97 

Carroll,  John,  Roman  Catholic  superior  of 
missions  in  U.  S.,  340;  correspondence,  342; 
papers  of,  342 

Carson,  H.  L.,  Constitution  of  United  States, 
26 

Carter,  suit  of,  316 

Carter,  John,  commission  to,  162 

Carteret,  Sir  George,  23,  387;  commission 
from,  43;  commission  to,  114;  letter  of,  169 

Carteret,  Lord  (John  Carteret),  correspond 
ence,  129,  210,  401 ;  papers  of,  158 

Carthagena,  John  de,  examination  of,  381 

Carthagena,  55;  attacks  on,  145,  215;  descrip 
tion  of,  130;  expedition  to,  109;  fall  of,  155; 
governor's  papers,  131;  maps,  98;  Morgan's 
expedition  against,  83;  Vice-Adm.  Vernon 
at,  214 

"  Cartwraight "  (Carteret),  Earl  of,  64 

Cartwright,  Col.  George,  correspondence,  40, 
414;  report  of,  411,  414,  420 

Carver,  Capt.  Jonathan,  papers  of,  79,  184;  pe 
tition  of,  183 ;  travels  of,  79 

Cary,  John,  Book  of  Trade,  75,  422;  papers  of, 
78 

Cary,  Miles,  389 

Casa  Calvo,  Marquis  de  (Regis  Loisel),  "Lu- 
isiana,"  101 

Casco  Bay,  92 

Casseres,  Simon  de,  Proposals  of,  382 

Castell,  William,  petition  of,  290 

Castle,  Dr.,  Polyglot  Lexicon,  344 

Castle  Frigate,  ship,  56 

Castle  Island,  fortifications  at,  391 

Catalogus  Codd.  MSS.  Bibliothecae  Bodlei- 
anae,  374,  376,  380 

Catesby,  Mark,  F.  R.  S.,  64,  361,  365,  366;  cor 
respondence,  59,  64,  65 ;  papers  by,  73 

Cathcart,  John,  petition  of,  182 


456 


Index. 


Cathcart,  Lord  (William  Shaw),  correspond 
ence,  124,  128,  129,  151,  160;  papers  relating 
to,  128,  129,  135,  151,  157 

Cathcart  Manuscripts,  referred  to,  146 

Cayenne,  voyages  to,  116 

Cayley,  consul,  letter  of,  210 

Cayley,  Ab.,  letters  of,  129 

Caylus,  Marquis  de,  126,  131 

Cayuga  Indians,  papers  relating  to,  222 

Cecil,  Sir  Robert,  papers  addressed  to,  287 

Cecil  county,  Maryland,  missionary  activities, 
288 

Celoron  de  Bienville,  letter  of,  222;  declara 
tion  by,  221 

Central  America,  papers  relating  to,  303 

Chaleur,  ship,  burning  of,  180 

Challoner,  Bishop  Richard,  letters  of,  referred 
to,  341 

Chalmers,  George,  25 ;  letter  of,  147 ;  papers  of, 
90 

Chamberlayne,  John,  secretary  of  the  S.  P.  G., 
404;  correspondence,  18,  63,  290,  364,  404 

Chambers,  Mr.,  case  of,  311 

Chambly,  Fort  de,  92 

Chambly  Lake,  map,  92 

Chamier,  Daniel,  papers  of,  267 

Champante,  J.,  paper  of,  41 

Champante,  John,  Jr.,  appointed  agent  for  New 
York,  393 ;  army  supplies  sent  by,  409 ;  corre 
spondence,  377,  388,  389,  390,  391,  392,  393; 
life,  386;  papers  of,  386-395 

Champlain,  Lake,  92;  land-grants  on,  181-182; 
maps,  121,  181-182;  title  to  lands  on,  109; 
travels  to,  28 

Chancellor,  William,  letters  of,  309 

Chandler,  Samuel,  letter  of,  293 

Chandler,  Dr.  Thomas  B.,  letters  to,  294,  303 

Channel  Islands,  illicit  trade,  166 

Chapman,  Mr.,  letter  to,  118-119 

Chapman,  Sir  William,  petition  of,  160 

Chappe,  Abbe,  astronomical  observations,  359 

Charas,  letter  of,  353 

Charles,  Mr.,  naval  officer,  of  Pa.,  127,  136 

Charles  L,  charters  by,  208;  correspondence, 
23>  32»  87;  papers  relating  to  the  reign  of, 
112,  175;  patents,  20;  proclamations,  20,  186 

Charles  II.,  31,  424;  addresses  to,  408,  411; 
charters  by,  208;  commissions  by,  114,  385, 
414;  correspondence,  36,  40,  41,  42,  53,  352, 
370,  411,  413,  415,  416;  grants  of,  369,  385; 
loyalty  to,  411 ;  order  of,  100;  papers  relating 
to,  154,  287,  351,  376,  420,  428;  petitions  to, 
408,  412;  proclamations,  56,  186;  reign  of, 
8if  175  I  treaties  of,  428 

Charles  IV.,  King  of  Spain,  declarations  by, 
157 

Charles,  Robert,  petition  of,  180 

Charles,  ship,  memorial  concerning,  47 

Charles  City,  Va.,  county  records,  425 

Charleston,  church  papers  relating  to,  323,  397 ; 
French  church  at,  397;  letter  from,  232; 
maps,  27;  meteorological  observations  at, 


357 ;  packet  boat  service,  274,  275,  276 ;  vice- 
admiralty  court,  180 

Charleston  Church,  letter  to,  305 

Charleston  parish,  addresses  from,  324 

Charlestown,  Mass.,  trade,  410 

Charleton,  William,  papers  by,  61 

Charlton,  Richard,  papers  by,  383 

Charters,  see  names  of  colonies  and  places, 
e.  g.,  Carolina,  charter;  New  York,  charter 

Charter  government,  see  Colonies,  Charter 
Government,  also  under  the  names  of  indi 
vidual  colonies 

Charts,  see  Maps 

Chatham,  Earl  of  (William  Pitt),  correspond 
ence,  29,  79,  123,  124,  126,  129,  146,  154,  168- 
169;  papers  relating  to,  120 

Checkley,  John,  letters  of,  305,  347;  papers  re 
lating  to,  308 

Chegotimi  (Chicoutimi),  181 

Chekelli,  Mico,  Indian  chief,  papers  relating 
to,  327 

Cherokee  country,  maps,  91 

Cherokee  Indians,  language,  27;  seven,  in  Eng 
land,  112;  trade,  161 

Chesapeake  Bay,  169,  407 ;  description,  55 

Chesapeake  Indians,  dictionary  of  the  language 
of,  379 

Chesney,  Alexander,  journal  of,  123 

Chesney,  Gen.  F.  R.,  life,  123 

Chester,  Edward,  letter  of,  300 

Chester,  Capt.  Peter,  letters  of,  112 

Chester,  Pa.,  143 

Chetwynd,  correspondence,   118 

Chiara,  description  of,  417;  mines  in,  417 

Chicheley,  Sir  Henry,  letter  to,  113 

Chicoutimi,  see  Chegotimi 

Chiffinch,  Thomas,  39 

Chignecto  (Chinecto),  basin  of,  132;  Maj. 
Charles  Lawrence  invades,  220 

Child,  Amy,  land-grant  to,  353 

Child,  Sir  Josiah,  10 

Child,  Thomas,  letter  of  attorney  to,  71 

Chillingworth,  William,  commission  to,  43; 
letter  to,  52 

Chilton,  real  estate,  case  of,  162 

Chilton,  E.,  Present  State  of  Virginia,  114 

Chilton,  John,  narrative  of,  51 

China,  early  voyages  to,  425 ;  northwest  pas 
sage  from  North  America  to,  180 

Chiswell,  John,  suit  against,  165 

Chocolate,  Natural  History  of,  14 

Choctaws,  revolt  of,  9 

Choiseul,  Due  de,  correspondence,  124,  126 

Chollett,  suit  of,  165 

Cholmondely,  Robert,  auditor-general  of  plan 
tations,  181 

Christanna,  school  at,  407 

Christ  Church,  letter  of,  305 

Christ  Church,  Boston,  addresses  from,  306; 
papers  relating  to,  307 

Christ  Church,  Kent  Island,  petitions  from, 
314 


Index. 


457 


Christ  Church,  Lancaster  Co.,  Va.,  church 
queries,  318 

Christ  Church,  Middlesex  Co.,  Va.,  church 
queries,  318 

Christ  Church  College,  Oxford,  library,  422 

Christ  Church,  Philadelphia,  papers  relating  to, 
295,  3".  312 

Christ  Church  parish,  S.  C,  addresses  from, 
324;  queries,  324 

Christie,  Lieut.-Gen.,  suit  of,  167 

Christie,  Thomas,  letter  of,  322 

Church,  B.,  letters  of,  121 

Church  Briefs,  71-72 

Churchill,  Collection  of  Voyages,  116 

Churchill,  John,  Duke  of  Marlborough,  see 
Marlborough 

Churchill,  Thomas,  papers  relating  to,  340 

Churchill  River,  voyage  to,  360 

Churches,  see  names  of  colonies,  places  and 
individual  churches,  e.  g.,  Virginia,  church 
papers ;  Trinity  Church,  New  York 

Church  Mission  House,  N.  Y.,  papers  in,  286, 
302,  332 

Church  of  Christ,  Dedham,  346 

Church  of  England,  in  colonies,  129,  286,  325 ; 
missionary  activities,  316;  Old  Clergy  Chap 
ter,  339 ;  papers  relating  to,  291,  292,  297,  302, 
332,  339,  420 

City  of  London,  ship,  cargo  of,  261 

Cividad  de  la  Serera,  drawings  of,  51 

Civil  War  and  Commonwealth  Pamphlets, 
catalogue,  7 

Claese,  Laurence,  examination  of,  418;  report 
by,  418 

Claggett,  Alexander,  letter  of,  312 

Claggett,  Rev.  Thomas  John,  letters  of,  114 

Claiborne,  W.,  instructions  for,  380 

Clap,  Thomas,  letters  of,  347 ;  sermons  by,  347 

Clarence,  Duke  of,  see  William  IV.,  of  Eng 
land 

Clarendon,  Earl  of  (Edward  Hyde),  corre 
spondence,  411,  412,  413,  414,  415,  416,  417, 
420,  421 ;  papers  of,  416 

Clarendon,  Second  Earl  of  (Henry  Hyde),  let 
ter  to,  69 

Clarendon,  Lady,  correspondence,  412 

Clarendon,  Third  Lord,  see  Cornbury 

Clarendon  Manuscripts,  410-421 

Clarendon  Press,  373 

Clarendon  State  Papers,  Calendar  of,  410 

Clark,  Capt.,  complaints  against,  409 

Clark,  George  Rogers,  surrender  of  Ft.  Sack- 
ville  to,  in 

Clark,  Giles,  letter  to,  403 

Clarke,  Capt.  Arthur,  instructions  to,  276;  let 
ter  from,  275 

Clarke,  Gedney,  Sr.,  letters  of,  29 

Clarke,  Gedney,  Jr.,  letters  of,  29 

Clarke,  George,  letters  of,  98,  128;  memorial 
from,  143 ;  papers  relating  to,  163 ;  petition 
of,  181 ;  quarrel  with  Gov.  Tryon,  184 

Clarke,  George,  Jr.,  memorials  from,  143 

Clarke,  John,  petitions  of,  411,  412 


Clarke,  Richard,  and  Sons,  correspondence, 
247,  250;  petition  of,  248 

Clarke,  William,  letter  of,  352 

Clayton,  Rev.  John,  letters  of,  53,  356;  papers 
by,  62,  73,  355,  357,  361 

Clayton,  Mrs.  Robert,  letter  to,  104 

Clayton,  Rev.  Thomas,  letters  of,  50,  309 

Cleator,  Joseph,  bond  from,  407 

Cleeve,  Richard,  suit  of,  166 

Cleeve  and  Huide  case,  166 

Cleland,  William,  answer  of,  194 

Clifford,  Jeronomy,  affidavit  of,  133 

Clifford,  Lord  (Thomas  Clifford),  letters  of, 
41,  122;  report  by,  115 

Clifton,  Francis,  letter  of,  67 

Clinton,  Gov.  George,  127;  correspondence, 
124,  125,  128,  221,  222;  papers  relating  to,  130, 
137,  141,  219,  222 

Clinton,  Sir  Henry,  112,  188;  correspondence, 
112,  124,  150,  151,  152,  153,  267,  270;  instruc 
tions  to,  270;  military  career,  142,  188,  270; 
papers  relating  to,  136,  151,  152,  188,  267 

Cluddy,  Edward,  letter  of,  406 

Coblentz,  stoppage  of  the  Hessians  at,  156 

Cochineal,  361 

Cochran,  Capt.,  correspondence,  256,  257 

"  Cockleshell,  Tim ",  note  signed  by,  63 

Cocoanuts,  query  concerning  the  shipping  of, 
162 

Cocoa  Tree,  description  of,  45 

Coddington,  Gov.  William,  commission  to,  302 

Codrington,  Gov.  Christopher,  will  of,  296 

Coffee,  trade,  201 

Coffin,  Hezekiah,  protest  and  deposition,  250, 

251 

Coke,  Sir  John,  and  others,  petitions  referred 
to,  279 

Colbatch,  Joseph,  letter  of,  312 

Colden,  Lieut. -Gov.  Cadwallader,  correspond 
ence,  108,  124,  229,  230,  233,  234,  238,  239,  246, 
256,  257,  259;  papers  relating  to,  205,  206, 
230,  247,  259,  358,  359 

Colden,  David,  letter  of,  227 

Cole,  James,  letters  of,  53 

Cole,  Josiah,  letter  of,  351 ;  voyage  of,  351 

Cole,  Thomas,  paper  of,  139 

Cole,  William,  "  American  Scholes  ",  75 

Coley,  H.,  "  Schemes  of  Nativities  ",  55 

Coll,  Obedial,  evidence  of,  94 

Coll,  Philip,  evidence  of,  94 

College  of  Heralds,  command  to,  22 

Colleges,  American,  briefs  for,  311;  see  also 
Education ;  names  of  individual  institutions, 
e.  g.,  King's  College 

Coller,  James,  evidence  of,  94 

Collerburn  Parish  county,  Va.,  grievances  of, 

427 
Colleton,  Sir  John,  petition  of,  380;  grant  to, 

412 

Colleton,  Sir  Peter,  384 
Colleton,  S.  C.,  324 
Colleton  River,  settlement,  74 
Collier,  William,  in 


458 


Index. 


Collins,  John,  Dep.  Surv.  Gen.  of  Quebec,  map 
by,  182 

Collins,  John,  N.  Y.,  letter  to,  393 

Collins,  John,  statement  of,  10 

Collinson,  Peter,  correspondence,  116,  169,  364, 
365,  366,  368;  papers  of,  68,  139,  362 

Colman,  Rev.  Benjamin,  correspondence,  305, 
307,  331.  3475  papers  of,  359 

Colon,  drawings  of,  51 

Colonial  Office,  see  Board  of  Trade 

Colonies,  acts,  181,  186-187;  acts  declared  null 
by  Great  Britain,  165,  240;  agents'  projects, 
141 ;  Anglo-French  relations  in,  132,  137, 
139;  Anglo-Spanish  relations  in,  131,  210; 
army  papers,  83,  116,  124,  130,  142,  188,  200, 
202,  203,217,224,297;  balance  of  power,  160; 
British,  49,  138 ;  British  interest  in,  324 ;  Brit 
ish  title  to,  15;  bullion  trade,  235;  charter 
governments,  192,  197,  301 ;  charters,  187 ;  cir 
cular  letters  to  the  governors  of,  128,  129, 
133,  221,  225,  230,  237,  239,  241,  247,  263; 
coins,  192-193,  194,  197;  conditions  in,  12, 
138,  139,  194,  324;  convoys,  192,  195;  court 
papers,  419;  courts-martial,  264;  crime  in, 
223 ;  cruisers  in,  195 ;  currency,  212 ;  customs, 
90,  250;  defense  of,  137,  140,  160,  192,  194, 
419;  descriptions  of,  16;  disturbances  in,  134, 
140,  146,  254-257,  259,  281;  embargo  of  1701, 
178;  entail  of  land  in,  159;  finances,  133-134, 
140,  160,  168,  192-193,  203-204,  212,  236;  for 
eign  Protestant  engineers  in,  223 ;  free  ports 
in,  140;  French,  15,  131,  138;  French  conduct 
in,  137;  French  encroachments  in,  137,  139, 
219,  352,  419;  French  forts  in,  222;  gold 
rates  in,  212 ;  government  in,  13,  106,  203-204, 
294,  423;  governors,  211;  history,  14,  153,  302, 
325,  364,  384,  428,  429 ;  immigration,  133,  162 ; 
Indian  officers,  106;  land-grants,  40,  182,  183, 
184,  185;  laws,  12,  161,  166,  194,  223,  419; 
maps,  160,  400;  military  commissions,  160; 
naturalization  in,  130;  naval  stores,  192-193, 
194,  204,  208;  navy  papers,  137,  194;  news 
papers,  297 ;  opposition  to  Sugar  Bill,  205 ; 
packet  boat  service,  193,  274,  275,  276 ;  papers 
relating  to,  15,  16,  26,  134-141,  135,  139,  140, 
ISS,  157,  186-187,  192,  204,  226,  290-301,  294, 
393,  422,  426;  parishes,  325;  politics,  25,  26, 
192,  197,  203-204 ;  popular  liberty,  423 ;  post- 
office  papers,  273,  274,  275,  276;  proprietary 
government  in,  117,  159,  192,  197;  provisions 
for,  261;  real  estate,  157;  revenues,  15,  90; 
shipping,  142,  193,  206;  silver  rates  in,  212; 
Spanish,  7,  15,  116,  130,  287;  Spanish  depre 
dations,  160;  Stamp  Act  papers,  226,  227, 
232;  stamp  duties,  161,  225;  sugar,  see  Sugar 
Colonies ;  taxation,  161 ;  tea  disturbances, 
247-251;  thirteen,  369;  trade  prohibition  bill, 
260,  261,  262,  264;  transportation  of  rebels  to, 
403 ;  transportation  of  vagrants  to,  283 ;  vice- 
admiralty  courts  in,  180,  182,  183,  236;  voy 
ages,  153,  287 ;  war  papers,  138,  196,  236 ;  see 
also  names  of  particular  colonies,  e.  g., 
Georgia,  Barbadoes,  Connecticut;  and  Plan 
tations 


Colorado  Indians,  101 

Colton,  John,  papers  of,  309 

Columbia  University,  see  King's  College 

Columbus,  Christopher,  81 

Colvill,  Lord,  letter  of,  129 

Colville,  Lieut.,  letter  of,  108 

Comet,  packet  boat,  276 

Comets,  67,  358 

Commerce,  treaty,  29;  see  Trade 

Commercial    papers,     Massie's    catalogue    of, 

12- 16 
Commissioners    for    Public    Accounts,   minute 

books,  169 

Committee  for  finance,  33 
Committee  of  Privy  Council,  on  Appeals,  172, 

173 

Commonwealth  pamphlets,  catalogue,  7 
Commonwealth,  Council  Books  of,  175 
Company  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in 

New  England,  papers  of,  330,  345,  374 
Compton,  Bishop  Henry,  62,  98,  327 
Concanen,  Mathew,  poem  by,  155 
Concord,    Mass.,    provincial    congress    papers, 

255 

Coney,  Peregrine,  commissary  in  America,  404 ; 
rector  of  Middle  Neck,  Md.,  404 

Congregational  Library,  information  about  the 
use  of,  347;  manuscripts  in,  347-349 

Congress,  Continental,  Connecticut  delegation 
to,  348;  correspondence,  147,  149,  150;  mani 
festo  of,  150;  maps  presented  to,  92;  papers 
relating  to,  147,  257,  261,  282,  349 

Congress,  Library  of,  188,  430;  MSS.  of  the 
British  Museum  and  Bodleian  Library  trans 
cribed  for,  431-445 

Connecticut,  assembly  proceedings,  309;  boun 
daries,  93,  179,  412 ;  charter,  15,  159,  208,  292, 
417;  charter  government,  196,  197;  church 
papers  relating  to,  289,  292,  294,  295,  300, 
301,  309,  327,  332;  currency,  214;  delegation 
of,  to  Congress,  348;  encroachments  on 
Pennsylvania,  185;  history,  93;  governor's 
papers,  179;  laws,  159,  180;  opposition  to 
Stamp  Act,  229,  237,  238;  opposition  to 
Sugar  Bill,  204,  206,  207,  209;  papers  re 
lating  to,  26,  39,  40,  in,  196,  201,  287,  302, 
303,  308-309,  333,  383;  petitions  from,  204, 
206,  207;  politics,  133,  196;  proposed  sale  of 
Saybrook  colony  to,  48;  relations  with  Mo- 
hegan  Indians,  25 ;  revenues,  121 ;  seal,  93 ; 
stamp-distributing  in,  234;  travels  to,  28,  39; 
Winthrop's  complaints  against,  179,  180 

Connecticut  River,  west  side,  land-grants  on, 
182,  183 ;  petition  of  the  inhabitants  of,  184 

Conoy  nation,  deed  of  lands,  353 

Constance^,  ship,  54 

Constitutional  Courant,  copy  of,  229 

Contraband,  definition  of,  21 

Contrecoeur,  Antoine  de,  summons  from,  223 

Conway,  Henry  Seymour,  correspondence,  229, 
230,  231,  232,  233,  238,  239;  orders  to,  227, 
228 

Cook,  James,  astronomical  observations,  358; 
charts  by,  102 


Index. 


459 


Cooke,  Mr.,  Moryson's  letter  to,  427 

Cooke,  Secretary,  see  Coke,  Sir  John 

Cooke,  Elisha,  petition  of,  179 

Cooke,  Nicholas,  letter  of,  263 

Cooper,  Mr.,  letter  to,  234 

Cooper,  Sir  Grey,  letters  of,  136,  250,  262 

Cooper,  Myles,  correspondence,  298,  299,  300, 
301 ;  leaves  Oxford  for  King's  College,  298 ; 
papers  relating  to,  298,  301 

Cooper,  Rev.  Dr.  Samuel,  letters  of,  25,  26,  157 

Cooper,  Thomas,  letter  of,  64 

Cooper,  Rev.  W.,  letter  of,  347 

Cooper  River,  map,  74;  settlement,  74 

Copley,  Gov.  Lionel,  papers  of,  162;  petitions 
of,  37,  46 

Copping,  Mr.,  report  by,  66 

Coram,  Thomas,  279 ;  correspondence,  128,  294 ; 
petition  of,  279 

Corbett,  case  of,  415 

Corbett,  Bromfield,  observations,  62 

Corbiere,  Anthony,  letters  of,  124 

Corbin,  Gawin,  suit  of,  167,  182 

Corbin,  Richard,  136 

Corbin  ejectment  case,  167 

Cordiner,  Rev.,  prisoner  in  France,  288 

Cordon,  Marquis  de,  letter  to,  ill 

Cordwent,  Edward,  deposition  of,  194 

Corn,  culture,  360;  trade,  224 

Cornbury,  Lord  (Edward  Hyde),  accounts,  99, 
418,  419;  becomes  Lord  Clarendon,  419;  cor 
respondence,  19,  69,  90,  99,  356,  391,  392,  395, 
397,  407,  419,  420;  papers  relating  to,  99,  389, 
390,  39i,  392,  393,  407,  417,  4i8,  419,  420 

Cornell,  Gideon,  suit  against,  167,  183 

Corner,  Capt.,  letter  to,  242;  diary  of,  244 

Cornish,  Adm.  Sir  Samuel,  letter  of,  158 

Cornwallis,  Earl  of  (Charles),  army  of,  270; 
capture,  192,  270;  correspondence,  112,  270 

Cornwallis,  Gov.  Edward,  129;  correspond 
ence,  90,  104,  125,  132,  221 ;  papers  from,  219 

Corporations,  treatise  on,  55 

Cortland  (Van  Cortlandt),  Col.  Stephen,  lists 
drawn  by,  387 

Cosby,  Gov.  William,  commission  of,  163 

Costa  e  Miranda,  Joseph  da,  map  by,  121 

Cottington,  Lord  Francis,  279 

Cotton,  Rev.  Francis,  paper  relating  to,  397 

Cotton,  Rev.  John,  early  life  of,  76,  345 ;  letters 
of,  72,  76,  330,  422 

Cotton,  Josiah,  95 

Cotton,  Nathaniel,  letter  of,  321 

Cotton,  customs,  205,  207 

Cottonian  Manuscripts,  7-8 

Council,  Privy,  committees,  47,  96,  171-173, 
213;  correspondence,  31,  33,  87-88,  118,  143, 
159,  160,  181,  283,  402;  court  decisions,  164- 
167;  history,  171-174;  lawsuit  papers,  164- 
167,  178;  mode  of  procedure,  171-174;  papers 
in  the  office  of,  170-187;  papers  relating  to, 
38,  47,  135,  141,  153,  159,  174,  180,  182,  183, 
184,  185-187,  227,  228,  240,  277,  278,  289,  375, 
378,  401,  402,  418;  petitions  to,  164-167,  279; 
Precedents,  185-186;  Register,  170-177,  186 


Council  of  State,  31,  122;  papers  relating  to, 
86,  380,  381 ;  petitions  to,  382 

Council  of  Trade  Papers,  before  1696,  see 
Lords  of  Trade;  after  1696,  see  Board  of 
Trade 

Courand,  J.,  letter  to,  125 

Courland,  James,  Duke  of,  pretensions  of, 
to  Tobago,  44 

Courten,  Sir  William,  petition  of  heirs  of,  45 

Courts-martial  in  West  Indies,  30 

Coventry,  Henry,  correspondence,  113,  425, 
426,  427;  papers  of,  113,  115 

Coventry,  Sir  William,  member  of  Committee 
of  Privy  Council,  40;  letter  to,  86;  papers 
by,  60 

Coventry  Papers,  113 

Cowley,  William  Ambrosia,  voyage  of,  52,  428 

Cowper,  Henry,  letters  of,  225,  226 

Cox,  John,  Travells,  51 

Cox,  Samuel,  177 

Coxe,  Dr.  Daniel,  grants  to,  385;  land-claims 
of,  386;  lands  of,  385,  395,  400;  letters  of, 
69,  90;  papers  relating  to,  76,  327,  395,  400 

Coxe,  H.  O.,  Catalogus  Codd.  MSS.  qui  in 
Collegiis  Aulisque  Oxoniensibus  hodie  ad- 
servantur,  422 

Coxe,  Walter,  papers  by,  287 

Coxe,  William,  correspondence,  229;  resigna 
tion  of,  226 

Coxon,  Capt.  John,  voyage  of,  57 

Cranfield,  Gov.  Edward,  commission  of,  401 

Cranston,  Gov.  Samuel,  speech  to  Rhode  Is 
land  assembly,  192 

Crashaw,  William,  letter  to,  378 

Craven,  Lord,  petition  from,  195 

Craven,  Charles,  letter  of,  322 

Craven,  James,  letter  of  attorney,  71 

Craven,  Earl  of  (William),  commission  from, 
43;  letter  of,  425 

Craven  County,  N.  C,  freeholders,  papers  ad 
dressed  to,  257 

Crawford,  letter  to,  410 

Crawford,  Earl  of,  List  and  collection  of  proc 
lamations,  186 

Cressener,  George,  correspondence,  no,  156 

Creswicke,  Dr.,  Dean  of  Wells,  130 

Crisis  No.  3,  paper,  resolutions  on,  259 

Crisis  with  respect  to  America,  pamphlet,  pa 
pers  relating  to,  259 

Crispin,  Capt.  William,  estate  of,  352;  letter 
of,  103 

Cromarty,  woods,  106 

Cromwell,  Oliver,  46;  correspondence,  33,  34, 
84,  380,  385;  declared  Lord  Protector,  381; 
orders  of,  381,  385 ;  papers  relating  to,  382 ; 
petitions  to,  33 ;  plot  against,  380 

Cromwell,  Richard,  103 ;  letter  to,  34 ;  report 
to,  33 

Crookhaven,  fortification  of,  197 

Crosse,  Richard,  suit  of,  165 

Crouand,  letter  to,  127 

Crouch,  William,  bond  to,  142;  death  of,  142; 
petition  of,  178 


460 


Index. 


Crown  Point,  forts,  135,  220;  maps,  143,  181 

182;  notes  on,  132 

Crowne,  William,  claims  of,  38;  papers  of,  37 
Crown  Office,  dockets,  102 
Cruger,  Henry,  108 
Cruger,  Valentine,  suit  against,  403 
Cruwys,  Thomas  Augustus,  (see  Curuy) 
Cryer,  Benjamin,  petition  of,  385 
Cuba,  attacks  on,  127,  133 ;  description  of,  84 

governor's  papers,  130;  military  records,  109 

papers  relating  to,  101,  303 
Cullick,  Capt.,  papers  of,  8;  letter  from,  406 
Culpeper,  Lord  Thomas,  letters  to,  352,  427 

papers  relating  to,  100,  102,  115,  316 
Cumana,  province,  papers  on,  168 
Cumberland,   Earl   of    (George),   voyages    of 

287 

Cumberland,  Richard,  book  by,   117 
Cumberland,    Fort,    and    Lake    Erie,    map    oi 

country  between,  98 
Cuming,  Sir  Alexander,  14 
Cummings,  Archibald,  letters  of,  309;  sermons 

by,  312 

Cunningham,  Robert,  103 
Cunningham,  log  of  voyage,  407 
Curiosa  Americana,  59 
Curiosities,  68,  69,  70,  91,  360,  363,  364,  366 
Currency,    197;    paper,    12,    109,    127-128,    136; 

see  also   names   of  countries,   colonies   and 

places,  e.  g.,  Massachusetts,  financial  papers 
Currie,  William,  letters  of,  309 
Currituck  Inlet,  N.  C,  map,  421 
Currituck  River,  N.  C.,  395 
Curtis,  Lieut.  Roger,  description  of  Labrador 

by,  360 

Curuy   [Thomas  Augustus   Cruwys?],   stamp- 
bill  scheme,  167 
Curzon,  Samuel,  letter  to,  112 
Gushing,  Thomas,  letters  of,  124 
Custis,  Daniel  Parke,  suit  against,  164 
Custis,  Col.  John,  letter  to,  426 
Customs,  20,  21,  23,  24,  39,  40,  411;  accounts, 

52,  78;   Commissioners'  papers,  42,  78,   177, 

!78,  193,  198,  201,  203,  204,  206,  207,  208,  211, 

212,  214,  2l8,  226,  232,  234,  235,  237,  241,  242, 

243,  262,  275,  385;  farming  of,  19;  papers 
relating  to,  78,  82,  119,  192,  208,  218,  236,  237, 
262.  379J  produce  of,  9,  120;  rates,  123;  spe 
cial  cases,  78-79,  120-121,  162,  166;  statistics, 
19,  57,  76-79,  90,  102,  168,  177,  204,  206-207, 
211,  212,  218,  232,  259;  the  4^/2  per  cent,  41, 
168,  169,  177,  197,  408;  see  also  names  of 
countries,  colonies,  places,  articles,  e.  g., 
Jamaica,  customs ;  Tobacco,  customs ;  Colo 
nies,  customs 

Cutler,  Rev.  Timothy,  correspondence,  293, 
303,  305,  307,  328;  papers  relating  to,  306, 
307,  308;  petitions  of,  180,  291,  308 

Dade,  Townshend,  suit  against,  316 
Dale,  Samuel,  letters  of,  62,  362 
Dale,  Sir  Thomas,  expeditions  of,  among  the 
Indians,  378 


Dalling,  Gen.  John,  military  calculations,  168 

Dalrymple,  Gov.,  letters  of,  26 

Dalrymple,  Maj.-Gen.  William,  correspondence, 
242,  243,  244,  246;  quarter  master  general  in 
America,  141 ;  army  supplies  furnished  by, 
188 

Dalton,  John,  letter  of,  312 

Dalvall,  petition  of,  102 

Dana,  Francis,  letter  of,  237 

Dana,  J.,  letter  of,  347 

Danby,  Earl  of  (Thomas  Osborne),  corre 
spondence,  407 

Dandridge,  Capt.,  letter  of,  127 

Danish-American  islands,  letter  from  the  gov 
ernor  of,  49 

Dantzig-built  ship,  case  of,  121 

Darby,  Vice-Adm.  George,  letters  of,  270 

Darien,  360,  367,  404;  British  designs  on,  288; 
expedition  to,  84;  Scots  at,  19,  87 

Darling,  ship,  91 

Darrell,  John,  98;  letter  of,  41 

Dartmouth,  et  al,  letter  of,  303 

Dartmouth,  Earl  of  (William  Legge),  corre 
spondence,  27,  198,  199,  247,  248,  249,  250,  251, 
252,  254,  255,  256,  257,  258,  259 

Dartmouth  College,  address  of  the  trustees  of, 
304 

Dartmouth,  ship,  250 

Davenant,  Charles,  papers  by,  20,  23,  101 

Davenport,  Mr.,  papers  relating  to,  308 

Davenport,  Addington,  letters  of,  305,  307 

Davenport,  James,  letters  of,  347,  348 

Davenport,  Rev.  John,  76;  letters  of,  73,  76 

Davies,  R.,  letter  of,  309 

Davies,  Robert,  letter  to,  83 

Davies,  Samuel,  letter  of,  315;  papers  relating 
to,  320 

Davis,  N.  D.,  Cavaliers  and  Roundheads  in 
Barbadoes,  375 

Davis  Straits,  curiosities  from,  65 ;  voyages  to, 

359 

Dawes,  J.,  letters  of,  124 

Dawson,  Capt.,  letter  to,  120 

Dawson,  Thomas,  letters  of,  318 

Dawson,  William,  letters  of,  318 

Day,  Sir  Thomas,  correspondence,  75 

Deakens,  Rear-Adm.,  voyage  of,  55 

Deane,  Sir  Anthony,  papers  relating  to,  382, 
429 

Deane,  Silas,  correspondence,  112,  146,  147, 
148,  149 

Deane,  Simeon,  letter  of,  148 

Deane,  Thomas,  letter  of,  414 

De  Belleville,  petition  of,  40 

De  Brahm,  William  Gerard,  map  by,  91 ;  peti 
tions,  27,  112,  183;  survey,  27 

Debrett,  John,  letter  to,  102 

De  Bry,  Theodore,  engravings,  maps,  54,  379 

De  Butts,  Laurence,  letters  of,  319 

Declaration  of  Independence,  copy  of,  263 

Declaration  of  Indulgence,  46 

Declaratory  Act,  150 

De  Cosne,  correspondence,  220 


Index. 


Dedham,  Mass.,  church  papers  relating  to,  346; 
local  records,  93 

Deerfield,  Mass.,  papers  relating  to,  349 

De  Grasse,  Count,  defeat  by  Rodney,  156 

De  Grey,  William,  answer  of,  140 

Deism,  295 

Delafaye,  Charles,  401 ;  correspondence,  125, 
158,  290,  402 

De  Lancey,  Gov.  James,  293 ;  correspondence, 
124,  222,  223;  death  of,  297 

De  Lancey,  Stephen,  99 

De  La  Roche,  B.,  letter  of,  324 

Delaware,  astronomical  observations,  358;  bills 
of  credit,  213 ;  church  papers  relating  to,  286, 
332;  coast  charts,  27;  pilots,  letter  to,  249; 
silver  rates  in,  213 

Delaware  Bay,  Anglo-Dutch  hostilities,  287; 
description,  186 

Delaware  Indians,  discontent  of,  16;  land- 
claims,  353 

Delaware  Islands,  description  of,  184;  maps, 
96,  143 ;  papers  relating  to,  158,  184,  420 

Delaware  River,  illegal  trade  on,  273;  maps, 
96,  143;  missionary  activities  on,  312 

De  La  Warr,  Earl,  collection  of  royal  procla 
mations  by,  186 

De  La  Warr,  Earl,  governor  of  Virginia,  376; 
commission  to,  378;  papers  relating  to,  379, 
423 

Dell,  Thomas,  letters  of,  315,  319 

Dellius,  Rev.  Godfrey,  387 

Demerara,  documents  about,  29;  Dutch  trade 
in,  156 

Denis,  Capt.  Robert,  instructions  for,  380 

Denmark,  trade,  colonies,  133-134 

Denn,  account  of,  with  Lord  Cornbury,  418 

Denny,  Gov.  William,  letter  of,  294 

Dent,  Maj.,  letter  to,  337 

De  Peyster,  Col.  Abraham,  419;  letters  to,  392, 
393 ;  papers  relating  to,  388,  390,  391,  403,  419 

Derby  (Darby),  Conn.,  church  papers  relating 
to,  309 

De  Renne,  Wymberley- Jones,  28 

Derham,  Dr.,  letters  to,  364 

Derham,  W.,  letter  of,  64 

Dering,  Mary,  letters  of,  65 

Dering,  Thomas,  suit  of,  165 

Desherbiers,  Gov.,  correspondence,  221 ;  pa 
pers  of,  219 

Detroit,  362 ;  description  of,  180 ;  settlement  of, 
180;  travellers'  accounts,  116 

Devoy,  James,  declaration  of,  220 

D'Ewes,  Sir  Simonds,  notes  by,  20 

Diar  (Dyer),  Mrs.,  345 

Dibble,  Ebenezer,  letter  of,  308 

Dick,  Capt.,  death  of,  127 

Dickerson,  account  by,  158 

Dickie,  Adam,  letter  of,  319;  recommendation 
of,  320 

Dickinson,  John,  177;  correspondence  of,  50, 
226 

Digby,  Sir  John,  letters  of,  18 

Digby,  Lieut.  William,  diary  of,  123 


Digges,  Edward,  34,  381 ;  correspondence,  85, 
380,  385 ;  papers  relating  to,  356,  360,  367 

Diligence,  packet  boat,  276 

Dinwiddie,  Lieut.-Gov.  Robert,  correspondence, 
124,  132,  137,  138,  222,  223,  315,  319,  326;  pa 
pers  relating  to,  138,  222,  317 

Diplomatic  Papers,  Deciphers  of,  123 

Disbrow,  John,  46 

Disbrow,  Samuel,  pardon  of,  46;  pedigree  of, 
46 

Discoveries,  papers  relating  to,  8,  12,  29,  46, 
73,  89,  100,  101,  105,  114,  277,  287,  360,  366, 
429 

Discovery,  ship,  91 

Diseases,  64,  360-362 ;  see  also  names  of  coun 
tries,  colonies,  and  places,  e.  g.,  Jamaica, 
diseases 

Dismore,  Edward,  memorial  of,  156 

Dissenters,  papers  relating  to,  291,  293,  294, 
295,  300,  325,  328,  407 

Ditchfield,  Edward,  considerations  of,  concern 
ing  tobacco,  88 

Dixon,  Edward,  appeal  of,  184 

Dixon,  Jeremiah,  astronomical  observations, 
358 

Dobbs,  Gov.  Arthur,  letters  of,  26,  124,  138, 
321 ;  paper  by,  360 

Documents  relative  to  the  Colonial  History  of 
New_  York,  386 

Doddridge,  Rev.  Dr.  Philip,  correspondence, 
315,  347 

Dodwell,  Henry,  letter  of,  288 

Doeg  Indians,  English  prisoner  among,  367 

Dolphin,  sloop,  10 

Dominica,  55,  154;  British  artillery  at,  267; 
British  designs  on,  139;  conditions  in,  89; 
evacuation  of,  131;  fees  for,  184;  fortifica 
tions,  267;  Free  Port  Act,  253;  French  at 
tack  on,  267;  law  cases,  167;  map,  no;  re 
duction  of,  29;  trade  history,  77 

Dominguez,  Francisco  Atanasio,  diary  of,  101 

Dongan,  Col.  Thomas,  79,  371 

Donne,  John,  Virginia  Reviewed,  24 

Donnell,  Nathaniel,  182 

Dorchester,  Viscount,  letter  to,  18 

Dormer,  James,  letter  of,  322 

Dorset,  Earl  of,  petition  referred  to,  279 

Dorsetshire,  petition  of  the  inhabitants  of,  202 

Dottin,  James,  letter  of,  213 

Douglas,  Sholto,  letters  of,  156 

Douglas,  William,  letters  of,  127,  364;  narra 
tive  by,  131 

Douglas,  Maryland,  church  convention  at,  338 

Douglass,  Maj.,  pretensions  of,  392 

Douglass,  John,  letters  of,  50 

Douglass,  Joseph,  letter  of,  70 

Dounecker,  John,  petition  of,  127 

Dover,  Mass.,  church  papers  relating  to,  348 

Dover,  S.  C,  French  church  at,  397 

Dover  River,  Kent,  wheat  shipped  from,  351 

Dover  Town,  Del.,  church  papers  relating  to, 
348 

Dow,  Follerker,  protest  addressed  to,  108 


462 


Index. 


Dowdill,  Laurence,  letter  of,  70 

Dowell,  W.,  letter  of,  226 

Downing,  Sir  George,  correspondence,  47,  no, 
412,  420,  421 ;  papers  of,  412,  413 

Downing,  John,  Narrative,  44 

Doyley,  Edward,  correspondence,  33,  34,  84,  85, 
86,  103,  381 ;  papers  of,  83,  87 

Drage,  Theodorus  Swaine,  letter  of,  321;  peti 
tion  of,  325 

Drake,  Sir  Francis,  poem  on,  377;  voyages  of, 
278,  287 

Drake,  Sir  Francis  S.,  papers  relating  to,  282 

Drake,  S.  G.,  Chronicles  of  Indians  of  North 
America,  113 

Drake,  ship,  410 

Draper,  John,  95 

Drawings,  71,  351;  animals,  62,  71,  73,  76;  In 
dian  objects,  79;  catalogues  of,  7;  plants, 
62,  73,  116;  rock  inscriptions,  73;  South  Sea 
voyages,  60;  see  also  names  of  colonies, 
places  and  special  objects,  e.  g.,  Arica,  port 
of,  drawings ;  Indians,  drawings 

Draxe,  Col.  C,  18;  petition  of,  84 

Drayton,  Judge  William  H.,  paper  of,  257 

Drinker,  letter  of,  250;  paper  of,  249 

Drummond,  Lieut.  Patrick,  letter  of,  132;  com 
mission  to,  131 

Drummond,  Bishop  Robert,  correspondence, 
296,297 

Drummond,  Harley  and,  foreign  coins  pur 
chased  by,  268 

Drysdale,  Gov.  Hugh,  correspondence,  315,  318, 

319,  33i 

Dublin,  Archbishop  of,  orders  from,  397 

Duche,  Jacob,  correspondence,  300,  309 

Duck  Creek,  Del.,  church  papers  relating  to, 
348 

Dudingston,  Lieut.,  account  of,  158 

Dudley,  Mr.,  missionary  agent,  345 

Dudley,  Gov.  Joseph,  correspondence,  18,  63, 
307,  328,  330,  370,  374,  3Qi,  392,  399,  409,  419  J 
papers  relating  to,  178,  409 

Dudley,  Matthew,  naval  stores  company  pro 
moter,  402 

Dudley,  Paul,  correspondence,  331,  364;  papers 
of,  94,  357,  359,  360,  361 

Dukenfeld,  N.,  letter  of,  322 

Duke  of  York's  Island,  drawings  of,  51 

Dulany,  Daniel,  25 

Dumaresque,  Rev.  D.,  360 

Dummer,  Edmund,  letters  of,  107,  273 

Dummer,  Jeremy,  letters  of,  29,  309;  petition 
of,  201 

Dummer,  Lieut.-Gov,  William,  letter  of,  307; 
petition  to,  306 

Dunbar,  Charles,  suit  of,  164 

Dunbar,  David,  letters  of,  303,  328 

Dunbar,  John,  suit  of,  164 

Dunbar,  Thomas,  letter  of,  326 

Duncan,  Nathaniel,  account  by,  406 

Duncanson,  William,  letters  of,  321,  324;  rec 
ommendation  of,  325 

Dunckley,  Sir  Robert,  407 


Duncome,  Lord,  report  of,  115 

Dunkards,  papers  relating  to,  298 

Dunlap,  W.,  letter  of,  315 

Dunmore,  Earl  of  (John  Murray),  letters  of, 
256,  258 

Dupplin,  letter  of,  129 

Du  Pre,  James,  accounts  of,  24 

Duquesne,  Marquis,  correspondence,  124,  223 ; 
papers  from,  219 

Durand,  Monsieur,  memorial  of,  220 

Durham,  Thomas,  letter  to,  82 

Durham,  N.  H.,  committee  papers,  256 

Durnford,  Andrew,  paper  by,  30 

Dutch  proceedings  on  coast  of  Virginia,  384; 
see  also  Netherlands 

Button,  Sir  Richard,  commission  and  instruc 
tions  to,  99;  papers  relating  to,  416 

Dyer,  Gov.,  letter  of,  168 

Dyer,  Mrs.,  345 

Dyer,  William,  417;  letters  of,  382 

Dymond,  J.,  meteorological  observations,  357 

Dyre,  see  Dyer 

Eadie,  John,  letter  of,  129 
Eagle,  ship,  146,  263 
Early  English  Colonies,  302 
Earnshaw,  Richard,  letters  of,  124 
Earthquakes,  observations  of,  359,  361,  364,  365 
East  Country  linens,  exported  to  plantations, 

193 

Eastern  Shore,  Md.,  clergy,  addresses  of,  314 
East  India  Company,  395;  correspondence,  53, 
no,  249,  250;   papers   relating  to,   198,  248, 
249-250;  tea  trade,  248,  249,  250 
East  Indies,  animals,  63;  baroscopes  sent  to, 

357;  plants,  362;  trade,  202,  279,  410 
East  Jersey,  see  New  Jersey,  East 
Eden,  Morton,  correspondence,  149,  150 
Eden,  Gov.  Robert,  letters  of,  97,  257;  papers 

relating  to,  183,  258 
Edmondes,  Sir  Thomas,  letters  to,  18 
Edmund    (Gibson),  Bishop  of  London,  com 
mission  for,  328;  petition  of,  327 
Edmundson,  John,  suit  against,  166 
Edmundson,  Thomas,  suit  against,  166 
Edson,  Josiah,  resignation  of,  255 
Education,   75,    102,    117;   see   also   names   of 
countries,  colonies,  and  places,  e.  g.,  Massa 
chusetts,    education;     Philadelphia,    college, 
etc. ;   particular  titles ;   e.  g.,  Colleges,  Uni 
versities;  Society  for  the  Encouragement  of 
Learning 

Edward,  Fort,  map  of  road  to,  143 
Edwards,  Jonathan,  293,   347;   letter  of,   292; 

papers  signed  by,  293,  348 
Edwards,  Rev.  Timothy,  sermons  of,  347 
Egerton  Manuscripts,  28-50 
Eggleston,  Dr.  Edward,  opinion  of,  73 
Egmont,  Earl  of  (John  Perceval),  petition  of, 

127 

Ekines,  Thomas,  letters  of,  64 
Elbridge,  Giles,  indenture,  95 
Eleanor,  ship,  250 


Index, 


463 


Electricity,  papers  on,  363;  see  also  Franklin, 

Benjamin 

Elfrith,  Capt.,  letter  to,  82 
Eliot,  John,  correspondence,  330,  343,  344,  345, 

406;  papers  relating  to,  343,  344,  345,  406; 

work  among  Indians,  406 
Elizabeth  and  Catherine,  ship,  390 
Elizabeth     City,     Va.,     county,     425 ;     church 

queries,  318;  county  grievances,  427 
Elizabethtown,   N.   J.,  church   papers   relating 

to,  348 

Elking,  H.,  letters  of,  65 
Ellerker,  correspondence,  342 
Elliot,    Andrew,   career,    146;    correspondence, 

152,  234;  papers  relating  to,  151,  152 
Elliot,  Eleanor,  marriage,  146 
Elliot,  Sir  Gilbert,  146 

Elliot,  Hugh,  letters  of,  149 

Elliot,  William,  paper  of,  250 

Ellis,  Gov.  Henry,  meteorological  observations, 
3575  papers  relating  to,  163 

Ellis,  John,  papers  of,  362 

Ellis,  Robert,  letters  of,  50 

Ellison,  Robert,  letter  to,  in 

Ellsworth,  Oliver,  account  of  Jamaica,  348,  349 

Ellwood,  George,  letters  to,  368 

Ellwood,  Thomas,  353 

Elridge,  John,  case  of,  23 

Elsemenosque,  deed  of,  95 

Elston,  John,  pirate,  386,  387 

Embargo,  see  Shipping,  embargo 

Emerson,  letter  to,  410 

Emerson,  John,  letters  of,  331 

Emigration,  see  names  of  countries,  colonies, 
and  places,  e.  g.,  Boston,  emigration  from 

Endeavour,  ship,  papers  from  officers  of,  219 

Endicott,  Gov.  John,  letter  of,  411 

England,  John,  letter  to,  118 

England,  calico  trade,  201,  202;  church  papers 
relating  to,  129,  286-301 ;  coffee  trade,  201 ; 
customs,  in,  115,  117,  119;  finances,  82;  free 
ports,  86 ;  grain  trade,  237 ;  indigo  trade,  136 ; 
iron  trade,  160,  207,  218;  lands  forfeited  in, 
413;  libraries,  334;  linen  trade,  115;  logwood 
papers,  18;  missionary  activities,  n;  packet 
boat  service,  193,  274 ;  pitch  trade,  201 ;  pris 
oners  of  war  in,  224;  rice  trade,  204;  rum 
trade,  207,  211;  shipping,  206,  210,  212,  215, 
216,  236,  261,  262,  279;  silk  trade,  214;  sugar 
trade,  154,  205,  206,  211,  258;  tar  trade,  194, 
201,  204;  tea  trade,  201;  tobacco,  157,  200- 
201,  207,  258,  260;  trade,  12,  15,  19,  20,  22,  23, 
24,  35,  57,  58,  77,  82,  89,  in,  115,  122,  131, 

153,  192,  194,  196,  198,  199,  200,  201,  204,  205, 

206,   2O7,  212,  2l6,  217,  2l8,  236,  253,  258,  259, 

260,  261,  262,  279,  283,  371,  384,  399,  428,  429; 

wines,  200,  201;  woollens,  21,  201,  202;  see 

also   Great   Britain 
English  Channel,  British  fleet  in,  21 
English  Church,  in  Netherlands,  76 
English  Church  History,  A  Chapter  in,  331 
English  Pilot,  The,  186 
English  Province  Archives,  Jesuit,  342 

30 


Entails,  barring  of,  25 

Epidemics,  see  Diseases 

Episcopacy  in  America,  17,  286,  291,  302,  325 

Epus,  Jo.,  vicar  apostolic,  340 

Erie,  Lake,  coast  map,  98;  papers  relating  to, 
116 

Ernie,  Sir  John,  paper  signed  by,  425 

Escotiland,  22 

Esp,  Jean  Baptist  van,  interpreter,  examina 
tion  of,  418 

Esquimos,  68 

Essequibo,  Dutch  trade  in,  155 

Essex,  Earl  of,  letter  of,  127;  voyage  of,  287 

Essex  county,  New  Jersey,  papers  of,  256 

"  Eugenius,"  letter  of,  30 

Evans,  Daniel,  petition  of,  96 

Evans,  Evan,  398;  letters  of,  310,  331;  plea  of, 
404 

Evans,  John,  instructions  to,  327;  letter,  310 

Evans,  Nathaniel,  letter  of,  303 

Evans,  Peter,  papers  relating  to,  312,  314 

Evans,  R.  W.,  letter  of,  310 

Eve,  Adam  and,  engraving  of,  379 

Eveleigh,  suit  against,  178 

Evelyn,  John,  428;  letter  to,  364 

Evens,  Cadwalader,  petition  of,  96 

Everard,  Richard,  letter  of,  328 

Everett,  George,  memorial  of,  289 

Eversfield,  John,  letter  of,  312;  papers  relating 
to,  314. 

Every,  pirate  voyage  of,  386 

Ewens,  William,  covenant  of,  91 

Excalante,  Silvestre  Velez,  diary  of,  101 

Exeter  College,  Oxford,  408 

Expectation,  ship,  83 

Eyton,  Richard,  letter  to,  410 

Faden,  engraver,  143 

Fairfax,  Lord,  land-grant  in  Virginia  to,  121; 

suit  against,  91 

Fairman,  Thomas,  letter  of,  352 
Falcon,  ship,  129,  374 
Falk,  Gabriel,  letter  of,  310 
Falkland  Islands,  papers  relating  to,  303 
Fallam,  Robert,  journal  of,  367 
Falmouth,  Eng.,  packet  boat  service,  274,  275, 

276;  papers  relating  to,  252,  276 
Falmouth,  Mass.  (Portland,  Me.),  92,  252 
Falmouth  harbor,  map,  100 
Falmouth     Indians,     conference     with     Gov. 

Belcher,  208 

Falmouth  Packet  Office  Letter  Book,  276 
Fane,  Francis,  130 
Faneuil,  Andrew,  petition  of,  399 
Faneuil,  Benjamin,  letter  of,  250;  petition  of, 

248 

Faneuil,  Benjamin,  Jr..  letter  of,  250 
Farley,  James,  letter  of,  362 
Farmar,  commission  to,  25 
Farmar,  James,  information  by,  61 
Farrar,  John,  letter  to,  380 
Farrish,  Richard,  capture  of,  by  Spaniards,  128 


464 


Index:. 


Faucitt,  Gen.  William,  letters  of,  no 

Fauconniere,  Peter,  letter  of,  419,  420;  papers 
of,  99,  419 

Fauquier,  Lteut.-Gov.  Francis,  correspondence, 
26,  229,  230,  231,  232,  233,  238,  315,  316,  319; 
papers  relating  to,  234,  316,  357 

Fayerweather,  Samuel,  letter  of,  294 

Fear,  Cape,  N.  C,  366 

Fell,  Margaret,  letters  to,  350 

Fellowe,  Rice,  letters  of,  50,  70 

Felton,  John  George,  papers  of,  77 

Fenwick,  George,  letters  of,  48 

Fenwick,  John,  case  of,  23 ;  papers  of,  31 

Ferguson,  Lieut-Col.,  letters  of,  31 

Ferguson,  Adam,  letter  of,  152 

Fernely,  Waterhouse,  letter  to,  410 

Ferrar  Papers,  Magdalene  College,  429-430 

Feveryear,  scientific  papers  of,  357,  364,  368 

Filkin,  Dr.  Richard,  "Extracts  for  history  of 
Paul  Jones,"  113 

Finch,  Heneage,  lord  keeper  and  chancellor, 
entry-book  of,  119,  383 

Finlay,  Hugh,  papers  relating  to,  275 

Finney,  John,  paper  of,  250 

Fisher,  Halleluiah,  383 

Fisher,  William,  letter  of,  377 

Fisheries,  10,  15,  46,  47,  77,  91,  158,  260,  403; 
see  also  names  of  countries,  colonies,  and 
places,  e.  g.,  Newfoundland,  fisheries;  Nova 
Scotia  coast,  fisheries 

Fitch,  Capt.,  16 

Fitch,  Gov.,  letters  of,  138,  229 

Fitch,  Thomas,  letter  to,  83 

Fitzharbert,  John,  Barbadoes,  contracts  of,  412 

Fitzpatrick,  Edwin,  169 

Fitzwilliam,  R.,  letter  of,  128 

Five  Nations,  389;  British  sovereignty  over, 
10,  ii ;  history,  15;  royal  presents  to,  417 

Flamborough,  ship,  98 

Flamsteed,  John,  on  navigation,  425 

Flax,  customs,  77 

Fleete,  Henry,  paper  of,  287 

Fletcher,  Gov.  Benjamin,  land-grants  by,  387, 
394;  letter  of,  79 

Fletcher,  Michael,  capture  of,  278 

Fletcher,  Thomas,  bond  of,  313;  letter  of,  312 

Fletcher,  William,  paper  of,  404 

Fleuve  St.  Louis,  map,  92 

Flislale,  Louis,  on  Caracas  and  Cumana,  168 

Florida,  22;  Anglo-French  disputes  concern 
ing,  100;  boundaries,  158;  claims  to,  29,  327; 
Coxe's  land  in,  385 ;  French  refugees  in,  385 ; 
history,  21;  land-grants,  182,  183;  papers 
relating  to,  100,  101,  144,  377;  pharuses, 
27 ;  Spanish  possessions  in,  101 ;  trade,  85 ; 
voyages  to,  60,  366;  West  Indian  war,  128 

Florida,  East,  church  papers  relating  to,  180; 
description  of,  422 ;  governor's  papers,  253 ; 
history,  27 ;  land-grants,  180,  253 ;  papers  re 
lating  to,  18,  27,  181 ;  settlement  of,  17,  181 ; 
Stamp  Act  papers,  235,  238;  survey  of,  112 

Florida,  West,  90;  church  papers  relating  to, 
180;  governor's  papers,  253;  land-grants, 
180,  253 ;  map,  100 ;  plants,  362 


Flower,  letter  to,  117 

Foace,  see  Fouace 

Folger,  Capt.,  148 

Font,  Pedro,  diary  of,  101 

Fontainebleau,  articles  of  the  treaty  of  Paris 
signed  at,  224 

Foot,  Nathaniel,  papers  relating  to  the  estate 
of,  179-180 

Foot,  Walter,  405 

Forbes,  Alexander,  letter  of,  319,  326;  petition 
of,  320 

Forbes,  James,  letter  of,  305 

Forbes,  Adm.  John,  letter  to,  105,  157 

Forbes,  Gen.  John,  letters,  105 

Forbes,  Gov.  William,  commission  to,  163 

Ford,  Henry,  letter  of,  319 

Ford,  Jacob,  testimony  of,  309 

Ford,  John  W.,  330 

Ford,  Philip,  dishonest  charges  of,  352,  419 

Ford,  Sir  Richard,  letters  of,  no;  papers  of, 
38,414 

Foreign  letters,  84-86 

Forman,  letter  to,  83 

Forster,  J.  R.,  paper  by,  362 

Fortescue,  Gen.  Richard,  letters  to,  380 

Fortesque,  Sir  Nicholas,  commission  to,  120 

Forton  prison,  Plymouth,  264 

Forts,  112,  137,  401;  see  also  names  of  particu 
lar  forts,  e.  g.,  Fort  Loudoun;  Chambly, 
Fort  de 

Fort  William  and  Mary,  see  William  and 
Mary,  Fort 

Fort  William  Henry,  see  William  Henry,  Fort 

Forward,  Jonathan,  assignments  of,  71;  peti 
tion  of,  179 

Fossils,  58,  65,  68,  69,  356,  360,  361,  362;  see 
also  names  of  colonies  and  places,  e.  g.,  Vir 
ginia,  fossils 

Fothergill,  List  of  Emigrant  Ministers  to 
America,  398 

Fouace,  Stephen,  letter  of,  315,  319,  320 

Fountaine,  Rev.  James,  397 

Fountaine,  Peter,  certificate  regarding,  397 

Four  Companies,  New  York,  see  Royal  Fusi 
liers 

Four  and  a  half  per  cent  duty,  see  Customs 

Fox,  Edward,  proclamation  by,  57 

Fox,  Francis,  trial  of,  380 

Fox,  George,  correspondence,  116,  350,  351; 
Journal,  350 

Fox,  John,  letter  of,  315 

Fox,  Maj.  Richard,  288 

Foxcroft,  Francis,  letters  of,  305,  312 

Foxcroft,  John,  letter  of,  275 ;  papers  relating 
to,  274,  275,  276 

France,  ambassadors'  papers,  38,  220;  army 
papers,  132,  142,  162,  221,  223 ;  colonies,  see 
Colonies,  French ;  conduct  of,  during  Ameri 
can  Revolution,  348;  council  of  trade  papers, 
158;  emigration  to  America,  283,  326,  385, 
405,  407;  "family  compact"  with  Spain,  117; 
fishing  disputes,  10,  140,  403 ;  flag  of,  insulted 
at  Nevis,  132;  forts  of,  220,  221,  222;  Jesuit 
convents  in,  342;  manufactures,  153;  maps, 


Index. 


465 


100,  no;  navy  papers,  127,  129,  142,  193,  217, 
282 ;  New,  see  New  France ;  papers  relating 
to,  139,  147,  221 ;  pretensions  to  Tobago,  131 ; 
prizes,  214,  217 ;  relations  of,  to  Great  Britain 
in  the  colonies,  10,  15,  49,  54,  109,  112,  137, 
138,  139,  147,  156,  159,  160,  192,  193,  198,  219, 
220,  222,  223,  267,  268,  348,  352,  371,  385,  395, 
396,  403,  413,  419,  420;  shipping,  132;  state 
papers,  219,  220;  tobacco  contract,  with  U.  S., 
147;  tobacco  trade,  157,  198;  Toulon  fleet, 
267;  trade,  15,  132,  133-134,  206;  treaties  with 
Great  Britain,  198,  199,  203,  224,  271 ;  treaties 
with  Spain,  203,  224;  treaties  with  the  U.  S., 
156,  267 

Francis,  Capt.  John,  correspondence,  83 

Francke,  Adam,  letter  of,  352 

Franckline,  or  Francklyn,  George,  letters  of, 
SO,  69 

Frankland,  Henry,  letters  of,  128,  292 

Franklin,  Benjamin,  correspondence,  19,  25,  26, 
65,  81,  87,  100,  105,  no,  in,  120,  146,  147,  148, 
161,  168,  169,  368;  papers  relating  to,  100, 
146,  148,  274,  275,  276,  353,  363,  368;  petitions 
of,  184,  251,  253;  scientific  papers  of,  120, 
123,  359,  363 

Franklin,  Gov.  William,  correspondence,  226, 
229,  230,  232,  233,  234,  238,  256,  259;  papers 
relating  to,  163,  239,  259,  385 

Fredericton,  122 

Freebody,  John,  appeal  of,  96 ;  suit  of,  166,  167 

Freebody,  Thomas,  petition  of,  184;  suit 
against,  184 

Freebody  case,  166,  167 

Freeman,  Ralph,  278 

Free  Ports,  see  Shipping,  free  ports 

Friends,  47,  259,  328,  338,  350,  400,  408,  409; 
charges  against,  417;  emigration  of,  to  New 
Jersey,  407;  jurors,  404;  missionary  activi 
ties,  350;  yearly  meetings,  350,  351 

Friends,  Gibson  Bequest  Manuscripts,  351 

Friends'  Historical  Society,  350,  351 

Friends'  Historical  Society,  Journal  of,  350, 
353 

Friends  of  Liberty,  Boston,  papers  relating  to, 
243 

Friends'  Reference  Library,  information  about 
the  use  of,  350;  papers  in,  350-354 

Friends,  Swarthmore  Letters,  350 

Frink,  Samuel,  letter  of,  321 

Frogg,  Mr.,  relation  of,  84 

Frontin,  J.,  letter  of,  127 

Fulham  Palace,  papers  in,  286,  302-329;  infor 
mation  about  the  use  of,  302 

Fuller,  Henry,  letters  of,  50 

Fuller,  Rose,  astronomical  observations,  358; 
letters  of,  66,  67,  68 

Fuller,  Stephen,  letters  of,  124,  125 

Fulton,  John,  court  proceedings  against,  324 

Fundy,  Bay  of,  French  ship  in,  221 ;  maps,  122 ; 
voyages  to,  72 

Furley,  Benjamin,  map,  74 

Fur-trade,  419 

Gage,  Gen.  Thomas,  correspondence,  26,  49, 
105,  106,  112,  125,  161,  229,  230,  233,  238,  239, 


240,  241,  242,  243,  244,  245,  246,  254,  255,  257, 
258,  260,  348 ;  papers  relating  to,  101,  254,  255 

Gale,  letter  of,  19 

Gale,  Benjamin,  memoirs  of,  362 

Gale,  Major  Chr.,  letters  of,  123,  321 

Galissoniere,  Marquis  de  la,  correspondence, 
125,  131,  221 

Galleons,  65,  66,  145 

Galvez,  Josef  de,  letter  to,  152 

Gambier,  Gov.,  letters  of,  26 

Garces,  Francisco,  diary  of,  101 

Garden,  Alexander,  letters  of,  291,  321,  322,  324 

Gardiner,  H.,  survey  of  post-office,  24 

Gardiner,  Dr.  J.  S.  J.,  essay  by,  98 

Gardiner,  Robert,  letters  of,  312 

Gardner,  Robert,  letter  of,  305 

Gardoqui  and  Sons,  Joseph,  correspondence, 
112 

Garrett,  William,  deed  to,  353 

Garzia,  John,  letters  of,  319,  321 

Gashry,  Francis,  letters  of,  103,  127 

Gaspee,  ship,  burning  of,  158 

Gataker,  Thomas,  certificate  by,  278 

Gates,  Sir  Thomas,  106,  376,  378 

Gats,  Daniel,  grant  to,  91 

Gaudy,  Mr.,  letter  to,  409 

Gavin,  Anthony,  letter  of,  315 

Gay,  suit  of,  271 

Gayton,  Vice- A  dm.  Clark,  letter  of,  265 

Geddes,  David,  letter  to,  in 

Gee,  Joshua,  101 

Gee,  Osgpod,  118,  119 

Genealogies,  see  names  of  persons  or  families 
in  question,  e.  g.,  Calvert  family,  pedigree  of 

Geographical  papers,  360,  428 

George  I.,  papers  submitted  to,  158,  200,  205, 
206,  210,  291,  328,  399,  403;  reign  of,  176 

George  II.,  correspondence,  125,  130,  131 ;  pa 
pers  relating  to,  90,  95,  133,  135,  176,  186,  204, 

2O5,  2O7,  2IO,  211,  217,  222,  328 

George  III.,  correspondence,  96,  132;  library, 
8;  loyalty  to,  151;  papers  relating  to,  30,  72, 
117,  132,  155,  176-177,  182,  227,  228,  231,  253, 
258,  271,  282,  298,  299,  327;  petitions  to,  243, 

252,  261,  371;  proclamations,  186,  281;  trea 
ties  of,  261,  262,  263,  267 

George,  Fort,  council  at,  131 ;  map,  143 

George,  Lake,  map,  121 

Georgetown  Transcripts,  340,  341 

Georgia,    animals,    29,    76 ;    boundaries,    161 ; 

charter,  15,  101,  137,  163 ;  church  papers,  292 ; 

defense  of,  139;  government  papers,  134,  240, 

253.  321,  410;  history,  27;  land-grants,  253; 
maps,  91 ;  missionary  activities,  66,  67,  408 ; 
papers  relating  to,  12,  15,  19,  26,  27,  66,  137, 
151,  160,  211,  257,  302,  320-321,  324,  333,  357; 
settlement  of,   14,  27,  29,  62,   131,   137,  211, 
331;   slavery,  334;    Stamp  Act  papers,  234, 
235 ;  trade,  161 ;  voyages  to,  14 

"  Georgia,"    proposed    Canadian    colony,    see 

New  Brunswick 
Georgia  Gazette,  extracts,  257 
Georgia  Rangers,  service  of,  157 


466 


Index. 


Georgian  Calendar,  Rev.  Hugh  Jones  on,  106 
Gerard,  Chevalier  C.  A.,  letter  of,  in 
Germain,  Father,  letter  of,  222 
Germain,  Lord  George,   104;   correspondence, 

17,  31,  112,  146,  147,  ISO,  151,  263,  275 
Germantown,  British  troops  encamped  at,  264; 

charter,  71 
Germany,  emigration,   123,   133,   162,  292,  293, 

295 ;  linen  trade,  193 
Gerrisk,  Martha,  letter  of,  364 
Gerry,  Elbridge,  letter  of,  112 
Gibbins,  John,  letter  of,  303 
Gibbons,  James,  letters  to,  397,  404 
Gibbs,  William,  letters  of,  292 
Giberne,  I.,  letter  of,  315 
Gibraltar,  146;  land  forces  in,  83 
Gibson,  Edmund,  Bishop,  327,  328 
Gibson,  George  Stacey,  351 
Gibson,  Jonathan,  letters  of,  315,  319 
Gibson,  William,  letter  of,  23 
Gibson  Bequest  Manuscripts,  351 
Gifford,  John,  petition  of,  37 
Gift,  ship,  288 
Gilbert,  letter  to,  83 
Gilbert,  Sir  Humphrey,  377 
Gilbert,  Capt.  Raleigh,  voyage  of,  288 
Gillam,  Capt.  Benjamin,  expedition  of,  370 
Gillam,  Capt.  Zachary,  letter  to,  370 
Gilliftower,  ship,  55 
Gilliland,  William,  letter  of,  109 
Gilpin,  Thomas,  352 
Ginger,  customs,  205,  207 
Glasgow,    customs,    262;    petition    of,    against 

Stamp  Act,  237 

Glen,  Gov.  James,  127,  219;  letters  of,  26,  322 
Gloucester,  army  of  Cornwallis  at,  270 
Gloucester  county,  Va.,  425 ;  grievances  of,  427 
Glover,  Thomas,  paper  of,  367 
Goddard,   Jonathan,   collections    of   chemicals, 

medicine,  etc.,  54 

Godfrey,  Edward  and  Peter,  queries  and  ob 
jections,  35 
Godolphin,    Earl    of     (Sidney),    Lord    High 

Treasurer,  319;  reports  to,  419 
Godolphin,  Sir  William,  letters  of,  18,  168 
Godwin,  Samuel,  deposition  of,  95 
Godwyn,  Thomas,  letter  of,  374 
Goffe,  Stephen,  letters  of,  76 
Goffe,  Col.  William,  411 
Gofton,  Sir  Thomas,  commission  to,  120 
Golden  Lyon,  ship,  279 
Gondomar,  Count,  n 
Gooch,  Gov.  William,  125,  128,   141,  209,  214; 

letters  of,  315,  317,  319 
Goode,  G.  B.,  papers  by,  355 
Goodfellow,  ship,  54 
Goodsole,  J.,  letter  of,  107 
Goodson,  John,  353 

Goodsonn,  Capt.  William,  proposals  of,  33 
Goodsoon,  A  dm.  William,  letter  of,  381 
Goodwin,  suit  of,  316 
Goodwin,  John,  71 
Gookin,  Charles,  petition  of,  158,  312;  letter  of, 

310 


Gookin,  Capt.  Daniel,  instructions  to,  381 

Goose  Creek,  S.  C.,  324 

Gordon,  Mr.,  letter  of,  97 

Gordon,  Col.  Cosmo,  266 

Gordon,  John,  papers  relating  to,  181,  312 

Gordon,  Dr.  John,  letter  of,  108 

Gordon,  P.,  letters  of,  63,  310 

Gordon,  Gov.  Patrick,  letters  of,  26 

Gordon,  William,  letter  of,  148 

Gorges,  Sir  Ferdinando,  40,  42,  115,  288,  399 

Gotherson,  Daniel,  land  transactions  with 
Capt.  Scott,  383 

Gotherson,  Mrs.  Dorothea,  see  Scott,  Doro 
thea 

Goudet,  Peter,  letter  of,  103 

Gough,  letter  to,  374 

Gouverneur,  Abraham,  393,  419 

Gouverneur,  Isaac,  letter  to,  112 

Graemes,  George,  letter  to,  410 

Graffenried,  Baron,  letter  of,  n 

Graham,  James,  352 

Graham,  Richard,  suit  of,  166 

Graham,  Thomas,  letter  of,  129 

Graham  case,  166 

Grahame,  Mr.,  letter  of,  235 

Grant,  Alexander,  suit  of,  184 

Grant,  Gen.  James,  163;  correspondence,  31, 
235,  238 

Granville  (Grenville),  Sir  Bevil,  194;  corre 
spondence,  131,  132,  321,  385 

Grassi,  Rev.  John,  papers  of,  342 

Graves,  394,  425 

Graves,  John,  petition  of,  195 

Graves,  Matthew,  309;  letters  of,  308 

Graves,  Adm.  Thomas,  91,  270;  correspond 
ence,  255,  259,  270 

Graves,  Thomas,  governor  of  Newfoundland, 
163 

Gray,  John,  letter  of,  129 

Great  Britain,  American  Revolution  papers, 
in,  143,  168,  192,  264,  265,  266,  268,  269,  270, 
282;  army,  9,  19,  23,  24,  29,  47,  82,  83,  116, 
117,  139,  141,  142,  151,  152,  157,  169,  188,  192, 
197,  198,  200,  201,  215,  223,  224,  229,  239,  262, 

267,  269,  281,  385 ;  commissioners  of  peace, 
see  Peace  Commissioners ;  colonies,  179,  202, 
240,  260,  272,  324,  375;  financial  papers,  9,  n, 
81,  142,  160,  177,  188,  194,  202,  203,  207,  236, 
263 ;  Great  Seal,  146,  328,  382 ;  Indians,  pa 
pers   concerning,    10,    225,   428;    land-grants, 
382;  map,  100;  naturalization  of  foreigners, 
160,  223 ;  naval  stores,  201,  203,  204,  265,  401, 
402,  403,  408;  navy,  21,  25,  80,  in,  118,  122, 
141,  142,  145,  152,  169,  186,  192,  193,  194,  198, 
208,  211,  212,  215,  216,  217,  218,  228,  263,  264, 
265,  270,  380,  420,  424;  ordnance  stores,  158, 
178,  196,  401,  402;  papers  relating  to,  22,  86, 
92,  ill,  134,  155,  157,  167,  168,  169,  192,  203, 
212,  223,  282,  284,  382;  relations  with  France, 
10,  109,  137,  138,  139,  147,  156,  160,  214,  220, 

268,  282,  348,  371,  403,  413 ;  relations  with  the 
Netherlands,  8,   122,   155,  269,  378,  384,  412, 
413,  414,  416,  421;  relations  with  Spain,  117 
134,  145,  158,  168,  169,  203,  210,  215,  216,  217, 


Index:. 


467 


223,  268,  348,  381 ;  royal  proclamations,  186 ; 
Stamp  Act,  see  Stamp  Act ;  Sugar  Bill  pa 
pers,  204,  206,  207,  209,  212;  territorial  ex 
pansion,  9,  14,  15,  16,  24,  79-80,  no,  112,  130, 
133,  135,  139,  141,  155,  157,  158,  208,  232,  327, 
381,  395 ;  trade  encouragement,  198,  212,  243 ; 
trade  protection,  194,  195,  196,  197,  198,  215, 
216,  217,  265,  371,  382,  384,  424,  428;  trade 
regulation,   141,   146,   184,   193,   198,   199,  201, 
202,   210,   253,   260,   261,  262,   264,  265,  266; 
treaties,  198,  199,  200;  treaties  with  Anhalt- 
Zerbst,     267;     with     Brandenburg-  Anspach, 
262 ;  with  Brunswick,  261 ;  with  France,  38, 
198,   199,  203,  224,  271;   with   Hesse-Cassel, 
261,   262,   263;    with   the    Netherlands,   217; 
with   Spain,  29,    133-134,  200,  203,  210,   218, 

224,  271;  with  U.  S.,  150,  151,  271,  282;  with 
Waldeck,  262;  war  papers,  192,  217  295,  426; 
see  also  England 

"  Great  Falls,"  St.  John  River,  122 
Great  Lakes,  maps,  79;  war  plans  on,  138 
Great    Seal    of    England,    see    Great    Britain, 

Great  Seal 

Greaves,  Thomas,  letter  to,  410 
Green,  John,  letter  to,  53 
Greene,  Mr.,  345 

Greene,  Judge  Benjamin,  decree  of,  132 
Greene,  Ed.,  letter  of,  53 
Greene,  Nathaniel,  suit  against,  183 
Greenland,  65,  356;  British  title  to,  287;  curi 
osities,  65;    drawings,  73;    shipwrecks,  278; 

whale-killing,  278 

Greenland  Company,  papers  relating  to,  283 
Greenock,  Scotland,  customs,  262 
Green  Spring,  Va.,  426 

Greenwich,  R.  I.,  church  papers  relating  to,  305 
Greenwood,  letters  of,  250 
Greenwood,  Prof.  Isaac,  letters  of,  364;  papers 

of,  73,  359,  361 
Gregg,  see  Grigg,  Thomas 
Gregorian  Calendar,  106 
Gregory,  Capt.,  and  Son,  letters  of,  50 
Gregory,  Chief  Justice  John,  letters  of,  125 
Gregory,  Matthew,  letters  of,  63,  65 
Grenada,  154 ;  conditions  in,  89 ;  ship  case,  167 ; 

surrender  of,  31 

Gresham  College,  inquiries  of,  37 
Greville,  Charles,  170 
Grew,  Dr.   Nehemiah,  correspondence,  50,  69, 

7O,  356;  papers  relating  to,  9,  361,  363 
Grew,  Obadiah,  70 
Grey,  Rev.  Dr.,  letter  to,  347 
Greydon,  Vice-Adm.,  complaints  against,  193 ; 

expedition  to  West  Indies,  193,  194 
Greyhound,  H.  M.  S.,  167 
Griffin,  Charles,  letter  of,  315 
Griffin,  William,  142 
Griffith,  William,  288 
Grigg,  Thomas,  letters  of,  50,  69 
Grimoard,  see  Tubieres  Grimoard,  Marquis  de 

Caylus 

Grivel,  papers  of,  342 
"  Grout,"  The,  see  Little  Jamaica 
Grove,  Capt.,  287 


Guadeloupe,  conditions  in,  89 

Guara,  description  of,  51 

Guarda  Costas,  depredations  of,  131,  135 

Guatemala,  contemplated  attack  on,  168 

Guernsey,  172;  customs,  166;  illicit  trade,  166 

Guiana,  conditions  in,  378;  papers  relating  to, 

60,  376,  377,  428 
Guildhall,  Museum  of,  368 
Guildhall  Papers,  280-283 
Guillaume,  Capt.,  367,  368 
Guinea,  voyages  to,  116 
Guinea,  frigate,  287 
Gulf  of  St.  Lawrence,  see  St.  Lawrence,  Gulf 

of 

Gulliver,  Lemuel,  case  of,  164 
Guy,  recommendation  of,  324 
Guy,  Capt.,  covenant  with,  91 
Guy,  John,  journal  by,  287 
Guy,  William,  letters  of,  303,  322 
Gwyn,  Lieut.  Robert,  paper  of,  389 
Gyles,  John,  testimony  of,  94 

Hack,  William,  map  by,  74;  voyages  of,  51,  52 

Hackman,  A.,  Codices  T.  Tanneri,  374 

Haddock,  Adm.  Nicholas,  correspondence,  214 

Hager,  Johan  Friderich,  letter  of,  303 

Haige,  William,  sale  of  lands  to,  31 

Hakluyt,  Richard,  book  by,  379 

Hakluyt  Society,  Publications,  379 

Haldane,  Gov.  George,  letters  of,  125 

Haldimand,  Gen.  Sir  Frederick,  correspond 
ence,  in,  117,  248,  255;  life,  105-106;  maps 
of,  122 

Haldimand,  William,  M.  P.,  106 

Haldimand  Papers,  105-106 

Hale,  Dr.  Edward  Everett,  73,  no 

Haler,  plantation  accounts  of,  169 

Halhead,  Mr.,  letter  to,  83 

Halifax,  Earl  of  (George  Montagu  Dunk), 
correspondence,  29,  129,  161,  228,  229;  pa 
pers  relating  to,  86,  137,  138,  227 

Halifax,  army  at,  188;  church  papers,  340;  hur 
ricanes,  145 ;  packet  boats,  275 ;  papers  relat 
ing  to,  103,  122 ;  vice-admiralty  court  at,  180 ; 
voyages  to,  72 

Halifax,  ship,  94 

Hall,  Capt.,  experiments  of,  361 

Hall,  Henry,  papers  relating  to,  313 

Hall,  James,  papers  relating  to,  250 

Hall,  Thomas,  statement  of,  383 

Hall,  W.,  letters  of,  310,  326 

Hall,  William,  list  by,  328 

Hallei,  M.  E.,  paper  by,  112 

Halley,  Dr.  E.,  correspondence,  364,  365 ;  Mis 
cellanea  Curiosa,  355 ;  papers  of,  425 

Hallowell,  Benjamin,  correspondence,  237;  pa 
pers  relating  to,  184,  242 

Halsted,  William,  letters  of,  50 

Hamburg,  ship  of,  380 

Hamilton,  letters  of,  104 

Hamilton,  Agnes,  petition  of,  274 

Hamilton,  Andrew,  273,  274;  correspondence, 
353 


468 


Index. 


Hamilton,  Lord  Archibald,  correspondence,  204 
Hamilton,  Lieut.-Gov.  Henry,  correspondence, 

HI,  221,  222,  223 

Hamilton,  Gen.  J.,  letter  of,  HI 

Hamilton,  Gov.  James,  letters  of,  221 

Hamilton,  John,  274,  276 

Hammerton,  John,  letters  of,  125 

Hammond,  Dr.,  works  of,  374 

Hamond,  A.  S.,  letter  of,  152 

Hamonnier,  Mr.,  392 

Hampshire  county,  Mass.,  papers  of,  254,  255 

Hampton,  proceedings  of  the  Court  of  Admi 
ralty  at,  389 

Hampton  Roads,  channel  to,  121 

Hanau,  convention  at,  262;  troops  of,  no 

Hanbury,  Capel,  correspondence,  124,  125,  137; 
papers  relating  to,  138 

Hanbury,  John,  correspondence,  124,  125,  137; 
papers  relating  to,  132,  138,  142 

Hancock,  John,  correspondence,  147,  247 

Hancock,  sloop,  seized,  242 

Handfield,  Capt.,  extract  of  a  letter  of,  222 

Handy,  Charles,  suit  against,  184 

Hanley,  Sir  John,  389 

Hanmer,  E.,  letter  to,  82 

Hanover,  182 

Hanover  county,  Va.,  church  queries,  320 

Hansford,  Charles,  suit  against,  166 

Hansford,  Charles,  Jr.,  suit  against,  181 

Hara,  Sir  Charles,  paper  of,  390 

Harbprds,  defamer  of  Samuel  Pepys,  382,  429 

Hardisway,  P.,  letter  of,  67 

Hardwick,  Rev.  John  C,  Indian  sale  to,  109 

Hardwicke,  First  Earl  of  (Philip  Yorke),  cor 
respondence,  92,  124,  126,  127,  128,  129,  155, 

158,  159.  160,  296 ;  papers  relating  to,  155,  157, 

159,  160,  161,  162,  164,  165 

Hardwicke,  Second  Earl  of  (Philip  Yorke), 
correspondence,  49,  55,  156 

Hardwicke  Papers,  155-168 

Hardy,  Gov.  Sir  Charles,  letters  of,  125 ;  papers 
of,  138 

Hardy,  Josiah,  letter  of,  303 

Hardy,  Sir  Thomas,  orders  to,  197 

Hardy,  W.  J.,  F.  S.  A.,  284 

Harford,  Henry,  petition  of,  269 

Hargrave  Manuscripts,  24-25 

Harispn,  George,  letter  of,  299 

Harleian  Manuscripts,  20-24 

Harley,  Edward,  order  from  committee,  35 

Harley,  Thomas,  letter  to,  107 

Harley,  and  Drummond,  foreign  coins  pur 
chased  by,  268 

Harmer,  suit  of,  165 

Harold,  Countess  of,  66 ;  letters  of,  67 

Harper,  Prof.,  map  by,  182 

Harper,  Thomas,  suit  against,  167,  182 

Harrington,  Lord,  letter  to,  128 

Harriot,  ship,  148 

Harris,  defamer  of  Samuel  Pepys,  382,  429 

Harris,  papers  relating  to,  198,  306 

Harris,  Francis,  letter  of,  321 


Harris,  Henry,  letters  ef,  305,  307,  328;  peti 
tion  of,  306 

Harris,  Michail,  letter  to,  119 

Harris,  Robert,  letters  of,  50,  67 

Harrison,  B.,  Jr.,  letter  of,  389 

Harrison,  Benjamin,  199,  317;  correspondence, 
146,  148 

Harrison,  Francis,  correspondence,  393 

Harrison,  George,  letter  of,  298 

Harrison,  J.  H.,  185 

Harrison,  John  H.,  papers  of,  362 

Harrison,  Joseph,  133;  deposition  of,  242 

Harrison,  Richard,  on  affairs  in  America,  150 

Harrison,  Richard  Acklom,  deposition  of,  242 

Harrison,  William,  letter  of,  303 

Hart,  H.,  367 

Harte,  Gov.  John,  letters  of,  313,  326;  speeches 
of,  314,  326 

Hartford,  Conn.,  church  papers,  8;  trial  of 
Capt.  Scott  at,  383 

Hartgill,  Charles,  list  of  trees,  59 

Hartley,  David,  correspondence,  no,  in 

Hartwell,  Blair  and  Chilton,  Account  of  Pres 
ent  State  of  Virginia,  114 

Harvard  College,  347;  library,  27,  374;  papers 
relating  to,  307,  308,  330 

Harvey,  Sir  John,  land  sale  by,  386 

Harward,  Nathaniel,  papers  relating  to,  304 

Harward,  Rev.  Thomas,  letters  of,  50,  66,  305, 
328;  papers  of,  307 

Hasenclever,  Peter,  letter  of,  109 

Haskett,  Capt.  Elias,  petition  of,  177 

Haslerigg,  Sir  Arthur,  48 

Hatfield,  Mass.,  letter  from,  244 

Hatton,  Lord,  letters  to,  117,  118 

Hatton,  Capt.  Robert,  71 

Hat-trade,  15,  143 

Havana,  descriptions,  130,  141 ;  expeditions 
against,  no,  130,  131,  168,  281;  map,  no; 
papers  relating  to,  89,  131,  133,  156,  158 

Hawker,  Capt.,  papers  sent  to,  232 

Hawkins,  Isaac,  petitions  of,  178 

Hawks,  Dr.  Francis  L.,  286,  302 ;  Ecclesiastical 
History  of  the  United  States,  337;  tran 
scripts  by,  332,  333 

Hawks  and  Perry,  Connecticut,  287,  297,  301 ; 
Documentary  History  of  the  Protestant  Epis 
copal  Church  in  the  United  States  of  Amer 
ica,  286,  302,  332 

Hawtrey,  Edward,  letter  of,  319 

Hay,  Maj.,  letter  to,  in 

Hay,  Lieut.  Sir  Charles,  court  martial  of,  157 

Hay,  Gov.  Edward,  intelligence  from,  156 

Hayburn,  Peter,  Journal  of,  287 

Hayden,  Daniel,  evidence  of,  93 

Hayden,  Ebenezer,  evidence  of,  93 

Hayes,  Sir  James,  letters  of,  370,  371 

Hayman,  Robert,  "  A  proposition  "  by,  47 

Hayward,  Thomas,  letter  of,  352 

Hazard,  George,  suit  against,  166 

Heath,  settler,  letter  to,  83 

Heath,  Sir  Robert,  grievances,  22 


Index. 


469 


Heathcote,  Caleb,  petition  of,  393 

Hebrews,  privileges  granted  to,  32 

Hedges,  Sir  Charles,  197 

Hemp  industry,  56,  77,  420 

Hempstead,  meeting  of  deputies  at,  383 

Henderson,  A.,  commission  to,  163 

Henderson,  Archibald,  petition  of,  37 

Henderson,  Rev.  Jacob,  correspondence,  310, 
313,  326,  420 

Henderson,  James,  letter  to,  410 

Hendy,  J.  G.,  273 

Henley,  Robert,  aft.  Earl  of  Northington,  re 
port  of,  25 

Henniker,  Mr.,  correspondence,  234 

Henrico  county,  Va.,  grievances  of,  427;  rec 
ords,  425 

Henry  VII.,  190 

Henry  VIII.,  428 

Henry  (Compton),  Bishop  of  London,  98,  327 

Henry,  Prince,  23 

Henry,  Patrick,  letters  of,  315,  319 

Henry,  ship,  52 

Henshaw,  Thomas,  letter  of,  63 

Heralds,  College  of,  see  College  of  Heralds 

Herbault,  Marquis  d'  (Antoine  Francois  Phe- 
lypeaux),  correspondence,  144 

Herbert,  H.,  letter  of,  322 

Herrnhut  sect  of  Moravian  brethren,  156 

Herron,  John,  evidence  of,  94 

Hesse-Cassel,  treaties  with  Great  Britain,  261 
262,  263;  troops  of,  147,  156,  188,  271 

Hesselius,  Andreas,  letter  of,  310 

Hewins,  W.  A.  S.,  The  Whitefoord  Papers,  168 

Hewit,  John,  petition  of,  56 

Hewitt,  Richard,  letters  of,  319 

Heydon,  Sir  John,  charges  against,  408 

Hickes,  Stephen,  letter  of,  345 

Hicks,  Robert,  instructions  to,  327 

Hicks,  Whitehead,  108 

Higgs,  Dr.  Griffin,  letter  of,  76 

Hildersam,  Rev.  Arthur,  letter  to,  72 

Hill,  Abraham,  papers  of,  57,  58 

Hill,  Austin,  papers  of,  342 

Hill,  Charles,  letters  of,  37 

Hill,  Matthew,  letter  of,  345 

Hill,  Richard,  353 

Hill,  Samuel,  letter  of,  74 

Hill,  Thomas,  letter  to,  74 

Hill  Family  Papers,  74-75 

Hillsborough,  Earl  of  (Wills  Hill),  corre 
spondence,  241,  242,  243,  244,  245,  246,  251, 
252,  274 ;  papers  relating  to,  244,  247 

Hilton,  William,  366 

Hincson,  letter  to,  83 

Hinshelwood,  Archibald,  letters  of,  232,  234 

Hispaniola,  83,  96,  130,  198 

Historical  Manuscripts  Commission,  188,  189, 
277,  422,  424 

Hite,  John,  suit  of,  91 

Hoare,  Daniell,  paper  of,  377 

Hobby,  Charles,  117 

Hodgson,  Messrs.,  188 

Hodgson,  Alexander,  paper  of,  251 


Hodgson,  Lieut.  Robert,  memorial  from,  142 

Hodgson,  Studholme,  expedition  against  Belle- 
isle,  169 

Hodgson,  Thomas,  71 

Hoedmaeker,  Rev.,  abstract  of  a  letter  of,  291 

Hogben,  Dorothea,  see  Scott,  Dorothea 

Holburne,  Adm.  Francis,  correspondence  of, 
118,  129 

Holden,  Samuel,  347 

Holder,  Mel,  answer  of,  194 

Holdernesse,  Earl  of  (Robert  D'Arcy),  corre 
spondence,  124,  126,  137,  219,  220 

Holding,  Henry,  petition  of,  98 

Hole,  William,  map  by,  379 

Holland,  Capt.  Hitchin,  letters  of,  125,  222 

Holland,  Capt.  Samuel,  letter  of,  109;  papers 
of,  358 

Holland,  see  Netherlands 

Hollar,  Wenceslaus,  maps  by,  425 

Holies,  Lord  (Denzil  Holies),  40 

Holies,  John,  see  Newcastle,  Duke  of  (John 
Holies) 

Holies,  Thomas  Pelham,  see  Newcastle,  Duke 
of  (Thomas  Pelham  Holies) 

Holligrove,  Mr.,  letter  to,  83 

Hollister,  Thomas,  16 

Holme,  Thomas,  letter  of,  353 ;  map  by,  74 

Holmes,  John,  recommendation  of,  318;  suit 
of,  184 

Holt,  Arthur,  letters  of,  313 

Holt,  Richard,  letter  of,  310 

Holy-Day,  Wm.,  paper  of,  428 

Honduras,  55;  international  relations  in,  153, 
168;  logwood  papers,  169,  223;  settlement 
rights,  169;  trade,  168;  voyages  to,  62 

Honduras,  Bay  of,  English  establishments  de 
stroyed  in,  223;  map  of  the  Mosquito  shore, 
114;  papers  on,  168 

Honibrados,  Francisco,  report  of,  101 

Honor  of  London,  ship,  144 

Honyman,  James,  289;  letters  of,  303,  305,  322 

Hood,  Sir  Samuel,  correspondence,  145,  154, 
242,  243,  244,  245,  246,  270,  282 

Hook,  Capt.,  letter  to,  82 

Hooke,  Sir  Humphrey,  contracts  of,  412 

Hood,  Zachary,  letter  of,  227 

Hooker,  John,  sermons  of,  347 

Hooper,  John,  letter  to,  406 

Hooper,  William,  correspondence,  301 

Hope,  Gov.,  suit  of,  178 

Hope-well,  ship,  80 

Hopkins,  Lady,  32,  36 

Hopkins,  Rev.  Samuel,  sermons  of,  347 

Hopkins,  Gov.  Stephen,  letter  of,  228 

Hopson,  Gov.,  letter  of,  125 

Hopson,  Peregrine  Thomas,  papers  of,  222 

Hopton,  Sir  Arthur,  letter  of,  18 

Hopton,  Lord  (Ralph  Hopton),  38,  39,  168; 
land-grants,  71,  91,  169,  412 

Hopwood,  Samuel,  journal  of,  350 

Horn,  Edward,  commission  to,  163 

Horrocks,  James,  letters  of,  315,  319 

Horwood,  Nathaniel,  letter  of,  324 


470 


Index. 


Hosier,  Vice-Adm.  Francis,  correspondence, 
203 ;  squadrons  of,  127,  203 

Hoskins,  lighthouse  keeper,  Scilly,  279 

Hosmer,  J.  K.,  Life  of  Hutchinson,  49 

Hostun,  Camilla  d',  comte  de  Fallard,  corre 
spondence,  144 

Houbland,  Sir  John,  letters  to,  57 

Houghton,  W.,  letters  of,  31,  313 

Hound,  ship,  103 

Houpe,  Peter,  letter  of,  324 

Housatonic  River,  108 

House  of  Commons  Papers,  21,  131,  134,  182, 
191,  192,  217-218,  223,  228,  281,  282,  371,  382, 

429 

House  of  Lords  Papers,  14,  161,  189-272,  281 

Houston,  letter  of,  235 

Houstoun,  James,  letter  of,  66 

Houstoun,  Will,  letters  of,  66 

Howard,  Lord  Charles,  voyage  of,  287 

Howard,  of  Effingham,  Lord  (Francis  How 
ard),  121 

Howard,  Robert,  37 

Howchine,  Esther,  71 

Howe,  James,  127 

Howe,  Viscount  (Emanuel  Scrope),  125,  162, 
163 

Howe,  Earl  (Richard),  correspondence,  146, 
263 ;  ships  under  command  of,  158,  266 

Howe,  Sir  William,  correspondence,  125,  146; 
military  career,  146,  151,  188,  264,  265;  pa 
pers  relating  to,  146 

Howell,  James,  letter  of,  122 

Howie,  Alexander,  letters  of,  310 

Howland,  Arthur,  sufferings  of,  154 

Howland,  D.  W.,  154 

Howland,  Elizabeth,  154 

Hewlett,  Thomas,  suit  of,  166 

Hewlett  case,  166 

Howson,  Henry,  application  from,  216 

Hubbard,  J.,  recommendation  of,  320 

Hubbard,  Michael,  case  of,  98 

Hubbard,  Philip,  letter  of,  56 

Hubbard,  William,  History  of  New  England, 
49 

Huddleston,  John,  papers  relating  to,  91 

Hudson,  Anne,  suit  against,  165 

Hudson,  John,  suit  against,  165 

Hudson  Bay  House,  London,  395 

Hudson  River,  claims  to  lands  on,  108;  land- 
grants  on,  181 

Hudson's  Bay,  186;  animals,  362;  beaver  trade, 
368;  climate,  362;  Indian  trades,  362;  inter 
loping  trade  to,  370;  scientific  papers  from, 
356,  357,  358,  359,  368;  trade,  198,  199;  voy 
ages  to,  360 

Hudson's  Bay  Company,  papers  relating  to, 
59,  160,  198,  369,  370,  371,  396 

Huggins,  Anne,  petition  of,  180 

Huggins,  William,  petition  of,  180 
Hughes,  John,  papers  relating  to,  226,  227,  310 
Hughes,  Lewes,  petition  of,  87 
Hughes,    Rev.    Thomas,    Society    of   Jesus    in 
North  America,  339,  342 


Huide,  John,  suit  of,  166 

Hull,  emigration  to  New  Jersey  from,  407 

Humber,  H.  M.  S.,  218 

Humphrey,  John,  case  of,  164 

Humphreys,  John,  letter  of,  310 

Hunt,  Mitford  and  Adams,  126 

Hunt,  Brian,  letters  of,  322 

Hunt,  Samuel,  paper  of,  250 

Hunter,  John,  letters  of,  125 

Hunter,  Rev.  Joseph,  collections  of  papers,  113 

Hunter,  Gov.  Robert,  393;  correspondence,  in, 

125,  203,  204,  290,  393,  420;  papers  relating 

to,  24,  65,  332,  419,  420 
Hunter,  William,  papers  relating  to,  275 
Kurd,  William,  letter  to,  83 
Huron,  Lake,  map,  122 
Hurricanes,  45,  70,  145 
Huson,  R.,  letter  to,  82 

Hutcheson,  Archibald,  correspondence  of,  103 
Hutchins,  T.,  meteorological  observations,  357 
Hutchinson,    Elisha,    correspondence,    48,    247, 

250;  petition  of,  248 
Hutchinson,  Gov.  Thomas,  correspondence,  49, 

155,  229,  237,  246,  247,  248,  250,  251,  252,  254; 

History  of  Mass.  Bay,  49 ;  papers  relating  to, 

49,  155,  229,  248,  253,  254 
Hutchinson,  Thomas,  Jr.,  correspondence,  48 
Hutchinson  Papers,  48-49 
Hutchison,  George,  letter  of,  351 
Hyam,  T.,  letter  to,  128 
Hyde,  Lord  (Laurence  Hyde),  letter  to,  352 
Hyde,  Samuel,  petition  from,  206 
Hydrography,  papers,  428 
Hynson,   Capt.,  traitor  to   American  commis 
sioners,  147,  148,  149 

Iberville  River,  98 

Illing,  T.  F.,  letter  of,  310 

Illinois,  English  forces  in,  83 

Immer,  Abraham,  letter  of,  296;  paper  relating 
to,  298 

Immigration,  112 

Indeavour,  ship,  287 

Independent  Reflector,  292,  295 

Independent  Whig,  292 

Indian  Affairs,  Commissioners  of,  reports,  418, 
419 

Indian  Company,  Virginia,  memorial  of,  317 

Indian  hothouses,  361 

Indians,  burial  rites,  367;  captives  among,  131, 
299,  348 ;  customs,  362,  365 ;  drawings,  62,  68, 
73,  79  5  education  of,  292 ;  expeditions  among, 
378;  in  England,  288;  land  claims,  353;  lan 
guages,  83,  345 ;  missionary  activities  among, 
66,  75,  289,  300,  325,  343,  345,  374,  406,  407; 
papers  relating  to,  69,  90,  106,  112,  113,  117, 
131,  132,  136,  138,  141,  168,  205,  208,  220,  221, 
222,  224,  225,  288,  299,  327,  349,  352,  361,  378, 
384,  418,  419;  relations  with  the  British,  371, 
417;  with  the  French,  131;  sachems,  39,  221; 
sale  of  rum  to,  206 ;  subj  ugation  of,  88 ;  ter 
ritories  of,  maps,  79,  90;  testimonies  of,  17; 
trade,  109,  181,  345;  treaties,  161,  327,  428; 
wars,  366,  423;  see  also  names  of  individual 


Index. 


471 


tribes    and    localities,    e.    g.,    Five    Nations, 
Choctaws,   Virginia,    Indian   War 

Indian  War,  papers  concerning,  42 

Indigo,  customs,  77 

Industry,  ship,  217 

Ingersoll,  Jared,  letters  of,  108,  234 

Ingles,  Mungo,  letter  of,  319 

Inglis,  Charles,  letter  of,  298 

Ingoldesby,  Maj.   Richard,  papers  relating  to, 

393 

Ingram,  Davyd,  "  Relacon  "  of,  54 

Innes,  Thomas,  letter  of,  127 

Innes,  William,  letters  to,  112 

Inoculation,  64,  68,  362,  364 

Inscriptions,  see  Drawings 

Insurance,  ships,  34 

Intercourse  act,  150 

Inventions,  365 

Ipswich,  331 

Ireland,  army  in,  83 ;  defense  of,  143 ;  emigra 
tion  to  America,  162;  forts  in,  197;  free 
trade,  152 ;  House  of  Commons  papers,  193 ; 
linen  trade,  193,  194;  papers  relating  to,  143, 
186;  Protestant  settlement  in,  162;  rents, 
384;  ship-building,  120;  tobacco  trade,  104- 
105 ;  trade,  105,  143,  166 ;  troops  sent  to 
America  from,  266 

Irish  bills,  committee  on,  172 

Iron  industry,  America,  papers  relating  to,  10, 
118,  207;  see  also  names  of  countries,  colo 
nies,  and  places,  e.  g.,  Maryland,  iron  indus 
try;  Principio,  iron  works 

Irving,  Thomas,  deposition  of,  242 

Isaac,  Abraham,  407 

Isaacs,  Jacob,  suit  of,  184 

Isle  aux  Coudres,  astronomical  observations 
at,  358 

Isle  of  Wight  county,  Va.,  grievances,  427; 
records,  425 

Jackman,  Thomas,  letter  of,  345 

Jackson,    George,    correspondence,    30,   31,    79, 

145,  410 

Jackson,  Richard,  letter  of,  313 
Jackson,  Capt.  William,  voyage  of,  53 
Jacob,  John,  letter  to,  154 
Jacobs,  Lieut.  William,  letter  of,  72 
Jamaica,  acts  of,  186-187;  animals,  58;  army 
in,  84,  87,  197,  381 ;  assembly  papers,  60,  396 ; 
attacks  on,  193 ;  bullion  trade,  235 ;  calico 
trade,  201-202 ;  church  papers  relating  to, 
340,  376,  397,  408;  conditions  in,  33,  34,  35, 
36,  45,  54,  87,  209;  conquest  of,  32;  convoys 
for,  216,  265;  council  papers,  53,  54,  83,  209; 
customs,  34,  61 ;  debts  recovery  in,  205 ;  de 
fense  of,  34,  38,  134,  193,  203,  269;  descrip 
tion  of,  368,  425 ;  diseases,  67 ;  embargo,  203 ; 
English  interest  in,  45 ;  expeditions  to,  381 ; 
finances,  120;  forts  in,  56;  free  ports,  251, 
253;  governors'  papers,  133,  144,  205,  396; 
history,  60,  63,  65,  87;  hurricanes  in,  70;  im 
migration,  381 ;  law  cases,  164,  165,  166,  167 
180;  maps,  143,  425,  429;  mining,  65,  108 
164;  missionary  activities  in,  340;  nava 


stores  for,  128;  naval  papers,  108,  124,  134, 
214,  215,  216,  381,  382;  opposition  to  spiritu 
ous  liquors  bill,  210;  packet  boat  service,  275, 
276;  papers  relating  to,  21,  30,  35,  41,  43, 
45,  46,  56,  60,  62,  83,  87,  103,  106,  1 08,  114, 
127,  131,  138,  144,  159,  171-172,  180,  193, 
209,  210,  360,  367,  375,  381,  396,  429;  plants, 
58,  62,  63,  64,  67,  361,  362;  politics,  35,  41, 
43,  60,  63,  loo,  129,  381,  396,  414;  post-office 
papers,  276;  provisions  for,  33,  34,  37,  45; 
quit-rents  from,  376;  relations  with  the 
French  at  Hispaniola,  198;  reports  on,  31, 
34,  35,  100;  revenues,  100,  179;  salt-making 
in,  367;  scientific  papers  from,  357,  358,  359; 
settlement  of,  36;  shipping,  61,  194,  197,  198; 
slavery,  41,  42,  103,  199,  214;  Spanish  at 
tacks  on,  42,  101,  203,  381 ;  spice  trade,  53 ; 
sugar  trade,  205;  trade,  57,  61,  194,  195,  204, 
205,  253,  396,  410;  vendue-master  of,  133; 
voyages  from,  407 ;  voyages  to,  58,  368,  422 ; 
wills,  145 

Jamaica,  Little,  description  of,  64 

James  I.,  commission  of,  89;  correspondence, 
22,  88,  145,  283;  land-grants,  121,  397;  letters 
patent,  121,  378;  petitions  to,  428;  proclama 
tions  by,  88,  89,  186;  reign  of,  174 

James  II.,  correspondence,  46,  412;  proclama 
tions  by,  186;  reign  of,  175 

James  and  Drinker,  249,  250 

James,  defamer  of  Pepys,  429 

James,  Gilbert,  recommendation  of,  324 

James,  Sir  John,  missionary  fund  of,  340 

James  City,  Va.,  cathedral  see  at,  376;  church 
queries,  318;  committee  at,  413;  grand  as 
sembly  at,  43,  54;  post-office  papers,  43 

James  City  county,  Va.,  grievances,  427;  rec 
ords,  425 

James  and  Henry,  ship,  382 

James  and  Mary,  ship,  52 

James  River,  Va.,  335,  407;  chart  of,  7 

Janney,  S.  M.,  Life  of  Penn,  352 

Jansen,  Mathys,  estate  of,  417 

Japan,  early  voyages  to,  425 

Jasper,  frigate,  392 

Jay,  James,  letter  of,  299 

Jeaffreson,  J.  C,  284 

Jefferson,  Luke,  letter  of,  210 

Jefferson,  Thomas,  letter  of,  105 

Jeffery,  commissioner,  see  Jeffreys,  Herbert 

Jeffreys,  engraver,  143 

Jeffreys,  Gov.  Herbert,  commission  to,  425, 
427 ;  letters  to,  1 13,  426,  427 ;  reports,  427,  428 

Jeffries,  David,  petition  of,  182 

Jeffrys,  Jeffry,  representation  of,  274 

Jeggels,  William,  testimony  of,  10 

Jemmet,  Dr.,  letter  to,  410 

Jenefer,  John,  descriptions  of  West  Indies,  51 

Jenings,  Thomas,  letter  of,  97 

Jenkins,  Sir  Leoline,  admiralty  causes  tried 
by,  102;  letter  to,  416 

Jenkins,  Peter,  correspondence,  342 

Jenkinson,  Charles,  correspondence,  31,  225 

Jenks,  Thomas,  correspondence,  83 

Jenner,  Dr.,  correspondence,  296 


472 


Index. 


Jenner,  Thomas,  425;  books  of,  406;  corre 
spondence,  50,  68 

Jenney,  Dr.  Robert,  letter  to,  295,  310 

Jennings,  Sir  John,  speaker  of  Barbadoes  as 
sembly,  196,  415;  charges  against,  415 

Jersey,  castle  at,  169;  customs,  166;  illicit 
trade,  166;  Privy  Council  committee  on,  172 

Jersey,  ship,  391 

Jervis,  Capt.  and  Adm.  John,   letters   of,  79, 

145 

Jessop,  William,  letters  of,  82,  83 

Jessup,  Ebenezer,  memorial  of,  332 

Jesuits,  papers  relating  to,  339,  340,  342,  360; 
tithes,  89;  see  also  Missionary  activities; 
Propaganda 

John,  ship,  log  of,  407 

Johnson,  108,  345,  406 

Johnson,  Lieut.,  recommendation,  143 

Johnson,  Gabriel,  certificate  of,  71 

Johnson,  Col.  Guy,  correspondence,  106,  112 

Johnson,  Sir  John,  correspondence,  106,  112 

Johnson,  Sir  Henry,  letter  to,  107 

Johnson,  Sir  Nathaniel,  title  of  commission  to, 
58 

Johnson,  Philip,  suit  against,  165 

Johnson,  Gov.  Robert,  letter  of,  322;  papers 
relating  to,  112,  163 

Johnson,  Dr.  Samuel,  correspondence,  291,  292, 
293,  294,  295,  296,  297,  298,  299,  300,  301,  303, 
305,  308,  309;  papers  relating  to,  299,  308 

Johnson,  Sir  William,  correspondence,  106, 
109,  112,  125,  160,  221,  222,  226;  papers  relat 
ing  to,  138,  219,  222,  362 

Johnson  family,  Johnson  Hall,  N.  Y.,  letters 
and  papers  of,  117 

Johnston,  Gov.  Gabriel,  complaints  against, 
130;  letters  of,  125 

Johnston,  Gen.  George  Milligen,  "  Short  De 
scription  ....  of  South  Carolina,"  120 

Johnston,  Commissary  Gideon,  letters  of,  322, 
407 

Johnstone,  Gov.  George,  letters  of,  153,  267; 
memoranda,  90;  papers  relating  to,  150,  163, 
235,  267 

Jones,  Edward,  petition  of,  57 

Jones,  Emmanuel,  letters  of,  315,  319 

Jones,  Rev.  Hugh,  letters  of,  50,  69,  313,  315, 
364,  397  J  papers  relating  to,  106,  337,  397 

Jones,  John,  367 ;  letter  of,  63 

Jones,  John   Paul,  correspondence,   105;   Life, 

Jones,  Lewis,  letter  of,  322 

Jones,  Morgan,  papers  by,  367 

Jones,  Richard,  estate,  distribution  of,  179-180 

Jones,  Capt.  Thomas,  commission  to,  91 

Jones,  Walter,  letters  of,  315,  319 

Jones,  Sir  William,  commission  to,  120;  letter 

to,  427 

Joseph  and  Anne,  pink,  seizure  of,  409 
Joyce,  Herbert,  History  of  the  Post  Office,  273, 

276 

Juan  Fernandez,  drawings  of,  51 
Judicature,  courts  of,   regulations  concerning, 

83 


Juniata  Creek,  map,  143 

Juniata  River,  island  in,  353 

Jupiter,  ship,  account  of  voyage,  96 

Justice,  George  M.,  352 

Justice,  Philip,  351 

"  Justice  Manuscripts,"  351 

Justices,  Lords,  papers  relating  to,  10,  92,  290, 

399,  401 

t 

Kamtchatka,  description  of,  360 

Kay,  Nathaniel,  letter  of,  303 

Kay,  William,  case  of,  317;  letter  of,  315 

Kaye,  Rev.  Richard,  notes  by,  103 

Kayll,  Ro.,  The  Trade's  Decrease,  424 

Kaynell,  see  Cannell,  Christopher 

Kearsly,  Dr.,  astronomical  observations,  358 

Keene  (Keane),  Dr.  Benjamin,  correspond 
ence,  127,  131,  146,  210 

Keith,  Alexander,  letters  of,  321,  322 

Keith,  Sir  Basil,  correspondence,  156 

Keith,  George,  papers  relating  to,  338,  409 

Keith,  Sir  R.  M.,  correspondence,  156 

Keith,  Sir  William,  letters  of,  75,  310,  313; 
papers  relating  to,  26,  75,  78,  135,  178,  179 

Kellug  (Kellogg),  Joseph,  voyage  of,  364,  367 

Kemble,  Thomas,  correspondence,  82 

"  Kempthorne's  Sea  Views,"  60 

Kendall,  J.,  correspondence,  48 

Kendall,  Thomas,  papers  relating  to,  37,  410 

Kennebec  case,  94,  95 

Kennebec  colony,  40 

Kennebunk,  73 

Kennedy,  Capt.  Archibald,  commission  to,  163; 
letter  of,  234 

Kennett,  Bishop  White,  papers  of,  II,  12 

Kensington,  court  at,  337 

Kentish  Knock,  naval  battle  off,  384 

Kent  Island,  Md.,  314 

Kerasoret,  M.  de,  journal  of,  105 

Kerr,  Commodore,  complaints  against,  195, 
196;  papers  by,  196 

Key,  John,  case  of,  98 

Kidd,  Capt.,  58,  385,  388,  399 

Kidderminster,  reformation  at,  343 

Kinderhook,  land-grants,  181 ;  map,  181 ;  peti 
tion  from,  181 

King,  suit  of,  313 

King,  Edward,  testimony  of,  95 

King's  Arms  tavern,  merchant  committee 
meeting  at,  140 

King's  Bench,  Court  of,  382,  429 

Kingsbridge,  table  of  distances  to  various 
places  from,  188 

Kingsbury,  Miss  S.  M.,  Records  of  the  Vir 
ginia  Company,  429-430 

King's  Chapel,  Boston,  papers  relating  to,  304, 
306,  328 

King's  College  (New  York),  Charter,  293; 
establishment  of,  293 ;  finances,  327 ;  papers 
relating  to,  72,  294,  296,  297,  298,  299,  300, 
301 

King's  county,  New  York,  petition  of,  263 

King's  Farm,  grant  of,  to  Trinity  Church,  387 

King's  Library,  catalogues,  7 


Index. 


473 


King's  Manuscripts,  25-28 

King's  River,  Va.,  379 

Kinnoul,  Earl  of,  127,  129 

Kinsale,  prizes,  offices,  21 

Kiquotan,  see  Elizabeth  City,  Va. 

Kirk,  Thomas,  deposition  of,  242 

Kirke,  Sir  David,  correspondence,  32,  39 

Kirke,  George,  petition  to,  40 

Kirke,  John,  letter  to,  37 

Kirke,  Lady  Sara,  petition  of,  35 

Kirkman,  Fra.,  412 

Kirton,  John,  petition  of,  194 

Kitchin,    G.    W.,    Catalogus   Codd.    MSS.    in 

Bib  I.  Aed.  Christi  ap.  Ox.,  422 
Kittery  Point,  Me.,  astronomical  observations 

at,  358 

Knapp,  Thomas,  letter  of,  64 
Knepp,  John,  journal  of,  46 
Knight,  James,  papers  of,  128,  130 
Knipe,  suit  against,   167 
Knole  Park,  Kent,  186 
Knowles,  Sir  Charles,  103,  104;  papers  of,  no, 

136,  137 

Knowles,  Thomas,  case  of,  167 
Knox,  William,  letter  of,  153 
Kohlmann,  correspondence,  342 
Korsak,  correspondence,  342 
Krasheninnicoff,   Prof.,   description   of   Kamt- 

chatka,  360 

Labrador,  description  of,  360;  maps,  50,  360; 

scientific  papers  from,  357,  368;  voyages  to, 

359 

Ladd,  Capt.  Richard,  337 
Lafayette,  Marquis  de,  sailing  of,  147 
La  Jonquiere,  Marquis  de,  correspondence,  125, 

221,  222;  papers  from,  219 
Lake  Superior  Mining  Company,  charter,  184 
Lake  de  Terminos,  Yucatan  logwood  cutting 

near,  212 

Lambert,  Capt.,  report  by,  240 
Lambert,  William,  letter  of,  305 
Lambeth,  conference  at,  317 
Lambeth  Palace  Chapel,  consecrations  in,  286 
Lambeth  Palace  Library,  manuscripts  in,  286- 

301 

Lamont,  Lieut.  Hugh,  letter  of,  146 
Lamy,  Hugh,  advice  of,  74 
Lancaster  county,  Pennsylvania,  deeds,  353 
Lancaster   county,   Va.,   425;    church   queries, 

318;  grievances  of,  427 
Land-grants,  26,  81,  253;   see  also  names  of 

colonies   and   places,    e.   g.,   Virginia,   land- 
grants 

Landsdowne  Manuscripts,  8-17 
Lane-Poole,  Stanley,  Life  of  Gen.  F.  R.  Ches- 

ney,  123 

Lang,  John,  letters  of,  313,  315 
Langdon,  John,  sermons  of,  347 
Langford,  Capt.  Abraham,  44,  356 
Langhorne,  Jeremiah,  letters  of,  310 
Langston,  Anthony,  letter  of,  39 
Lansdowne  Manuscripts,  8-17 
Lapierre,  John,  letters  of,  321,  322 


Larkin,  John,  suit  of,  165 

La  Salle,  Sieur  de  (Robert  Cavelier),  expedi 
tion  of,  371,  429 

Lascelles,  Henry,  case  of,  135 

Laterly,  Samuel,  recommendation  of,  404 

Latimer,  Viscount  (Thomas  Osborne),  in 
structions  of,  115 

La  Tour,  Sieur  de  (Claude  de  Saint  Estienne), 
papers  of,  37,  38 

Laud  Commission  of  1634,  375 

Lauderdale,  Duke  of  (John  Maitland),  papers 
of,  no,  154 

Laurens,  Henry,  letter  of,  150 

Laurie,  Walter,  letter  of,  68 

Laut,  Miss  Agnes  C,  369 

Lawns  Creek,  Va.,  church  queries,  318 

Lawrence,  Gov.  Charles,  of  Nova  Scotia,  cor 
respondence,  125,  222,  223 ;  military  career, 
220;  papers  relating  to,  132,  138 

Lawrence,  Col.  John,  348 

Lawrence,  Sir  Thomas,  310,  312,  313,  328 

Lawrence  and  Bullen,  424 

Lawrie,  Gawen,  408 

Lawson,  Deodat,  letter  of,  399;  sermon  by,  403 

Lawson,  John,  book  by,  101 ;  letters  of,  50,  69, 
70 

Lawson  and  Baron  murder,  account  of,  123 

Layman's  Library,  The,  338 

"  League  and  Covenant,"  paper  so  called,  254 

Learning,  Jeremiah,  letters  of,  308,  309 

Learning,  Society  for  the  Encouragement  of, 
see  Society  for  the  Encouragement  of  Learn 
ing 

Leather,  customs,  218 

Leavett,  log  of  voyage,  403 

Lebanon,  Indian  Charity  School  at,  75 

Lechford,  Thomas,  Plain  Dealing,  290 

Lee,  Arthur,  commission  to  France,  147,  148; 
journey  to  Madrid,  147;  letters  of,  148 

Lee,  Egerton,  letters  of,  125 

Lee,  Ludwell,  letter  of,  148 

Lee,  Philip,  letter  of,  313 

Lee,  Richard,  naval  officer  at  South  Potomac, 
142 

Lee,  Richard  Henry,  correspondence,  146,  148 

Lee,  Samuel,  letter  of,  69 

Lee,  Col.  Thomas,  extracts  of  letters  of,  221 

Lee,  William,  letter  of,  112;  petition  of,  251 

Leech,  vendue-master,  Jamaica,  letters  of,  125 

Leeds,  John,  astronomical  observations,  358 

Lees,  John,  journal  of,  116 

Leete,  Gov.  William,  letter  of,  46 

Leeward  Islands,  acts,  186-187;  church  papers, 
32S»  376,  404 ;  conditions  in,  41,  43 ;  court 
papers,  164;  defense  of,  196,  197,  216;  his 
tory,  41 ;  Indians,  35 ;  international  relations, 
35 ;  navy  papers,  108 ;  papers  relating  to,  26, 
38,  41,  43,  90,  126,  216;  politics,  44,  57;  ship 
ping,  198;  sugar  trade,  205;  trade,  78,  204, 
205,  209,  216 

Leffingwell,  Thomas,  16 

Legaur,  Mark,  petition  of,  178 

Legh,  I.,  97 

Legh,  Peter,  power  of  attorney  to,  97 


474 


Index. 


Leghorn,  25 

Le  Grand,  Isaac,  letter  of,  321 

Leheup,  P.,  report  to  Lords  Commissioners, 
II 

Leicester,  Lord,  letter  to,  156 

Leigh,  Charles,  "  Brief  platform  for  a  voyage," 
89 

Leith,  prize  office  at,  21 

Le  Jau,  Francis,  letters  of,  322 

Le  Loutre,  Abbe,  ammunition  delivered  to, 
220;  papers  from,  219 

Leneuille,  Clement  de,  letter  of,  56 

Le  Neve,  William,  letters  of,  319 

Lennon,  recommendation  of,  320 

Lenox  Library,  338 

Leopard,  voyage  of,  428 

Le  Page,  Louis,  46 

Lery,  M.,  engineer,  letter  of,  221 

L'Escot,  Paul,  certificate  concerning,  397; 
recommendation  of,  397 

Lesley,  John,  petition  of,  194 

Leslie,  Alexander,  letters  of,  249 

Leslie,  Andrew,  letter  of,  322 

Leslie,  William,  agreement  of,  276 

Letten,  John,  letter  of,  370 

Leverett,  Capt.,  letter  of,  383 

Leverett,  Gov.  John,  71,  95,  380 

Levis,  Samuel,  deed  to,  353 

Lewes,  Del.,  church  queries,  312;  scientific 
papers  from,  358 

Lewgar,  John,  letter  to,  52 

Lewin,  John,  letter  to,  44 

Lewis,  Ellis,  suit  of,  167 

Lewis,  R,  letter  of,  in 

Lewis,  John,  case  of,  164 

Lewis,  Richard,  papers  of,  359,  362,  364 

Lewis,  Robert,  suit  of,  167 

Lewis,  Stephen,  letters  of,  50 

Lexington,  Lord,  memorial  of,  200 

Lexington,  ship,  148 

Leyburn,  Bishop  John,  paper  of,  340 

Liberty,  sloop,  seizure  of,  242,  243,  246 

Libraries,  334,  338,  344,  406,  428 ;  see  also  Bray, 
Dr.  Thomas ;  names  of  countries,  colonies 
and  places,  e.  g.,  Maryland,  libraries;  An 
napolis,  library 

Library  of  Congress,  430;  transcripts  in,  431- 

445 

Lidderdale,  suit  of,  165 
Light,  Alexander,  letter  of,  68 
Ligneris,  Marchand  de,  letter  to,  124 
Ligon,  R.,  History  of  Barbadoes,  34 
Ligonier,  Sir  John,  142,  155;  instructions,  etc., 

to,  126 

Ligonier,  Fort,  map,  143 
Liguanea  district,  Jamaica,  364 
Lillington,  George,  petition,  etc.,  of,  385 
Limbrey,  Capt.  John,  paper  of,  33 
Lincoln,  Bishop  of,  letter  to,  76 
Lincoln,  Lord,  letter  to,  126 
Lindesay,  Lieut.,  219;  letters  of,  222 
Lindo,  Moses,  papers  of,  362 


Linens,  bounties  on,  160 ;  trade,  193 ;  see  also 
names  of  countries,  colonies  and  places, 
e.  g.,  Ireland,  exports,  linens 

Lining,  Dr.  J.,  scientific  papers,  357 

Links,  John,  losses  of,  278 

Lion,  H.  M.  brig,  359 

Lisbon,  journal  of  a  visit  to,  46 

Lisburne,  Lord,  correspondence,  31,  145,  255 

Lister,  Dr.  Martin,  62 

Lister,  T.  H.,  Life  of  Clarendon,  421 

Little,  Thomas,  letter  to,  410 

Little,  William,  letter  to,  410 

Little  Jamaica,  see  Jamaica,  Little 

Liverpool,  212;  trade,  119 

Livingston,  Robert,  79,  386,  388,  390,  409 

Lizard  Head,  England,  voyages  from,  288 

Lloyd,  Mr.,  letter  of,  235 

Lloyd,  David,  petition  of,  352 

Lloyd,  Edward,  letter  of,  68 

Lloyd,  Lieut.-Gov.  Thomas,  352 

Locke,  John,  75,  98,  360 

Locke,  William,  voyages  of,  278 

Lockyer,  Capt.  Benjamin,  letter  to,  250 

Lockyer,  C,  letter  of,  66 

Lodington,  W.,  "  Profitable  Poems,"  117 

Lodwick,  Charles,  Account  of  New  York,  59 

Lodwicke,  Francis,  59 

Logan,  James,  correspondence,  351,  353,  365; 
papers  of,  352,  365 

Logwood,  64,  78,  168,  209,  212 

Lomax,  Lunsford,  suit  against,  167,  182 

London,  Bishop  of,  archives,  see  Fulham  Pal 
ace;  correspondence,  20,  129,  158,  160,  290, 
299,  303,  305,  3io,  313,  3.19,  325,  326,  395,  397, 
400, 404, 405, 407 ;  jurisdiction  in  the  colonies, 
325,  328;  missionary  seminary  of,  397,  398; 
papers  relating  to,  129,  136,  178,  281,  282,  288, 
289,  302,  324,  325,  327,  328,  347,  397,  398,  403, 
404,  408-409 

London,  Vicar  Apostolic  of,  correspondence,  340 

London,  William,  letters  of,  364,  428 

London,  attitude  toward  American  disturb 
ances,  260,  281 ;  coffee-houses,  399 ;  corpora 
tion  records,  280-283 ;  court  papers,  280,  408 ; 
distillers  in,  201 ;  iron-dealers,  199,  207 ;  op 
position  to  Stamp  Act,  236;  to  Sugar  Bill, 
212;  papers  relating  to,  202,  211,  212,  215, 
280,  291 ;  shipping,  261,  402 ;  social  conditions 
in,  284 ;  sugar  trade,  201 ;  tobacco,  54,  59, 
157;  trade,  140,  159,  195,  201,  202,  204,  205, 
211,  216,  236,  258,  281,  317,  410;  victualling 
office,  212 

London,  log  of,  407 ;  instructions  to  master  of, 
220 

London  Chronicle,  clippings,  75 

London  Company,  of  Virginia,  see  Virginia 
Company 

London  Custom  House,  19 

Londonderry,  Earl  of  (Thomas  Pitt),  163 

London  House  papers,  302,  328-329 

London  Post-Office,  secretary  of,  correspond 
ence,  276;  papers  in,  273-276 

Long,  Beeston,  correspondence,  125 


Inde^. 


475 


Long,  Gov.  Edward,  papers  of,  87,  102,  109 

Long,  John,  suit  of,  167,  182 

Long,  Col.  Samuel,  56 

Long  Island,  church  affairs  in,  298;  excise, 
410;  maps,  loo,  121 ;  papers  relating  to,  30, 
287,  382,  383 

Lord,  Miss  E.  L.,  Industrial  Experiments,  402 

Lord,  Joseph,  letters  of,  51,  69 

Lord  Chamberlain,  40 

Lord  Protector,  see  Cromwell 

Lords  of  Trade,  correspondence,  10,  36,  38,  43, 
45,  113;  history  of,  172;  papers  relating  to, 
20,  31,  33,  36,  41,  44,  47,  60,  81,  115,  153,  172, 
279,  288,  289,  385,  396,  412,  425,  428 

Loring,  Capt.  Joshua,  papers  of,  267,  348 

Lott,  Abraham,  letters  of,  109,  250 

Lotten,  William,  letters  of,  51 

Lotteries,  295,  296,  297 

Loudoun,  Earl  of  (John  Campbell),  corre 
spondence,  49,  105,  125 ;  troops  sent  to,  142 

Loudoun,  Fort,  maps,  91 

Louis  XVI.,  declaration  of,  157 

Louis,  Fort,  145 

Louisburg,  map,  100;  papers  relating  to,  76, 
87,  142 

Louisiana,  Indians  in,  101,  395;  papers  relat 
ing  to,  101,  112,  155,  371,  385;  war  papers, 
128,  139 

Love,  W.  De  Loss,  Samson  Occam,  16,  66,  75 

Love,  Dave,  letters  of,  97 

Lovelace,  Col.  Francis,  23 

Lovelace,   Lord    (John   Lovelace),    letters   to, 

419 
Lovelace,  Gov.  Thomas,  papers  relating  to,  382, 

383,  384 

Lovelace,  William,  burial  of,  378 
Lowdon,  G.,  letter  to,  47 
Lower   Norfolk  county,   Va.,  425 ;   grievances 

of,  427 

Lowndes,  Charles,  circular  letter  of,  133 
Lowndes,    William,    correspondence,    99,    197, 

225,  226,  390,  409 
Lowther,  Anthony,  letter  of,  352 
Lowther,  Katherine,  letters  of,  125 
Lowther,  Margaret,  letter  of,  352 
Lowther,  Gov.  R.,  125 
Loyal  Charles,  ship,  127 
Loyalhanna  Creek,  map  of  Fort  Ligonier  on, 

143 

Loyalists,  American,  49,  106,  168,  271 
Loyall  Merchant,  ship,  53 
Lubbock,  P.,  424 
Lucas,  Dr.,  letter  to,  410 
Lucius,  Mr.,  recommendation  of,  325 
Ludlow,  clerk,  418 
Ludlow,  ship,  seizure  of,  403 
Ludwell,  Philip,  letter  of,  319 
Ludwell,  Thomas,  412,  415,  416 
Luke,  collector,  78 
Luke,  Jacob,  paper  of,  377 
Lumber,  customs,  18 
Lunan,  Patrick,  suit  against,  316 
Lunsford,  Sir  Thomas,  patent  to,  182 


Lupton,  George,  papers  of,  147,  149 

Lutherans,  inquiries  of,  396 

Luykasse,  Johanis,  report  by,  418 

Lynch,  Head,  papers  relating  to,  275 

Lynch,  Gov.  Sir  Thomas,  letters  of,  56,  84; 
papers  of,  45,  61 

Lynn  Haven  Bay,  piracy,  386 

Lynn  Regis,  130 

Lyon,  T.,  letter  of,  127 

Lyttelton,  Lord  (George  Lyttelton),  141 

Lyttelton,  Gov.  William  Henry,  141,  162;  cor 
respondence,  26,  83,  125 

Mabrey,  Thomas,  118 

Macartney,  Capt.,  reports  by,  237 

Macartney,  Maj.-Gen.  George,  letter  of,  9 

MacCarthy,  Justin,  127 

Macclenachan,  William,  papers  relating  to,  293, 

295,  296,  297,  298 

MacClintock,  Rev.  Dr.,  letter  of,  348 
MacClure,   Rev.   David,   correspondence,   347; 

labors  of,  at  Dover,  348 
McClure,  Rev.  Edmund,  History  of  S.  P.  C. 

K.,  331 
McCulloh,  Henry,  letters  of,  125 ;  papers  of,  10, 

86,  128,  161,  168,  183 
MacDonald,  Prof.  William,  190 
McDonogh,  Michael,  packet-boat  commander, 

275 

MacDonogh,  Terence,  instructions  to,  276 
McDougall,  Alexander,  memorial  for,  49 
MacEgan,  Col,  144 

M'Evers,  James,  letters  of,  226,  229;  resigna 
tion  of,  226 

McGill,  James,  recommendation  of,  320 
Mackay,   suit   against,    165 
Mackay,  William,  127 
McKean,  Robert,  letter  of,  294 
Mackenzie,  Maj.  George,  188 
Mackenzie,  Rod.,  letter  to,  395 
Mackie,  Ebenezer,  papers  relating  to,  275 
Mack-Phedris,    member    of    New    Hampshire 

council,  401 

Maclane,  Archibald,  suit  of,  165 
McMaster,  James,  letter  of,  HI 
McMurterie,  David,  suit  of,  166 
McMurterie,  William,  suit  of,  166 
McNane,  Charles,  9 
Macnemara,  Thomas,  case  of,  79 
Macray,  Rev.   W.  D.,  catalogues  and  indexes 

by,  376,  380,  410 

Macray,  W.  D.,  376;  papers  by,  410 
MacSparran,  Rev.  James,  correspondence,  294, 

303,  307 ;  papers  relating  to,  164,  180,  293,  304 
McVickar,  Life  of  Bishop  Hobart,  376 
Madan,  F.,  catalogue  by,  373 
Madeiras,  description  of,  45 ;  plants,  55 ;  trade, 

216;  voyages  to,  54,  58;  wines,  419 
Madison,  Robert,  letter  of,  103 
Madowasca,  Lake,  map,  122 
Madrid  Gazette,  154,  268,  269 
Magdalena  river,  50 
Magdalene  College,  Cambridge,  407 ;  papers  in, 

382,  424-430 


476 


Index. 


Magellan,  Straits  of,  367 

Maggiola,  Visconti,  portolani,  50 

Magnetism,  terrestrial,  observations  of,  359 

Maine,  42,  58;  maps,  89;  sale  of,  115;  trade,  396 

Mainet,  Josue,  37 

Maitland,  Gen.,  106 

Major,  R.  H.,  379 

Malbone,  Mr.,  protest  of,  309 

Malcolm,  Alexander,  letter  of,  305 

Maltravers,  Lord  Henry,  land  sale  to,  386 

Manchester,  202 

Mangey,  Dr.,  correspondence,  397 

Manhattan,  island  of,  map,  100 

Manhattan,  Manhattoce,  Mannadons,  see  New 

Netherland 
Manicanton,  Va.,  library,  320,  335 ;  minister  in, 

317 

Manila,  disturbances  in,  89,  102;  earthquakes, 
359 ;  maps,  101 ;  operations  at,  158 

Manitoba,  expeditions  across,  369 

Mannadons,  New  Netherland,  366 

Mansfield,  Earl  of  (William  Murray),  papers 
of,  25,  93,  94,  165 

Mant,  Thomas,  petition  of,  180 

Maple  sugar,  68 

Maps,  7,  27,  28,  49,  So,  55,  73,  79,  89,  90,  92,  94, 

98,    IOO,   IOI,    IO2,    I06,    IIO,    120,    121,    122,  22O, 

425,  428,  429;  see  also  names  of  countries, 
colonies  and  places,  e.  g.,  Carolina,  map 

Maquase,  see  Mohawk  Indians 

Marblehead,  church  papers  relating  to,  306,  307 

Marchant,  John,  letter  of,  127 

Marchand  de  Ligneris,  letter  to,  124 

Marechal,  Ambrose,  papers  of,  342 

Mare  del  Norte,  see  Virginia  Sea 

Mare  del  Zur,  see  -Pacific  Sea 

Mariett,  Thomas,  correspondence,  153,  154 

Marion,  Joseph,  certificate  concerning,  400 

Markham,  Gov.  William,  353 

Marlborough,  Duke  of  (John  Churchill),  105; 
letter  to,  392 

Marriott,  Sir  James,  code  of  law  by,  114 

Marsden,  Richard,  letters  of,  321,  322 

Marston  Moor,  ship,  34 

Martel,  J.  Adam  de,  letter  of,  323 

Martha's  Vineyard,  diseases  among  the  In 
dians  of,  362 

Martin,  Gov.  Alexander,  letters  of,  257,  325 

Martin,  Charles,  recommendation  of,  324 

Martin,  Capt.  John,  papers  of,  88 

Martin,  Nathaniel,  letter  of,  119 

Martin,  Thomas,  letter  of,  328 

Martin,  ship,  287 

Martinez,    Fernando,    description    of    Florida, 

IOI 

Martinique,  capture  of,  30,  133,  281;  court- 
martial,  167;  description,  112;  sugar  trade, 
162 

Martin's  Brandon  Church,  Va.,  327 
Martyn,  Benjamin,  letter  of,  125 
Martyn,  Charles,  324;  letters  of,  323 
Martyn,  Thomas,  letters  of,  56 
Mary,  Queen,  see  William  and  Mary 


Mary,  sloop,  seizure  of,  387 

Mary  and  John,  ship,  288 

Marye,  T.,  letter  of,  319 

Maryland,  animals,  361,  362 ;  Baltimore  grant, 
208 ;  boundaries,  183 ;  charter,  12,  15 ;  church 
papers,  178,  286,  289,  290,  303,  313,  314,  326, 
328,  329,  332,  333,  336,  337,  338,  339,  340,  342, 
345,  374,  376,  404,  409;  convoys,  216;  court 
papers,  79,  162,  179,  313,  337;  customs,  78, 
235;  description  of,  55,  186,  339,  364,  409, 
425 ;  disturbances  in,  257,  258 ;  education, 
289,  326,  337,  409;  financial  papers,  213,  214; 
fossils  in,  58;  Friends  in,  328,  350;  govern 
ment,  14,  24,  289,  313,  314,  326,  337,  381 ;  iron 
industry,  118-119;  maps,  153,  358,  425,  429; 
militia,  58;  missionary  activities,  178,  288, 
339;  navy  papers,  194,  208;  opposition  to 
Sugar  Bill,  204,  206;  papers  relating  to,  13, 
26,  60,  97,  162,  269,  289,  302,  312-314,  317, 
3.26,  333,  364,  381;  plants,  58,  63,  361;  poli 
tics,  178,  179,  183 ;  roads  in,  367 ;  scientific 
observations,  357,  358,  359;  seeds,  97;  ship 
ping,  80;  Stamp  Act  papers,  235,  239;  taxes, 
328;  tobacco  trade,  58,  200,  317,  328;  trade, 
178,  204,  205;  voyages  to,  55,  178,  407 

Maryland  Gazette,  extracts,  258 

Maryland  Historical  Society,  336 

Maryland  Province  Archives,  342 

Mascarene,  Lieut.-Gov.  Paul,  219;  correspond 
ence,  IO3,  IO4,  22O,  221,  222 

Maseres,  Baron  Francis,  correspondence,  281 
Maskelyne,  Rev.  Nevil,  astronomical  observa 
tions,  358 

Mason,  Mr.,  193,  313 
Mason,  Abraham,  papers  of,  359,  362 
Mason,  Charles,  observations  by,  358 
Mason,   John,  papers  of,  concerning  Indians, 

185 

Mason,  Capt.  John,  N.  H.,  papers  relating  to, 
399,  400,  401 

Mason,  Maj.  John,  of  Connecticut,  16 

Mason,  Robert,  42 ;  title  of,  to  New  Hampshire, 
401 

Mason's  patent,  74,  89;  see  also  New  Hamp 
shire 

Massachusetts,  acts,  182;  animals,  104;  army 
in,  239;  assembly  papers,  14,  92,  95,  138,  147, 
201,  223,  234,  239,  240,  241,  252;  boundaries, 
40,  74,  93,  94,  185,  408,  410;  charter,  15,  93, 
153,  163,  208,  374;  church  papers  relating  to, 
286,  290,  291,  298,  306,  332 ;  conditions  in,  19, 
136;  council  papers,  95,  201,  228,  231,  238, 
241,  243,  245,  252,  254,  415 ;  court  papers,  32, 
95,  182,  183,  213,  252,  253,  254,  255,  308,  389 ; 
customs,  213,  252;  disturbances  in,  134,  184, 
240,  252,  253,  254,  255,  258;  encroachments 
of,  35,  37,  92,  93,  158;  financial  papers,  136, 
212,  213,  402;  foreign  engineers  in,  223; 
fortifications  in,  391,  392;  gifts  to,  18;  gov 
ernment  of,  117,  130,  185,  213,  253,  254;  gov 
ernors'  papers,  28,  238,  239,  243,  290,  415; 
history,  48,  49,  93,  423;  House  of  Represen 
tatives  papers,  92,  134,  161,  179,  185,  208,  228, 


Index. 


477 


230,  233,  234,  237,  238,  240,  241,  243,  251,  252, 

253,  254;  Indians  in,  205,  299,  300,  306,  349; 
iron  industry,  201 ;  Loyalists  in,  260 ;  maps, 
93 ;  newspapers,  243,  254 ;  opposition  to  Sugar 
Bill,  204,  206,  207,  209;   papers   relating  to, 
26,  39,  40,  58,  92-94,  130,  134,  138,  158,  159, 
192,  196,  201,  204,  206,  207,  238,  244,  253,  254, 
288,  302,  305-308,  333,  4ii,  414,  415,  4i6,  420; 
prizes,  347;  proclamations,  254;   Stamp  Act 
papers,  227,  228,  229,  230,  231,  234,  237,  238, 
239,  240,  241,  246;  tea  disturbances,  247-248, 
251;  trade,  260,  281,  396 
Massachusetts  Bay  Company,  74 
Massachusetts  Gazette,  248,  252,  254 
Massachusetts  Historical   Society,  Collections, 

363,  379 

Massie,  Joseph,  Catalogue,  12 
Masters,  James,  bonds  of,  309 
Masters,  John,  letter  of,  47 
Matahamada,  see  Monquine 
Mather,  Mr.,  Sec.  to  Customs  Commissioner, 

Boston,  letter  of,  250 
Mather,  Cotton,  correspondence,  51,  59,  70,  117, 

330,  33i»  361,  365;   papers  relating  to,  290, 

306,  347,  359,  364,  365 
Mather,  Increase,  correspondence,  117,  305,  330, 

343,  344,  3745  papers   relating  to,   117,  344, 

345 

Mather,  Richard,  letter  of,  8 
Mather,  Samuel,  letter  to,  404 
Mathew,   Gov.   William,  of  Leeward   Islands, 

214;  correspondence,  26,   103,   126,   128,  129, 

213 

Mathews,  Capt.,  correspondence,  18 
Mathews,  J.,  letter  of,  41 
Mathews,  Gov.  S.,  18,  381 
Maty,  P.  H.,  355 
Mattalino,  55 
Mauduit,  Israel,  letter  to,  161 ;  papers  of,  362, 

423 

Maulsen,  oath  of,  23 
Maurocordatos,   Nicolas,  voivode,  Historia  de 

America,  81 
Maverick,  Samuel,  letters  of,  411,  413,  414,  415, 

417,  420;  papers  of,  39,  420 
Maxwell,  Joseph,  certificate,  30 
Maxwell,  Thomas,  petition,  194 
May,  Capt.,  letter  of,  127 
May,  Cape,  pirates  at,  387 
Mayer,  Christian,  papers  of,  342 
Mayhew,  Rev.  Experience,  330,  345 
Mayhew,  Dr.  Jonathan,  301 
Mayhew,  Thomas,  letter  of,  330 
Maynard,  James,  petition  of,  325 
Mazeas,  Abbe,  papers  of,  362 
Mead,  William,  trial  of,  423 
Meadows,  Sir  Philip,  letter  to,  409 
Medfield,  local  records,  93 
Medicines,  papers  relating  to,  360-362,  364,  365 ; 

see  also  Plants,  medicinal 
Mediterranean,    international    relations   in,   21, 

168,  203,  247;  voyages  to,  53 
Medway,  Mass.,  local  records,  93 


Meech,  Capt.,  letter  of,  273 

Melcombe  Regis,  petition  from,  202 

Menan,  Madam  Maria  Sybella,  59 

Mendez,  Abraham,  case  of,  120,  644 

Mendez,  Isaac,  case  of,  164 

Menenville,  Col,  letter  to,  107 

Mercer,  Col.  George,  papers  relating  to,  231, 

234 

Merchant,  Chris.,  pass  signed  by,  56 

Mercurius  Publicus,  copy  of,  31 

Mercury,  astronomical  observations  of,  358, 
359,  363 

Mermaid,  ship,  153 

Merrick,  pirate,  387 

Merrill,  of  Pay  Office,  London,  letter  to,  391 

Merrimac  River,  90,  399 

Merry,  Anthony,  petition  of,  181 

Merry,  Francis,  certificate  about,  324 

Meserve,  George,  letters  of,  226,  234 

Meteorological  observations,  356-357,  361,  363, 
365,  368 

Meteors,  358 

Metternich,  Count,  correspondence,   156 

Mexicana,  22 

Mexico,  Bay  of,  travellers'  accounts,  54 

Mexico,  currency,  197 ;  king  of,  63 ;  map,  92 

Miantonome,  covenants  of,  16 

Michell,  secretary  of  the  East  India  Co.,  250 

Michigan  Pioneer  Collections,  in 

Michilimackinac,  79 

Mico  Chekelli,  King  of  the  Creeks,  327 

Middle  Neck,  Md.,  church  papers  relating  to, 
404 

Middlesex  county,  Eng.,  court  trials,  284;  rec 
ords,  283-285 

Middlesex  county,  Va.,  425 ;  church  queries, 
318 

Middleton,  Capt.  Christopher,  papers  of,  357, 
358,  362 

Milborn,  Jacob,  information  of,  383 

Mildmay,   William,  correspondence,  220 

Miles  and  Price,  papers  relating  to,  306 

Milford,  Conn.,  church  addresses  from,  309 

Milford,  ship,  167 

Militia  Act,  139 

Millar,  Robert,  letters  of,  67,  68 

Miller,  Ben.,  petition  of,  398 

Miller,  Ebenezer,  347 ;  letters  of,  305,  307 

Miller,  Rev.  John,  98;  recommendation  of,  348 

Miller,  Michael,  case  of,  162 

Miller,  P.,  papers  of,  362 

Miller,  Philip,  letter  to,  73 

Milligan,  letters  of,  97 

Mill  prison,  Plymouth,  264,  269 

Mills,  James,  suit  against,  166 

Milner,  George,  papers  of,  45 

Milner,  Bishop  John,  correspondence,  342 

Milward,  Edw.,  letter  of,  362 

Minas  Basin,  Nova  Scotia,  map,  122 

Mines  Royal  in  Jamaica,  Company  of,  108 

Mining,  184;  see  also  names  of  colonies,  locali 
ties  and  special  industries,  e.  g.,  Jamaica, 
mining ;  Iron  industry 


478 


Index. 


Minnesota,  expeditions  to,  369 

Minorca,  capitulation  of,  188;  land  forces  in, 

83 

Minto  Manuscripts,  146 

"  Mirania,"  College  of,  papers  relating  to,  304 

Mirepoix,  Due  de,  220 

Missionary  activities,  66,  70,  102,  129,  132,  289, 
291,  293,  296,  298,  299,  300,  301,  302,  304,  306, 
320,  325,  328,  330,  331,  332,  333,  336,  337,  338, 
343,  376,  397,  398,  403,  406;  see  also  allied 
topics  and  names  of  countries,  colonies  and 
places,  e.  g.,  Jesuits ;  Religion ;  Virginia,  mis 
sionary  activities 

Mississippi  Company,  petition  of,  183 

Mississippi  Delta,  maps,  98 

Mississippi  River,  land-granting,  185;  maps,  92, 
98;  troops  sent  to,  132;  voyage  accounts, 
364,  367 

Mitchell,  suit  of,  271 

Mitchell,  Capt.,  letter  of,  129 

Mitchell,  Adm.  Sir  David,  118 

Modyford,  Sir  Thomas,  correspondence,  21, 
103,  414;  papers  relating  to,  34,  35,  83,  84, 
iiQ,  ISS,  4ii 

Moffatt,  Dr.,  account  of,  140 

Moffatt,  John,  letters  of,  in 

Mohawk  Indians,  papers  relating  to,  297,  387; 
relations  with  the  English,  130,  387 

Mohawk  River,  travellers'  accounts,  116 

Mohegan  Indians,  appeal  of,  185 ;  papers  re 
lating  to,  16,  418;  relations  with  Connecti 
cut,  25 

Mohheekunnuck  Indians,  petition  of,  108 

Molasses,  361 ;  customs,  205,  207 ;  trade,  212 

Molasses  Act,  135 

Molly,  ship,  167 

Mompesson,  Roger,  letters  to,  392,  393 

Moncton,  Gen.,  105 

Moncure,  John,  letter  of,  319 

Monkey  Key,  see  Jamaica,  Little 

Monmouth,  Duke  of  (James  Scott),  partizans 
of,  403 

Monocantown,  see  Manicantown 

Monogahela  River,  army  on,  223 ;  map,  28 

Monopoly,  see  Trade,  Free 

Monquine,  deed  of,  95 

Monro,  Dr.  Donald,  letter  of,  362 

Monro,  Robert,  letter  of,  127 

Montagu,  Edward,  petition  of,  237 

Montagu,  Rear- A  dm.  John,  letter  of,  248,  249 

Montague,  Lord  Charles  Grenville,  commis 
sion  to,  163 

Montague,  Lord  Ralph,  82;  correspondence, 
29 

Montauk  Point,  map,  121 

Montgomery,  John,  papers  relating  to,   163 

Monthly  Repository  of  Theology,  343 

Montien,  Sieur  de,  147 

Montiguy,  letter  of,  395 

Montreal,  28,  98;  great  fire  at,  72;  maps,  122; 
scientific  papers  from,  357;  voyages  to,  116 

Montserrat,  acts,  186-187;  financial  papers,  32 
213,  381 ;  papers  relating  to,  37,  58,  107 


Montstuart,  Viscount,  letters  to,  168 

Moore,  suit  against,  178 

Moore,  Arthur,  letter  to,  409 

Moore,  Charles,  403 

Moore,  Rev.  Garrett,  letters  of,  51 

Moore,  Sir  Henry,  correspondence,  9,  26,  87, 

108,   109,   126,  226,  231,  233,  234,  238,  239; 

papers   relating  to,   108,    142,    182,   231,   233, 
238,  239 

Moore,  Archbishop  John,  archiepiscopal  regis 
ter  of,  286;  letter  of,  298 
Moore,  Thomas,  letter  of,  307 
Moore,  William,  Barbadoes,  case  of,  165 
Moore,  William,  Pennsylvania,  letter  of,  294 
Moravian  brethren,  Herrnhut  sect  of,   156 
Moray,  Alexander,  papers  of,  360,  365 
Moray,  Sir  Robert,  correspondence,  365,  366 
Moreau,  Nicholas,  letters  of,  315,  319 
Moreno,  Don  Alonso   de  Arcos,   on  Jamaica, 

101 

Morgan,  Benjamin,  letter  of,  310 
Morgan,  Capt.  Charles,  letter  of,  56 
Morgan,  Sir  Henry,  correspondence,   56,   113, 

408;  papers  relating  to,  56,  83,  84,  416 
Morgan,  Joseph,  papers  of,  365 
Morgan,  Maurice,  107 
Morgans,  Capt.  William,  discourse,  287 
Morice,  see  Morris 
Morlaix,  France,  216 
Morley,  John,  letter  of,  10 
"  Mornamont "  papers,  Cambridge,  382,  429 
Morrice,  letter  of,  393 
Morrice,  Roger,  manuscripts,  346 
Morris,  Surveyor  General,  letters  of,  26 
Morris,  Gov.  Lewis,  377;  correspondence,  83, 

303,  310,  409,  420 
Morris,  Richard,  case  of,  164 
Morris,  Richard,  Welsh  poet,  letter  of,  377 
Morris,  Robert,  correspondence,  146,  147,  148 
Morris,   Lieut.-Gov.    Robert   Hunter,   29,    136, 

138 

Morris,  Roger,  controversy  of,  9 
Morris,  Sir  William,  correspondence,  40 
Morrison,  see  Moryson,  288 
Morritt,  Thomas,  324;  letters  of,  323 
Morse,  Joseph,  intelligence  by,  162 
Morse,  Lieut.-Col.  Robert,  paper  by,  27 
Mortimer,  Dr.,  letters  to,  364 
Morton,    Mr.,    "  about    Philadelphia    College," 

296 
Morton,  Earl  of    (James  Douglas),   plan  by, 

160 

Morton,  Thomas,  New  English  Canaan,  422 
Morton,  Sir  William,  contracts  by,  412 
Moryson,    Francis,    correspondence,    426,   427 ; 

papers  relating  to,  39,  288,  384,  412,  414,  425, 

427,  428 
Mosquito  Shore,  Bay  of  Honduras,  map,  114; 

papers  relating  to,  133,  137,  138,  142,  168 
Moss,  William,  suit  against,  181 
Mossom,  David,  letters  of,  305,  308,  324,  328 
Moulen,  Dr.  Allen,  paper  by,  361 
Mt.  Desert,  grant  of,  183,  184 


Index:. 


4Y9 


Mounteney,  Richard,  115 
Mullowny,  John,  letter  of,  340 
Mumford,  George,  case  against,  304 
Munro,  George,  correspondence,  126 
Murdoch,  George,  of  Md.,  letters  of,  313 
Murdock,  George,  of  Va.,  recommendation  of, 

320 

Mure,  Son,  and  Atkinson,  contractors,  267 
Murray,    Alexander,   naval   officer,   letters    of, 

126 
Murray,  Rev.  Alexander,  proposed  as  bishop  of 

Virginia,  22,  376 
Murray,  Gov.  James,  correspondence,  26,  106, 

126 ;  papers  relating  to,  157,  163 
Murray,  Patrick,  journal  of,  157 
Murry,  Alexander,  letter  to,  168 
Murry,  Edith,  paper  of,  377 
Muscovado  sugar,  case  of,  120 
Musgrove,  Francis,  letter  of,  210 
Music,  376 
Myles,  Samuel,  Rev.,  petition  of,  180;  letters 

of.  305,  306,  308,  312,  328 

Nairn,  William,  letter  of,  326 

Nancy,  ship,  250 

Nanfan,  Lieut.-Gov.  John,  correspondence, 
389,  390,  392,  417;  papers  relating  to,  387, 
388,  389,  390,  391,  392,  393,  394,  395,  403,  409 

Nansemond  county,  Va.,  425;  grievances  of, 
427 

Nantucket  Indians,  diseases  among,  362 

Narragansett,  church  papers  relating  to,  292, 
304,  305 ;  glebe  lands,  293 

Narragansett  Bay,  map,  121 

Narragansett  Indians,  papers  relating  to,  16, 
327 

Nassau,  Governor  of,  note  of,  103 

"  Nassau,"  sale  of  sugars  in,  21 

Nassau  Hall,  see  New  Jersey,  college 

Natick,  Mass.,  330 

Natural  history,  papers,  64,  360-362,  365 ;  see 
also  Royal  Society;  Sloane  Manuscripts 

Naudowessie  Indians,  language,  79 

Naumkeag,  399 

Navesink,   23 

Navigation  papers,  25,  29,  162,  416,  425;  see 
also  Shipping 

Neale,  Leonard,  papers  of,  342 

Neale,  Thomas,  resignation  of,  273 

Neau,  Elias,  correspondence,  303,  331,  333; 
death  of,  398 

Negroes,  21,  30,  127,  209,  214;  missionary  ac 
tivities  among,  66,  289,  291,  320,  331,  334, 
376 ;  see  also  Slavery 

Negro  "Virgill,"  353 

Neill,  Hugh,  letters  of,  313 

Neill,  L.,  letter  to,  324 

Nelson,  John,  papers  of,  IO,  18 

Nelson,  Pres.  Thomas,  letters  of,  315 

Netherlands,  attitude  towards  American  Revo 
lution,  155 ;  linen  trade,  193 ;  map,  100 ;  naval 
supplies,  421 ;  papers  relating  to,  42,  155, 
172,  412,  413;  relations  with  France,  no; 
with  Great  Britain,  8,  44,  118,  122,  269,  378, 


384,  413,  414,  416,  421 ;  tobacco  trade,  146, 
200;  trade,  133,  134,  156;  treaties  with  Great 
Britain,  217;  with  U.  S.,  269 

Neuse  River,  69 

Nevis,  acts,  186-187  \  admiralty  case,  165 ; 
arms  sent  to,  196;  council  papers,  41; 
finances,  41,  214,  381 ;  international  relations 
in,  132,  416;  papers  relating  to,  32,  37,  41,  42, 
45,  51,  210,  416;  politics,  35,  42,  58;  voyage 
accounts,  58,  144 

New  Albion,  see  Plowden's  Island 

Newark,  H.  M.  S.,  118 

New  Bern,  N.  C,  325 

Newberry,  S.  C.,  132 

Newbery,  John,  letter  of,  310 

New  Bristol,  R.  L,  church  papers  relating  to, 
305 

New  Brunswick,  map,  122;  settlement  of,  400; 
see  also  Nova  Scotia 

Newbury,  Mass.,  church  papers  relating  to, 
292,  307;  earthquakes,  359,  366 

New  Caledonia,  voyages  to,  360,  367 

Newcastle,  Duke  of  (John  Holies),  papers 
relating  to,  22,  24 

Newcastle,  Duke  of  (Thomas  Pelham  Holies), 
123;  correspondence,  29,  123,  124,  125,  126, 
127,  129,  130,  132,  141,  158,  159,  203,  210,  2ii, 
214,  216,  219,  220,  290,  402;  papers  relating 
to,  89,  132,  133,  134,  137,  139,  141,  142,  143, 

154,  220 

Newcastle,  Pa.,  church  papers,  312;  post-office 
papers,  273 

New  Castle,  New  England,  fortifications,  401 ; 
trade,  410 

Newcastle  House,  council  meeting  at,  137 

Newcastle   Papers,   123-143 

New  Church,  Boston,  papers  relating  to,  305, 
417 

Newdigate,  41 

Newe,  Thomas,  letters  of,  408 

New  England,  animals,  360,  362;  beaver  trade, 
371;  Cape  Breton  expedition,  136;  charity 
schools,  331;  charters,  14,  374;  church 
papers,  39,  153,  158,  292,  293,  300,  304,  309, 
327,  344,  345,  346,  347,  348,  400,  422;  condi 
tions  in,  13,  53,  58,  115,  139,  153,  374,  412; 
court  papers,  59,  141,  164,  375,  422;  customs, 
180;  defense  of,  39,  61,  90;  description  of, 
9,  13,  39,  43,  52,  153,  186,  425;  discovery  of, 
12 ;  emigration  from,  381 ;  financial  papers, 
55,  136;  fishing,  61 ;  flax-raising,  402;  for 
estry,  204;  government  papers,  13,  40,  172, 
173,  292,  308,  381 ;  hemp-raising,  402 ;  his 
tory,  13,  49,  112,  346;  immigration,  112;  In 
dians  in,  13,  14,  42,  43,  206,  221,  423;  inocu 
lation  in,  362;  interloping  trade  from,  370; 
iron  industry,  46;  land-grants,  96;  libraries, 
335 ;  maple-sugar,  361 ;  maps,  74,  90,  94,  143, 
290,  332,  425,  429;  masts,  86,  178;  mining, 
61;  missionary  activities,  70,  99,  283,  301, 
340,  343,  346,  405,  422 ;  naval  stores,  82 ;  navy 
papers,  208;  newspapers,  161,  228;  papers 
relating  to,  14,  20,  31,  40,  42,  44,  46,  52,  58, 


480 


Index. 


288,  299,  332,  333,  346,  377,  399,  4",  422,  423; 
plantations,  12,  13,  18;  plants,  361;  roads, 
367;  rum  trade,  206;  scientific  observations, 
357,  359,  364;  seeds  from,  62;  settlement  of, 
39,  346,  401,  423;  ship-building,  366;  tar 
trade,  194,  360;  trade,  61,  115,  139,  205,  206, 
209,  371,  384;  vice-admiralty  court,  159; 
voyage  accounts,  144,  288;  whale  fishing,  360 

New  England  Confederation,  406 

Newfoundland,  cession  of,  to  Great  Britain, 
395;  convoys,  80,  216,  384;  customs,  77;  de 
fense  of,  80,  136,  395,  409;  description  of, 
89,  107,  186;  discovery  of,  287;  expeditions 
to,  19;  fisheries,  29,  44,  47,  58,  74,  89,  98,  135, 
144,  193,  278,  279;  fishing  claims  in,  140,  168, 
169,  209,  223;  forts,  19,  no,  403;  French  in, 
41,  131;  history,  35;  Indians  in,  83,  104; 
land-grants,  397;  maps,  50,  73,  89,  98,  102, 
143,  384,  429;  papers  relating  to,  19,  26,  31, 
36,  40,  44,  46,  60,  79,  98,  133,  144,  161,  287, 
333;  plantations,  80,  277;  politics,  35,  98; 
scientific  papers  from,  358;  settlement  of, 
47,  98;  snipping,  100,  279;  statistics,  100; 
trade,  20,  29,  44,  89,  166,  192;  voyages  to, 
377,  428 

New  France,  conditions  in,  222;  map,  74; 
prizes,  220;  voyages  to,  60 

Newgate  Gaol  Delivery  Rolls,  284 

New  Hampshire,  acts  of,  182;  assembly  pa 
pers,  255 ;  boundaries,  74,  90,  93,  94,  179,  408 ; 
circular  letter  to,  256;  claims  to,  399;  com 
mittee  papers,  256;  conditions  in,  402;  coun 
cil  papers,  129,  392,  399,  401,  402;  court  pa 
pers,  96,  165,  389;  disturbances  in,  248,  255- 
256,  257,  258,  259;  financial  papers,  213;  gov 
ernment,  184,  253,  255,  402;  land-grants,  180, 
183,  253;  maps,  74,  90;  military  stores  for, 
402;  opposition  to  Sugar  Bill,  209;  papers 
relating  to,  26,  40,  42,  80,  178,  256,  302,  303- 
305,  399,  400,  401,  408;  proclamations,  259; 
Stamp  Act  papers,  230,  234;  trade,  396 

New  Haven,  church  papers,  309,  345;  condi 
tions  in,  46;  customs,  133 

New  Jersey,  army  in,  239;  assembly  papers, 
229,  233,  234,  240,  259,  418;  boundaries,  73, 
164,  181 ;  church  papers,  294,  304,  409,  420 ; 
conditions  in,  90;  council  papers,  230,  232, 
235,  259;  court  proceedings,  418;  customs, 
234;  description  of,  15,  186,  400;  disturb 
ances  in,  23,  256,  259;  education,  182;  finan 
cial  papers,  213;  iron  industry,  118;  land- 
grants,  182,  400;  maps,  27,  74,  429;  opposi 
tion  to  Sugar  Bill,  204,  206,  209;  papers  re 
lating  to,  26,  303-305,  306,  332-333,  387,  394, 
408;  petitions  from,  183,  204,  206;  politics, 
130,  136;  Stamp  Act  papers,  226,  232,  234, 
238,  239 

New  Jersey,  College  of,  182 

New  Jersey,  East,  13,  400;  deed  of,  to  Perm, 
3535  government,  351;  proprietary  rights  in, 
219;  surrender  of,  187 

New  Jersey,  West,  400;  immigration,  407; 
map,  429;  politics,  52;  surrender  of,  187 


New  Kent  county,  Va.,  425 ;  grievances  of,  427 

New  London,  Conn.,  church  papers,  309 ; 
stamp  riots,  108 

Newman,  Henry,  correspondence,  67,  308,  309, 
397,  401,  402,  403,  404,  405,  408;  papers  re 
lating  to,  179,  203,  399,  400,  401,  402,  404,  408 

Newman,  John,  letters  to,  399,  400 

Newman  Papers,  399-403,  404,  408 

New  Mexico,  discoveries,   18,   101 ;  map,  92 

New  Netherland,  366;  expedition  against 
Dutch  in,  380;  government,  411;  whale  fish 
ing,  360 

New  Orleans,  plan,  92 

New  Plymouth,  see  Plymouth,  Massachusetts 

Newport,  Capt.  Christopher,  376 

Newport,  R.  I.,  church  papers,  292,  305,  306; 
customs,  132 

Newport,  Va.,  church  queries,  318 

Newport  Mercury,  230 

New  Providence,  Island  of,  descriptions,  61, 
83;  immigration  to,  112;  maps,  61 ;  papers 
relating  to,  58,  127 

New  South  Church,  Boston,  347 

New  Spain,  55;  voyages  to,  51,  104 

Newspapers,  308,  423;  British  Museum,  cata 
logue,  7;  extracts,  154,  243,  351;  see  also 
names  of  individual  newspapers,  e.  g.,  Ma 
drid  Gazette 

Newton,  Sir  Isaac,  computation  by,  197 

Newtown,  N.  B.,  map,  122 

New  York,  acts  of,  182;  admiralty  court  in, 
390;  army  in,  82,  83,  177,  197,  239,  388,  389, 
390;  assembly  papers,  14,  109,  213,  222,  233, 
234,  238,  239,  240,  259,  389,  390,  418;  beaver 
trade,  371;  boundaries,  181-182,  183,  185; 
church  papers,  289,  290,  292,  294,  297,  298, 
299,  304,  311,  404,  420;  College  of,  see  King's 
College ;  conditions  in,  30,  98,  386,  409 ;  coun 
cil  papers,  135,  230,  234,  238,  389,  390,  394, 
403;  court  papers,  108,  109,  154,  167,  390; 
customs,  228,  234,  388,  420;  defense  of,  II, 
393;  description  of,  13,  186;  disturbances  in, 
137,  140,  143,  256,  257,  259,  281,  386,  390,  394; 
education,  331,  407,  420;  financial  papers, 
213,  409;  forts,  196,  387;  Friends  in,  353; 
frontiers  of,  10;  governors'  papers,  24,  108, 
128,  130,  182,  183,  249,  253,  297,  370;  history, 
45,  386;  Indians  in,  73,  206,  332,  371;  land- 
claims,  109;  land-grants,  159,  180,  182,  253; 
libraries,  335,  420;  maps,  181-182;  mission 
ary  activities,  301 ;  naturalization  of  foreign 
ers  in,  45,  420;  navy  in,  208;  opposition  to 
Sugar  Bill,  204,  206,  207;  ordnance  stores, 
196,  391 ;  papers  relating  to,  98,  130,  132,  147, 
180,  181,  209,  281,  302,  303-305,  332,  386,  391, 
393,  406,  407,  419,  420;  piracy,  178;  politics, 
13,  79,  128,  142,  181,  184,  382,  390,  418;  reve 
nues,  99,  134,  388,  394;  rum  trade,  206; 
scientific  observations,  358,  359;  shipping, 
58,  136,  162;  slavery,  393;  Stamp  Act  pa 
pers,  161,  226,  227,  228,  229,  231,  233,  234, 
238,  239,  246 ;  survey  reports,  205 ;  tea  dis 
turbances,  248,  249;  trade,  30,  80,  204,  205, 


Index:. 


481 


206,  371,  393,  394,  410;  travels  in,  28;  voy 
ages  to,  56,  417 

New  York  City,  army  in,  239,  264,  385 ;  char 
ter,  14;  church  papers,  181,  182,  288,  304, 
398,  405 ;  education  in,  288 ;  laws,  12 ;  libra 
ries,  288,  420;  map,  100;  newspapers,  230, 
248;  packet  boats,  236,  274,  275,  276;  papers 
relating  to,  131,  255,  263;  post-office  papers, 
274,  275,  276;  Stamp  Act  papers,  229;  vice- 
admiralty  court,  299 

New  York  Gazette,  230,  233 

New  York  Gazetteer,  256 

Niagara,  forts,  116,  132,  221;  map,  92 

Niagara  Falls,  papers  relating  to,  360,  364 

Nicaragua,  contemplated  attack  on,  168 

Niccoli,  Abbe,  note  from,  100 

Nicholas,  Sir  Edward,  letters  to,  47 

Nicholls,  John,  letter  to,  410 

Nicholson,  Gov.  Francis,  correspondence,  107, 
178,  273,  289,  306,  308,  311,  313,  315,  319,  323, 
328,  331,  365-366,  386,  404,  405,  419;  papers 
relating  to,  14,  179,  288,  289,  304,  317,  320, 
324,  325,  326,  327,  332,  385,  404,  405,  407 

Nicholson,  Henry,  papers  of,  360 

Nicholson,  W.,  letter  of,  131 

Nicolini,  Abbe,  account  by,  340 

Nicoll,  J.,  papers  by,  422 

Nicolls,  Mathias,  papers  of,  383,  417 

Nicolls,  Gov.  Richard,  correspondence,  382, 
414,  415 ;  papers  relating  to,  23,  287,  366, 
383,  413,  414,  417,  420 

Nicolls,  Samuel,  letters  of,  296,  297 

Nicols,  Henry,  letter  of,  313 

Nimham,  Daniel,  9 

Ninagret,  Charles  Augustus,  petition  of,  327 

Nipho,  Jerome,  letters  to,  403 

Nixon,  John,  suit  against,  167 

Noailles,  Marquis  de,  156,  267 

Noble,  Ma}.,  will  of,  107 

Noble  Town,  disturbances,  108;  petition  from, 
181 

Noell,  Sir  Martin,  correspondence,  33,  84,  85, 
86,  no;  papers  relating  to,  33,  34,  37,  85,  155 

Noell,  Thomas,  letters  to,  35,  86,  155 

Nootka  Bay,  declaration  concerning,  157 

Norfolk  county,  Va.,  Coxe's  claims  to,  386 

Norris,  Isaac,  352,  353 

Norristown  (Norriton),  Pa.,  astronomical  ob 
servations  at,  358,  359 

North,  Lord  Chief  Justice  (Francis),  opinion 
of,  45 

North,  Lord  (Frederick  North),  correspond 
ence,  149,  150,  151 

North,  Capt.  John,  testimony  of,  94,  95 

North  America,  333 ;  customs,  243 ;  explora 
tion  papers,  183;  history,  144;  international 
relations  in,  144,  192,  219,  220,  229,  231,  365 ; 
maps,  21,  367;  scientific  papers  from,  358; 
shipping,  262 ;  surveying  of,  27-28,  235 ; 
trade,  140,  259 

Northampton  county,  Va.,  425 ;  grievances  of, 
427 

North  Britain,  shipping,  papers  relating  to,  236 


North  Carolina,  see  Carolina,  North 

North  Carolina  Gazette,  257 

North  East  iron  works,  119 

North  Elk  River,  Md.,  314 

Northern  Farnham,  Va.,  320 

Northey,  Sir  Edward,  opinion  of,  24,  134,  243, 

3i6 

North  River,  expedition  up  the,  30 
Northumberland,  Duke  of  (Algernon  Percy), 

H3 

Northumberland  county,  Va.,  records,  425 

Northwestern  America,  expeditions  in,  369; 
map,  92 

Northwest  passage,  papers  relating  to,  63,  180, 
277,  287,  360 

Norton,  John,  letter  of,  8 

Norton,  W.,  opinion  of,  98 

Norwich,  Capt.,  memorial  of,  411 

Norwich,  William,  letter  of,  374 

Norwood,  Richard,  Bermudas,  365 ;  papers  of, 
358,  360,  365,  366 

Norwood,  Richard,  the  younger,  papers  by, 
360 

Nottingham,  Earl  of  (Daniel  Finch),  corre 
spondence,  123,  391 

Nottingham,  England,  259 

Nottoway  Indians,  treaties  with,  327 

Nova  Caesaria,  see  New  Jersey 

Nova  Scotia,  acts  of,  182;  army  papers,  19, 
137;  boundaries,  40,  41,  132,  160,  220; 
church  papers,  340;  court  papers,  132,  220, 
221 ;  description  of,  27,  38,  103 ;  education, 
334;  fisheries,  10,  132;  fortifications,  no, 
132,  138;  government  of,  29,  253;  history, 
103 ;  Indians,  221 ;  international  relations  in, 
32,  38,  40,  114,  139,  141,  156,  220,  261,  403, 
420;  land-grants,  180,  182,  253;  maps,  27, 
122,  143 ;  navy  papers,  157 ;  papers  relating 
to,  26,  31,  37,  38,  46,  103,  129,  138,  220,  333; 
prizes,  221;  settlement  of,  138,  192,  219; 
Stamp  Act  papers,  232,  234;  trade,  20;  see 
also  Acadia;  New  Brunswick 

Newell,  Samuel,  416 

Observations  on  the  Commerce  of  the  Ameri 
can  States,  Review  of,  102 

Occam,  Samson,  by  Love,  16,  66,  75 

Ocioneechee  Indians,  treaty  with,  327 

Ogilvie,  John,  293,  297 

Ogle,  Sir  C,  letter  to,  128 

Ogle,  O.,  Calendar  of  the  Clarendon  State 
Papers,  410 

Ogle,  Gov.  Samuel,  certificate  of,  97;  letter  of, 
214 

Oglethorpe,  Sir  James,  19,  157;  bills  by,  130; 
correspondence,  51,  66,  126;  libels  against, 
134 

O'Hara,  Joseph,  letters  of,  303,  306;  papers  re 
lating  to,  304 

Ohio  River,  adventures  on,  99;  forts  on,  137; 
fossils,  362;  French  army  on,  132,  138,  221, 
223 ;  French  claims  on,  222 ;  French  trans 
actions  with  Maj.  George  Washington,  223; 


482 


Index. 


importance  of,  to  Great  Britain,  139;  In 
dians  on,  221;  land-disputes,  76;  land- 
grants,  184,  185;  lands  on,  90;  papers  relat 
ing  to,  99,  139;  proposed  colony  on,  329; 
quit-rents,  181 

Old  Bailey,  London,  284;  information  about 
the  use  of  the  papers  in,  285 

Old  Bailey  Session  Proceedings,  283 

Old  Clergy  Brotherhood,  archives  of,  339 

Old  Clergy  Chapter,  339 

Oldenburg,  Henry,  355;  papers  of,  368; 
queries  of,  61 

Old  Point  Comfort,  Va.,  engineer's  report  of, 
270;  fort-commander  at,  412 

Oliver,  Mr.,  406 

Oliver,  Lieut.-Gov.  Andrew,  correspondence, 
49,  233,  234,  237,  249,  254,  348;  papers  of, 
362 

Oliver,  Chief  Justice  Peter,  impeachment  of, 
254;  papers  of,  49 

Onondaga,  interpreters  at,  418;  sachems'  mes 
sages,  418;  travellers'  accounts,  417 

Onsboro,  Richard,  letters  of,  406 

Orangeburg,  S.  C.,  324 

Orange  Fort  (Albany),  reduced  by  the  British, 
287 

Oratory,  Brompton,  archives  in,  339 

Ord,  James,  suit  against,  180 

Orders  in  Council,  38,  47,  136,  159,  161,  166, 
171,  184,  193,  194,  197,  205,  207,  227,  228,  240, 
316,  321,  337,  338,  37i,  387,  394,  399,  416;  see 
also  Council,  Privy 

Ordnance  Office,  Papers,  196,  197,  267,  400 

Orleans,  Isle  of,  92 

Orme,  Robert,  journal  of,  28;  letter  of,  326 

Orme,  William,  Life  and  Times  of  Baxter,  343 

Orr,  William,  letters  of,  323 

Osborn,  Adm.,  commission  to,  163 

Osborn,  H.,  letter  of,  128 

Osborn,  Col.  Roger,  letter  to,  85 

Osborn,  Thomas,  suit  against,  166 

Osborne,  Francis  Godolphin,  career  of,  114; 
papers  of,  114 

Oswego,  Fort,  papers  relating  to,  116,  130,  219, 

359 

Ouracooras  Turheer,  treaty  by,  327 
Outlawes,  John,  affidavit  of,  370 
Overwharton,  Va.,  318 
Owaneco,    sachem    of    the    Mohegans,    418; 

deeds  by,  16 
Owaneto,  deed  of,  16 
Owen,  Gr.,  letter  to,  353 
Owen   Wynne  collection,   All   Souls,   Oxford, 

422 

Oxford,  347 ;  Letters  from,  422 
Oxford,  Bishop  of,  letters  of,  291,  293 
Oxford    College    Libraries,    catalogues,    422; 

books  and  pamphlets  in,  422-423 
Oxford   University   Libraries,   manuscripts   in, 

372-423;  see  also  Bodleian  Library 
Oyster  Point,  map,  121 

Pacific  Coast,  papers  on,  17,  51 
Pacific  Sea,  22 


Packer,  Thomas,  suit  against,  165 

Packesall,  John,  covenant  of,  91 

Paice,    Joseph,    correspondence,    292;    petition 

of,  394 

Paine,  Mr.,  account  by,  255 
Painter,  W.,  letter  to,  82 
Pakshall,  Richard,  suit  against,  183 
Palatines,  24,  162,  291,  393,  395 
Paleontological  discoveries,  see  Fossils 
Palliser,  Gpv.  Hugh,  letters  of,  26 
Palmer,  Sir  Geoffrey,  report  of,  401 
Palmer,  Samuel,  Non-Conformist's  Memorial, 

343 

Paltsits,  V.  H.,  98 
Pamlico  River,  321 
Panama,  416;  expedition  against,  83;  piracy, 

113;  voyages  to,  51 
Panama,  city,  papers  relating  to,  160 
Paper  Currencies,  see  Currency 
Papperinnimin,  estate,  417 
Parchment,  customs,  135 

"  Parchment  Collection,"  House  of  Lords,  190 
Pardo,  Convention  of,  210 
Parhelia,  drawings  of,  364 
Paris,  Ferd.  John,  letter  of,  31 
Paris,    reception    of    American    commissioners 

at,    147,    declaration    taken    at,    220;    Nova 

Scotia  boundary  conference  at,  160 
Parishes,  328,  409;  see  also  names  of  individ 
ual    parishes,    e.    g.,    Christ    Church    parish, 

S.  C. 

Parker,  Alderman,  paper  of,  410 
Parker,  Mr.,  letters  of,  256 
Parker,  Sir  H.,  translation  by,  104 
Parker,  Sir  Peter,  correspondence,  270;  papers 

of,  113,  270,  275 
Parker,  Robert,  report  of,  251 
Parker,  Maj.  William,  letters  of,  56 
Parliament,  papers  relating  to,   17,  32,  34,  45, 

131,  135,  140,  150,  189,  199,  227,  281,  290,  371, 

394,  422 

Parmiter   (Parmytor?),   Paroculus,  388,  394 
Parr,  Lieut.-Gov.  John,  of  Nova  Scotia,  orders 

of,  117 

Parry,  Capt.,  account  of  expedition,  87 
Parry,  Mr.,  letters  of,  255 
Parry,  J.,  paper  of,  377 
Parsons,  John,  suit  of,  166 
Parsons,  William,  suit  against,  166 
Parson's  case,  The,  166 
Parta,  port  of,  51 

Partridge,  Richard,  papers  of,  93,  94,  304,  399 
Partridge,    Goy.    William,    proposal   by,    194; 

papers  relating  to,  399 
Pascoe,   C.   F.,    Two   Hundred    Years  of  the 

S.  P.  G.,  332 
Passenger,  Capt.  William,  letter  to,  389;  pirates 

seized  by,  386,  389 
Patioromecke  River,  Va.,  412 
Patten,  John,  declaration  of,  220 
Patterson,  Daniel,  papers  of,  83,  152 
Patuxent,  Md.,  58,  80,  407 
Paul,  Robert,  letter  of,  68 


Index. 


483 


Peace  commissioners,  papers  relating  to,  149, 
150,  263,  267 

Pearcy,  Thomas,  testimony  of,  94 

Peart,  Francis,  letter  of,  319 

Peck,  Richard,  letters  of,  51 

Peckover,  Edmund,  journal  of,  350 

Peirce,  John,  letter  of,  408 

Peirmeine,  Henry,  land-grant  to,  354 

Pelham,  H.,  correspondence,  129 

Pelham,  Thomas,  second,  Irish  Secretary,  offi 
cial  papers  of,  143 

Pell,  John,  73 

Pell,  Thomas,  73 

Felling,  Dr.,  letter  to,  404 

Pemberton,  Benjamin,  letter  to,  129 

Pemberton,  Evans  and,  letter  to,  96 

Penhallow,  Samuel,  402 

Penn,  Hannah,  petition,  31 

Penn,  John,  180,  181,  353,  354;  correspondence, 
31,  126,  226 

Penn,  John,  Jr.,  354 

Penn,  Lady  (Margaret),  petitions  of,  384 

Penn,  Richard,  papers  relating  to,  160,  181,  259, 
261,  353,  354 

Penn,  Solomon,  papers  of,  395 

Penn,  Thomas,  correspondence,   126,  167,  295, 

296,  297,  310;   papers  relating  to,   180,   181, 

293,  340,  353,  354 

Penn,  William,  correspondence,  19,  23,  56,  87, 

116,  122,   123,   144,   153,   159,   351,  352,  353; 
papers  relating  to,  25,  31,  46,  52,  71,  74,  75, 

117,  180,  204,  208,  311,  351,  352,  353,  354,  374, 
407,  417,  419,  423 

Penn,  Sir  William,  18,  20  (see  Petty),  83,  380, 

384;  correspondence,  122 
Penn-Baxter  disputes,  343,  344,  345 
Penn  and  Logan  Correspondence,  The,  353 
Penney,  Norman,  350 
Penn  family,  genealogical  papers,  396 
Penn  Manuscripts,  351-354 
Pennsylvania,  acts,  160,  181,  311 ;  army  in,  83, 

96,  139;  assembly  papers,  132,  139,  257,  291, 

294;  boundaries,  57,  73,   160,   164,   183,   185; 

charter,  15 ;  church  papers,  286,  294,  295,  296, 

297,  311,  324,  328,  332,  340,  342;   conditions 
in,  15,  90,  96,  294;  disturbances  in,  256,  257, 
259;    education,   free,    133;   financial   papers, 
31,  213;  governors'  papers,  90,  124,  181,  221, 
256,  257,  311,  353;  history,  354;  immigration, 
123,  291,  292,  293,  295;  Indians  in,  353,  354; 
land-grants,   353,   354;    law   cases,    166,    167, 
178,  182;  libraries,  335;  maps,  74,  153,  358; 
opposition  to  Sugar  Bill,  204,  206,  207,  209; 
papers  relating  to,   12,   13,  26,  96,   159,   196, 
204,  206,  207,  256,  297,  302,  309-312,  311,  314, 
333,  353,  362,  423;  politics,  13,  52,  122,  192, 

294,  417;  proprietorship  of,  179,  180,  185,  192, 
208,    354;    scientific   papers    from,   358,   359; 
Stamp    Act    papers,    226,    227;    tea    disturb 
ances,  249,  250;  trade,  80,  205,  206,  311,  371 

Pennsylvania  College,  see  Philadelphia,  Col 
lege  of 

Pennsylvania,  University  of,  see  Philadelphia, 
College  of 


Pennsylvania  Gazette,  249,  256 

Pennsylvania  Journal,  294 

Pennsylvania  Land  Company,  suit  of,  167 

Pennycook,  Capt.,  journal  of,  367 

Penobscot,  boundaries,  41 ;  English  title  to,  10 

Pensacola,  28,  105,  188,  235;  map,  92;  packet 
boat  service,  275,  276 

Pepperrell,  Sir  William,  letter  of,  348;  regi 
ment  of,  142 

Pepys,  Samuel,  correspondence,  86,  380,  382 ; 
papers  relating  to,  382,  384,  424-429 

Pepysiana,  Bibliotheca,  382 

Percy,  Earl  (Hugh  Percy),  letter  of,  112;  or 
ders  by,  188 

Percy,  Dr.  Thomas,  154 

Perkins,  Thomas,  letter  to,  410 

Perrie,  Edward,  paper  of,  108 

Perry,  Bishop  W.  S.,  Historical  Collections 
relating  to  the  American  Colonial  Church, 
286,  302,  374,  376;  see  also  Hawks  and  Perry 

Perry,  Micajah,  memorial  from,  197;  petition 
of,  178 

Persia,  merchants'  claims,  399 

Perth  Amboy,  church  papers  relating  to,  304, 
305,  398,  405  I.  port  of,  387 

Peru,  insurrection  in,  1781,  168 

Peruana,  22 

Peter,  or  Peters,  Rev.  Hugh,  76,  119,  405,  406, 
410 

Peters,  Richard,  agent  of  Penn,  353 ;  corre 
spondence,  295,  300,  301,  303,  308,  310;  pa 
pers  relating  to,  312 

Peterson,  Andrew,  letter  of,  310 

Petiver,  James,  F.  R.  S.,  58,  62,  361 ;  corre 
spondence,  55,  69,  70,  364 

Petsworth,  Va.,  church  queries,  318 

Petty,  Sir  William,  Quantulumcumque ,  20 

Peutron,  James,  letter  of,  210 

Peyssonnel,  Dr.,  papers  of,  362 

Pharuses,  27 

Phelps,  Mr.,  letter  to,  241 

Phelypeaux,  governor  of  French  West  Indies, 
395 ;  see  also  Herbault  and  Pontchartrain 

Philadelphia,  army  in,  264,  348;  church  papers, 
295,  296,  297,  298,  300,  304,  305,  311,  312,  331, 
403 ;  College  of,  72,  296,  299,  300,  301,  327 ; 
congress  of,  149,  256;  deeds,  353,  354;  libra 
ries,  353;  map,  74;  papers  relating  to,  148, 
220,  259,  295,  353,  403;  scientific  papers  from, 
358,  359,  366;  Stamp  Act  papers,  226,  232; 
tea  disturbances,  249;  trade,  153,  166,  351; 
vice-admiralty  court  at,  180 

"  Philagathus,"  letter  of,  315 

Philippine  Islands,  animals,  361 ;  expeditions 
to,  104;  maps,  60;  papers  relating  to,  58,  70, 
89,  102,  104,  360 ;  plants,  361 

Philippine  Islands,  New,  discovery  of,  360 

Philips,  curate,  398 

Philips,  Gov.  Richard,  correspondence,  104 

Philips,  Samuel,  sermons  of,  347 

Philipse,  Frederick,  9 

Phillips,  Adolphus,  letters  to,  393 

Phillips,  Francis,  311,  312;  letters  of,  310 

Phillips,  Frederick,  letter  of,  58 


484 


Index. 


Phillips,  Henry,  petition  of,  178 

Phillips,  John,  papers  of,  94,  410 

Phillips,  Col.  Richard,  papers  relating  to,  163 

Phillips,  Rev.  Sadler,  302 

Phillips,  Thomas,  letter  to,  410 

Phillips,  Maj.-Gen.    William,    correspondence, 

III,    112 

Philosophical  Transactions,  General  Index  to, 

355 

Phipps,  Const.,  letter  to,  401 

Phips,  Lieut.-Gov.  Spencer,  letter  to,  222; 
papers  of,  93,  95 

Phips,  Gov.  William,  46,  138;  journals  of,  52, 
382 

Phyllips,  William,  letter  to,  410 

Physical  observations,  363 

Physick,  Edmund,  agent  of  proprietors  of 
Pennsylvania,  354 

Pictures,  see  Drawings 

Pierpoint,  Jonathan,  letter  of,  305 

Pietat,  Rev.  M.,  letter  of,  291 

Pigot,  George,  letter  of,  303,  308 

Pigou  and  Booth,  letter  of,  250 

Pike,  case  and  letter  of,  96 

Pillas,  William,  correspondence,  119 

Pinckney,  Charles,  letter  of,  126,  128 

Pinckney,  Thomas,  letters  of,  51 

Pinfold,  Gov.  Charles,  letter  of,  26,  126 

Pinhorne,  J.,  404 

Pinnock,  James,  papers  of,  143 

Piracy,  58,  83,  113,  134,  159,  177,  194,  278,  385, 
386,  387,  388,  389,  399,  404 

Pircey,  Francis,  testimony  of,  94 

Piscataqua,  392;  forts,  399;  glebe  lands,  308; 
naval  stores,  217;  trade,  410 

Pitkin,  Gov.  William,  108;  letters  of,  238,  240 

Pitt,  Thomas,  governor  of  Ft.  George,  no 

Pitt,  Thomas,  governor  of  Leeward  Islands, 
see  Londonderry 

Pitt,  William,  see  Chatham 

Pitt,  Fort,  relief  of,  105 

Pitts,  Capt.,  letter  to,  410 

Pitts,  John,  case  of,  293 

Pittsburg,  expedition  against,  29;  fort  at,  143 

Piziquid,  Nova  Scotia,  Indian  proclamation  at, 
221 

Placentia,  military  stores  at,  19 

Plans,  see  Maps 

Plant,  Rev.  Matthias,  359;  letters  of,  308,  366 

Plantations,  army  in,  117;  bishoprics  in,  129, 
160,  288,  289,  291,  294,  300,  325,  328,  336,  376, 
404 ;  bullion  trade,  134,  140,  141,  161 ; 
church  papers  relating  to,  136,  158,  159,  286, 
291,  292,  294,  297,  298,  302,  325,  328,  339-341, 
342,  397,  409 ;  court  papers,  13,  141,  185,  192, 
194,  208;  customs,  78,  81,  102,  120,  123,  135, 
141,  168,  169,  201 ;  education  in,  290,  291,  325, 
335,  337,  398,  403;  financial  papers,  194,  197, 
205,  214;  forestry,  183,  204;  government,  26, 
185;  indigo  trade,  136;  international  rela 
tions  in,  10,  15,  122,  193,  209,  223;  iron  in 
dustry,  201,  207,  218;  libraries,  289,  331,  334, 
335;  linen  trade,  115,  193;  lumber  trade,  178; 


manufacture,  26,  208 ;  missionary  activities, 
290;  naval  stores  from,  198,  201,  203,  204, 
401,  403;  navy  in,  215;  opposition  to  African 
Bill,  199;  opposition  to  Sugar  Bill,  204;  pa 
pers  relating  to,  8,  9,  10,  n,  13,  14,  32,  47, 
56,  60,  74,  79,  88,  91,  92,  loo,  105,  121,  127- 
129,  137,  159-160,  169,  172,  178,  185,  186-187, 
192,  201,  209,  360,  396,  429;  piracy,  159,  177; 
pitch  trade,  201;  prizes,  194;  revenues,  102, 

115,  422;  rolling  mills  in,  218;  rum  trade,  77, 
140,  211,  212;  shipping,  58,  120,  197,  201,  210, 
214,  215,  216,  236,  425;  silk  trade,  214;  sugar 
trade,    19,   45,   120,  204,   205,  206,  209,  212; 
settlers,   283;    tar   trade,   201;    tea,   247-251; 
tobacco,  258,  260,  281 ;  trade,  14,  15,  57,  77, 
81,  86,  100-101,   105,   133,  134,  140,   141,  158, 
161,  166,  172,  192,  194,  198,  199,  201,  202,  204, 
205,  207,  208,  209,  212,  216,  236,  283,  384,  396, 
422,  423,  424;  trade  protection,  194,  195,  196, 
216,  217;  woollens,   178;  see  also  Colonies; 
names    of    individual    plantations,    colonies, 
£•  £•>  Jamaica,  Georgia 

Plants,  55,  62,  63,  64,  65,  67,  68,  69,  70,  71,  73, 

116,  360,  361,  362,  365;  see  also  names   of 
countries,  colonies  and  places,  e.  g.,  Jamaica, 
plants ;  Barbadoes,  plants 

Plater,  George,  accounts  of,  80 

Platt,  extract  of  letter  of,  45 

Playters,  Capt.  William,  66 

Plowden,  Charles,  correspondence,  342 

Plowden,  Sir  Edmund,  385 

Plowden's  Island,  385,  420 

Plumier,  Charles,  55,  62,  116 

Plummer,  Richard,  letter  of,  320 

Plumstead,  William,  suit  of,  167,  182 

Plunkett,  Leon.,  letter  of,  70 

Plye,  Capt.  John,  letter  to,  83 

Plymouth,     Mass.,     boundaries,     74;     council 

papers,  95,  399;  fleet  at,  376;  papers  relating 

to,  40,  94,  95,  264;   settlement  of,  95,   113; 

trade,  396,  410 
Poartanell,  57 
Pocahontas,  378 

Pocklington,  Robert,  letter  of,  323 
Pocomock,  Md.,  58 
Point  Pleasant,  46 
Pointz,  Col.,  commission  of,  410 
Politics,  see  name  of  countries,  colonies  and 

places,  e.  g.,  Carolina,  politics;   New  York 

City,  politics 
Pollard,  B.,  128 

Pollard,  Dr.  Thomas,  correspondence,   157 
Pollard,  Walter,  correspondence,  157 
Pollen,  Thomas,  recommendation  of,  325 
Polly,  sloop,  180 
Pomfret,   Conn.,  237;   church  papers   relating 

to,  309 

Pond,  Arthur,  estate  of,  in 
Pond,  Peter,  map  of,  92 
Pondicherry,  capitulation  of,  188 
Pontchartrain,  Comte  de  (Louis  Phelypeaux), 

144,  395 
Poole,   The  Criticks,  344 


Index. 


485 


Poole,  Rev.  John,  suit  of,  164 

Poole,  Sir  William,  journal  of,  428 

Pope,  Mathew,  letter  of,  154 

Popery,  papers  relating  to,  97;  see  also  Re 
ligion 

Popham,  Capt.  George,  voyage  of,  288 

Popple,  Henry,  maps  of,  no,  158 

Popple,  William,  386,  388;  correspondence,  18, 
26,  80,  126,  159,  213,  389,  390,  391,  392,  401 

Portland,  Duke  of  (Henry  Bentinck),  certifi 
cate,  30 

Portland,  Earl  of  (Richard  Weston),  Lord 
High  Treasurer,  petition  to,  278 

Portlock,  Edward,  letters  of,  305,  310,  312 

Portobello,  128,  281 

Porto  Rico,  papers  relating  to,  56,  89,  123,  131, 
210 

Port  Royal,  expeditions  to,  367;  harbor,  109; 
scientific  papers  from,  23,  358 

Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  astronomical  observations 
at,  358;  church  papers,  304;  proceedings  at, 
248,  256 

Portugal,  coins  of,  268;  papers  relating  to, 
116,  148;  trade,  178 

Post-Office  Papers,  24,  273,  274,  275,  276,  366 

Potash,  importation  into  England,  case  of,  121 

Potomac  iron  works,  118 

Potomac  River,  38,  407 ;  naval  officer  of,  142 

Potter,  John,  suit  of,  166 

Potter  case,  166 

Ponderous,  Rev.  Albert,  papers  relating  to, 
322,  405 

Poultry  Comptcr,  277-278 

Povey,  John,  387,  418;  letters  of,  48,  313,  325 

Povey,  Richard,  41 ;  correspondence,  84,  85,  86 

Povey,  Thomas,  correspondence,  34,  37,  39,  41, 
42,  84,  85,  86,  loo ;  papers  relating  to,  31,  33, 
34,  35,  36,  37,  39,  84,  85,  86 

Povey,  William,  35 ;  correspondence,  33,  39, 
84,  85,  86 

Povey,  Mrs.  William,  letter  to,  86 

Powell,  Rowland,  letter  of,  56 

Powers,  Richard,  letters  to,  108 

Powhatan  River,  379 

Powle,  Sir  Stephen,  commonplace-book  of,  375 

Powlett,  W.,  letter  of,  308 

Pownall,  John,  correspondence,  126,  230,  231, 
234,  240,  241,  242,  243,  250,  262,  315,  321 

Pownall,  Gov.  Thomas,  letters  of,  25,  26,  126; 
papers  of,  8r,  104,  184 

Poyer,  letter  to,  420 

Presbury,  Joseph,  letter  of,  409 

Presbyterian  Church,  English,  New  York,  pe 
tition  of,  181,  182,  405 

Presbyterians,  in  College  of  Philadelphia,  300, 
301 

Prescott,  Capt.,  memorandum  by,  142 

Present  Crisis,  The,  resolutions  on,  258 

Preston,  Samuel,  353 

Preston,  Capt.  Thomas,  case  of,  246 

Prevost,  Maj.-Gen.   Augustine,  letters  of,   112 

Price,  Benjamin,  letter  of,  308 

Price,  Lieut.  Hugh,  letter  to,  83 

Price,  Capt.  John,  144 


Price,  Joseph,  letters  of,  306 

Price,  Dr.  Richard,  Observations  on  the  Na 
ture  of  Civil  Liberty,  282 

Price,  Roger,  letters  of,  306,  308,  328 

Price,  Miles  and,  papers  relating  to,  306 

Prideaux  and  Graves,  case  of,  394 

Prince,  Dr.  Thomas,  letters  of,  293,  348 

Prince  Edwards  Island,  papers  relating  to, 
162,  180 

Prince  Frederick,  ship,  128 

Prince  Fredericks  parish,  S.  C,  addresses 
from,  324 

Prince  George  parish,  S.  C.,  addresses  from, 

324 

Prince  George  county,  proceedings  of  court,  97 

Prince  Society,  395 

Princeton  University,  see  New  Jersey,  Col 
lege  of 

Principio  iron  works,  118,  119 

Printing,  West  Indies,  22 

Prints,  King's  Library,  catalogue,  7 

Prior,  Matthew,  letter  of,  383 

Prior,  Thomas,  letter  of,  67 

Privy  Council,  see  Council,  Privy 

Privy  Seal,  dockets,  u,  19,  20,  22,  24 

Prizes,  9,  21,  32,  78,  102,  103,  127,  128,  132,  164, 
178,  195,  197,  209,  214,  217,  223;  see  also 
names  of  countries,  colonies  and  places, 
e.  g.,  Barbadoes,  prizes;  Jamaica,  prizes; 
Shipping 

Proclamations,  186,  426;  see  also  names  of 
monarchs  and  libraries,  e.  g.,  Charles  I., 
proclamations  by;  British  Museum,  royal 
proclamations 

Proctor,  Samuel,  letter  to,  410 

Prohibition  Act,   146 

Propaganda,  papers  of  the,  340,  341 

Proprietary  governments,  see  Colonies,  pro 
prietary  governments,  and  also  under  names 
of  individual  colonies 

Prosperous,  pink,  425 

Protector,  Lord,  see  Cromwell 

Protestants,  foreign,  in  America,  130,  385,  386 

Providence,  304;  church  papers  relating  to, 
292,  305 

Providence,  brigantine,  166 

Providence  Gazette  Extraordinary,  229 

Provoost,  Bishop  Samuel,  consecration  of,  286 

Public  Advertiser,  294 

Public  Record  Office  Papers,  186,  192,  369,  398 

Punderson,  Ebenezer,  letters  of,  309 

Purdie,  George,  recommendations  of,  318 

Purfleet,  England,  120 

Purisburg,  324 

Puritan  families,  list  of,  112 

Purry,  J.  P.,  15 ;  memorial  of,  101 

Purvis,  Capt.  George,  journals,  20 

Putnam,  Israel,  180 

Puyzieulx,  de,  papers  from,  219 

Pye,  Capt.  Thomas,  218 

Pye,  William,  papers  of,  359 

Quadra,  de  la,  letter  of,  210 
Quakers,  see  Friends 


486 


Index. 


Quare,  Benjamin  Brain,  petition  of,  219 

Quare,  Daniel,  petition  of,  219 

Quary,  Robert,  correspondence,  23,  87,  305, 
312,  337,  338;  papers  relating  to,  25,  419 

Quebec  city,  battle  before,  133;  drawings,  92, 
103 ;  map  of  Wolfe's  attack  on,  143 ;  records 
of  army  at,  133,  220,  264;  scientific  observa 
tions,  357,  358 

Quebec  (province),  acts  of,  182;  agency  for, 
162;  army  boundaries,  183;  church  papers, 
240;  French  invasions  into  Hudson's  Bay 
from,  370;  land-grants,  253;  laws,  114;  map, 
181-182;  papers  relating  to,  26,  90,  98,  134, 
240,  253,  254,  260;  petitions  from,  260;  post- 
office  papers,  274;  Protestant  settlers  in,  281 

Quebec  Act,  253,  281 

Queen  Anne  parish,  Md.,  314 

Queen  Anne's  Bounty,  398,  405 

Queen's  College,  Oxford,  papers  relating  to, 
298;  royal  proclamations  in,  186,  422 

Queen's  county,  New  York,  petition  of,  263 

Quibequissue  River,  39 

Quick,  Cornelius,  388 

Quincy,  papers  relating  to,  306 

Quiriough,  see  Patioromecke  River 

Radisson,  Sieur  de  Pierre  Esprit,  voyage  of, 
59,  87,  370,  395 

Rainbow,  H.  M  S.,  231,  232 

Rainsford,  Rev.  Giles,  313,  314,  321 

Rainsford  Papers,  no 

Raleigh,  Sir  Walter,  73,  379;  voyage  to  Gui 
ana,  287 

Ramea  Island,  voyage  to,  89 

Ramsay,  suit  against,  316 

Ramsay,  David,  letter  of,  385 

Ramsay,  John,  recommendation  of,  318 

Rand,  William,  letter  to,  410 

Randall,  59,  83 

Randell,  George,  letter  of,  119 

Randolph,  Edward,  letters  of,  10,  106,  370,  371, 
374;  papers  of,  45,  113,  115,  177,  288,  311, 
370,  374 

Randolph,  H.,  413 

Randolph,  I  sham,  petition  of,  205 

Randolph,  Peyton,  correspondence,  255 

Randolph,  William,  address  by,  317 

Ranelagh,  Earl  of,  letter  of,  391 

Ransford,  Giles,  see  Rainsford 

Rappahannock  county,  Va.,  425;  grievances 
of,  427 

Rappahannock  River,  38,  407,  412 

Rawlinson  Manuscripts,  380-410 

Rawson,  Edward,  letter  of,  415 

Ray,  John,  letters  of,  63 

Raymond,  Count  de,  correspondence,  132;  pa 
pers  from,  219 

Raymond,  Robert,  92,  134;  letter  of,  315 

Raynal,  Abbe  G.  T.  R,  97 

Raynall,   Christopher,   complaints   against,   380 

Razer,  Peter,  letters  of,  153 

Rebeck,  fort  of,  278 

Reddish,  Capt.  Henry,  correspondence,  131 

Reed,  letter  of,  321 


Reed,  James,  papers  of,  55,  70 

Reed,  Joseph,  96 

Regnier,  Jacob,  correspondence,  393 

Reid,  Capt.,  attack  on,  246 

Reid,  G.,  letters  of,  51 

Reimsperger,  Hans  Jacob,  petition  of,  292 

Religion,  papers  relating  to,  109,  114,  164,  195, 
325,  337,  345,  409,  4i6;  Thirty  Nine  Articles, 
314;  see  also  Episcopacy;  Missionary  activi 
ties;  Popery;  also  names  of  countries,  colo 
nies  and  places,  e.  g.,  Massachusetts,  liberty 
of  conscience;  Georgia,  religion 

Remsen,  Hendrick,  letter  of,  126 

Renown,  ship,  261 

Reresby,  Sir  John,  letters  of,  407 

Retz,  Francis,  general  of  the  Jesuits,  letter  of, 
340 

Revenues,  9,  17,  19,  21,  24,  26,  52,  55,  81,  82,  87, 
91,  102,  107,  115,  117,  120,  121,  168;  sec  also 
names  of  countries,  colonies  and  places,  e.  g., 
Barbadoes,  revenues 

Revolution,  American,  army  records,  17,  30; 
capitulations,  188;  commissioners  in  France, 
147,  149;  finances,  265;  foreign  conduct 
towards,  79,  112,  117;  naval  records,  17,  265, 
268,  275,  276,  348;  papers  relating  to,  30,  49, 
in,  112,  114,  117,  123,  145,  146,  147,  148,  149, 
150,  151,  152,  156,  157,  158,  161,  188,  262,  263, 
264,  265,  266,  267,  268,  270,  275,  276,  281,  282, 
283,  348;  prisoners,  17,  264,  269;  prizes,  265; 
spies,  146 

Reynall,  Abbe,  see  Raynal 

Reynell,  Carew,  The  True  English  Interest, 
101 

Reynell,  Sir  Thomas,  suit  of,  113 

Reynolds,  Capt.  John,  letters  of,  160 

Rhode  Island,  acts  of,  165,  194;  army  in,  188; 
boundaries,  93,  179,  410,  411,  412;  charter, 
15,  196,  197,  208,  411;  church  papers,  292, 
294,  304,  311;  court  papers,  164,  165,  166,  167, 
181,  182,  183,  184,  194;  customs,  158,  226, 
246;  disturbances  in,  140,  182,  258;  maps,  93, 
121 ;  opposition  to  Sugar  Bill,  204,  206,  207, 
209;  papers  relating  to,  23,  26,  40,  58,  107, 
159,  180,  188,  192,  196,  246,  255,  263,  302, 
303-305,  411,  414,  417;  petitions  from,  204, 
206,  207,  411,  414,  415,  417;  politics,  192,  196, 
302 ;  revenues,  121 ;  Stamp  Act  papers,  228, 
229,  233,  235,  238,  239,  246 ;  trade,  80 

Rhodes,  Edward,  log-books  of,  407 

Ribault,  Capt.  Jean,  voyage  of,  60 

Rice  trade,  papers  relating  to,  204 

Rich,  Sir  Nathaniel,  letters  of,  82 

Rich,  Sir  Robert,  letters  of,  82 

Richard,  Thomas,  will  of,  400 

Richards,  John,  letter  of,  370 

Richards,  Michael,  collections,  19 

Richmond,  Duke  of  (Charles  Lennox),  letter 
to,  238,  239 

Richmond,  Duke  of  (Charles  Stuart),  corre 
spondence,  106 

Richmond,  Va.,  Bishop  of  London's  lecture  at, 
302 


Index. 


487 


Rick,  Thomas,  paper  of,  250 

Rickard,  Samuel,  suit  of,  165 

Rickard  case,  165 

Riddell,  Susanna,  letters  of,  1 12 

Ridout,  John,  correspondence,  97,  98 

Rigby,  Richard,  British  military  paymaster- 
general,  268;  letter  of,  156 

Rigby,  Richard,  provost  marshal  of  Jamaica, 
18 

Riggs,  Lieut.,  warrant  to,  392 

Ringgold,  Thomas,  letter  of,  97 

Ringrose,  Basil,  journal  of,  51,  60 

Rishworth,  S.,  letter  to,  83 

Rittenhouse,  ship,  seizure  of,  1 12 

River  Indians,  statistics,  57 

Roanoke  River,  map,  421 

Robert  of  London,  ship,  82 

Roberts,  J.  C,  letter  of,  18 

Robertson,  Gen.  James,  correspondence,  106 

Robie,  Prof.,  letters  of,  64;  scientific  papers, 
357,  358 

Robinson,  letters  of,  262 

Robinson,  collector  of  customs  in  R.  I.,  pa 
pers  of,  182 

Robinson,  Col.  Beverly,  9;  correspondence,  121 

Robinson,   Christopher,   secretary  of  Virginia, 

154 

Robinson,  John,  Bishop  of  London,  154,  397 ; 
envoy  to  Sweden,  397 

Robinson,  John,  commissioner  of  customs, 
letter  to,  242 

Robinson,  John,  letters  of,  126 

Robinson,  John,  member  of  Christ  Church, 
Philadelphia,  312 

Robinson,  John,  secretary  to  the  Lords  of  the 
Treasury,  correspondence,  250 

Robinson,  Samuel,  petition  of,  183 

Robinson,  Sir  Thomas,  correspondence,  124, 
126,  137,  156,  219,  220,  316;  papers  of,  126, 
129,  138,  155,  163,  220 

Robinson,  William,  letters  of,  315,  316,  319,  351 

Robisone,  Solomon,  Account  of  Bahamas,  41 

Rochambeau,  Comte  de,  107 

Rochester,  Earl  of  (Laurence  Hyde),  corre 
spondence,  99,  352 

Rochester,  ship,  papers  relating  to,  216-217 

Rochester,  N.  H.,  committee  papers,  256 

Rochford,  Earl  of  (William  Henry  Zuyle- 
stein),  letter  to,  112 

Rockesbury,  see  Roxbury 

Rockingham,  Marquis  of  (Charles  Watson- 
Went  worth),  papers,  234,  235 

Rodgers,  Rev.  John,  letter  of,  348 

Rodney,  Lord  (George  Rodney),  correspond 
ence,  30,  31,  79,  112,  116,  270,  272;  naval 
career,  156,  270,  272,  282;  papers  of,  112,  271, 
272 

Roe,  Stephen,  letters  of,  308 

Roger  Morrice  Manuscripts,  346 

Rogers,  Capt.,  paper  of,  391 

Rogers,  Ezekiel,  letters  of,  47,  48 

Rogers,  Capt.  Francis,  journal,  52 

Rogers,  John,  letter  of,  348;  sermons  of,  347 


Rogers,  Maj.  Robert,  papers  of,  180,  185 

Rogers,  Goy.  Woodes,  letters  of,  51,  321 

Rolfe,  Benjamin,  deposition  of,  95 

Rolfe,  John,  marriage  with  Pocahontas,  378; 
True  Relation,  8 

Rolfe  case,  165 

Rolle,  Dennis,  petition  of,  181 

Roman  Catholic  Diocese  of  Westminster,  see 
Westminster 

Roman  Catholics,  missionary  activities  of,  339, 
340 

Romer,  Col.  Wolfgang,  387;  papers  relating 
to,  391,  392,  409 

Romney,  H.  M.  S.,  242,  246 

Roosevelt,  Cornelius,  108 

Roosevelt,  Nicholas,  108 

Roosevelt,  President  Theodore,  302 

Root,  Jesse,  letter  of,  348 

Rose,  Capt.  Alexander,  meteorological  obser 
vations,  357 

Rose,  Charles,  letter  of,  316 

Rose,  Francis,  letters  of,  51,  63,  64 

Rose,  Capt.  Fulke,  letter  to,  70 

Rose,  H.  M.  S.,  46,  247,  382,  384,  385 

Ross,  Aeneas,  letter  of,  310 

Ross,  George,  papers  relating  to,  310,  312 

Ross,  Thomas,  39 

Rotch,  Francis,  papers  relating  to,  250,  251 

Rouille,  M.,  papers  from,  219,  220 

Rous,  Capt.,  correspondence,  221 

Rous,  Lieut.  William,  letter  to,  82 

Rousby,  Christopher,  letter  of,  352 

Rowe,  John,  letter  of,  49 

Royal  African  Company,  24,  41,  42,  56,  82,  199, 
218,  219;  forts  of,  192,  219,  224,  235,  247, 
261 ;  monopoly  of,  199,  200 ;  settlements  of, 
218,  247,  261;  see  also  Africa,  trade 

Royal  Albany,  sloop,  391 

Royal  American  Regiment,  papers  relating  to, 
132,  140,  142,  223 

Royal  Commissioners,  report  of,  40 

Royal  Fusiliers,  New  York,  386,  388,  389,  390, 

391,  394,  395,  409 

Royal  Institution,  188 

Royal  Manuscripts,  8 

Royal  Military  College,  Sandhurst,  library, 
188 

Royal   Proclamations,  422 

Royal  Society,  37,  59,  62,  73,  120 ;  history,  355 ; 
museum  of,  363;  papers  of,  355-368;  Phil 
osophical  Transactions,  355,  363,  364,  365, 
366;  see  also  Sloane  Manuscripts 

Royal  Welsh  Fusiliers,  188 

Roxbury  (Rockesbury),  346 

Rudyard,  Thomas,  letters  of,  351,  352 

Rufane,  Gov.,  letters  of,  26 

Rum,  customs,  140,  205,  207;  supply  for  Brit 
ish  army,  262,  267;  trade,  140,  206,  211,  212 

Rumford,  boundaries,  94;  history,  95 

Rumford  case,  map,  165 

Rumsey,  Nathan,  letter  to,  112 

Rupert,  Prince,  voyage  to  the  Indies,  12 1 

Rush,  Isaac,  petition  of,  61 


488 


Index. 


Russell,  Go-v.  James,  correspondence,  85,  416 

Russell,  Capt.  John,  letter  of,  129 

Russell,  Lord  (John  Russell),  letter  of,  126 

Russell,  Thomas,  correspondence,  118,  119 

Russell,  William,  and  Co.,  correspondence,  119 

Rutgers,  John,  papers  relating  to,  309 

Rutty,  Dr.  John,  papers  of,  362 

Ruysch,  F.,  letter  of,  63 

Ryder,  Sir  Dudley,  opinion  of,  243 

Rye,  N.  Y.,  complaints  from,  in;  schools,  407 

Saba,  accounts  of,  30,  44 

Sackville,  Edward,  statements  of,  383 

Sackville,  Lord  (Lionel  Sackville  West),  col 
lection,  186 

Sackville,  Fort,  see  Vincennes 

Saffery,  surveyor,  evidence  of,  93 

Sagadahoc,  74,  399 

Saganee  Indians,  specimens  of  writing,  83 

Sago  powder,  manufacture,  183 

Saguenay  River,  trade  on,  181 

St.  Albans,  Earl  of,  contracts  by,  412 

St.  Andrew  parish,  S.  C,  324 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Conn.,  letters  from,  300 

St.  Andrews  Church,  Scituate,  Mass.,  ad 
dresses  from,  306 

St.  Ann,  ship,  log  of,  98 

St.  Augustine,  expedition  against,  87 ;  maps, 
27,  100 

St.  Barnabas,  Queen  Anne  parish,  Md.,  papers 
relating  to,  314 

St.  Bartholomew  parish,  S.  C.,  addresses 
from,  324 

St.  Christopher  (St.  Kitts),  customs,  177; 
immigration  to,  112;  finances,  213,  381;  in 
ternational  relations,  38,  47,  54,  83,  395;  law 
cases,  164,  167 ;  maps,  425 ;  papers  relating 
to,  31,  41,  60,  83,  145,  209,  210,  213,  425; 
parish  register,  145 ;  piracy,  385 ;  politics,  37, 
58,  210;  tobacco  trade,  21,  157;  voyages  to, 
46,  58 

St.  Clair,  Maj.-Gen.  Arthur,  letters  of,  105 

St.  Croix  River,  N.  B.,  settlements  on,  400 

St.  Dennis  parish,  S.  C.,  queries,  324 

St.  Eustatius,  30,  31,  44,  145,  188,  271,  272 

"  St.  Eustatius  Affair,"  79 

St.  Francois,  brigantine,  papers  relating  to, 
219,  220,  221 

St.  George  Fort,  Madras,  no,  395 

St.  George  parish,  S.  C.,  missionary  activities 
in,  398;  queries,  324 

St.  George's  Church,  petition  from,  311 

St.  Helena,  128 

St.  lago,  see  Santiago 

St.  James  Church,  Santee,  S.  C.,  addresses 
from,  321 

St.  James  parish,  Goose  Creek,  S.  C.,  324 

St.  James  parish,  Santee,  S.  C.,  324;  minister 
appointed  to,  405 

St.  James's  Church,  Perquohama,  Pa.,  peti 
tion  from,  311 

St.  James's  Dutch   (German)   Chapel,  291 

St.  James's  vestry,  Md.,  petitions  from,  314 


St.  John,  Henry  (Viscount  Bolingbroke),  let 
ter  of,  200 

St.  John  parish,  Berkeley,  S.  C.,  324 

St.  John  parish,  Colleton,  S.  C.,  324 

St.  John  de  Porto  Rico,  see  San  Juan 

St.  John  River,  221 ;  map,  122 

St.  John's,  Newfoundland,  fortifications  in, 
19,  403;  map,  181-182;  papers  relating  to,  90, 
182,  188,  358 

St.  Kitts,  see  St.  Christopher 

St.  Lawrence,  Gulf  of,  map,  73,  143;  shipping, 
114 

St.  Lawrence  River,  army  in,  278;  maps,  92, 
122,  143;  settlements  on,  400;  shipping,  114, 
206;  sources  of,  46;  survey  reports,  205 

St.  Leger,  Gen.  Anthony,  letter  of,  31 

St.  Lo,  Capt.  and  Adm.  Edward,  correspond 
ence,  130;  instructions  for,  134 

St.  Louis  River,  map,  92 

St.  Lucia,  166;  conditions  in,  77;  international 
relations,  29,  no,  131,  153 

St.  Luke's  Church,  N.  C.,  325 

St.  Mark  parish,  S.  C.,  addresses  from,  324 

St.  Martin,  island,  W.  I.,  30,  131 

St.  Mary's,  Md.,  407 

St.  Mary's,  (W.)  Va.,  church  queries,  318 

St.  Michael  parish,  S.  C.,  100 

St.  Paul  parish,  S.  C.,  papers  relating  to,  324 

St.  Paul's  Church,  294,  311 

St.   Paul's  Church,   Baltimore,  petitions   from, 

314 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Philadelphia,  papers  relat 
ing  to,  312 

St.  Paul's  parish,  Va.,  church  queries,  320 

St.  Peter's  Church,  Va.,  church  queries,  318 

St.  Petersburg,  101 

St.  Philip  parish,  S.  C.,  324 

St.  Philip's  Church,  Charleston,  rector's  as 
sistant,  323 

St.  Pierre,  Legardeur  de,  letter  of,  223 

St.  Stephen's  Church,  Va.,  church  queries,  318 

St.  Thomas  Church,  Pamlico  River,  addresses 
from,  321 

St.  Thomas  harbor,  51 

St.  Thomas  parish,  S.  C,  queries,  324 

St.  Vincent,  papers  relating  to,  29,  89,  131,  154, 
166 

Salas,  Antonio  de,  governor  of  Cartagena,  let 
ter  of,  131 

Salem,  Mass.,  church  papers,  305,  306;  politics, 
254 ;  prizes,  347 ;  trade,  410 

Salisbury,  Bishop  of,  letter  of,  129 

Salkeld,  John,  letters  of,  326 

Sallee,  piracy  near,  278 

Salmon,  Mr.,  descriptions  by,  51 

Salt,  367 

Salzburger  settlements,  Georgia,  66,  67,  331; 
map,  27 

Sanchez,  Antonio,  chart  by,  277 

Sancroft,  Archbishop  William,  letters  to,  374 

Sanderson,  William,  treatise,  22 

Sandford,  R.,  address  to  council,  118 

Sandhurst,  Royal  Military  College,  188 


Index. 


489 


Sandwich,  Lord,  letters  of,  79 

Sandwich,  H.  M.  S.,  116 

Sandys,  Sir  Edwin,  88 

Sanford,  petition  of,  399 

Sanford,  John,  23 

Sanford,  Samuel,  memorial  of,   197 

San  Juan  de  Porto  Rico,  British  action  at,  287 

Santa  Fe,  contemplated  attack  on,  168 

Santa   Marta's  Bay,  description  of,  51;  naval 

actions  at,  103 
Santee,  S.  C,  321,  324 
Santiago  de  Cuba,  description,  51;  harbor,  73; 

plan,  145 
Santiago  de  la  Vega,  Jamaica,  44,  48,  63,  64; 

council  held  at,  416 
Santo  Domingo,  55,  128,  130 
Sanxay,  Lieut.,  letter  to,  31 
Saponie  Indians,  treaty  with,  327 
Sappahanocke,  see  Rappahannock  River 
Saratoga,  capitulation  of,   123,   188 
Sardoine,  sloop,  232 
Savage,  Mr.,  comptroller  at  Portsmouth,  letter 

of,  252 

Savage,  Arthur,  report  of,  251 
Savage,  Habijah,  letter  to,  410 
Savage,  W.,  letter  of,  112 
Savannah,  28,  235,  257;  maps,  27 
Savy,  John,  127;  letter  of,   131 
Sawco,  Robert,  letter  of,  126 
Sawyer,  R.,  opinion  of,  45 
Saxe  Gotha,  S.  C.,  292 
Saybrook,  Conn.,  fire  at,  383 
Saybrook  colony,  47,  48 
Sayers,  George,  letter  to,  58 
Sayre,    Stephen,    letter   of,   244;    petitions   of, 

251,  253 

Scarborough,  Charles,  letter  of,  386 
Scarborough,  Samuel,  case  of,  95 
Scarburgh,  meteorological  observations,  357 
Scargill-Bird,    Guide   to    the   Public  Records, 

186 

Schaticook  Indians,  liquor-selling  to,  108 
Scheurer,  Dr.,  letter  of,  323 
Schomberg,  Capt.  Alexander,  letter  of,  157 
Schomburg,  Duke  of,  grant  to,  410 
Schuyler,  Abraham,  account  by,  417 
Schuyler,  Peter,  137,  162,  388,  390 
Scientific    investigations,    see    Royal    Society; 

Sloane  Manuscripts 
Scilly  Islands,  279 
Scipio,  ship,  127 

Scituate,  Mass.,  church  papers,  306 
Scobell,  Ordinances,  405 
Scot,  Charles,  petition  of,  98 
Scotland,  customs,  262;  papers  relating  to,  13, 

66,  262,  397 ;  tobacco,  208,  260 ;  trade,  42,  237, 

261,  262 

Scott,  Dr.,  correspondence,  98 
Scott,  Gov.,  letters  of,  26 
Scott,  Andrew,  letter  of,  68 
Scott,  Dorothea,  papers  relating  to,  383,  384 
Scott,  Edward  J.  L.,  Index  to  Sloane  Manu 
scripts,  50 
Scott,  James,  letter  of,  316 


Scott,  Capt.  James,  papers  by,  184 

Scott,  Col.  John,  60,  382,  383,  384,  429 

Scott,  Rev.  Thomas,  n 

Scottish  brigade  in  the  Netherlands,  loan  of, 

ISS. 

Scottish  seamen,  case  of,  120 

Scull,  G.  D.  (ed.),  Dorothea  Scott,  383;  Voy 
ages  of  Pierre  Esprit  Radisson,  395 

Seabury,  Samuel,  letter  of,  293 

Seaforth,  Lord,  corps  of,  266 

Seals,  7,  426;  see  also  names  of  countries,  col 
onies,  and  places,  e.  g.,  Connecticut,  seals 

Searle,  Gov.  Daniel,  papers  relating  to,  33,  34, 
83,  84,  85,  86,  380,  381 

Secretary  of  State,  papers  of,  19,  37,  157,  173, 
180,  196,  214,  219,  220,  224,  231,  232,  385,  411, 
426 

Seinsheim,  Count  of,  letter  to,  148 

Sellers,  John,  429 

Selwyn,  George  Augustus,  petition  by,  183 

Selwyn,  Gov.  William,  instructions  to,  134 

Senex,  John,  map  by,  367 

Serera,  Cividad  de,  drawings  of,  51 

Sergeant,  J.,  letters  of,  348 

Sessions  House,  Clerkenwell,  284 

Setauket,  N.  Y.,  dispute  with  Capt.  Scott,  383 

Severn,  inhabitants  of,  381 

Seville,  pieces  of  eight  of,  197;  proclamation 
of,  145 

Sewall,  Charles,  papers  of,  342 

Sewall,  Joseph,  letter  of,  348 

Sewall,  Nicholas,  letters  of,  342 

Sewall,  Samuel,  letter  of,  70 

Sewell,  Richard,  letter  of,  310 

Seymour,  Col.  John,  memorial,  314 

Shaftesbury,  First  Earl  of,  43,  423 

Shaftesbury  Council  of  Trade  and  Planta 
tions,  172 

Sharp,  Capt.  Bartholomew,  51,  84;  adventures 
of,  52 

Sharp,  Col.  William,  meteorological  observa 
tions,  357 

Sharpe,  Gov.  Horatio,  correspondence,  26,  97, 
126,  229,  239 

Sharpe,  John,  correspondence,  124,  126,  127, 
129,  130 

Sharpe,  Rev.  John,  288,  289,  290,  386,  405,  420 

Sharpe,  Joseph,  94;  letters  to,  96 

Sharpe,  Philip,  letter  to,  97 

Sharpe,  Dr.  R.  R.,  London  and  the  Kingdom, 
280 

Sharpe,  W.,  correspondence,  156,  323 

Shattock,  John,  Account  of  Madeira,  45 

Shaw,  W.  A.,  161 

Shawanese  Indians,  deeds,  354;  treaties  with 
Pennsylvania,  353 

Shawfield,  voyage  to,  46 

Sheaffe,  William,  correspondence,  237 

Shearman,  Thomas,  suit  of,  167 

Shearman,  Timothy,  suit  of,   183 

Shearman  mortgage  case,  167 

Sheffield,  Lord,  memorandum  of,  141 ;  Obser 
vations,  102 


490 


Index. 


Shelburne,  Earl  of  (William  Petty),  corre 
spondence,  17,  95,  239,  240,  241,  243,  251; 
papers  relating  to,  26,  in,  114,  117 

Shelburne  Papers,   in 

Shelley,  Giles,  papers  relating  to,  387,  388,  392 

Shepard,  Rev.  Samuel,  correspondence,  48 

Shepard,  Rev.  Thomas,  letter  of,  410 

Sherard,  James,  letter  of,  63 

Sherard,  W.,  letter  of,  64 

Sherard,  William,  papers  of,  361 

Sherburn,  Hen.,  letter  of,  408 

Sherburne,  John,  suit  of,  165 

Sherburne,  Samuel,  suit  against,  165 

Sherburne  case,  96,  165 

Sheridan,  H.,  letter  of,  30 

Sheridan,  Thomas,  license  for,  104 

Sherlock,  James,  case  of,  317 

Sherlock,  Bishop  Thomas,  317,  328 

Sherman,  John,  letter  of,  8 

Sherman,  R.,  letter  to,  403 

Sherman,  Roger,  letter  of,  348 

Sherrard,  Dr.,  366 

Sherrard,  Rev.  Hope,  letters  of,  47,  48,  83 

Ship-building,  360 

Shippen,  Edward,  letter  to,  353 

Shipping,  acts,  81,  84;  bullion,  133-134,  140; 
coaling,  121 ;  embargo,  184,  186 ;  illicit,  154 ; 
impressing  of  seamen,  105,  180;  insurance, 
34;  international  relations,  8,  10,  78,  106; 
laws,  141 ;  logwood,  25 ;  packet  boat  service, 
107,  108,  193,  236,  273-276;  papers  relating 
to,  74,  75,  79,  ii4,  n6,  128,  144,  192,  193,  194, 

197,   198,  2OO,  2IO,  215,  2l8,  253,  360,  4OO,  4O3, 

421,  425,  428;  passes,  157;  special  cases,  119, 

120-121,  162,  166,  167,  178;  statistics,  92,  142, 

158,   194;   treasure  ships,  203;  wrecks,  610; 

see  also  names   of  countries,   colonies,   and 

places,  e.  g.,  New  England  snipping,  Patux- 

ent,  shipping ;  Navigation ;  Prizes 
Ships,   see  under   names   of  individual   ships, 

e.  g.,  Newark,  H.  M.  S. ;  Prince  Frederick 
Shireburn,  Charles,  correspondence,  340 
Shirley,    Gov.    William,    correspondence,    104, 

124,  126,  128,  131,  136,  161,  220,  221,  223,  225; 

papers  relating  to,  29,  104,  133,  136,  138,  142, 

219,  220 

Shobrook,  William,  petition  of,  154 
Shrewsbury,  Duke  of,  instructions  for,  403 
Shrewsbury  parish,  Maryland,  288 
Shute,  Gov.  Samuel,  correspondence,  331,  401, 

402,  408;  papers  relating  to,  92,  143,  179,  399, 

400,  408 

Sidgwick,  F.,  424 
Silk  industry,   13,  77,  214,  360 
Silvester,  Gyles,  petition  of,  37 
Sinclair,  Sir  John,  letters  to,  75 
Sino,  bay  of,  description  of,  51 
Sion  College  Library,  manuscripts  in,  336-338 
Six  Nations,  lands  of,  353,  354 
Skenesborough,  map  of  couriers'  routes  to,  122 
Skevington,  Thomas,  385 
Skinner,  Rev.,  certificate  concerning,  398 
Skinner,  Lieut.   Monier,   R.   E.,  maps  handed 

over  to,  143 


Skinner,  William,  papers  relating  to,  310,  312 

Skippon,  Samuel,  letter  of,  326 

Slaney,  Edward,  map  of,  143 

Slavery,  15,  30,  82,  104,  131,  199,  209,  289,  291, 
296,  299,  300,  320,  331,  334,  364,  393,  400; 
see  also  Assiento;  names  of  colonies  and 
places,  e.  g.,  Jamaica,  slavery;  Negroes 

Sligh,  William,  certificate  of,  97 

Sloane,  Sir  Hans,  62,  66,  68,  366;  correspond 
ence,  50-51,  62-68,  69,  70,  365;  papers  of,  58, 
63,  66,  359,  361 

Sloane  Manuscripts,  50-71 ;  see  also  Royal 
Society 

Sloper,  William,  letter  of,  393 

Sloughter,  Gov.  Henry,  paper  of,  395 

Slye,  Gerard,  letter  of,  313 

Smibert,  John,  letters  of,    in 

Smith,  223,  250,  390 

Smith,  Capt.,  392 

Smith,  Capt.,  letter  to,  244 

Smith,  Col.,  papers  of,  147,  148,  149 

Smith,  Adam,  150;  letter  of,  152 

Smith,  B.,  letter  of,  152 

Smith,  Mrs.  B.,  letter  to,  152 

Smith,  Capt.  Edward,  correspondence,  160 

Smith,  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  letter  to,  349 

Smith,  Esther,  slave,  papers  relating  to,  296 

Smith,  Brig.-Gen.  F.,  orders  by,  188 

Smith,  Fred,  107 

Smith,  Rev.   Haddon,  321 

Smith,  John,  maps  by,  54,  290,  379;  papers  by, 
52,  145,  214 

Smith,  Joseph,  letter  of,  316 

Smith,  Capt.  Mathew,  178 

Smith,  Michael,  letter  of,  323 

Smith,  Patrick,  154 

Smith,  Richard,  petition  of,  337 

Smith,  Bishop  Richard,  letter  to,  339 

Smith,  Thomas,  letter  of,  63 

Smith,  Sir  Thomas,  see  Smythe 

Smith,  Wavell,  142;  letter  of,  90 

Smith,  William,  letter  of,  118 

Smith,  William,  historian,  papers  of,  152 

Smith,  Rev.  William,  case  of,  294,  295,  297, 
312;  correspondence,  293,  294,  295,  297,  298, 
299,  303,  310,  311,  328;  papers  relating  to, 
292,  299,  325 

Smithson,  Speaker,  337 

Smithsonian   Institution,    Annual    Report    of, 

355 

Smuggling,  15,  21,  42,  133-134,  165,  167,  421 
Smyth,  A.  H.,  Franklin,  368 
Smythe,   Sir  Thomas,   88,   91,   375,   376,   379; 

correspondence,  277,  283 
Snead,  Robert,  letter  of,  311 
Snuff,  customs,  case  of,  120 
Socinianism,  295 
Society   for  the   Encouragement  of  Learning, 

75 
Society   for   Promoting   Christian   Knowledge, 

67,  335,  408;  papers  of,  33 
Society   for   Promoting   Christian   Knowledge, 

of  Scotland,  66 


Index. 


491 


Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in 
Foreign  Parts,  papers  relating  to,  127,  129, 
132,  160,  183,  283,  286,  288,  289,  290,  291,  292, 
293,  296,  297,  301,  302,  308,  321,  324,  325,  328, 
332,  333,  334,  336,  338,  366,  397,  398,  403, 
404,  407,  408,  409,  420,  422,  423 

Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in 
New  England,  66;  papers  of  the,  331,  405, 
406 

Society  of  Jesus,  see  Jesuits 

Somers,  John,  Lord  Keeper,  correspondence, 
288,  417 

Somers  Island  Company,  letters  of  the  gov 
ernor  of,  and  others,  82 

Somers  Islands,  see  Bermudas 

Sommers,  Sir  George,  376 

Sonmans,  Peter,  letter  of,  90 

Sophia,  Princess,  18 

Sothell,  Gov.  Seth,  ransom  of,  from  Algiers, 
407 

Southake,  Capt.  Cyprian,  map  made  by,  94; 
map  of  Boston  harbor,  73 

South  America,  coast  map,  277;  naval  opera 
tions,  168;  papers  relating  to,  89,  303;  settle 
ments  in,  160;  trade,  116 

Southampton,  ship,   178 

South  Carolina,  see  Carolina,  South 

South  Carolina  Gazette,  256,  322 

South  Church,  Boston,  348 

South  Farnham,  Va.,  church  queries,  318 

South  Kensington,  339 

South  Sea,  maps,  22,  60,  287;  trade,  212;  voy 
ages  to,  22,  51-52,  57,  60,  84 

South  Sea  Company,  127,  192,  200,  209,  211; 
Assiento  trade,  200,  211 

Southwark,  Bishop  of,  341 

Southwark,  Va.,  church  queries,  318 

Southwell,  E.,  letter  to,  144 

Southwell,  Sir  Robert,  correspondence,  87 

Sowle,  Mr.,  letter  to,  82 

Spain,  bullion  trade,  133-134;  coins,  268;  colo 
nies,  see  Colonies,  Spanish;  depredations  of, 
at  sea,  120,  134,  135,  145,  160,  192,  203,  209, 
210,  2ii,  215;  fishing,  209,  223;  logwood  cut 
ting  claims,  209;  navy,  32,  104,  168,  223,  270; 
New,  see  New  Spain ;  prizes,  135 ;  relations 
with  Great  Britain,  117,  127,  155,  158,  168, 
169,  193,  203,  210,  211,  215,  216,  223,  268,  348, 
375,  380,  381 ;  tobacco  trade,  145,  157 ;  trade, 
89,  122,  133-134,  145,  178,  200;  treaties,  200; 
treaties  with  France,  203,  224;  with  Great 
Britain,  29,  133-134,  200,  203,  210,  218,  224, 
271 

Span,  John,  bond  from,  407 

Spanish  manuscripts  in  the  British  Museum, 
catalogue  of,  7 

Spanish  marriage,  The,  12 

Spanish  peninsula,  map,  100 

Spanish  Town,  see  Santiago  de  la  Vega 

Sparrow,  sloop,  10 

S.  P.  C.  K.,  see  Society  for  Promoting  Chris 
tian  Knowledge 

Spede,  Gov.  Edwyn,  see  Stede,  Gov.  Edwyn 


Speed,  John,  paper  of,  429 

Speedwell,  H.  M.  S.,  425 

Speedwell,  sloop,  273 

Spelman,  Henry,  of  Va.,  153,  375 

Spelman,  Sir  Henry,  153;  letter  to,  from  Vir 
ginia,  375 

Spelman  Correspondence,  153 

Spence,  Robert,  350 

"  Spence  Manuscripts,"  350 

Spencer,  A.,  letters  of,  313,  324 

Spencer,  Nicholas,  letter  of,  59 

Spencer  Town,  petition  of  the  inhabitants  of, 
181 

S.  P.  G.,  see  Society  for  the  Propagation  of 
the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts 

Spiller,  Sir  Henry,  commission  to,  120 

Spirituous  liquors,  customs,  210 

Spithead,   157 

Spooner,  Mr.,  plan  of  a  charter  by,  395 

Spotswood,  Gov.  Alexander,  correspondence, 
128,  316,  319,  397;  papers  relating  to,  158, 
179,  200,  317,  327 

Spragg,  Capt.,  letter  of,  384 

Sprague,  Dr.  W.  B.,  papers  of,  347 

Springfield,  Mass.,  255 

Sproude,  George,  surveys  by,  122 

Spurgeon,  William,  letter  of,  295 

Squire,  Dr.,  letter  of,  296 

Staats,  Samuel,  papers  of,  390,  393 

Stafford,  Mary,  letter  of,  59 

Stafford,  Richard,  papers  by,  360,  366 

Stafford  county,  Va.,  425 ;  grievances  of,  427 

Stagge,  T.,  instructions  for,  380 

Staige,  T.,  letter  of,  319 

Stair,  Earl  of,  proposals,  26 

Stamp  Act  Papers,  17,  19,  95,  108,  133,  134,  135, 
136,  140,  161,  167,  192,  225,  226,  227  228,  229, 
230,  231,  232,  233,  234,  235,  236,  237,  238, 
239,  240,  241,  242,  243,  244,  245,  246,  247, 
266;  see  also  names  of  colonies  and  places, 
e.  g.,  Boston,  stamp  riots;  New  York,  Stamp 
Act  papers 

Standish,  D.,  letters  of,  20,  51,  65 

Stanfield,  Rev.  Raymund,  339 

Stanford,  Hugh,  144 

Stanhope,  Capt.,  account  of  seizure,  112 

Stanhope,  Sec.,  letter  to,  204 

Stanton,  Daniel,  suit  of,  165 

Stanwix,  Gen.  John,  correspondence,  105,  106 

Stanwix,  Fort,  travellers'  accounts,  116 

Staples,  John,  letter  of,  112 

Star  Chamber,  279 

State,  Council  of,  see  Council  of  State 

Staten  Island,  missionary  activities  in,  398; 
property  in,  382 

Statia,  see  St.  Eustatius,  44 

Stead,  William,  case  of,  181,  184 

Stede,  Gov.  Edwyn,  24;  paper  of,  416 

Steel,  James,  correspondence,  353 

Steele,  William,  99,  405 

Stegge,  Capt.  Thomas,  accounts  by,  413 

Steiner,  B.  C.,  Rev.  Thomas  Bray,  336,  337, 
338 


492 


Index. 


Stephens,    Secretary    Philip,    correspondence 

232,  244,  245,  246,  247,  248,  249,  255,  259 
Steuben,  Baron,  112,  348 
Stevens,   Henry,  27 
Stevens,  Phineas,  letter  of,  222 
Stevenson,  William,  358 
Stewart,  Dr.,  169 

Stewart,  Rear-Adm.  C.,  letters  to,  127,  131 
Stewart,  Charles,  letters  of,  235 
Stewart,  George,  letter  to,  410 
Stirling,  Capt.,  papers  relating  to,  231,  232 
Stirling,  Alexander,  "earl  of,"  petition  of,  114 
Stirling,  Rev.  James,  papers  of,  362 
Stith,  William,  letters  of,  316,  320 
Stockbridge,  Mass.,  church  papers  relating  to, 

348 

Stockwell,  Richard,  218 
Stoddard,  Capt.  Benjamin,  letter  of,  222 
Stoddard,  Solomon,  sermons  of,  347 
Stoddert,  papers  from,  219,  222 
Stokes  Bay,  voyage  from,  60 
Stone,  correspondence,  342 
Stone,  A.,  correspondence,  124,  128 
Stono  River,  settlement,  74 
Stonor,  Mgr.  Christopher,  340,  341 
Stonyhurst,  342 
Stonyhurst  Manuscripts,  342 
Story,  Thomas,  papers  of,  351,  353 
Stoughton,  Gov.  William,  correspondence,   10, 

19,  330 

Stover,  Christian,  suit  against,  167 
Stowe,  T.,  letter  of,  127 
Stowe  Manuscripts,  17-20 

Strachey,  William,  History  of  Virginia,  54,  379 
Straits,  trade  to,  279 
Strange,  Sir  John,  opinion  of,  243 
Stratford,  Conn.,  303;   church  papers  relating 

to,  289,  347 

Stratton  Major,  Va.,  church  queries,  320 
Streatfield,  Rev.,  letters  to,  144 
Streton,  Richard,  letter  to,  19 
Strickland,  W.,  letters  of,  342 
Stringer,  Moses,  24,   107 
Stringer,  William,  letter  of,  311 
Strong,  John,  journal  of,  22 
Strong,  Leonard,  Babylon's  Fall,  381 
Strong,  Nathan,  letters  of,  348 
Stuart,  Dr.  Alexander,  letter  to,  364 
Stuart,  George,  97 

Stuart,  John,  correspondence,  106;  map  by,  91 
Stubbe,  Dr.  Henry,  357,  358,  360 
Stubbs,  Importance  of  the  British  Plantations 

in  America,  422 
Stubbs,    Archdeacon    Philip,    letter    of,    311; 

journal  by,  408-409 
Stukanox  Indians,  treaty  with,  327 
Sturgeon,  William,  312;  letter  of,  311 
Success,  ship,  129 
Suffolk,  Lord,  letters  of,  no,  150 
Suffolk  county,  Mass.,  255;  deeds,  400;  wills, 

400 
Suffolk  county,  N.  Y.,  address  of,  263 


Sugar,  367,  368;  customs,  77,  78,  79,  162,  205, 
206,  207,  396 ;  Molasses  Act,  139,  141 ;  trade, 
14,  21,  133,  154,  204,  205,  211,  212,  396;  see 
also  names  of  colonies  and  places,  e.  g., 
Jamaica,  sugar 

Sugar  Colonies,  14,  135,  154,  204,  206,  209,  258, 
422;  see  also  West  Indies,  British 

Sugar  Islands,  14,  42,  64 

Sullivan,  Fort,  attack  upon,  113 

Sulu  Islands,  description,  104 

Summer  Islands,  see  Bermudas 

Sunbury,  map,  122 

Suncook,  boundaries,  94 

Sunderland,  Earl  of  (Charles  Spencer),  letter 
to,  197 

Sunderland,  Lord  Robert,  letters  to,  352 

Surinam,  animals,  59;  claims  to,  36;  condi 
tions  in,  378;  description  of,  60;  papers  re 
lating  to,  118,  133,  428;  settlement  of,  52 

Surry  county,  Va.,  427 

Surveyor-General,  papers  relating  to,  401 

Susquehanna  F"ort,  73 

Sussex  county,  Del.,  church  papers,  312,  405 

Sutherland,  Earl  of,  petition  of,  159 

Sutton,  Sir  Richard,  commission  to,  120 

Swan  Pucke,  ship,  54 

Swanton,  Thomas,  214 

Swarthmore  Letters,  350 

Swasey,  John,  testimony  of,  10 

Sweden,  Council  of  Trade  in,  396;  ship-build 
ing,  1 20 

Sweep-stake,  voyage  of,  367 

Switzerland,  emigration  from,  to  America, 
109,  292,  293 

Sydenham,  Jonathan,  71 

Sydenham,  Richard,  estimates  of  expenses,  34 

Sydney,  Henry,  letter  to,  123 

Symmer,  John,  letter  of,  67 

Tabb,  William,  suit  of,  166 

Taddesee  Indians,  specimens  of  writing,  83 

Tadousac,  Indian  trade  at,  181 

Tailer,  William,  letter  of,  306 

Talbot,  C.,  letters  of,  326 

Talbot,  John,  letter  of,  304,  311 

Talbot  money,  allotment  of,  340 

Talck,  Gabriel,  letter  of,  311 

Talcott,  Gov.  Joseph,  letter  of,  214;  papers  of, 

179 
Talmadge,  Maj.  Benjamin,  extracts  of  letters 

to,  152 

Taney,  see  Tany 
Tangier,  45;  Portuguese  in,  116;  Spaniards  in, 

116 

Tankerville,  Earl  of,  letters  of,  128 
Tanner,  Dr.  J.  R.,  papers  by,  424 
Tanner  Manuscripts,  374-376 
Tany,  Mary,  petition  of,  374 
Tany,  Michael,  petition  of,  374 
Tarleton,  Col.  Banastre,  156 
Tarling,  Essex,  letters  to  the  people  of,  53 
Tassin,  Abel,  Sieur  d'Allone,  334 
Tatem,  Joseph,  petition  of,  178 


Index-. 


493 


Taunton  River,  rock  inscriptions,  73 

Taxes,  see  Revenues 

Taylor,  contract  for  masts,  178 

Taylor,  Gen.,  correspondence,  106 

Taylor,  John,  letter  of,  82 

Taylor,  Michael,  bond  of,  97 

Taylor,  Capt.  Silas,  358,  360 

Tea,  disturbances,  247-251 ;  Boston  Tea  Party, 
49;  trade,  20,  77 

Telescopes,  368 

Telghman,  Robert,  petition  of,  380 

Teller,  William,  depositions  of,  n 

Temple,  John,  correspondence,  180,  226,  237 

Temple,  Sir  Thomas,  correspondence,  85,  86, 
412;  papers  of,  37,  38 

Temple,  Sir  William,  Miscellanea,  101 

Tench,  Francis,  suit  of,  164 

Tenison,  Archbishop,  correspondence,  288,  289, 
290;  will  of,  290 

Tennant,  Capt.,  154 

Tennent,  John,  letters  of,  51,  68 

Terra-Nova,  see  Newfoundland 

Terrestrial  Magnetism,  see  Magnetism 

Terrick,  Richard,  chancellor  of  the  College 
of  William  and  Mary,  317 

Terrill,  Michael,  papers  of,  385 

Tetterdell,  Hugh,  letter  of,  63 

Tew,  pirate,  386 

Texas,  papers  relating  to,  101 

Thacher,  Anthony,  letter  of,  53 

Thacher,  Peter,  letter  to,  53 

Thacher,    Rev.  Dr.  Peter,  letter  of,  348 

Thames  River,  375 

Thanet,  Earl  of,  trustees  of,  66,  67 

Thanet,  Earl  of  (Nicholas),  deed  of,  82 

Thatcher,  Peter,  letter  of,  305 

Thayer,  John,  conversion  to  Roman  Catholi 
cism,  340 

Theatres,  papers  relating  to,  295 

Thirty-nine  Articles,  queries  concerning,  314 

Thomas,  Alban,  letter  to,  365-366 

Thomas,  Dalby,  Rise  and  Growth  of  the  West 
India  Colonies,  423 

Thomas,  George,  letter  of,  311 

Thomas,  Sir  George,  letters  of,  126 

Thomas,  J.  W.,  letter  of,  97 

Thomas,  William,  letter  of,  311 

"  Thomason  Collection,"  7 

Thomlinson,  John,  correspondence,  127,  129, 
308 

Thompson,  letter  of,  129 

Thompson,  Maj.,  344 

Thompson,  Elias,  suit  against,  165 

Thompson,  Hezekiah,  bonds  of,  309 

Thompson,  John,  181 

Thompson,  Leonard,  commission  to,  163 

Thompson,  Thomas,  351;  letter  of,  323;  on 
Newfoundland,  89 

Thompson,  Sir  William,  correspondence,  70 

Thomson,  Mr.,  recommendation  of,  318 

Thomson,  David,  letter  of,  293 

Thomson,  Sir  Peter,  account  of  Newfound 
land,  89 


Thoresby,  Ralph,  letter  of,  63 

Thornton,  letter  of,  42 

Thornton,  Richard,  "  A  Happy  Shipwrack,"  377 

Thornton,  Ro.,  Journal  of,  287 

Thorowgood,  John,  letter  of,  389 

Thorowgood,  Thomas,  petition  of,  382 

Thorpe,  John,  letter  of,  316 

Thorpe,  Father  John,  342 

Thrale,  John,  letter  of,  23 

Thurloe,  John,  Secretary  of  State,  correspond 
ence,  380,  381 

Tiburon,  Cape  de,  55 

Ticonderoga,  Fort,  map,  143 

Tides,  67 

Timber,  customs,  204 

Tindall,  Robert,  chart  by,  7;  letter  of,  23 

Tirene,  Francis,  suit  against,  403 

Titley,  W.,  letters  to,  49 

Tobacco,  adulteration  of,  20;  bonds,  lost  in 
Annapolis,  25 ;  condemned,  207 ;  customs,  8, 
21,  46,  77,  78,  79,  81,  105,  162,  198,  200,  201, 
207,  208,  260,  376 ;  debenture  on,  121 ;  Eng 
lish,  20,  47 ;  European,  200 ;  French,  102 ; 
monopoly  of,  8;  papers  relating  to,  13,  14, 
20,  21,  22,  32,  54,  56,  76,  157,  281,  413;  pipe 
smoking,  13 ;  revenues,  21 ;  shipping,  157, 
162,  403;  Spanish,  78;  stinting,  39;  trade,  9, 
14,  15,  20,  21,  88,  104-105,  198,  200,  201,  258, 
260,  422;  see  also  names  of  colonies  and 
places,  e.  g.,  Bermudas,  tobacco;  London, 
port,  tobacco  importation 

Tobago,  description  of,  60,  131 ;  evacuation  of, 
131;  forts,  107;  international  disputes  con 
cerning,  18,  29,  44,  107,  131 ;  papers  relating 
to,  58;  reduction  of,  29 

Todd,  Archdeacon  H.  J.,  Lambeth  Palace  Li 
brary  Catalogue,  286 

Told,  Silas,  letter  of,  296 

Tonyn,  Gov.  Patrick,  letters  of,  1 12 

Topographical  drawings,  see  Maps 

Tories,  326 

Torrey,  Joseph,  petition  of,  304 

Torriano,  letter  of,  212 

Tortola,  accounts  of,  44 

Totten,  Joseph,  and  others,  memorial  of,  332 

Totterdell,  Hugh,  letters  of,  51 

Tottero  Indians,  treaty  with,  327 

Toulon,  267 

Tower  of  London,  papers  sent  to,  391 

Towne,  Richard,  letters  of,  51 

Towner,  Richard,  letter  of,  66 

Towns,  Dr.  Thomas,  paper  by,  360 

Townsend,  Chauncey,  letter  to,  128 

Townsend,  T.,  letter  to,  124 

Townshend,  Capt.  George,  despatch  from,  104 

Tracy,  Thomas,  16 

Trade,  see  names  of  different  colonies  and 
places ;  clandestine,  13 ;  free,  73,  84,  105,  145 ; 
Board  of,  see  Board  of  Trade 

Transit  of  Venus,  see  Venus,  transit  of 

Travellers'  accounts,  see  names  of  particular 
localities,  e.  g.,  Canada,  travellers'  accounts; 
Albany,  travellers'  accounts 


494 


Index. 


Treasure  fleet,  127 

Treasure  of  Virginia,  ship,  375 

Treasury  Papers,  10,  II,  78,  82,  114-115,  13°, 
151,  180,  181,  183,  186,  192,  204,  225,  226,  228, 
234,  250,  262,  267,  273,  274,  275,  276,  289,  398, 
405,  408,  427 

Treaties,  commercial,  29;  navigation,  29;  of 
peace,  198;  see  also  names  of  countries  and 
colonies,  e.  g.,  Great  Britain,  treaties;  In 
dians,  treaties,  etc. 

Treaties,  diplomatic,  of  Aix-la-Chapelle,  217; 
Brandenburg- Anspach,  262;  Breda,  54,  83, 
217 ;  Brunswick,  261 ;  Hesse-Cassel,  261 ; 
Hanau,  261;  Hanover,  134;  London,  217; 
Madrid,  218;  Paris,  224;  St.  Germain  en 
Laye,  217;  Seville,  135,  203,  211;  Utrecht, 
29,  134,  217;  Waldeck,  262 

Trecothick,  papers  of,  140,  226,  296 

Trecothick  case,    165 

Tredenham,  Sir  Joseph,  letter  to,  409 

Trelawny,  Gov.  Edward,  letters  of,  104,  126 

Trelawny,  William,  letter  of,  129 

Trent,  William,  journal  of,  222;  letter  of,  29 

Trenton,  defeat  of  the  Hessians  at,  147 

Trethway,  John,  contracts  by,  412 

Trevor,  Thomas,  letter  of,  313 

Treworgey,  John,  petition  of,  35 

Trident,  ship,  150 

Trinidad,  description  of,  60;  map,  50;  papers 
relating  to,  168 

Trinity  Church,  Boston,  addresses  from,  306 

Trinity  Church,  Newport,  addresses  from,  306 

Trinity  Church,  New  York,  papers  relating  to, 
289,  304,  387 

Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  424 

Trinity  House,  manuscripts  in,  277-279;  pa 
pers  relating  to,  277,  278,  279,  356,  428 

Tristram,  correspondence,  342 

Trott,  Nicholas,  58;  papers  of,  323 

Troughear,  Thomas,  letter  of,  320 

Trousdale,  Thomas,  letters  of,  51 

Troutbeck,  Rev.  John,  letter  of,  308 

Trowbridge,  Edmund,  correspondence,  237 

Truman,  Ann,  letter  of,  345 

Truman,  James,  letter  of,  345 

Truman,  Sylvester,  letter  to,  345 

Trumbull,  Sir  William,  Sec.  of  State,  orders 
of,  198 

Tryon,  Gov.  William,  142;  correspondence, 
184,  232,  238,  239,  248,  263,  321,  328;  paper 
relating  to,  184,  239,  247 

Tubieres-Grimoard,  Marquis  de  Caylus,  corre 
spondence,  126,  131 

Tucker,  letter  of,  198 

Tucker,  Capt.,  letter  to,  410 

Tullidelph,  David,  letter  of,  67 

Tullidelph,  Walter,  letters  of,  51,  65,  67,  68 

Tunis,  papers  relating  to,  172 

Turheer,  Ouracooras,  treaty  by,  327 

Turkey,  trade,  198 
Turkey  Merchant,  ship,  53 

Turkey  Point,  Md.,  162 

Turkish  pirates,  expedition  against,  278 


Turnbull,  Dr.  Andrew,  letters  of,  17 

Turner,  Robert,  353 

Turner,  Thomas,  suit  against,  184 

Turpentine,  American,  73 

Tuscarora     Indians,    adventures    among,     n; 

treaties  with,  327 
Tustain,  B.,  letter  of,  323 
Tuttle,  C.  W.,  Life  of  Mason,  399 
Twightwee    Indians,    papers    relating   to,   221, 

222;  treaties  of,  353 

Twycross,  Isaac,  recommendation  of,  318 
"Tyn  at  Ostend,"  recovery  of,  114 
Tyrrell,  Rear-Adm.  Richard,  167 

Uncas,  deeds  of,  16;  petition  of,  185 

Union,  Albany  Plan  of,  140,  155 

United  Colonies,  Commissioners  of,  letters, 
330,  345 

United  States,  French  declaration  concerning, 
157;  map,  98;  Roman  Catholic  Church  in, 
340;  tobacco  contract  of,  with  France,  147; 
treaties  of,  with  France,  156,  267 ;  with  Great 
Britain,  150,  151,  271,  282;  with  the  Nether 
lands,  269 

United   States   Catholic   Historical  Magazine, 

341 

Unity,  ship,  74 
Universities,  see  Education 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  see   Philadelphia, 

College  of 

Upson,  John,  petition  of,  309 
Urlsperger,  Rev.  Samuel,  accounts  of,  67 
Urmston,  John,  letters  of,  321,  326 
Urquhart,  John,  letter  of,  313 
Urquharft],  William,  address  from,  289 
Usher,  Hezekiah,  345 
Usher,  John,  of  N.  H.,  96,  399 
Usher,  Rev.  John,  missionary,  398;  letters  of, 

304,  308 
Ussher,  Arthur,  letter  of,  311 

"Vandalia,"  province,  184,  185 

Van  Dam,  Rip,  petition  of,  393 

Van  der  Dussen,  Col.  A.,  letter  to,  126 

Vane,  Morgan,  letter  to,  225 

Van  Rensselaer,  Col.  John,  108 

Van  Rensselaer,  Kiliaen,  393 

Van  Shaick,  Anthony,  deposition  of,  386 

Van  Toyle,  Otto,  examination  of,  388 

Van  Wyck,  Abraham,  108 

Vardell,  Prof.,  30,  149 

Vassal,  Capt.  Samuel,  letter  to,  410 

Vassall,  Florentine,  94,  95 

Vassall,  William,  libel  case  of,  164 

Vaudois  refugees,  collections  for,  283 

Vaudreuil,  Marquis  de,  letter  to,  395 

Vaughan,  Edward,  letters  of,  304 

Vaughan,  Lord  (John  Vaughan),  governor  of 
Jamaica,  commission  to,  100;  correspond 
ence,  21,  113 

Vaughan,  Gen.  Sir  John,  letters  to,  30,  31; 
suit  against,  271 

Vaughan,  Tho.,  paper  of,  377 


Index. 


495 


Vaughan,  William,  letters  of,  145,  401 ;  papers 
of,  399,  400 

Vellum,  customs,  161 

Venables,  Gen.  Robert,  instructions  to,  83 

Venus,  transit  of,  observations,  357,  358 

Vera  Cruz,  papers  about,  128;  plants  in,  66 

Vere,  Lady,  letters  to,  73 

Verelst,  Harman,  letter  of,  67,  126;  note  of, 
66 

Vergennes,  Comte  de  (Charles  Gravier),  let 
ter  of,  in 

Vermicelli,  manufacture,  183 

Vernon,  Adm.  Edward,  correspondence,  127, 
128,  129,  214,  215 ;  papers  relating  to,  104, 
214 

Vernon,  James,  Secretary  of  State,  corre 
spondence,  10,  ii,  145,  325 

Vernon,  William,  letters  of,  62 

Vesey,  Rev.  William,  letters  of,  51,  63,  304, 
306,  311,  398,  404,  405;  papers  of,  63,  289 

Vetch,  Samuel,  letter  of,  419;  papers  of,  59, 
130,  390 

Vicary,  J.,  letter  of,  311 

Victor  Amadeus  II.,  letter  of,  ill 

Victoria  Tower,  191 

Villebon,  Gov.,  letter  of,  10 

Vincennes,  surrender  of,  III 

Vincent,  Francis,  letters  of,  51 

Vincentius,  P.,  A  True  Relation,  423 

Vining,  Benjamin,  request  of,  71 

Viper,  ship,  244 

Virginia,  acts  of,  182,  186-187,  316,  320,  425; 
animals,  360,  362,  421 ;  army  papers,  270, 
317,  320,  384;  assembly  papers,  14,  136,  206, 
3i6,  317,  320,  381,  385,  426;  boundaries,  116, 

179,  421;    bullion    trade,    134;    capes,    121; 
church  papers,  286,  316,  317,  318,  320,  326, 
327,  332,  333,  337,  376,  397,  404,  407;  condi 
tions  in,  13,  34,  53,  54,  114,  360,  365,  379,  415; 
convoys   for,    197,  216;   council   papers,  209, 
231,   3i6,  317,  320,   326,  327,  381,  423,  426; 
court  proceedings,  91,  164,  165,  166,  167,  179, 

180,  181,   182,   184,  316,  317,  320,  386;   cur 
rency,  214;   customs,  42,   78,    115,  415;    de 
scription  of,  8,  13,  38,  39,  186,  425;  disturb 
ances  in,   140,  256,  258;  drawings,  54;   edu 
cation,  397;  immigration  to,  112;  fishing,  91, 
169;  foreign  attacks  on,  18,  348,  384;  forts, 
412;    fossils,   68;    fur-trade,   91;    governors' 
papers,  24,  42,  86,  125,  128,  253,  317,  326,  425, 
426 ;  history  of,  12,  379 ;  House  of  Burgesses, 
25,  227,  230,  231,  256,  317,  327,  426;  Indians 
in,  39,  43,  206,  316,  361;  iron  industry,  39; 
land-claims,   386;    land-grants,   71,    121,    158, 
169,   187,  253,  397;   land-leasing,  412;   libra 
ries,  320,  335;   maps,   54,  91,   116,   153,  367, 
421,  425,  429;  missionary  activities  in,  327; 
navy  papers,  142,  194,  208,  233 ;  opposition  to 
Sugar  Bill,  204,  206,  209;  papers  relating  to, 
12,  22,  26,  31,  37,  38,  39,  43,  46,  54,  58,  60, 
84,  88,  loo,  103,  in,  113,  120,  130,  132,  168, 
205,  206,  256,  277,  283,  287,  289,  302,  314-320, 
325,  326,   333,   361,   367,   379,   381,   382,   384, 

32 


4p3,  4J3>  414,  425;  piracy  in,  404;  planta 
tions,  12,  18,  88 ;  plants,  54,  59,  68,  378,  421 ; 
politics,  44,  59,  72,  88,  102,  106,  288,  378,  425 ; 
rebellion  in,  384,  385,  426,  427;  revenues, 
IT5>  J37;  royal  commission  relating  to,  425, 
427 ;  royal  grants  to,  425 ;  royal  title  to,  375 ; 
rum  trade,  206;  scientific  papers  from,  356, 
357,  360,  367,  377;  seal  of,  317;  settlement 
of,  39,  46,  89,  121,  280,  283,  288,  326,  376,  378, 
379,  385;  shipping,  162,  197,  277,  360;  silk 
industry,  13,  37,  39,  85;  Stamp  Act  papers, 
227,  229,  231,  232,  233,  234,  237,  238;  steel 
industry,  39;  tobacco,  14,  21,  39,  88,  89,  145, 
157,  200,  316,  317,  320,  367,  381,  415;  trade, 
80,  204,  205,  325,  386,  399;  voyage  accounts, 
54,  9i,  144,  178,  287,  288,  375,  376,  378,  403, 
407,  428 

"  Virginia  Britannia,"  379 

Virginia  Company,  8,  n,  24,  30,  82-83,  88,  91, 
375,  376,  378,  429-430 

Virginia  Gazette,  132,  137,  231 

Virginia  Indian  Company,  memorial  of,  317, 
327 

Virginia  Magazine  of  History  and  Biography, 
430 

Virginia  Sea,  22 

Virginia  "Volunteers,"  appeal  of,  43 

Virgin  Islands,  154 

Vittardge,  Robert,  contracts  of,  412 

Voyages,  403,  407,  425 ;  see  also  names  of  colo 
nies  and  places,  e.  g.,  Virginia,  voyages  to 

Wadeson  [Madison],  Robert,  letter  of,  103 

Wadsworth,  Theodore,  commission  to,  91 

Wagener,  Peter,  letter  of,  316 

Wager,  Sir  Charles,  correspondence,  18,  127 

Wake,  Sir  Isaac,  instructions  to,  21 

Wake,  John,  386,  390 

Wakefield  plantation,  119 

Waldeck,    Prince   of,    treaty    of,    with    Great 

Britain,  262 

Waldegrave,  Baron,  memoir  from,  131 
Waldo,  Samuel,  letters  of,  96 
Waldo,  Samuel,  History  of  Nova  Scotia,  103 
Waldron,   Richard,   report  on  boundaries,   40, 

401 

Walduck,  J.,  letters  of,  51,  55 
Wale,  Nicholas,  recommendation  of,  314 
Wales,  Prince  of,  letter,  to,  144 
Wales,  William,  papers  of,  357,  359,  360,  362 
Wales,  parochial  libraries  of,  334 
Walker,  contract  for  masts,  178 
Walker,  Benjamin,  letter  to,  112 
Walker,  Sir  Edward,  40 
Walker,  Fowler,  agent  for  Quebec,  162 
Walker,  Nehemiah,  letter  of,  330 
Walker,  Thomas,  letters  of,  51,  69,  70 
Walker,  Dr.  Walter,  report  by,  420 
Walker,  William,  letters  of,  51,  68,  370 
Wallace,  Dr.,  voyage  by,  360 
Wallace,  Capt.  James,  letters  of,  255,  259 
Walks,  Sir  William,  385 
Wallingford,  church  papers  from,  309 


496 


Index. 


Wallington,  Nehemiah,  correspondence,  53 

Wallis,  Samuel,  land-grant  to,  354 

Walpole,    Horatio,    correspondence,    128,    129, 

292 

Walpole,  Richard,  petition  of,  184,  185 
Walpole,  Sir  Robert,  correspondence,  128,  402; 

papers  relating  to,  64,  127,  155 
Walpole,  Thomas,  petition  of,  184,  185 
Walrond,    Col.    Humphrey,    85;    proceedings 

against,  413 

Walsingham,  Lord,  117 
Walter,  William,  301,  308 
Walton,  Thomas,  390 
Wampum,  352 

Wandall,  Thomas,  will  of,  386 
Wanton,  Gov.  Joseph,  letter  to,  259 
Wappinger  Indians,  9 

Warburton,  Memorials  of  Prince  Rupert,  121 
Ward,  Ensign,  deposition  of,  223 
Ward,  Lieut,,  summons  to,  132 
Ward,  Joseph,  letter  to,  410 
Ward,  Gov.  Samuel,  235;  letters  of,  235,  238, 

239 

Warder,  Joseph,  353 

Ware,  Nathaniel,  letter  of,  127 

Warner,  Edmund,  case  of,  23 

Warner,  Col.  Philip,  43,  44;  letters  of,  42,  43 

Warner,  Sir  Thomas,  47 ;  letters  to,  18 

War  of  Independence,  see  Revolution,  Ameri 
can 

War  Office,  papers  of,  133,  188,  192,  198,  201, 
215,  217,  224,  249,  262,  267;  see  also  Great 
Britain,  army 

Warrell,  Joshua,  attorney-general  of  New 
Jersey,  107 

Warren,  Joseph,  letters  of,  121 

Warren,  Rear-Adm.  Sir  Peter,  letter  of,  29 

Warren,  William,  proposal  to,  274 

Warwick,  Sir  Philip,  21 

Warwick,  Richard,  paper  of,  367 

Warwick,  Earl  of  (Robert  Rich),  correspond 
ence  of,  18,  82 

Warwick,  R.  I.,  304,  305 

Warwick,  Va.,  county  records,  425 

Warwick,  bark,  287 

Warwick  patent,  Conn.,  papers  relating  to,  383 

Washington,  Col.  A.,  119 

Washington,  Mrs.  Anne,  correspondence,  119 

Washington,  George,  183 ;  correspondence,  75, 
105,  107,  132,  150,  222,  223,  326,  348;  papers 
of,  87,  223,  263 

Washington,  Camp,  iron  industry,  118 

Washington,  Va.,  church  queries,  320 

Water  bailiffs,  400 

Waterbury,  Conn.,  309 

Watkins,  Mr.,  letters  to,  426,  427 

Watson,  Mr.,  communication  from,  73 

Watson,  John,  letter  of,  316 

Watson,  Luke,  deed  of,  353 

Watts,  Richard,  letter  of,  328 

Watts,  Capt.  William,  33,  34;  letter  of,  37 

Waurkete,  deed  of,  16 

Weall,  Samuel,  commission  to,  410 


Weare,  Peter,  report  on  boundaries,  40 

Wearg,  Sir  Clement,  communication  from,  158 

Weaver,  Thomas,  letters  of,  390,  392 ;  papers 
relating  to,  387,  390,  394 

Weaver,  William,  letter  to,  410 

Webb,  Gen.  Daniel,  instructions  for,  139;  let 
ter  of,  127 

Webb,  Gov.  James,  papers  relating  to,  163 

Webster,  John,  letter  of,  76 

Webster,  Samuel,  sermons  of,  347 

Weekes,  Mary,  letter  to,  56 

Weir,  J.,  letters  of,  51 

Weiser   (Weyser),  Conrad,  353 

Weld,  C.  R.,  A  History  of  the  Royal  Society, 

355 

Weld,  Thomas,  letters  and  papers  of,  405,  406 

Welles,  Master,  letter  of,  53 

Welles,  Samuel,  testimony  of,  94 

Wells,  345 ;  letter  of,  382 

Wells,  Dean  of,  130 

Wells,  Philip,  map,  73 

Wells,  Thomas,  distribution  of  the  estate  of, 
179-180 

Welsh  Indians,  91 

Wenesquawam  River,  39 

Wentworth,  suit  against,  165 

Wentworth,  Gov.  Benning,  127,  128;  corre 
spondence,  26,  104,  127,  156,  229,  230,  234, 

304 

Wentworth,  Hugh,  correspondence,  82 

Wentworth,  Gov.  John,  of  the  Bahamas,  44 

Wentworth,  Gov.  John,  the  elder,  of  N.  H., 
408 

Wentworth,  Gov.  John,  the  younger,  of  N.  H., 
correspondence,  248,  255,  256,  257,  259;  pa 
pers  relating  to,  104,  255,  256 

Wentworth,  Paul,  184;  cipher  of,  146;  papers 
of,  147,  148,  149 

Wentworth,  Maj.-Gen.  Thomas,  papers  relat 
ing  to,  215 

Werden,  Sir  John,  letters  of,  407 

West,  Bellingham,  403 

West,  James,  correspondence,  9,  153;  papers 
relating  to,  9,  n,  120 

West,  Robert,  petition  of,  274 

West,  William,  letter  of,  90 

Westchester,  N.  Y.,  church  papers,  296;  court 
papers,  II 

Westerham  parish,  monument  to  Wolfe  in, 
144 

Western  Shore,  Md.,  addresses  of  clergy  of, 

314 

Westfield,  Mass.,  religious  papers,  348 
West  Haven,  Conn.,  church  papers,  309 
West  India  Company,  32,  33,  42 
West  India  Council,  proposed,  84 
West  India  Expedition,  83 
West  Indian  book,  274 
West  Indians,  drawings,  73 
West  Indies,  acts  of,   182;  animals,  63;  army 

in,  47,  192,  203,  264 ;  bee-culture,  361 ;  bullion 

trade,    133,    134,   235;    calico   trade,   201-202; 

church  papers  relating  to,  129,  158,  290,  292, 


Index. 


497 


302,  340,  405;  conditions  in,  33,  43,  44,  152; 
convoys  for,  197 ;  courts-martial,  264 ;  de 
fense  of,  33,  208,  247 ;  expeditions  to,  18,  134, 
135,  US.  157,  193,  194!  forts,  208;  history, 
177,  423;  hurricanes,  356;  international  re 
lations  with,  32,  47,  116,  120,  127,  130,  168, 
IQS,  196,  209,  220,  223,  288,  291,  380;  maps, 
50,  90,  98,  TOO,  122,  143;  navy  in,  21,  118, 
142,  156,  193,  208,  214,  215,  282;  packet  boat 
service,  273,  274;  papers  relating  to,  31-46, 
83-84,  87,  89,  90,  112,  127-129,  131,  133, 
134-141,  154,  159,  162,  168,  179,  186,  199, 
200,  201,  214,  302,  303,  333,  368,  425;  plants, 
68;  politics,  84,  104;  post-office  papers,  274, 
276;  printing  in,  22;  prizes,  178;  scientific 
papers  concerning,  357,  362;  Scott's  career 
in,  384;  shipping,  20,  80,  132,  186,  214;  spice 
trade,  38;  Stamp  Act  papers,  161,  232;  trade, 
20,  21,  33,  57,  80,  102,  129,  131,  132,  I33-I34. 

140,   193,    199,  201-202,  2O3,  204,   2O8,  2l6,  259, 

261,  265,  279,  283,  396;  travels  in,  28;  voy 
ages  to,  23,  46,  53,  54,  55,  56,  60,  62,  98,  121, 
153,  356,  380,  407 ;  wars  in,  127,  128,  129,  156, 
224;  see  also  Sugar  Colonies 

West  Jersey  Society,  400 

Westminster,  Archbishop  of,  339 

Westminster,  Roman  Catholic  Diocese  of, 
archives,  339-341 

Westminster,  Va.,  church  queries,  318 

Westminster  Guildhall,  284 

Westmoreland  county,  Va.,  425;  grievances 
of,  427 

Weston,  P.  C.  J.,  documents,  26,  28 

Westover,  Va.,  church  queries,  318 

Wetmore,  James,  letters  of,  295,  304,  316 

Wettenhall,  marshal,  Bermudas,  letter  to,  83 

Wetwang,  Copt.  John,  instructions  for,  384 

Weyman,  Jer.,  letter  of,  370 

Weyman,  Robert,  report  of,  328 

Weymouth,  Third  Viscount  (Thomas  Thynne), 
diplomatic  papers,  268,  269 

Weymouth,  petition  of  the  inhabitants  of,  202 

Whale-killing,  278,  360,  362,  364 

Whalley,  Col.  Edward,  411 

Wharfingers,  case  of,  162 

Wharton,  Eunice,  letters  of,  128 

Wharton,  Isaac,  letter  of,  250 

Wharton,  Richard,  letters  of,  374 

Wharton,  Samuel,  letters  of,  in 

Wharton,  Thomas,  letter  of,  250 

Wharton,  William,  petition  of,  418 

Whately,  Solomon,  letter  of,  316 

Whately,  Thomas,  161,  225 

Whately,  W.,  letter  to,  49 

Wheatley,  voyage  to  Carolina,  397 

Wheatley,  H.  B.,  books  on  Pepys,  424 

Wheelock,  Bryan,  commission  to,  163 

Wheelock,  Rev.  Eleazar,  Indian  schools,  75 

Wheelock,  President  John,  letter  of,  348 

Whetstone,  Sec.  John,  61 

Whipple,  Joseph,  memorial  from,  132 

Whistler,  Henry,  Journal  of,  60 

Whiston,  James,  proposals  for  trade,  61 


Whitaker,  Alexander,  letters  of,  106,  378 

Whitaker,  Nathaniel,  recommendations  of,  314 

Whitaker,  William,  381 

Whitbourne,  Richard,  107 ;  letter  of,  287 

White,  of  Codgrave,  345 

White,  Henry,  249;  letter  of,  250 

White,  John,  73,  379,  429 

White,  Jonathan,  letter  of,  313 

White,  Sir  Richard,  382,  429 

White,  Dr.  Thomas,  336 

White,  Bishop  William,  consecration  of,  286 

Whitefield,  George,  correspondence,  291,  323 

Whitfield,  Capt.  Reynold,  277 

Whitefoord,  Caleb,  168 

Whitehall,  188;  fire  at,  174 

White  Plains  Battle,  map,  100 

White  Swan,  inn,  144 

Whiting,  Samuel,  letter  of,  8 

Whitworth,.  Francis,  memorial  from,  143 

Wickes,  Lambert,  letter  of,  148 

Wicks,  Michael,  monetary  accounts  of,  115 

Wier,  James,  account  of  plants,  etc.,  70 

Wigglesworth,  Rev.  Edward,  letter  of,  349 

Wightwick,  Mrs.,  letter  to,  119 

Wightwick,  John,  letter  to,  118 

Wikoff,  Peter,  petition  of,  96 

Wilkes,  John,  correspondence  of,  121 

Wilkie,  William,  recommendation  of,  320 

Wilkinson,  Benjamin,  suit  against,  167 

Wilkinson,  Christopher,  letters  of,  313,  326 

Wilkinson,  Capt.  Henry,  Information,  43 

Wilks,  Francis,  letter  of,  127 

Willard,  Josiah,  commission  to,  163 

Willard,  William,  petition  of,  399 

Willes,  Francis,  decipherer,  in 

Wilier,    Col.    Thomas,    suspended    from    New 

York  council,  394 
William  III,  papers  relating  to,  57,  117,  175, 

186,  196,  274,  390,  394 
William  IV.,  154 
William,  Richard,  voyage  of,  367 
William,  ship,  54 
William  and  Mary,  charters  granted  by,  208; 

proclamations  by,  186 
William  and   Mary,  College  of,  charter,  289, 

320 ;  papers  relating  to,  14,  161,  165,  166,  289, 

317,  318,  319,  320 

William  and  Mary,  Fort,  392,  399,  400 
William  Henry,  Fort,  387 
Williams,  Dr.  Daniel,  66,  343;  library  of,  pa 
pers  in,  343-346 

Williams,  Lieut.  Davenport,  letter  to,  349 
Williams,  Eleazar,  letter  of,  349 
Williams,  Rev.  Elisha,  papers  of,  347 
Williams,  Hannah,  letters  of,  51,  69 
Williams,  John,  papers  relating  to,  243 
Williams,  Rev.  John,  letter  of,  349 
Williams,  Richard,  journal  by,  367 
Williams,  Roger,  letters  of,  47 
Williams,  Rev.   Stephen,  correspondence,  348, 

349 

Williams,  W.,  letter  of,  67 
Williams,  Warham,  letters  of,  349 


498 


Index. 


Williams,  William,  regiment  of,  349 
Williams,  Rev.  William,  papers  of,  347,  349 
Williamsburg,  Va.,  327 
Williams  family,  correspondence,  349 
Williamson,  Dr.  Hugh,  letter  of,  104 
Williamson,  Sec.  Sir  Joseph,  correspondence, 

416,  425,  427 

Willoughby,  Lord  (Francis  Willoughby),  gov 
ernor  of  Barbadoes,  33,  36,  52,  86,  344;  cor 
respondence,  36,  37,  38,  40,  84,  85,  375,  413, 

415 

Willoughby,  Henry,  41;  letters  of,  413,  415; 
petition  to,  416 

Willoughby,  Lord  (William  Willoughby),  gov 
ernor  of  Barbadoes,  41,  42,  54,  80,  414,  415; 
correspondence,  18,  19,  21,  41,  42,  411,  415, 
416 

Wills  Creek,  map  of  country  contiguous  to,  28 

Willson,  Ebenezer,  409;  certificates  of,  99,  410 

Wilmington,  N.  C,  46,  239 

Wilmington  parish,  Va.,  church  queries,  320; 
parish  papers,  316,  317,  320 

Wilmot,  Lieut.,  letter  of,  129 

Wilson,  Jethro,  347 

Wilson,  Rev.  John,  letter  of,  8,  345 

Wilson,  Reginald,  naval  officer  in  Jamaica,  382 

Wilson,  Thomas,  petition  of,  180 

Wilson,  William,  letter  of,  404 

Windebank,  Sir  Francis,  279 

Windsor,  Lord  (Thomas  Windsor),  governor 
of  Jamaica,  37,  53,  56,  83 

Windward  Islands,  126 

Wine-trade,  73,  79,  108,  200-201,  412,  419 

Wingfield,  Edward  Maria,  narrative  by,  287 

Winslow,  Edward,  correspondence,  406;  com 
mission  to,  83,  95 

Winslow,  John,  deeds  to,  95 

Winteley,  J.,  letters  of,  323 

Winterstowe  parish,  missionary  contributions, 
406 

Winthrop,  Adam,  letter  of,  349 

Winthrop,  John,  the  elder,  attorney,  memo 
randa  of,  154 

Winthrop,  John,  the  younger,  405,  412;  letters 
of,  417;  petition  of,  383 

Winthrop,  John,  F.  R.  S.,  complaints  against 
Connecticut,  179,  180 

Winthrop,  Prof.  John,  letters  and  papers  of, 
51,  68,  69,  73,  356,  357,  358,  359,  360,  363,  366 

Winthrop,  Stephen,  report,  33 

Winthrop,  Wait,  letter  of,  366 

Wisconsin,  expeditions  to,  369 

Wise,  William,  letter  of,  408 

Wiseman,  Samuel,  papers  of,  425 

Wiske,  letter  from,  213 

Witham,  letter  to,  113 

Witherspopn,  John,  letter  of,  146 

Witt,  Christopher,  letter  of,  366 

Wode,  John,  memorial  from,  47 

Wolcott,  Erastus,  93 

Wolcott,  Gov.  Oliver,  letter  of,  349 

Wolcott,  Gov.  Roger,  papers  of,  93 

Wolfe,  Gen.  James,  143,  144;  correspondence, 
144,  157 


Womock,  Dr.  Laur.,  letter  to,  374 

Wood,    Maj.-Gen.    Abraham,    commission   by, 

367 

Wood,  Anthony  a,  letter  to,  374 
Wood,  John,  land-grant  to,  354 
Wood,  Caf>t.  John,  voyage  by,  425 
Wood,  Capt.  Roger,  letter  to,  82 
Wood,  Thomas,  101 ;  complaint  of,  195 
Wood,  William,  216;  letters  of,  127 
Wood,  customs,  77 
Woodbridge,  Benjamin,  letter  of,  345 
Woodbridge,   John,   correspondence,   344,   345, 

346 

Woodford,  Matthew,  warrant  to,  90 
Woodmason,  Charles,  317,  324;  letters  of,  316, 

323 

Woods,  Thomas,  journal  of,  367 
Woodward  and  Saffery,  surveyors,  93 
Woodward,    Dr.     Benjamin,     correspondence, 

364,  365 

Woolff,  ship,  journal  of,  20 

Wool-trade,  56,  178 

Wooton,  William,  affidavit  of,  241 

Worcester,  E.,  22 

Worcester,  Mass.,  descriptions  of,  154;  politi 
cal  papers,  254,  255 

Worcester  College  Library,  Oxford,  papers  in, 
422 

Worsley,  Dr.  Benjamin,  papers  relating  to,  84, 
412 

Worsley,  Gov.  Henry,  127,  163,  205 

Wrecks,  see  Shipping,  wrecks 

Wren,  Christopher,  letter  of,  370 

Wren,  M.,  letter  of,  384 

Wrentham,  Mass.,  local  records,  93 

Wright,  of  Md.,  162 

Wright,  Sir  James,  governor  of  Georgia,  cor 
respondence,  26,  155,  234,  235,  257,  321;  pa 
pers  of,  31,  257 

Wright,  Thomas,  astronomical  observations, 
358,  359 

Wright,  Dr.  William,  papers  of,  362 

Wrixon,  William,  testimony  of,  37 

Wyatt,  Gov.  Francis,  89;  instructions  of,  316 

Wye,  Rev.  William,  397 ;  letter  of,  323 

Wyeth,  Col.,  papers  relating  to,  321 

Wyllys,  George,  93 

Wyllys,  Hezekiah,  179-180 

Wymberley- Jones  de  Renne,  28 

Wyndham,  Charles,  114 

Wyndham,  Percy  Charles,  commission  to,  163 

Wyndham,  William,  114 

Wynne  Papers,  All  Souls  College  Library, 
Oxford,  376 

Wyseton,  133 

Ximenes,  Gov.,  St.  lago  de  Cuba,  letter  of,  127 

Yale,  Elihu,  charges  against,  395;   letters  of, 

no;  suit  of,  164 
Yale,  Katherine,  suit  of,  164 
Yale  College,  library,  347;  papers  relating  to, 

347,  348 


Index. 


499 


Yarcoa,  Joseph  Antonio  de  Mendes,  corre 
spondence,  131 

Yardley,  Francis,  letter  of,  380;  see  also 
Yeardley 

Yarmouth,  council  letter  to,  278;  fish  trade, 
278 

Yarmouth,  North,  94 

Yate,  Maj.,  correspondence,  75 

Yates,  Bartholomew,  letter  of,  316;  papers  re 
lating  to,  315,  318 

Yeamans,  John,  petition  of,  380 

Yeardley,  Gov.  George,  instructions  to,  316 

Yeo,  Mr.,  letter  to,  83 

Yeo,  John,  letter  of,  83,  375 

Yerkly,  Thomas,  invoice  of  goods,  80 

York,  see  Yorke 

York,  Archbishops  of  (John  Sharp),  20; 
(Matthew  Hutton),  132;  (Robert  Drum- 
mond),  298,  299,  300,  301 

York,  Duke  of  (James  II.),  correspondence, 
23,  122,  352;  finances,  412,  413;  papers  relat 
ing  to,  95,  169,  287;  power  of,  in  New  Jer 
sey,  387 


York,  Edward,  suit  against,  165 

Yorke,  Charles,  letters  to,  157,  167 ;  reports  by, 
140,  1 60 

Yorke,  Elizabeth,  letter  of,  155 

Yorke,  Sir  Joseph,  letters  of,  no,  146,  148,  149, 
155,  220;  papers  relating  to,  29,  269 

Yorke,  P.,  letters  of,  326 

Yorke,  Philip,  see  Hardwicke,  Lord 

Yorke,  Thomas,  letter  of,  156 

Yorke  county,  Va.,  grievances  of,  427;  rec 
ords,  425 

Yorke  family,  correspondence  (Hardwicke 
Papers),  155- *57 

York  Hampton,  Va.,  church  queries,  318 

York  Harbor,  maps,  90 

York  Island,  151 

Yorktown,  army  of  Cornwallis  at,  270 

Young,  Capt.  John,  letter  of,  383 

Young,  Sir  William,  20 

Yucatan,  22,  101 ;  description  of,  101 ;  logwood 
papers,  41,  212 

Zinzendorf,  Count,  letters  of,  156 


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